Kroger Meal Ideas

Here are some easy and inexpensive dinner ideas that utilize sale items from Kroger this week (as well as items you have hopefully stocked up on from recent sales)! 



Traditional Spaghetti

Buy (2) Ragu Pasta Sauce at $1.25 each AND (1) Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta at $1
-use the "Buy 2 Ragu Pasta Sauce Get 1 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest FREE" (from the RP 11/14)

Pay only $2.50 for all 3 items! 

You can also use these items to make the Baked Pasta recipe I posted about here.

And, you can pair this with the Armour meatballs that were on sale a few weeks ago if you picked those up!

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Tuna Noodle Casserole

Ingredients:
2 pouches Bumble Bee Tuna ($.49 Mega Sale price -$.55 (SS 9/12) = FREE!)
2 cups cooked egg noodles (Ronzoni Healthy Harvest $1)
1 can cream of mushroom soup (from recent sales)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup frozen peas (optional)
2 tbsp dry bread crumbs
1 tbsp melted butter

Directions:
1.  Stir soup, milk, peas, tuna & noodles in casserole dish.
2.  Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until hot.  Stir.
3.  Mix breadcrumbs & butter & sprinkle over casserole.  Bake 5 more minutes or until golden brown.

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Easy Chicken Dijon

Ingredients:
Chicken drumsticks, skinned (Kroger Chicken Drumsticks $.99 lb)
Mustard (such as dijon)
Plain dried bread crumbs
Dried herbs (such as tarragon, thyme, or oregano)
Salt
Black Pepper

Directions:
1. Brush the drumsticks with the mustard.
2. Mix the bread crumbs and the seasonings in a large ziplock bag.  Add the drumsticks.  Squeeze out the air and seal the bag; turn to coat the drumsticks.
3. Place the drumsticks on a baking sheet and bake at 450 degrees until browned and cooked through, 35-40 minutes, spraying with nonstick cooking spray halfway through the baking time.

[Taken from Kraft Food and Family Magazine]

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Herbed Pork Chops

Ingredients:
4 boneless pork chops (boneless half pork loin $1.99 lb - have butcher cut into chops about 3/4 inch thick)
1 can cream of chicken soup (from recent sales)
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp ground sage*
1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves, crushed*
2 tbsp margarine or butter
1/2 cup water
(*can substitute 1/2 tsp Nature's Seasons seasoning blend for sage and thyme)

Directions:
1. On waxed paper, combine flour and seasonings.  Coat chops lightly with flour mixture.
2. In skillet over medium-high heat, in hot margarine, cook chops 10 minutes or until browned on both sides.  Remove, set aside.
3. In same skillet, combine soup and water.  Heat to boiling.  Return chops to skillet.  Reduce heat to low.  Cover, cook 5 minutes or until chops are no longer pink.
(Good served with rice.)

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Apple-Rice Medley

Ingredients:
1 package (6 ounces) long-grain and wild rice mix (from recent sale)
1 cup (4 oz) shredded mild cheddar cheese, divided (Sargento Shredded Cheese $2 - $.40/2 (SS 10/31) = $1.60)
1 cup chopped apple (Fuji, Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples $.99 lb)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery

Oven Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Prepare rice mix according to package directions.
2. Add 1/2 cup cheese, apple, mushrooms and celery to rice; toss to combine.  Spoon into 1-quart casserole dish and bake 15 minutes.
3. Top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese and bake until cheese melts, about 10 minutes.

Microwave Directions:
1. Prepare rice according to package directions.
2. Combine cooked rice, 1/2 cup cheese, apple, mushrooms and celery in 1-quart microwave-safe dish.
3. Microwave on high 3 to 4 minutes or until heated through.  Top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese & microwave on high 1 minute or until cheese melts.

[Taken from Favorite Brand Name 4 Ingredient Cookbook Fast and Easy Recipes]

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Possible sides:

Velveeta Shells & Cheese or Deluxe Mac & Cheese ($1.18 mega sale price)
Pillsbury Grands Frozen Biscuits ($1.99 mega sale price - $1/2 (GM 12/5) = $1.49)

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And, don't miss these items...

Sara Lee Honey Wheat Bread ($1.19)
Lender's Bagels ($.99 mega sale price)
Eggland's Best Large Eggs, 18 ct (B1G1 Free - $.35 (SS 11/14) = $1.60)
Pilgrim's Pride Split Chicken Breast ($.99 lb)
Freschetta Pizza ($3.99 mega sale price)


Do you have any other recipes that match up with this week's sale items?  If so, leave it in the comment section!!