Menu Plan & a Give-a-way including a $10 gift card for groceries!

Back to school means back to busy weeknight schedules.  Between homework, activities, practices, work and class, preparing a delicious home-cooked meal can be quite a challenge, and getting started is often the hardest part. Let new Progresso^TM Recipe Starters^TM cooking sauces give you a head start to a home cooked meal, and you’ll ace the dinner time routine this year!

I was given some of these recipe starters to try.  I do try to cook from scratch most of the time but every once in a while I need some thing really quick so I am going to give these Progresso Starters a try.

"Progresso Recipe Starters sauces are available in five flavorful varieties that can each be used as a starter to create numerous home-cooked meals. For added inspiration, Progresso created 80 recipes utilizing this new line of cooking sauces that can be found on Progresso.com/RecipeStarters. Many of these recipes are classic family favorites, such as Bacon Mac n’ Cheese, Chicken Pot Pie and Chicken Parmesan, and utilize ingredients your family may already have on-hand."

Here is what you could win:

• Two cans of Progresso Recipe Starters
• $10 Gift Card to purchase your recipe ingredients
• Progresso Recipe Starters recipe book, including 5 recipes to get you started
• Baking dish
• Measuring Cups
• Sauce Scraper

Here is how to enter:

Just leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite easy meal.

**When you leave your comment make sure I have your e-mail.

You have until Thursday, September 20th at 9:00 p.m. EST to enter. 

Here is this week's menu plan.  You will see some repeats because I just didn't follow my menu plan much last week.

Menu Plan

I keep breakfast and lunches simple.  I do some things on the weekend to make it easier for the week. Breakfasts are usually served with fruit smoothies.

Breakfast:

• Blender Batter Waffles
• Eggs and bacon and toast or breakfast sandwiches
• Yogurt or cereal and toast and fruit
• French toast
• Muffins - Using variations from the Master Muffin Mix from Home Joys with more variations

Lunch:

• PB & J (from the freezer), fruit and veggies
• Leftovers and applesauce 
• Soooo Not Chicken Nuggets, carrots and grapes
• Communal lunch
• Beans and Rice

Supper:

• Hot dogs (bonfire) and baked beans
• Slow cooker bean with bacon soup and cornbread (didn't have this last week)
• Creamy Parmesan Chicken Penne and a salad
• Cheesy Potatoes and smoked sausage bake, salad and bread
• Chicken Alfredo Pizza , Easy whole wheat breadsticks, Spinach Salad and strawberry slushies
• Leftover Buffet
• Chicken Bombay, rice and peas

Snacks:

My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie dough for the freezer
Grapes
Peanut butter and crackers

Hope you have a great week!  And check out more menu plans at Menu Plan Monday.

Disclosure:  The information, products and ProgressoTM Recipe StartersTM gift packs were provided by Progresso through MyBlogSpark.