Wishes do come true...: Aldi Meal Planner

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Mexi Roll ups

10:23:00 AM

Ingredients:

1 cup Mexican cheese

1/2 taco seasoning packet

1 package softened cream cheese

1 cup Sour cream

1 can (chopped) black olives

1/2 can green chiles drained

1 package 8 tortillas (not pictured)

Steps:

1. Mix all the above ingredients together.

2. Spread a 1/2 cup of mix on top of one tortilla until no more mix or tortillas.

3. Roll tortillas into skinny burritos. The ends do not need to be tucked in because they will be cut off.

4. Put on plate and refrigerate for an hour.

5. Remove from refrigerator and slice burrito into 1 1/2 in roll ups.

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Chicken Parm Crescent Rolls

8:50:00 AM

Ingredients:

8 chicken tenderloins

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 parm cheese

4 mozzarella cheese sticks (or sliced mozzarella)

1 can crescent rolls

1 jar of spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce

(Not pictured salt and pepper to taste and 1tablespoon butter)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease your cookie sheet.

2. Cook chicken the way you prefer. I like to use the George Forman. Do not over cook!

3. Mix mayonnaise and parm cheese together in a small bowl. Cover chicken with mayo/parm mixture.

4. Lay out crescent roll triangles flat on greased pan.

5. Place chicken and 1/4 of mozzarella stick on top of crescent roll.

6. Roll up crescent roll.

7. Melt butter, brush butter on top of crescent rolls, and top with salt or a little bit of garlic.

8. Bake for 14-15minutes.

9. While baking heat marinara sauce on stove top on medium heat until warm.

Recipe adapted from http://writtenreality.com/parmesan-chicken-roll/

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Cheesy Fries (Potato slices)

7:41:00 AM

Ingredients:

5 potatoes

1/2 bag real bacon bits

1 cup cheddar cheese

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste

Buttermilk ranch for dipping

Not pictured: olive oil

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and cover baking sheet with foil.

2. Slice potatoes.

3. Slather potatoes with olive oil and seasoning.

4. Bake for about 45 minutes. (Flipping once in between)

5. Take out of oven cover with cheese and bacon.

6. Broil in oven until cheese is melted.

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Baked Tortellini

8:34:00 PM

Ingredients:

1 jar Alfredo

1 jar spaghetti sauce

1/2 cup mozzarella

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

2 packages tortellini

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cook tortellini as stated on package.

3. Mix all ingredients (including cooked tortellini) in a baking dish.

4. Bake for 15 minutes.

5. Broil for the last 3 minutes.

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Cheesy Potatoes

10:41:00 PM

Ingredients:

2 cans cream of chicken soup

2 cups corn flakes

1 (32oz) bag frozen hash browns-shredded

2 1/2 cups cheddar cheese

1 cup sour cream

2 tbs butter

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease 9x11 dish.

3. Defrost hash browns (in a bowl) in microwave for a few minutes.

4. Add sour cream, soup, melted butter, and cheese together in bowl.

5. Place hash brown mixture in dish.

6. Cover mixture with corn flakes.

7. Cover with aluminum foil 25 minutes remove foil and bake for another 20 minutes.

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Sausage and Potatoes

9:26:00 PM

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of olive oil

6 potatoes

1 onion

1/2 a bag of carrots

Italian sausages

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

(Not pictured)

Salt and pepper

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

2. Peel and wash potatoes then slice into small pieces.

3. Chop carrots and onions into small pieces.

4. Grill sausage and cut up into small pieces.

5. Mix the vegetables and sausage together in pan. Add oil and seasoning.

6. Cover the pan with foil and cook for 30 minutes.

7. Remove foil and cook another 30 minutes.

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Drew's Sweet Chili

7:55:00 AM

Ingredients:

3 cans chili beans

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 lbs ground beef

1 medium onion

1 qt tomato juice

1 jar chili sauce

2 tbs chili powder

1. Brown the meat and the onion.

2. Drain grease from meat.

3. Place all ingredients in crockpot on low for 3-6 hours.

You can cook on the stove top as well.

I usually double the recipe and freeze half before cooking. Take out of freezer when ready and place in crockpot (frozen). Cook all day on low and ready for dinner.

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Spaghetti Squash

9:10:00 PM

Ingredients:

Spaghetti squash

Spaghetti sauce

Meat balls

Steps:

1. Place squash in microwave and heat for 15-20 minutes.

2. Let squash sit for a few minutes in microwave to cool off.

3. Remove carefully from microwave.

4. Slice off ends of squash and split down the middle.

5. Remove all of the seeds from the middle of the squash.

6. Scrape squash into a dish, remove any left over seeds.

7. Heat meatballs as it states in microwave.

8. Warm spaghetti sauce on stove top at medium warm.

9. Add meatballs to sauce on stovetop. Continue to heat until sauce is heated

10. Serve meatballs and sauce on top of squash.

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Brats and Fries

10:17:00 PM

Ingredients:

Cheddar or Smoked Brats

Hot dog buns

French Fries

Steps:

1. The package has multiple ways to cook the brats. I choose to cook them on our George Foreman. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Turn throughout.

2. Serve on buns with optional toppings.

Smoked brats are dairy free. Obviously cheddar brats are not. I personally prefer the smoked brats.

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Hamburgers and Onion Rings

6:34:00 PM

Ingredients:

Buns

Ground Beef

Hamburger Press (They do sell these at Aldi's but this one is not from there.)

Onion rings

(Not pictured: ketchup, mustard, onions)

Steps:

1. Place meat, diced onions and your choice of seasoning into a bowl and mix.

2. Place desired amount of meat into hamburger press.

3. There are multiple ways to cook the hamburgers from this point but we prefer cooking them on the skillet. We cook them on medium high for about 5 minutes on each side. (Add cheese if you would like.)

4. Place hamburgers on a paper towel to drain the grease.

5. Serve on buns with ketchup and mustard.