Meal Plan/Grocery List 5

Another week has passed. Are you enjoying any of these recipes? I surely hope so! We've had kinda a crazy week with cooking, I haven't gotten to some of my recipes yet because we had leftovers one night and another night I made the same recipe twice because we liked it SO much the first time! So my groceries should last me through the weekend, which is always nice. My newest addition to my cooking regiment is Spaghetti Squash!!! I've heard a lot of people talk about it, but hadn't ever tried it. I search a bunch of recipes and I found one that I wanted to experiment with and it was amazing!!! That's the one we made twice this week. It tastes really good and it's super low in points because it's mostly vegetables which is a huge bonus!! I have decided that I'm going to try and incorportate a spaghettti squash recipe into my meal plan once a week. Tessa even ate it, it really does have the consistency of spaghetti, but and great way to get tons of extra vegetables in without dealing with those pesky carbs that make the point values of everything shoot up! If you've never tried it, don't be scared of it, I'm going to challenge you to give it a try, we are so glad that we did. I was able to eat a whole filling dinner last night for only 3 points, love it! (oh, and don't let the Spicy title of the recipe throw you off, it does have a jalapeno in it, but I am a major baby when it comes to spicy food, and I just made sure to get all the seeds out and it was really, seriously, not spicy to me, just very flavorful!)

And yes, you are going to start seeing some of the meals repeating from previous meal plans. I always try to incorporate one or two new ones, but let's face it, no one makes new recipes all the time, and you wouldn't want to! When you find something you like, who doesn't want to have it again??

So here's the meals for this week:

Dinners:
Spicy Spaghetti Squash
Chicken Parmesan Casserole
Margherita Pizza
French Dip Cupcakes
Chicken Tortilla Soup

Dessert:
Warm Cinnamon Bites

Snack:
Cucumbers with cheese spread

For this snack, it's simple, just sliced cucumbers with a wedge of Laughing Cow Light cheese spread in between. You can do whatever flavor you want, although I recommend the Creamy Swiss (and bonus, it's on the grocery list anyway for the French Dip Cupcakes). I think I made about 5 little cucumber sandwiches with 1 wedge of cheese.

And here's your grocery list to complete it all:
Meal Plan/Grocery List 5

Happy Shopping and Happy Cooking!