Sunday: Family

Treat the family to aromatic and colorful ASIAN PORK AND PINEAPPLE KEBABS. Serve the beautiful entree over RICE and drizzle Thai peanut sauce over all. Add SOURDOUGH BREAD. For dessert, make STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE with fresh strawberries, fat-free vanilla ice cream and angel food cake.

Plan

Prepare enough kebabs and save enough rice and ice cream for Monday.

Shopping List

pork tenderloins, teriyaki marinade, pineapple chunks, red bell peppers, green onions, rice, Thai peanut sauce, sourdough bread, fresh strawberries, fat-free vanilla ice cream, angel food cake.

Monday: Heat and Eat

Use the leftover kebabs tonight for PORK STIR-FRY; serve over leftover RICE. Add SESAME BREAD STICKS. Drizzle chocolate sauce over leftover ICE CREAM for dessert.

Plan

Save enough chocolate sauce for Wednesday.

Shopping List

sesame bread sticks, chocolate sauce.

Tuesday: Meatless

No one ever complains when we have VIDALIA ONION RISOTTO on the menu. Serve the creamy rice dish with a SPINACH SALAD and BAGUETTES. For dessert, KIWIFRUIT is light.

Shopping List

canola oil, Vidalia or other sweet onions, garlic, arborio rice, unsalted vegetable broth, reduced-fat crumbled feta cheese, flatleaf parsley, parmesan cheese, black pepper, fresh spinach, baguettes, kiwifruit.

Wednesday: Kids

Make kid-friendly ITALIAN SLOPPY JOES tonight. Heat 1 teaspoon canola oil on medium in a large nonstick skillet; add 1 pound ground turkey breast and cook 5 minutes or until no longer pink.

Meanwhile, heat a large saucepan coated with cooking spray on medium and add 1 small finely chopped onion and 1/2 cup finely chopped carrots. Cook 5 minutes or until softened. Add cooked turkey and 3 cups red pasta sauce to vegetables; simmer until heated through. Spoon mixture onto toasted whole-grain hamburger buns.

Serve with OVEN FRIES (frozen) and CELERY STICKS and DIP. For dessert, top VANILLA PUDDING with leftover chocolate sauce.

Plan

Cook the rice for Thursday.

Shopping List

canola oil, ground turkey breast, cooking spray, onion, carrots, red pasta sauce, whole-grain hamburger buns, frozen oven fries, celery sticks, dip, vanilla pudding.

Thursday: Budget

It's easy to save money when these STUFFED TOMATOES are for dinner. In a large nonstick skillet, cook 1 medium finely chopped onion and 1 pound lean ground beef on medium-high for 7 minutes or until meat is no longer pink; drain.

Meanwhile, cut thin slices from each stem-end of 4 (14-ounce) jumbo ripe tomatoes; reserve slices. With a spoon, scoop out seeds and pulp from each tomato; reserve. Place tomatoes in a baking dish, cut-side down; cover and microwave on high (100 percent power) 2 minutes or until heated; drain. Chop 1 cup loosely packed fresh mint, the reserved tomato slices and reserved pulp; set mint aside. Stir the tomatoes and pulp mixture, 3/4 cup cooked rice, 1 teaspoon coarse salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper into meat mixture. Cover and microwave 8 to 10 minutes on high. Stir mint into meat mixture. Fill tomato shells with meat mixture and serve.

Add a ROMAINE SALAD and WHOLE-GRAIN ROLLS. Munch on PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES for dessert.

Shopping List

onion, lean ground beef, tomatoes, fresh mint, rice, coarse salt, pepper, romaine, whole-grain rolls, peanut butter cookies.

Friday: Express

Pick up a few ingredients and you'll have PIZZA WITH SMOKED TURKEY in no time. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Place 1 (10-ounce) ready-to-bake whole-grain pizza crust on baking sheet. Sprinkle 1 cup shredded Italian-blend cheese onto crust. Evenly distribute 2 ounces thinly sliced smoked turkey (cut into 1/2-inch strips) over cheese. In small bowl, mix 1 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese with 1 (4-ounce) container garlic-and-herb cheese spread. Evenly place dollops of cheese mixture over pizza. Bake 10 minutes or until heated through and cheese melts. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil. Serve with packaged SALAD GREENS. PLUMS are an easy dessert.

Shopping List

ready-to-bake whole-grain pizza crust, shredded Italian-blend cheese, smoked turkey, reduced-fat ricotta cheese, garlic-and-herb cheese spread, fresh basil, packaged salad greens, plums.

