January Angel Food Meal Plan & Recipes

It’s finally finished, almost two weeks earlier than last month’s! My goal is to have the February plan up before the ordering deadline, so you can order the boxes after you get a good look at the plan. But this is what it is, for January:

January Angel Food Meal Plan and Recipes (single page, much better formatting)

Ordering: This plan uses the 2 Bountiful Blessing boxes and 1 S3 (premium fresh fruit and veggies) box. Total $105. The only thing I’m using that’s not in the 2 BB boxes is some of the vegetables, so you could just buy the 2 BB boxes (total $82) and buy the produce at the grocery store for probably less than $10.

Comments:

If you’re only going to the grocery store once, at the beginning of the plan, cook the recipes with celery, bananas, and/or fresh bread first.
I’m using some of the same recipes as last month, because I didn’t actually get to cook them thanks to the arrival of number 3. I won’t usually repeat recipes that fast. Exceptions are the Sausage & Potatoes recipe and the Blackeyed Pea Soup recipe, which are just really good (hearty, healthy, yummy, and inexpensive) recipes that we actually want to eat as often as I want to cook them!
I divvied up some vegetables, but a couple meals still need the addition of a can of green beans or something.

Goal: As usual, to feed my family of five (including three little people) 30 meals, while buying little from the grocery store. I’m not using the hot dogs, the fruit, or the meat box in the plan, and we’ll give away one of the bags of fries. This also doesn’t use nearly all the breaded chicken–I’m still learning what to do with it. This plan feeds 28 meals. I’ve been trying to find somewhere to squeeze out the extra meals, but the truth is that we don’t eat that many meals a month at home, that there will be some leftovers anyway, and that I really don’t want to squeeze out the extra meals this month–I like the recipes I’ve picked!

Meal	from box	from pantry	from store
Spaghetti	1/2 Fully-Cooked Meatballs Pasta Pasta Sauce	parmesan cheese bread
Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal	quick oatmeal milk eggs	butter baking powder salt vanilla peanut butter
Crockpot Black Eyed Pea Soup freeze half	Sweet Italian Sausage 1 onion 1 cup diced carrots	6c chicken broth italian seasoning	1 c diced celery 1lb dried black eyed peas
Stuffing-topped Pork Apple Skillet with Sweet Potatoes	Bone-In Pork Chops onion apple sweet potatoes	Balsamic Vinaigrette brown sugar	stuffing
Sausage and Potatoes	Breakfast Link Sausage potatoes onions
French Dip Sandwiches and Fries reserve leftovers	Choice Beef Netted Roast Fries	soy sauce bouillion cube bay leaf rosemary thyme garlic	french bread
Beef & Barley Soup	leftovers from French Dip carrots onion	butter beef broth 1can diced tomatoes basil oregano	1c quick-cooking barley celery frozen peas
Meatball Orzo Soup	1/2 Fully Cooked Meatballs ½ bag yellow squash and zucchini 2 eggs	chicken broth parsley lemon juice	3/4c orzo pasta
Minestrone	Minestrone
Stir-Fry with Sauce and Rice	Breaded Chicken Breast Assorted Pieces onion carrots cabbage Beef-Flavored Rice & Vermicelli	assorted vegetables stir-fry sauce (e.g. La Choi sweet & sour)
White Chili and Cornbread	1lb Lean Ground Beef Northern Beans Jiffy Cornbread Mix		1c medium salsa 1c frozen corn 8oz jalapeno pepper cheddar cheese
Spaghetti	1/2 Fully-Cooked Meatballs Pasta Pasta Sauce	Bread Parmesan cheese
Italian Sausage Soup	Sweet Italian Sausage carrots northern beans ½ bag yellow squash and zucchini	garlic beef broth 1 can stewed tomatoes	2c spinach
Roast, Potatoes, Carrots, Onions save leftovers	Choice Beef Netted Roast onions carrots potatoes
Roast Beef Hash	eggs	oil garlic thyme cayenne nutmeg	heavy cream
Lasagna and Green Beans	Lasagna Green Beans
Moist Cheddar Garlic Oven-Fried Chicken and Peas and Carrots	Split Chicken Breast Sugar Snap Peas and Carrots	butter garlic seasoning salt dry bread crumbs	cheddar cheese parmesan cheese
Herbed Chicken and Tomatoes and Yellow Squash and Zucchini	Split Chicken Breast Yellow Squash and Zucchini	2 cans italian diced tomatoes pasta sugar	1 envelope savory herb with garlic soup mix parmesan cheese
Chicken Nuggets Parmesan and Green Beans	Breaded Chicken Breast Assorted Pieces Green Beans		1 jar pasta sauce parmesan cheese mozzarella cheese
Pork Chops with a Maple-Mustard Glaze and Cornbread	Bone-In Pork Chops Jiffy Cornmeal Mix	butter chicken broth maple syrup dijon mustard sage thyme	2tsp heavy cream
Sausage and Eggs	Breakfast Link Sausage Eggs
Meatloaf and Rice	1lb Ground Beef Oatmeal Onions Egg Beef-Flavored Rice & Vermicelli	Ketchup
Minestrone	Minestrone
Crockpot Black Eyed Pea Soup from freezer
Hearty Harvest and Ham Stew	onion cabbage potatoes carrots	olive oil garlic celery seed caraway seed paprika	1lb ham steak 3c greens
Lasagna and Sugar Snap Peas and Carrots	Lasagna Sugar Snap Peas and Carrots
Baked Banana Oatmeal	Quick oats 2 eggs milk	brown sugar butter baking powder vanilla chocolate chips	3 bananas
Meatball Subs and Fries	1/2 of Fully-Cooked Meatballs Fries	pasta sauce	rolls

Grocery List:

rolls
french bread
3 bananas
celery
1lb ham steak
1 jar pasta sauce
1 envelope savory herb with garlic soup mix
1pk chicken stuffing
1c medium salsa
orzo pasta
quick-cooking barley
1lb dried black-eyed peas
pint heavy cream
mozzarella cheese
parmesan cheese
cheddar cheese
8oz jalapeno pepper cheddar cheese
frozen corn
frozen peas
3c + 2c greens (spinach)

Cost-cutting tips:

both the recipes that call for heavy cream could be substituted with milk
making your own sandwich rolls and french bread is much cheaper than buying them
you can find a recipe for the soup mix here
I will probably substitute regular cheddar cheese for the jalapeno pepper cheese, since we buy cheddar in bulk
the recipe comments have instructions for substituting regular barley for the quick-cooking kind

Happy eating!