Easy Meal Plan #1 Seven Frugal Dinner Meals

One Week Frugal Meal Plan

Make a Meal Plan. That's the advice you will probably hear if you want to serve a frugal dinner this year. If you approach meal planning as simply recording what you typically eat and deciding in advance what you will have, it really is easy. If you want to make it even more simple, follow this easy meal plan for seven dinners. This plan includes recipes for making the main course item of the easy meal plan. For an additional Twenty One Meal Plans see the article found here . A Ground Beef meal plan can also be viewed in my article called Cheap and Easy Ground Beef Meals

For this easy meal plan your seven frugal dinner meals will include:

1. Chicken Noodles and Vegetables

2. Goulash

3. Ham and Egg Pie

4. Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

5. Tuna Noodles

6. Southwestern Stroganoff

7. Honey Orange Crockpot Chicken

Easy Meal Plan Frugal Dinner #1 Chicken Noodles and Vegetables

3 packages chicken ramen noodles

1 bag frozen mixed vegetables

Cook the vegetables in a large pot. Make sure the pot is large enough to hold the noodles also. You can use the water you cook the vegetables in to cook the noodles too but you need to be sure you have about 3 cups of water to do 3 packs of ramen. Once your vegetables are cooked, bring the broth to a boil and add the noodles and seasoning packet. Cook 2 to 5 minutes stirring to be sure the noodles and vegetables do not stick. You can add left over chicken to this or a can of chicken. This frugal dinner is easy to make.

Easy Meal Plan Frugal Dinner #2 Goulash

Goulash means a lot of different things to people. This frugal dinner is beef or ground turkey based but you can change the items you add to it based on what you have available. This is an easy addition to the weekly meal plan.

1 pound of hamburger or ground turkey

1 box macaroni

1 can whole kernel corn

1 can chili beans

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

Brown the meat and boil the macaroni. Add all ingredients and mix together. Heat thoroughly. Serve with a salad or just with dinner rolls.

Easy Meal Plan Frugal Dinner #3 Ham and Egg Pie

This frugal dinner is a good addition to your easy meal plan when you have left over ham.

4 large eggs

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup milk