Meal planning – Salmon and Couscous Packets Recipe

I’m sharing the tried and true recipe for Salmon and Couscous Packets below and highly recommend you add it to your recipe rotation.

I love Thursdays and I hate Thursdays. I love today because it means we’re one day closer to Friday and the weekend. I hate today because our schedules are so much busier, and it makes the evening rush much worse. But, I also love today because I know that dinner is in the slow cooker, so maybe I’ll be able to eat with my whole family at a reasonable time. No hands on cooking for me tonight!  

This weekend I shopped at two stores – Aldi and Ingles (my local-to-me grocery store.) My goal was to purchase my groceries for under $100, while also making my family healthy meals. 

Our menu: 

Sunday – salmon and couscous packets (see recipe below) 
Monday – Chicken wraps (I put two large chicken breasts and a jar of salsa in the slow cooker for 6 hours. Shredded the chicken, and put on a tortilla wrap. Topped with shredded cheese.) 
Tuesday – Steak and asparagus
Wednesday – leftovers
Thursday – beef stew (slow cooker) 
Friday – pizza
Saturday – TBD (but I have a whole chicken I can always throw in the slow cooker.)

I spent right at $100 in my two trips. I purchased the bulk of my groceries at Aldi, and I spent $64. If you have an Aldi in your area, I highly encourage you to shop there. Start your shopping there, and then visit your local store for the remaining foods. They didn’t have the milk I wanted (when I got to the store, they only had organic skim milk left, which I don’t give my son.) I also needed a block of cheese, a slow cooker packet for our beef stew and a few other produce items. At Aldi I was able to buy steak, stew meat, a whole chicken, salmon and SO MUCH more. Their meat prices just shock me sometimes. 

So those salmon packets? They’re so great. I made 4 so we had them for dinner and a lunch. They can take a little bit of time to prep, but they’re worth it. 

Yield: 4

Salmon and Couscous Packets

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I’m sharing the tried and true recipe for Salmon and Couscous Packets and highly recommend you add it to your recipe rotation.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 pieces of salmon
• couscous
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup pistachios, chopped
• olive oil cooking spray

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cook the couscous according to the package. Mix the shallot, pistachios and cranberries with the couscous after it has cooked.
Spray 4 pieces of aluminum foil with the olive oil cooking spray. Divide the couscous and scoop onto the 4 pieces of foil. Top each with a piece of salmon. Close the ends of the foil to create your packet. Place the four packets on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.

I’m excited that we’ve cooked healthy all week, and that I managed to get the grocery bill down to a manageable amount! 

What’s on your menu this week?