WHAT'S FOR DINNER? | 💲FAMILY OF 7 ON A BUDGET💲REAL LIFE MEAL IDEAS | JUNE 2-8, 2019

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner, while chicken thighs are more budget-friendly.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Tofu is a plant-based protein, while beans are economical.

Cut 2 green peppers into chunks.

Cut 1 red onion into chunks.

Cut pineapple into chunks.

Cut 3 chicken breasts into chunks, season with garlic salt, pepper, and onion powder, and marinate in teriyaki seasoning.

Assemble skewers with chicken, pineapple, red onion, and green pepper.

Grill the assembled skewers.

In a rice cooker, add 2 cups of rice, sprinkle turmeric, and fill with water to cook.

Scramble eggs in a wok, then add frozen peas, corn, and remaining red onion and green pepper, frying until cooked.

Add cooked rice to the wok and stir everything together, adding teriyaki sauce and yum-yum sauce.

Brush skewers with teriyaki sauce before grilling.

For Monday's dinner, dice green pepper and red onion, and cut hot dogs into pieces.

Preheat a pan and add oil, cooking the onion and green pepper until soft.

Add hot dogs to the pan with salt and pepper, and let sit.

Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, a squirt of syrup, ketchup, and mustard, stirring to combine.

Add a can of baked beans and let simmer.

Prepare Brussels sprouts sauce with mayonnaise, malt vinegar, pepper, and sugar, mixing well.

For Tuesday's dinner, mix 1 pound ground beef with 1 egg, a splash of milk, minced garlic, parsley, onion powder, ginger, and breadcrumbs, forming meatballs.

Refrigerate meatballs until ready to cook.

Fry meatballs in hot oil until browned, about 15 minutes.

Remove meatballs from oil and drain.

Warm sauce in the pan, then add meatballs to coat in sauce.

Cook rice in the rice cooker and broccoli in the Instant Pot, adding cheese and butter to melt.

For Wednesday's dinner, prepare mac and cheese with whole-wheat rotini, melted Velveeta, and milk, seasoned with salt.

For Thursday's dinner, cut calabasa and celery, mixing with garlic powder, onion powder, parsley flakes, salt, and pepper in a ziplock bag.

Season shrimp with blackened seasoning and let sit in the fridge for 24 hours.

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