Bargain Meal of the Week 6/25/09

It's time for another week of Bargain Meals! Erin over at $5 Dinners (a great read!) is hosting a gathering of bloggers all over the internet, creating frugal meals straight from the sales circulars of their favorite stores. Check it out for even more inspiration. I contribute every Thursday for the current sales at Publix, which run from Wednesday to the following Tuesday. Keep in mind that you do not need to purchase two of a product to get the buy one get one price. Publix marks down their products to half price for the BOGO deals.

Items on sale that can be used in this meal:

Publix Fresh Ground Turkey, on sale 2.19 per lb

Publix Pasta, usually around $1

Ragu Pasta Sauce, $2.19 BOGO
-$1/2 Ragu Pasta Sauce printable (IE) or printable (FF)
-.75/1 Ragu Sauce “Family is it’s Own Reward” booklet
Final Price: .33 - .58 ea

For desert:

Georgia Peaches, 1.29 per lb

Breyers Ice Cream, $4.99 BOGO
-.75/1 off Breyers RP 5/17
-$1.50/1 Breyer’s “Family is its own Reward” booklet
Final Price: $1 - $1.75 ea

Garlic Turkey Meatballs & Sauce
from Cooks.com with slight alteration

Ingredients:

1 package ground turkey meat
1 egg
1 cup garlic bread crumbs
2 dashes garlic salt or powder
1 can pasta sauce of choice

Instructions:

Add turkey meat and bread crumbs to bowl. Mix well. Add egg to mixture. Mix well until completely blended. Roll meat into any sized meat balls. Spray pan with Pam.

Place them in a frying pan over a medium flame/heat. Move pan around several times to brown the meat balls all around. After several minutes cooking, cut one open and check for color. If still red, let it cook for longer. If light brown, they are ready. Season with garlic salt or powder to taste.

Add pasta sauce and heat until bubbling

Serve over pasta.

*Also enjoy Vanilla Ice Cream topped with fresh peaches for desert!