Chicken and mushroom meatball subs

Cutlets and meatballs

I am on a tight grocery budget. I normally do grocery shopping for two weeks at a time, aka the Friday of payday. I feel like a lot of people are on this kind of a grocery shopping schedule. I, of course, make random Target or Jewel runs if we are in desperate need of a staple during what I like to call “lean week.” Lean week is a sad week in our house. I feel like Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids: “Help me, I’m poor.” Most of the fresh produce has dwindled and I have to make dinner from random things and condiments that otherwise may not fit together. To deal with the amount of energy that goes into coming up with dinner from random objects, I have to transform myself and my mindset into that of MacGyver. First assess the ingredients on hand: One baguette. Two boneless, skinless chicken breasts. ½ pint of mushrooms. (the other half was going bad, oops). ½ Jar of marinara sauce. Ding, ding, ding!!!!! Meatball subs!!! I made this recipe while holding Andy in one arm and whirring things together in my food processor with my free hand. It just so happens that around …