Hallelu! We're back!

Ok, thank goodness for summer, even though the heat makes me angry. School is out, kitchen is unpacked [finally], and I've had a huge request to make weekly meal plans. So here you go, my first shot at creating "Meals for Megan", a weekly plan. So I went shopping this afternoon for my week of meals. Now, if you decide to make my week of meals too, please look carefully at my recipes too cause some things that I have in my fridge and pantry, you may not. So i'll try to include everything [whether or not I buy it this week] in my shopping list. My goal is to take a page from Rachael Ray and do a whole week of meals for under $100. We'll see if I can do it.

Alright Meg, here you go:
This week I'm trying to recover from our crazy past weekend where we ate our way through two graduations. My brother & hubby's cousin both graduated from high school and we had a great weekend of celebrating and, as any good Italian family does, eating. It was crazy. So we're trying to eat healthier, portion-controlled, and with a variety of proteins. Eat them in whatever order you want, but my week is going to be:

Monday: Spaghetti & Meatballs with Garlic Bread & Cucumber/Tomato Salad
               [or i might make baked macaroni in meat sauce... i can't decide]
Tuesday: Asian Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Zucchini and Brown Rice
Wednesday: Grilled Chicken Sandwiches with Green Salad
Thursday: Asparagus Risotto with... something... cucumber/tomato salad or i dont know...
Friday: Swordfish steaks with a red pepper sauce with broccoli mashed potatoes

So... I went to our local P&C [which is in the process of changing over to a Tops]. I buy for 4 portions usually because we then use leftovers for lunches. Here's my shopping list with prices as best as I can split up by meal:

Spaghetti & Meatballs with Garlic Bread & Cucumber/Tomato Salad
Texas Toast... 2.19
Ground Pork (1 lb)... 2.91
Ground Beef (1 lb)... 3.69
Eggs 1 doz... 1.19
Kraft Shredded Parm Cheese... 5.59
Cucumbers (2 @ 99cents each)... 1.98
Tomatoes... 1.41 lbs @ 2.49/lb... 3.51
Tomato Paste 1 can... 1.29
Crushed Tomatoes (4 cans for $5)... 5.00 - we'll only use 2 for this, but buy on sale cause i use them all the time
[Spaghetti was already in my pantry...]
...............................total for meal: 27.35
...............................this will make at least 6 portions and you'll have ingredients left over

Asian Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Zucchini and Brown Rice
2 Tenderloins... 10.46
Zucchini [1.46 lbs @ 1.49/lb]... 2.18

Asian spices & Brown Rice I had in my pantry so here's what I'll use that most people have (or should have) in their pantry
Soy Sauce
Sesame Oil
Mustard (I use Chinese Mustard)
Siracha Sauce (it's basically chinese hot sauce)
Garlic
Ginger
then a cup of Brown Rice
...............................total for meal:12.64
...............................this will make at least 8 portions - one loin for dinner, one for lunch the next day

Grilled Chicken Sandwiches with Green Salad
Chicken Breasts (I buy in bulk so I can freeze some and keep them)
^ this is a huge pack of about 10-12 breasts.... 7.76 (love them sales!)
Packaged Greens... 2.50

I have rolls, condiments, and salad dressing already plus bought tomatoes & cucs for the salad already
...............................total for meal: 10.26
...............................I'll only make two breasts for two sandwiches tonight

Asparagus Risotto 
Asparagus... 1.97 lbs @ 3.49/lb .... 6.88
  ^ I bought more than I really need because I wanted more to use as a veg for other meals
Arborio Rice... 18.00 ish - I bought this before now but this risotto rice is expensivo...
Chicken Stock and spices etc are all in my pantry already
...............................total for meal:24.88
...............................I'll make about 4 portions of this

Swordfish Steaks with Red Pepper Sauce & Broccoli Mashed Potatoes
Ok, so I planned to do broccoli mashed, but no broccoli today so we'll see if I can get more later this week or I'll change my plan. So this isn't a complete list yet, sorry. I'll get it to you as soon as I find the rest of the ingredients!

Alright, time to relax before it's time to make dinner. Maybe even take a nap. Summers are great when you can rest for a bit :)
Happy shopping & I'll be back later to share my secret sauce & meatball recipes :)