Low-cost Eats Week 4 (Heat Climate)

You’ve made it to Week 4 of a budget eats meal plan! By now, your pantry is absolutely stocked, your kitchen’s working like a well-oiled machine, and also you’ve obtained three full weeks of home-cooked dinners underneath your belt. This week wraps issues up with one other spherical of straightforward, satisfying meals—all nonetheless underneath $3 per serving.

As at all times, this plan is supposed to be versatile. You don’t must comply with it in actual order, and also you undoubtedly don’t have to make all seven recipes if that doesn’t work in your week. Be happy to swap in one thing else, eat leftovers, or double up on a favourite.

Want to regulate parts or swap meals? Our customization tool continues to be in beta, nevertheless it’ll allow you to make adjustments and generate a contemporary procuring record. It’s not fancy, nevertheless it does the job.

And in order for you somewhat further assist in the kitchen, every recipe has a step-by-step video tutorial on our website so you’ll be able to comply with together with confidence.

A decorative image showing the menu for week 4 of the Cheap Eats Meal Plan.

You should definitely discover the total month of recipes, the pantry staples record, and our different weekly plans. Whether or not you’re right here for only a few meals or the total month, it’s straightforward to customise.

Notice

This week’s meal plan is filled with taste! You’d be stunned by what you are able to do with our pantry staple spices and seasonings. This week, you’ll learn to make your individual fajita spice mix and how you can season do-it-yourself sauces. Your meals will style higher and also you’ll spend much less cash, too.

Grocery Haul

Your last grocery journey is usually made up of contemporary elements and a few dairy and meat. All these pantry staples you got in Week 1 are nonetheless pulling their weight, serving to you retain prices low and waste minimal.

Don’t neglect to obtain the Week 4 Shopping List PDF to take with you to the shop.

Groceries for the fourth week of the Cheap Eats Meal Plan laid out on a kitchen counter.

Receipt

Whole Spent: $137.49
Whole Servings: 52
Common Value Per Serving: $2.64

Week 4 provides you the best serving rely of the month—and nonetheless is available in properly underneath $3 per plate. This consists of full family-style meals utilizing on a regular basis grocery retailer costs with no gross sales, coupons, or bulk offers.

Funds Saver

Huge batch meals like baked ziti, casseroles, and pasta salads are key to stretching elements and decreasing meals waste. You’ll see some overlap in elements throughout recipes, and that’s by design—every merchandise does double responsibility so nothing sits unused within the fridge.

The Recipes

A photo of Rachel in The Stay At Home Chef Kitchen with the meals from Week 4 of the Cheap Eats Meal plan on display on the kitchen counter.

Up above, you’ll see what every of this week’s dinners seems like plated. We’ve included a snapshot of the serving sizes and a brief video that reveals the meals in additional element. It’s useful to see the true quantity of meals you’ll be working with.

Right here’s a fast breakdown of the week:

Monday

This baked ziti seems and tastes prefer it comes from a flowery Italian restaurant, nevertheless it’s surprisingly straightforward to make. And the ricotta and cream cheese topping takes this one excessive!

Best Baked Ziti Ever

That is severely the Greatest Baked Ziti Ever. Your loved ones goes to like the do-it-yourself meat sauce, and ricotta and cream cheese topping!

Tuesday

Say goodbye to ordinary rooster dinners with this rooster fajita recipe. With our do-it-yourself spice mix, you don’t must spend some huge cash to get quite a lot of taste! One other profit to creating your individual spice blends? You’re not getting preservatives and anti-caking brokers in your meals—extremely advocate!

Sizzling Skillet Chicken Fajitas

Take pleasure in scorching rooster fajitas, made in a single skillet in simply half-hour! Fajitas are at all times a straightforward weeknight dinner the entire household will love.

Wednesday

This pasta salad is a complete meal with hearty floor beef, cheddar cheese, and veggies. Southwestern taste mixed with easy and inexpensive elements makes this one a daily go-to, particularly in the course of the summer time months.

Cowboy Pasta Salad

Cowboy Pasta Salad is filled with beef, bacon, cheese, and veggies, all tossed in a fast do-it-yourself creamy smoky salsa verde dressing.

Thursday

Costume up your customary rooster and rice dish with Mexican spices and gooey cheddar cheese. Prime with salsa and bitter cream so as to add somewhat one thing further and not using a entire lot of additional effort.

One Pot Queso Chicken and Rice

Flip your queso cravings right into a full dinner! Queso Rooster and Rice is creamy, tacky, filled with taste, and made in only one pot.

Friday

This isn’t your canned Manwich sandwich! Floor beef is mixed with a flavorful tomato sauce and bell peppers for a straightforward, do-it-yourself sloppy joe recipe that’ll make you loyal to the true factor!

Best Homemade Sloppy Joes

Improve your Sloppy Joes with actual elements, veggies for texture, and toasted buns. This restaurant-worthy model is prepared in 45 minutes!

Funds Saver

For this week’s meal plan, two of the recipes name for salsa verde, so we purchased two 16-oz jars of salsa. Should you’re wanting to avoid wasting cash, simply purchase one jar and a 7-oz can for the enchiladas as an alternative of shopping for a complete second jar.

Saturday

Spaghetti by no means regarded higher with this straightforward, lemon and herb rooster pasta. This recipe is mild and contemporary and appears prefer it got here from an Italian restaurant, however with out the worth tag.

Lemon Herb Chicken Spaghetti

This straightforward recipe combines tender, lemon and herb rooster with contemporary tomatoes and olive oil for a lightweight and flavorful pasta dish.

Sunday

This isn’t your typical, bland enchilada casserole. The avocado cream sauce is made with salsa verde and jalapeño, which add a refined kick of warmth whereas offering moisture.

Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole

This straightforward rooster enchilada casserole is made with a scrumptious avocado cream sauce that can have you ever making it many times!

Make It Work for You

By now, you recognize the drill. If life’s too busy for seven full dinners, skip one or two and revel in a leftovers night time. If one thing on the record doesn’t sound like your factor, sub in a favourite from earlier weeks.

Use the customization tool in beta to swap meals, change serving sizes, or generate a brand new procuring record that matches your actual wants.