Saturday: Easy Entertaining

These SAUTEED SCALLOPS will be on your guests' favorites list. Serve with SPAGHETTI tossed with freshly grated parmesan cheese and chopped fresh flatleaf parsley on the side, along with a BIBB LETTUCE SALAD. Add ITALIAN BREAD.

Make a BERRY PARFAIT for dessert. Cut a pound cake into 10 slices (3/4-inch thick). Cut each slice into 8 cubes. Place cubes in a bowl; set aside. In a skillet, combine 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract. Heat on medium 4 minutes or until mixture is a syrupy consistency; remove from heat and toss with 2 cups fresh berries (any).

Fill 10 parfait glasses (or stemmed dessert glasses) with 1/2 cake cubes. Divide and layer 1/2 fruit mixture, 1/4 cup sliced almonds (1/2 cup total), 1 cup frozen (thawed) whipped topping (2 cups total); repeat layers of cake and fruit mixture, ending with remaining almonds and whipped topping.

Shopping List

olive oil, sea scallops, coarse salt, pepper, butter, shallots, garlic, dry white wine, lemons, flatleaf parsley, spaghetti, parmesan cheese, Bibb lettuce, Italian bread, pound cake, sugar, orange juice, cinnamon, pure vanilla extract, any fresh berries, sliced almonds, frozen whipped topping.

Sunday: Family

Serve your family summery and delicious MEDITERRANEAN LAMB CUTLETS WITH KIWIFRUIT SALSA and COUSCOUS. Add a BOSTON LETTUCE SALAD and FLATBREAD. For dessert, fat-free STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM is always a favorite.

Plan

Save enough ice cream for Tuesday.

Shopping List

kiwifruit, reduced-fat sour cream, garlic, lamb rib chops (cutlets), fresh peach, papaya, lime, cilantro, couscous, Boston lettuce, flatbread, fat-free strawberry ice cream.

Monday: Budget

Save some money tonight with TUNA SALAD ON MIXED GREENS. In a food processor, puree 2 slices whole-grain bread, 1/2 cup unsalted chicken broth, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt, 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, 2 cloves garlic and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Transfer to a bowl and add 2 (6-ounce) cans drained and flaked water-packed albacore tuna, 2 medium chopped carrots, 2 ribs chopped celery and 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill. Season with coarse salt and pepper. Spoon the salad onto a bed of mixed greens.

Serve with a glass of chilled TOMATO JUICE with a fresh lime wedge on the side, along with BAKED CHIPS and MULTIGRAIN ROLLS. FRESH PINEAPPLE is your dessert.

Plan

Save enough tuna salad for Tuesday.

Shopping List

whole-grain bread, unsalted chicken broth, walnuts, fat-free plain yogurt, lemons, garlic, cayenne pepper, canned water-packed albacore tuna, carrots, celery, fresh dill, coarse salt, pepper, salad greens, tomato juice, limes, baked chips, multigrain rolls, fresh pineapple.

Tuesday: Heat and Eat

There's little heating necessary tonight with leftover TUNA SALAD SANDWICHES on whole-grain toast with sliced tomatoes and lettuce for dinner. Serve with frozen OVEN FRIES and SWEET PICKLES. Scoop leftover ICE CREAM for dessert.

Shopping List

whole-grain bread, tomatoes, lettuce, frozen oven fries, sweet pickles.

Wednesday: Meatless

Forget about meat tonight and serve MEXICAN BAKED POTATOES. Slash and fluff hot baked potatoes. Top each one with 1/4 cup salsa, 2 tablespoons canned and rinsed reduced-sodium black beans and 2 tablespoons shredded 50 percent reduced-fat cheddar cheese. Place under broiler and cook 1 minute or until cheese melts. Top each potato with 1 tablespoon chopped green onions.

Serve with a LETTUCE WEDGE and HARD-COOKED EGG SLICES. Add WHOLE-GRAIN ROLLS. For dessert, spoon fresh sliced STRAWBERRIES over CHOCOLATE PUDDING.

Plan

Bake extra potatoes for Thursday.

Shopping List

potatoes to bake, salsa, canned reduced-sodium black beans, 50 percent reduced-fat cheddar cheese, green onions, lettuce, eggs, whole-grain rolls, fresh strawberries, chocolate pudding.

