Here is the recipe for our meal plan on Mondays
Monday BBQ Meatballs & Quinoa
1 box of pre-cooked meatballs (or about 60 small homemade meatballs)
Homemade BBQ Sauce
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup pureed zuchinni/cauliflower
- 1/3 cup pureed carrot/sweet potato
- 6 oz tomato paste (1 small can or 1/2 large can)
- 1/4 cup sodium reduced soy sauce
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 tsp of garlic powder
- 1 cup loosely packed brown sugar
- 1-2 tsp of spicy peppers (dried)
*blend sauce and pour over meatballs in slowcooker - turn on to LOW for 4 hours*
For the Quinoa
- rinse off 1 cup of organic quinoa in cold water (use a fine mesh seive)
- put quinoa in a rice cooker
- add 2 cups water
- *optional* add 1 tsp seasoning (such as chicken stock, etc...)
The Quinoa will take approximately 15 minutes in the rice cooker. If you do not have a rice cooker - then you can do this on the stove but read your quinoa package for directions. You might want to invest in a rice cooker since they are cheap and they rock!
Then choose a frozen veggie side dish. Today I think we will have frozen asparagus spears! Don't worry too much if your kids pick at the veggie option since you know that the BBQ sauce for the meatballs has 1/2 cup of pureed veggies in it as well! You sneaky mama!
Approximate cost of this meal:
$6.99 - box of meatballs
$0.50 - pureed veggies (I estimate that each 1/4 cup costs about a quarter but I really think that is estimating high)
$1.00 - tomato paste, ketchup, vinegar, seasoning
$0.50 - sugar
$1.00 - 1 cup uncooked Quinoa (I paid $10 for a 4lb organic quinoa bag)
$3.00 - bag of frozen asaparagus spears
Total cost: $12.99 feeds a family of 6 (with some leftovers). That works out to $2.17 per person. Pretty good for a healthy dinner!!!
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