A Whole Week of Budget Dinners That Use up Every Bit of Leftovers. Playing Iron Chef with all the scraps and leftovers youve compiled over a few homemade dinners is not everyones best talent. Shopping individually for each recipe will often leave you with a number of byproducts half used bunches of vegetables, carrot tops, fennel stalks, and shreds of leftover roast chicken. To flow one meals ingredients more harmoniously into the next, and hopefully reduce the amount of food waste that happens in the home, Ive compiled a weeks worth of recipes that work together. Of course, you could always make a large batch of any recipe, and keep on reheating and eating it throughout the week. But thats a sure fire way to create homemade food fatigue, or boredom which can lead to wasting the excess before its finished, Ive found. Were mixing it up with the recipes in this menu, many of them tried and tested from my blog, Not Eating Out In New York. You can also jazz any of these recipes up with additional or alternate ingredients to your liking, using whatevers leftover in the fridge. I often do this with my basic recipe for stir fried noodles its a quick and easy dinner I fall back on often. Make these recipes your own, and learn a few new tips along the way The Meals. Meal 1 Roast Chicken with Fennel, Carrots Gremolata with Dinner Rolls. Meal 2 Pasta and Potatoes with Cabbage Pizzoccheri with Citrus Salad. Meal 3 Chicken Soup with Fennel and Farro with Toasted Dinner Rolls. Weekly Meals On A Budget' title='Weekly Meals On A Budget' />Meal 4 Tomato Braised Lentils with Broccoli Rabe with Garlic Bread made with leftover dinner rolls. Meal 5 Stir Fried Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables with Citrus Salad The Recipes Your Meal Prep Plan. Tips for Zero Food Waste What to Do on Saturday or Sunday. Make the dinner rolls so theyre ready for meals throughout the week. Cook the farro for the chicken soup and refrigerate. Healthy eating should be easier. See a variety of weekly meal plans, from plantbased to reimagined comfort food, to make preparing healthy meals simpler. These meatless recipes are healthy, cheap and flavorful. As you probably already know, meat is the most expensive part of the grocery bill so going meatless is an. Weekly Meals On A Budget' title='Weekly Meals On A Budget' />Eating vegan on a budget doesnt mean having to settle for bland, boring food These veggievore dishes are as delicious as they are budgetfriendly. Not sure how to start meal planning Check out these free, printable meal planning templates that can help set you up for success. With help from Annie Snider, Ben Lefebvre and Alex Guilln. BUDGET DEEPLY SLASHES AGENCY FUNDING President Donald Trumps 2017 budget blueprint seeks a 31 percent. Make the gremolata for the roast chicken and refrigerate. Butterfly the chicken for tomorrows dinner. Prep the vegetables for the week, packing them in separate meal specific containers dont forget to save the fennel stalks and fronds and carrot topsWhen you prep the cabbage, remove 2 cups for the Stir fried Noodles and use the rest for the Pasta and Potatoes. Weeknight Task List. Meal 1 Roast Chicken with Fennel, Carrots Gremolata with Dinner Rolls. Cook the chicken over the fennel and carrots. Fish And Okra. Roast the potatoes for both this dinner and for the pasta dinner on a separate rack in the oven. Before serving, set aside 2 cups of the chicken for later meals. Also set aside the potatoes needed for the pasta dinner. If you have extra time, make a quick stock from the bones of the chicken following the instructions in the Chicken Soup recipe refrigerate until needed. Meal 2 Pasta and Potatoes with Cabbage Pizzoccheri with Citrus Salad. Prep the citrus salad, reserving half of the salad to serve with the Stir Fried Noodles later in the week. If youd prefer a simpler dressing, skip the Grand Marnier and bitters in this recipe. Make the pasta using the potatoes roasted last night. Meal 3 Chicken Soup with Fennel and Farro with Toasted Dinner Rolls. If you havent already done so, make the chicken stock using the bones from the roast chicken meal. Alternatively, you can substitute 5 to 6 cups of store bought stock. Make the soup using the pre cooked farro. You can also make this with raw farro, but the cooking time will be a bit longer. Just before serving, split a few dinner rolls, toast them, and spread with butter. Meal 4 Tomato Braised Lentils with Broccoli Rabe with Garlic Bread Dinner Rolls. To make the garlic bread Preheat the oven to 3. F. Split a few dinner rolls in half, and spread them with a mix of softened butter and minced garlic. Arrange them on a foil lined pan and set aside. Make the lentils and saut the broccoli rabe. About 1. 5 minutes before youre ready to serve, put the garlic bread in the oven. Bake for 1. 5 minutes, until golden and warmed for extra crispy bread, run the garlic bread under the broiler for a minute or so before serving. Meal 5 Stir Fried Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables with Citrus Salad. Prep the vegetables, if you didnt already do so earlier in the week. Cook the noodles. Prepare the stir fry. Serve with the remaining citrus salad. Your Shopping List To buy at the store Lemon 1Citrus fruits, mix of oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, etc. Onion 2 mediumFennel bulb, with fronds attached 1Carrots, with fronds attached 7 to 8 medium sizedTomato 1 largeRed potatoes 1 12 poundsGreen cabbage 1 large sized headBroccoli rabe or mustard greens 4 small bunchesShiitake mushrooms 8 to 1. Scallions 1 bunchBasil 1 handfulFresh thyme or sage a few stems or leavesGarlic 1 headFresh ginger 1 inch knobWhole chicken 3 12 poundsLarge eggs 5Heavy cream 12 cupWhole milk 12 cupSmall shaped pasta, preferably buckwheat or whole wheat 8 ounces8 to 1. Asian flat noodles. Dry green or brown lentils 1 12 cupsFarro 12 cupTomato paste 1 small canChicken or vegetable stock 3 cups, plus another 5 to 6 cups if you wont be making your own for the soupGrand Marnier 14 cup, optional for the fruit saladBitters a few drops, optional for the fruit salad From your pantry check to make sure you have them Extra virgin olive oil. Vegetable or canola oil. Asian sesame oil. Butter. Grana Padano cheese 12 cup gratedSoy sauce. Salt. Pepper. Bay leaves. All purpose flour 3 cupsActive dry yeast. Paleo On A Budget Budget Friendly Paleo Recipes Weekly Meal Plans. As you can tell from the subject of this post I have really, really big news to share with you POAB is getting a new home lt insert shocked face here. Thats right, were up and moving literally to my new blog, Its a Nerdy Life. Now before you shake your head at me and x out of this tab or email if youre getting this in your inbox let me give you the full 4. Firstly,. continue reading.