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This came in a pack of 4 and it made the easiest chicken parmesan this week.  I found it at the Walmart.  I sprayed a baking sheet, placed the chicken on the sheet, and then sprayed the chicken a little bit.  Heated the oven to 425 and cooked the chicken 6 minutes, flipped it over, and cooked another 6 minutes.  We made our usual spaghetti sauce, a mushroom based jarred sauce with sauteed onion, green pepper, garlic, touch of sugar, and italian seasoning.  I turned the oven to broil, topped the chicken with tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, then a circle of provolone, and put it under the broiler until the cheese was melting and started to brown a little.  Serve with some cooked spaghetti noodles topped with your sauce.  I also had steamed broccoli on the side.  No leftovers! Shown is a chicken parm sandwich.  For the leftover chicken parmesan

 Aldi has German week and most of this meal is from Aldi.  Pork schnitzel that I pan fried and topped with swiss and mustard.  Cheese spaetzle that comes frozen and you just toss in a pan, red cabbage from a jar that was heat up a little bit.  The applesauce is homemade.  Rebecca and I went apple picking when it was Honeycrisp time.  This applesauce was so good.  Just cut up about 10 apples, toss in crockpot, add a bit of water, half a cup sugar, and cinnamon.  

 Walmart sells a tube of ground turkey that is Italian seasoned.  It made for a really great spaghetti sauce.  We used all the usual spaghetti seasonings, but since ground turkey is usually not very flavorful I think this is a good product.  I actually bought another tube of Italian and I bought a Mexican seasoned one as well.  I think the Mexican could be good for tacos or a big batch of chili!

These skewers from Aldi are the bomb!  They take about 10 minutes in the air fryer.  Remember to flip them over once.  I sprinkled with tajin after cooking.  They skewers come in a package were each skewer is sealed.  You only open up the number you want.  10 in a package.  They lasted 3 meals for me.  The asparagus was also from Aldi!  It was awesome.  After the horrible Sams Club asparagus I guess I needed to give the veg another try.  My red skin mashed potatoes are not Aldi.  The potatoes were probably bought from Walmart.  This meal was so good.  I love Aldi sometimes!

  These were a Sams Club item in February.  We decided the meatballs needed more flavor, but for a fast meal I may buy them again.  We put them over noodles, but mashed potatoes would be good because there was a lot of sauce.  

  Buy the Sam's Club chicken enchiladas.  We got a nice lunch and 1 extra serving out of them and it took no time at all.  I added cilantro rice, lettuce, sour cream, and taco sauce.  

  Ingredients: 1 jar butter chicken simmer sauce half sliced onion 1 cooked chicken breasts.   Marinade of your choice.  I use mojo  Seasonings Jasmine rice Broccoli Mini naan bread Marinate chicken in a plastic bag with mojo sauce and seasonings.  I used salt, pepper, chili flake, and garlic powder. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sautee onion. Bake chicken until 165.  40 minutes or less depending on how thick Cut chicken into bite sized pieces. Stir onion and chicken into simmer sauce until everything is warmed up together. Steam broccoli Bring rice to a boil and then cover until done. Add naan on the side to soak up sauce This sauce wasn't spicy and maybe needed a flavor boost.  We are going to try the Tikka simmer sauce next.

Ingredients for the loaves: 1 lb ground beef 1 -2 slices of bread (original recipe suggested crush tortilla chips) I used low carb bread Can black beans.  Eyeball the amount you want.  A whole can is not needed  Can corn.  Eyeball the amount, whole can is not needed.   1 -2 eggs salsa 1 packet taco seasoning dash of milk.  I used almond milk  Shredded cheddar cheese Topping:  red enchilada sauce and more cheddar cheese Serving Suggestions:  sour cream, salsa, guacamole, avocado slices In a bowl place the bread and soak it in milk.  Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix using your hands.  I make mini loaves and this made about 5.  A few fell apart so I think I needed more egg and more bread to bind it together.  The addition of the corn and black bean made it hard for them to stay together I think.  Put the mini loaves on a sprayed sheet fan.  Top with red enchilada sauce.  When the loaves are don...

  The Costco meatloaf is large like all things Costco.  It costs $16 and you can get four servings out of it for sure, maybe more.  I felt like it needed a green veggie accompaniment.  When I reheated the mashed potatoes I added some milk and sour cream to the top to keep them moist.  When I reheated the meatloaf I added some extra bbq sauce or ketchup too.  This was perfect for week night meals.  

We went to Fogo de Chao for my birthday!  I had a wonderful cranberry cosmo mocktail.  It was so good I ordered the CleanCo vodka, tequila, and rum to make mixed drinks at home.  This was my salad bar plate waiting for meat to arrive LOL the other drink was the boyfriend's strawberry hibiscus caipirinha.

Costco's Greek Gyro Kit strikes again.  This time I made some rice on the side.  I did have to shred my own lettuce.  The lettuce in the kit is never good!  The kit make 6 gyros and is ready in minutes.  I highly recommend it for a week night meal.  The cost is around $20.  

Cucumber Salad.  Sour cream, vinegar, fresh dill, onion, salt, pepper, onion.  No mayo potato salad.  Red potato, olive oil, vinegar, fresh dill, green onion, lemon juice, pepper, salt.  Hot dog with sides.  These are actually chicken sausages from Costco that are a bit like a bratwurst.

In the frozen food section you will find PF Changs honey chicken.  It doesn't come with any veg.  You simply cook on the stove top and can throw it on rice.  I sauteed diced onion, carrots, and frozen peas on the stove.  Added soy sauce, sriracha, then a touch of sesame oil and lastly uncle Ben's microwave jasmine rice.  A scrambled egg would have made it even more like fried rice.  The rice was maybe better than the PF Changs frozen chicken.  It was a quick meal for someone who didn't want to cook at all. 

 I went to Green Valley to order birthday cupcakes and I wasn't far enough in advance.  While we were there we bought a 4 pack of cheddar, bacon burgers and a few sides for Friday night dinner.  I topped the burgers with cheese, lettuce, onion, (boyfriend had tomato), fried crispy jalapeno salad toppers, and a burger sauce made of mayo, bbq, and hot sauce.  I got the doneness of the burgers perfect.  Boyfriend 145 degrees and mine was 135.  Also the mustard potato salad and the pasta salad from Green Valley were great.  The pasta was as good as mine the week before!

 I've been eating these Morningstar Farms buffalo 'chicken' nuggets for over 10 years.  I throw them in the air fryer and make them into a wrap with buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing drizzled on them.  I like to add cheese and lettuce if I have it to the wrap.  

Costco sells these Amylu Italian meatballs.  They rock and come in a two pack.  I keep them in the freezer.  Baked a few off to have with some red lentil pasta, spinach, and pasta sauce.  

 Chicken Parm from Wegmen's with angel hair pasta and a tomato sauce I added peppers, onion, italian seasoning, and mild italian sausage too.  I tried very hard to re crisp the chicken in the air fryer and it never quite worked :( The chicken parm comes alone with no pasta or anything.  Family package of 4 was $26

 

 Green Valley really does have the best cupcakes around.  Boyfriend likes the cookies and cream!

 This was Krusteaz lemon pound cake.  I made it for Mother's Day.  Boyfriend's family devoured it.  I need to make 2 of these!