I was in experimentation mode and came across the concept of 1 List 5 Meals on My Recipes and figured why not try it? You get 5 recipes and a shopping list of everything you need. It is meal planning made very easy.
I headed to the grocery store and picked up everything I needed for the 5 meals plus my normal fruit, veggies, yogurt for the week. Spending $98 dollars those groceries will last me a week and a half. The boyfriend and I will get 5 dinners plus a few slides out of this. I was excited to start this little experiment.
The first recipe we tried was a Quick Shrimp Chowder, I had a bowl and a half and the boyfriend had 2. I think it was a hit 
It was quick and easy to make and the leftover made for nice lunches.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 (10 3/4-ounce) cans cream of potato soup, undiluted
- 3 1/2 cups milk
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds medium-size fresh shrimp, peeled (I used frozen)
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Directions
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Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add onion, and sauté 8 minutes or until tender.
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Stir in cream of potato soup, milk, and pepper; bring to a boil.
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Add shrimp; reduce heat, and simmer, stirring often, 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink.
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Stir in cheese until melted. Serve immediately.
Topped with a bit of cheese and hot sauce it was a great dinner!
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I don’t write about politics, express anger towards a topic or others, but coming back to blogging after a long break after Mike and I broke was controversial. I got a few very negative emails from people in his life that don’t know the whole story. I’m not going to say bad things about that situation but there are always two sides and I have really learned just how one sided people are. 
