Meal Plan for Week 23 (Group 1)

Notes for this week

• The stuffed shells makes a pan to eat and a pan for the freezer. Place the unused half of the prepared shells on a flat sheet and freeze. When frozen, place in a freezer container labeled with date and “Stuffed Shells: Thaw, place in pan over a little pasta sauce and pour remaining sauce from 28 oz. jar over top of shells. Cover with foil, and bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.” Return to freezer. Save unopened jar of sauce in the pantry for use with frozen shells.


• If you would like to stock your freezer with taco-seasoned ground beef, plan to purchase extra ground beef this week and cook it up on or before Day 3. I’ve included our taco seasoning recipe below. After cooking, divide the seasoned beef into portions equal to the number of pounds that you used or less (I tend to use less meat in recipes, so I freeze mine in smaller portions). Use one portion in Taco Macaroni on Day 3 and label and freeze the rest for future use.


• The filling for the stuffed bell peppers on Day 4 freezes well, so if you’d like you can double just the filling ingredients and freeze for later. Label with “Stuffed Bell Pepper Filling: Thaw and stuff 6 seeded bell peppers with vegetable mixture. Place in crockpot, cover, and cook on low 6-8 hours (high: 3-4 hours). During the last 30 minutes of cooking time, sprinkle with ¼ cup of cheese and allow cheese to melt.”

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5