Meals:

Pizza Hut Style Pizza, Cheesy Bread, & Homemade Sauce

Chicken BBQ Sandwiches with Shoestring Oven Fries

Chicken BBQ Pizza with a Garden Salad

Italian Turkey Burgers & Italian Spiced Fries

Scalloped Potatoes with Ham, Garden Salad, & Biscuits

Creamy Chicken Burritos with Tortilla Chips & Cream Cheese Salsa Dip

Pete’s Scratch Pancakes with Warmed Maple Syrup

Snack:

Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Frosting

Shopping List:

BAKERY

1 package of buns

BAKING

brown sugar
2- flour
baking cocoa
baking powder
baking soda
vegetable oil
vanilla extract
chocolate chips
powdered sugar
sugar
olive oil
cornmeal
garlic

CANNED FOOD

salsa
pinto beans
2- cream of chicken soups
spaghetti sauce (any meatless variety)
parmesan cheese
tomato paste

CHEESE

2- cream cheese (only need one, unless you intend to make the dip that was suggested with the creamy chicken burritos)
Large package (4 cups) cheddar cheese

CONDIMENTS & OIL

maple syrup
ketchup
worcestershire sauce
soy sauce
vinegar
peanut butter

DAIRY

tortillas
milk
eggs
butter/margarine
tube of biscuits

MEAT

1 bag of chicken breasts (frozen)
1 pound ground turkey (frozen)
1 turkey ham (near the sandwich meat)

SPICES & SEASONINGS (NOT Guaranteed to be at Aldi, but you can check)

garlic powder
oregano
salt
pepper
thyme
cinnamon
onion powder
yeast

APPROXIMATE COST for meal planner: $53 (this will include everything you need for baking and will also leave you leftovers for lunches & such)

Pete’s Scratch Pancakes
Courtesy of Recipezaar.com
Yields Six Servings

2 cups flour
1 3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Mix together dry ingredients. Combine eggs & melted butter and then slowly stir in the flour to the milk, eggs, & butter. Let set for at least ten minutes while heating the pan.

Serve with warmed syrup.

Creamy Chicken Burritos (Serves Four to Six)

3 chicken breast halves cooked and cubed
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese
1 Cup Salsa
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 15 oz can pinto beans drained
1 ½ Cup shredded cheddar cheese
6 flour tortillas

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9×13 baking dish. Add cream cheese and salsa to large sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until cheese is melted and blended with salsa. Add garlic, beans and chicken. Mix well. Fill tortillas, roll up and place in baking dish. Mixture will be a bit runny so be careful not to burn yourself filling tortillas. Sprinkle burritos with cheese, cover with foil and bake 20 minutes.
Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes.

Serve with the rest of the salsa & tortilla chips

Fun Ideas for This Meal:

Make a Mexican topping bar with all of your favorite toppings (sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, & salsa). Each family member can dress their burrito in their own special way. Yet another great way to get some veggies on their plates!

A yummy chip dip can be made by simply blending one brick of softened cream cheese with a jar of salsa. Blend with your hand mixer and serve with the tortilla chips. If you are in a time crunch, simply pour the salsa over the brick of cream cheese and serve with a spoon.