Instant Pot Spaghetti

I wrote this and never published it!  Why???  I don't know.  Maybe I was going to modify it.  At any rate, my daughter likes to have this in the freezer so she can take it for lunches.

1 pound ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 tsp. salt
1 jar prepared spaghetti sauce
1 24 oz container of crushed tomatoes
24 oz water (fill the spaghetti sauce jar)
12 oz  dry spaghetti noodles

On the saute setting, brown the ground beef with the onion until beef is no longer pink.  Add seasonings.  Break spaghetti noodles in half and lay them across the beef and onions.  Pour sauce, tomatoes, and water over the top.  Stir lightly and press noodles under the liquid.   Switch to manual mode, set for 8 minutes.  Quick release pressure when done.  Stir and serve.

Menu Plan July 26 - August 1

Hello again!  It's been a while.  We've gone through our big monthly meal plans, and now I'm back to using weekly menus.  And spending entirely too much on groceries.  Way too much.  So I'm going to recenter myself and go back to basing my meal plans on what we have in the house.  Much of this is because I saw the price of meat the other day and quickly left the meat aisle!  Yikes. 

This week my niece is coming to visit for a few days.  So I'm planning some fun food while she's here. 

Also, we've started getting a couple of Hello Fresh meals per week.  My daughter said she'd cook them if I got them (they aren't inexpensive, though we used a coupon code!).  So far she's good for one meal, and I make her help with the second one.  Either way it's nice to not really have to think about dinner one night a week (yes, I still have to cook it, but I don't have to think about it!). 

Sunday:  Taco Bell
Monday:  Asian noodle salad with chicken (frozen cooked chicken tenders)
Tuesday: Papa Murphy's
Wednesday:  Sausage dogs and Tater Tots
Thursday:  Black bean tostadas
Friday:  Hello Fresh
Saturday: Steak and potatoes

Sunday: Hello Fresh

What's on your menu this week?