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Budget Meal Recipes for June 12th - June 18th



Bals Lentil Cookies
I hope everyone has had a great week!  Here in the U.S., Sunday was Father's Day, a day known for great grilling and feeding dad his favorite foods. My husband lucked out and his sister had made his favorite dessert, peanut butter bars, for the potluck Father's Day dinner.  I'm thankful for the time we get to spend with family and enjoy good food together!

Small Brown Lentils

Every week as I go through and find the recipes on the Facebook group I end up thinking I shouldn't be doing this around lunch time.  There are so many yummy looking recipes! I'm so excited to see what other people make and try new things.  My husband is absolutely loving this group as I'm finally, after almost 20 years of marriage, branching out more in the cooking area.  Thank you for being there for each other, everyone!

This week I noticed we seem to have a Beans and/or Rice theme in the recipe department.  A great ode to Dave Ramsey, haha.  I'll be adding a beans and rice section on our category page soon.  Who knew you could make cookies from lentils?  That's one way to get my kids to happily eat beans!

RECIPE VIDEOS


I love food videos.  I'm excited that I finally have a venue to share them besides just on my own personal Facebook page.  The videos "How to Mark Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day" and "Spaghetti Bundt Pie" were shared in the Dave Ramsey - Budget Meal Ideas group this week. If you missed them the first time around, here they are again.

For the Video "How to Make Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day", this is the book they recommend in the video, The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking.  You can click on the link  or the image to learn more about it and order it.

How to Make Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

 

 Spaghetti Bundt Pie 

MEAL PLANNING

As I've worked on our grocery budget each month, I've discovered the obvious - you save a lot of money if you meal plan.  Now implementing that knowledge for me is easier said than done.  Thankfully there are a number of websites out there to help you with that.  If you have a specific ingredient you want to use, the first three websites and great for that.  For those wanting to plan and go shopping, eMeals and Plan To Eat are good choices.


  1. Supercook,com
  2. Allrecipes.com
  3. Recipekey.com
  4. Plantoeat.com
  5. eMeals.com

RECIPES

  1. DIY Homemade Taco Seasoning
  2. Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli
  3. Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken
  4. Cheap Korean Beef with Brown Rice
  5. Baked French Toast
  6. Crock Pot Beef Carnitas Tacos
  7. Thai Steak Lettuce Cups with Spicy Green Beans & Sushi Rice
  8. Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
  9. Better than Takeout Ham Fried Rice
  10. Ham and Potato Cheddar Soup
  11. Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole
  12. Crockpot Ham and Beans
  13. Bals Lentil Cookie Recipe
  14. One Pot Cilantro Lime Rice
  15. Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup
  16. Really Good Vegetarian Meatloaf Recipe
  17. Lentils and Spinach Recipe
  18. Tasty Lentils Tacos Recipe
  19. Fruit Salad Four Ways
  20. Slow Cooker Taco Chicken Bowls
  21. 12 Totally Sophisticated Ways for Adults to Eat Spaghetti
  22. 20 Creative Spaghetti Recipes
  23. Easy Crockpot and Stuffing Chicken
  24. Black Bean Burgers
  25. Caprese Chicken
  26. Spaghetti Bundt Pie

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