One of the biggest struggles I have is dinner. It's easy for me to get cheap/free breakfast food and cheap/free snacks for lunches but dinner can often be a challenge. I like to make meals that have a large number of ingredents to be sure we are eating a well-balanced meal. So this month I tried something different: ordering from Angel Food Ministries.
Angel Food is a ministry that provides boxes of food at discounted prices - most boxes are supposed to feed a family of 4 for a week. Obviously we are a family of 7 but for meals they seem to feed us sufficiently but we have no leftovers. However, if anyone has a decent appetite you'd need twice as much food - for us the girls don't eat much dinner
Sunday: Meatloaf and green beans from Angel Food with homemade mashed potatoes
Monday: Shepherd's Pie - using ground beef from Angel Food and mashed potatoes from Monday
Tuesday: Pot Roast from Angel Food (complete meal)
Wednesday: Pork Chops from Angel Food with Applesauce and Cheesy Potatoes
Thursday: Chicken Taco Bake using chicken from Angel Food
Friday: Hamburgers from Angel Food with mac n cheese and corn
Saturday: Women's event at church - dad to feed kids - dad will probably eat beef and bean burritos from Angel Food
Sunday: Broccoli, Chicken, Cheese dish (Angel Food)
Monday: Wahoo! Chili from Tastefully Simple using Angel Food ground beef
Tuesday: Creamy Chicken and Rigatoni - chicken from Angel Food
Wednesday: Slow Cooker Chicken Chow Mein - chicken from Angel Food - slightly modified - we don't eat mushrooms :)
Thursday: Finally September is over! We'll eat leftovers to give me and the budget a break
For just $64 I got 2 boxes of food that included all this:
We've had some of the food already and I wouldn't say it's the greatest - you do get what you pay for so it is discount food but it hasn't been bad and it will really help my budget for this month as I have all of $40 left in my September grocery budget!
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