Thursday: Express

Keep the kitchen cool with PEPPER JACK AND TURKEY SANDWICHES. Spread whole-grain bread slices with ground mustard. Layer romaine, sliced pepper jack cheese, deli smoked turkey slices and sliced tomatoes. Halve sandwiches and serve with BAKED POTATO WEDGES (leftover baked potatoes cut into wedges, coated with cooking spray, and baked in 425-degree oven for 10 minutes or until hot). BLUEBERRIES are your dessert.

Shopping List

whole-grain bread, ground mustard, romaine, pepper jack cheese, deli smoked turkey slices, tomatoes, cooking spray, blueberries.

Friday: Kids

Make the kids happy with unusual SLOPPY JOE PIEROGIES. Boil 1 (16.9-ounce) package frozen potato and cheddar pierogies (such as Mrs. T's or another brand) according to directions; drain well.

Meanwhile, heat a large nonstick skillet on medium. Cook 1 pound ground turkey breast 5 minutes or until it starts to brown. Add 1/2 cup minced carrots and 1/2 cup minced onions; cook and stir 4 minutes or until soft. Stir in 1 (15.5-ounce) can sloppy Joe sauce; bring to boil. Remove from heat; fold in drained pierogies. Serve in soup bowls.

Munch on CELERY STICKS stuffed with cheese spread and add CRUSTY BREAD. A slice of WATERMELON is a kid kind of dessert.

Shopping List

frozen potato and cheddar pierogies (such as Mrs. T's or another brand), ground turkey breast, carrots, onion, canned sloppy Joe sauce, celery, cheese spread, crusty bread, watermelon.

Saturday: Easy Entertaining

Celebrate Independence Day and enjoy MOLASSES BLT SLIDERS at the same time. Add POTATO SALAD, COLESLAW and DEVILED EGGS for a real picnic. Continue to impress your guests with BLUEBERRY ICE CREAM PIE.

Shopping List

lean ground beef, Grill Mates Molasses Bacon Seasoning, 50 percent reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese, low-fat mayonnaise, slider or small dinner rolls, lettuce, tomatoes, potato salad, coleslaw, deviled eggs, canned blueberry pie filling, fat-free vanilla ice cream, graham cracker piecrust, strawberry sauce, light whipped cream, any fresh berries.

Sunday: Family

Show Dad how much you love him on his special day with this updated, healthier version of DAD'S "FRIED" CHICKEN. Serve with CORN-ON-THE-COB, deli COLESLAW and CRUSTY ITALIAN BREAD.

Add BLUE-DEVIL DEVILED EGGS. Hard-cook 12 eggs; cool, peel, halve and remove yolks to a medium bowl. Mash, and then blend in 3 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard. Add 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese, and coarse salt and pepper to taste. Divide mixture; fill eggs and garnish with 3 tablespoons crumbled bacon. (Adapted from "Deviled Eggs," Debbie Moose; Harvard Common Press, 2004.)

For dessert, fat-free CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM and CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES are Father's Day favorites.

Plan

Save enough crusty Italian bread, Blue-Devil Deviled Eggs and ice cream for Monday and cook enough eggs for Wednesday.

Shopping List

buttermilk, Dijon mustard, garlic, hot sauce, skinless chicken legs, cooking spray, whole-wheat flour, sesame seeds, paprika, dried thyme, baking powder, coarse salt, pepper, corn-on-the-cob, deli coleslaw, crusty Italian bread, eggs, low-fat mayonnaise, crumbled blue cheese, bacon, fat-free chocolate ice cream, chocolate chip cookies.

Monday: Heat and Eat

No matter what you call it, PANZANELLA (or "bread salad") makes a delicious summer meal. Add leftover DEVILED EGGS alongside. For dessert, leftover ICE CREAM is all you'll want.

Shopping List

canned reduced-sodium cannellini beans, part-skim mozzarella, red bell pepper, red onion, salad greens, red wine vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, coarse salt, garlic, dried basil, ground mustard, crushed red pepper.

Tuesday: Budget

OPEN-FACED ASPARAGUS QUESADILLAS are simple, but transform ordinary flavors into something extraordinary. Lightly toast 1 teaspoon cumin seeds in a large skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes, shaking pan; set seeds aside. Microwave 4 slices bacon 3 or 4 minutes on high (100 percent power); let stand 3 minutes and crumble when cool. Melt 1 teaspoon butter in skillet over medium heat; add 3/4 pound asparagus (cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces) and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms and 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt; cook 2 minutes or until mushrooms begin to release their moisture.

