I have been wanting to create a meal planner for myself and others who continually ask how do you buy groceries only at Aldi.  This is an inspiration I got from Mom Advice she has two FREE Aldi menu planners.  Again this was my inspiration.  We did this when we were trying to save money to purchase our first home.  This meal plan helped us to not eat out which in the end probably helped us to eat healthier too, although I am not promoting that these meals are "healthy." I will provide for you meals that can feed up to four (Drew and I usually eat for dinner and then have leftovers for work the next day) and the grocery list of everything you need.  If you are like me this is what helped the most.  I would hate when I would come to a recipe and then not have something.  This would then result in me not making it.



Below is the list of meals to choose from. Here is the grocery list to make all of these meals.

Grocery List

Baked Zucchini
Baked Ziti
Breakfast Burritos
Brown Rice, Chicken, Black Bean Bake
Cheesy Chicken and Rice- crockpot

Shrimp Alfredo Ingredients

Soft Tacos Ingredients

Roasted Chicken Ingredients

3 lb whole fryer chicken
Foil
Salt and Pepper

Breakfast Burritos Ingredients:

6 Gold hen Eggs
1 Premium Pork sausage
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
1/2 cup Casa Mamita Salsa
1/2 package fozen hash browns
4 Benita Flour Tortillas


Steps:
1. Make sure to thaw the sausage the night before.  (I always forget this!)
2. Hash browns take the longest to cook.  Follow the directions on the bag.
3. Scramble the six eggs in a pan, let sit while cooking everything else.
4. Cook sausage in a pan on medium/high until brown.
5. Mix hashbrowns, eggs, and sausage together.
6. Top with cheese and salsa.
7. Roll up into tortillas.

Meal List

Chicken Quesadilla Ingredients:

1 cup of Happy Farms Taco Style Cheese
1 can Brookdale Chicken Breast
4 Benita Flour Tortillas


Steps:
1. Place 1/4 cup of cheese on half of the tortilla.
2. Add chosen amount of chicken to the same half of the tortilla.
3. Fold the tortilla over and place on a george foreman grill.
4. Cook for three minutes.
5. Serve with salsa if you like.

Meal List

Cheesy Chicken and Rice Ingredients:

4 Kirkwood Chicken Breast/Thigh
1 Can of Cream of Chicken soup
2 cups Fit and Active Brown Rice cooked
1 Can of Happy Harvest Whole Kernel corn drained
1 cup of Happy Fams Mild Cheddar Cheese


1. Place defrosted chicken and soup in the crockpot on low for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours (longer is better).
2. Cook Rice as posted on box.
3. Right before serving mix in rice, corn, and cheese.

Baked ziti Ingredients

Baked Zucchini

Ingredients:
1 cup Carlin EV Olive Oil
1 cup Chef's Cupboard Bread Crumbs
1 cup Reggano Parmesan Cheese
2 or 3 Zucchini
Carlin Canola Oil cooking spray
1 jar Reggano Spaghetti sauce
1 cup Happy Farms Mozzarella Cheese
Salt and Pepper
Garlic Powder (not pictured)

Chicken and Potato Bake Ingredients

Chicken Parmesan Ingredients

Pigs in a Blanket Ingredients:

Making a photo booth:

Chiefs are 2-0 and this season has been fun to watch but it has been really fun to watch with Porter.  We were able to take him to a pre-season game.  We missed the pre-game festivities but Porter still loved the game.  He was so amazed at the people, noise, and stadium.