Dinners for this week

Saturday & Sunday - Sandwiches and Baked Potato Soup
Monday - Homeschool field trip (we'll grab something on the way home)
Tuesday - Spinach Cheese Manicotti and Dad's World Famous Garlic Bread
Wednesday - Taco Salads - the kids love the home baked taco salad bowls from Azteca
Thursday - going out to celebrate my nephews' birthdays
Friday - Small Group Bible Study - don't know what we are going to have yet

Have a great week!

Our Favorite Meatloaf

I keep the ingredients for this recipe on hand at all times! It is very versatile!

2 pounds ground turkey (or ground beef) - much less greasy with ground turkey
3-4 slices of bread, toasted and crumbled up (or 1/2 cup breadcrumbs)
1 envelope onion soup mix (or 1 diced onion or 2 Tbsp dried minced onion)
1 can condensed vegetable soup (can be beef or vegetarian vegetable )
1 egg
Worchestire Sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Ketchup

Mix everything together except the ketchup. Put in a loaf pan then top with a thin layer of ketchup. Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.

There's also lots of great, easy to make, frugal-minded recipes at the Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap

Cake Mix Cookies

These cookies are easy to make out of items you probably already have in your pantry. You can make any combination of cake mix flavors and chips that you have on hand. You can also leave the chips out entirely.

1 box cake mix
2 eggs
1 stick butter, softened
1 Tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chips, optional

Mix everything together except the chips. next, add the chips if you are using them. Drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on the pan for at least 1 minute then move to a wire rack. Make about 3 dozen.

Here are some good combos to try:
Yellow cake mix with semi-sweet chocolate chips
Chocolate cake mix with mint chocolate chips
Strawberry cake mix with vanilla chips