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Place 4 (6-inch) fat-free flour tortillas on a large rimmed baking pan. Divide and top them with asparagus mixture; sprinkle with 2 sliced green onions, 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, the bacon and the cumin seeds. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Cut into wedges and serve with canned reduced-sodium PINTO BEANS.

Add a sliced AVOCADO SALAD on shredded lettuce. FRESH PINEAPPLE CHUNKS make a good dessert.

Shopping List

cumin seeds, bacon, butter, fresh asparagus, sliced fresh mushrooms, garlic salt, fat-free flour tortillas, green onions, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, canned reduced-sodium pinto beans, avocado, lettuce, fresh pineapple chunks.

Wednesday: Meatless

HERBED COUSCOUS AND PEAS makes a light summertime meal. Bring 1 (14-ounce) can unsalted vegetable broth to simmer in medium pan. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup whole-wheat couscous. Cover and let stand 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, microwave 1 1/2 cups frozen green peas according to directions; drain. To couscous, add green peas, 1 (15-ounce) can rinsed reduced-sodium chickpeas, 2 tablespoons chopped flatleaf parsley, 2 tablespoons fresh mint, 2 tablespoons fresh basil and 1 teaspoon lemon zest; fluff with fork. Serve immediately.

Add a MIXED GREENS SALAD with leftover HARD-COOKED EGG WEDGES and FLATBREAD. For dessert, fresh STRAWBERRIES are perfect.

Shopping List

unsalted vegetable broth, whole-wheat couscous, frozen green peas, canned reduced-sodium chickpeas, flatleaf parsley, fresh mint, fresh basil, lemon, salad greens, flatbread, fresh strawberries.

Thursday: Express

When I'm out of ideas for dinner, I buy MEATLOAF at the supermarket and pretend it's my mother's recipe. I also add refrigerated cooked POTATOES, along with steamed FRESH BROCCOLI, packaged GREEN SALAD and WHOLE-GRAIN ROLLS. For dessert, deli BROWNIES will take you through the home stretch.

Shopping List

store-bought meatloaf, any refrigerated cooked potatoes, fresh broccoli, packaged green salad, whole-grain rolls, deli brownies.

Friday: Kids

Leave it to the kids to invent MEATLOAF TACOS. Warm the leftover meatloaf, then crumble and spoon into taco shells. Top with shredded cheddar cheese and add salsa. Serve with vegetarian BAKED BEANS and CARROT STICKS. KIWIFRUIT makes an easy dessert.

Shopping List

taco shells, shredded cheddar cheese, salsa, vegetarian baked beans, carrot sticks, kiwifruit.

Saturday: Easy Entertaining

Try something different and invite friends for hearty BEEF AND BARLEY SUMMER SALAD. Serve it with your GAZPACHO and SOURDOUGH ROLLS.

Your dessert, LEMON MOUSSE CAKE, will further impress your guests. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat bottoms (only) of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Prepare and bake 1 (2-layer size) package lemon cake mix according to directions. Cool completely.

For the icing: In a medium bowl, gently stir 3/4 cup lemon pie filling (from a 15- to 16-ounce can) into 2 (16-ounce) tubs whipped ready-to-spread vanilla frosting. Place 1 cake layer, rounded-side down, on serving plate. Spread with 1 cup lemon mixture; top with second layer (rounded-side up). Frost sides and top of cake, then slice and serve. Refrigerate leftover cake.

Tip

Try something different and invite friends for hearty BEEF AND BARLEY SUMMER SALAD. Serve it with your GAZPACHO and SOURDOUGH ROLLS.

Your dessert, LEMON MOUSSE CAKE, will further impress your guests. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat bottoms (only) of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Prepare and bake 1 (2-layer size) package lemon cake mix according to directions. Cool completely.

For the icing: In a medium bowl, gently stir 3/4 cup lemon pie filling (from a 15- to 16-ounce can) into 2 (16-ounce) tubs whipped ready-to-spread vanilla frosting. Place 1 cake layer, rounded-side down, on serving plate. Spread with 1 cup lemon mixture; top with second layer (rounded-side up). Frost sides and top of cake, then slice and serve. Refrigerate leftover cake.

Shopping List

reduced-fat balsamic vinaigrette, orange, lemon, beef top-round steak, quick-cooking barley, fresh green beans, yellow bell pepper, green onions, fresh chives, gazpacho, sourdough rolls, cooking spray, lemon cake mix (plus ingredients to add to mix), canned lemon pie filling, whipped ready-to-spread vanilla frosting.