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Menu Plan Monday, February 1st
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Boy, it feels so good to be coming out of week long sickies spell! I finally have some energy to get some things done instead of just trying to get the bare minimum done to keep the house going. One of the first things I did was make a menu and grocery shopping list and head to the store. We’d stretched our pantry and freezer as far as it would go and we were basically OUT of anything that would go together for a meal. Monday’s “menu” isn’t really worth repeating so I’m starting with Tuesday. ;0)
Tuesday
- B- Cereal
- L- Sandwiches, string cheese, fruit
- Sn- Cheese, crackers, fruit
- Su- Chili Cheese Baked Potatoes
Wednesday
- B- eggs, bacon, toast, oranges
- L- Mac N’ Wienies, raw veggies
- Sn- yogurt & fruit
- Su- Crockpot Lasagna, salad
Thursday
- B- oatmeal & fruit
- L- hot dogs, chips, raw veggies
- Sn- mock “lunchables” & raw vegetables
- Su- Pork Lo Mein w/bok choy
Friday
- B- breakfast burritos
- L- sandwiches, chips, fruit, string cheese
- Sn- raw veggies & light ranch
- Su- salisbury steaks, crockpot cabbage & potatoes
Saturday
- B- biscuits, gravy, turkey bacon, fruit
- L- leftovers, raw veggies
- Sn- fruit salad
- Su- “Chipotle” style burritos
I’m finally getting around to making the pork lo mein! I had forgotten an ingredient on the last grocery shopping trip so I put it off. I didn’t get to make the Chicken Breast A l’Orange (next week) or crockpot cabbage and potatoes either. Apparently I did a horrible job on that last shopping trip and forgot a couple of key ingredients. Oops! But not this time, I got EVERYTHING on my list!! =0) I actually made a menu for the next two weeks (and grocery shopped for it) so next week’s menu plan monday is going to be so easy. And it’s a really good feeling to be so prepared to!
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Menu Plan Monday, January 25th
Sunday:
B- Donuts & Sausage Rolls from the donut shop. (Just being honest!)
Sn- Lemon-Lime Berry Crush Smoothie (subbed w/real lemon and lime juice)
Su- 5 Minute Southwest Layered Salad
Monday:
B- Cereal & Grapefruit
L- Tuna Salad, Wheat Crackers, Veggies
Sn- Fruit Kabobs & Yogurt Dip
Su- Beefy Lentil Vegetable Soup (Modified) & Cornbread
Tuesday:
Sn- Fruit Smoothies
Su- Smoked Sausage, Ranch Beans, Veggies
Wednesday:
B- Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Turkey Bacon & Fruit
L- Tuna & Wheat Crackers, Baby Carrots
Sn- Graham Crackers w/Cream Cheese & Strawberries
Su- Chicken Breasts A l’Orange & Brown Rice
Thursday:
B- Berry Banana Splits (With graham crackers instead of Teddy Grahams)
L- Turkey & Spinach Sandwiches on 7 Grain Bread, String Cheese, Apples
Sn- Celery Sticks & Peanut Butter
Su- Creamy Chicken, Bacon & Tomato Pasta; Salad
Friday:
B- Oatmeal & Fruit
L- Bean & Cheese Nachos, Fresh Salsa
Sn- Fruit & Yogurt
Su- Pork Lo Mein
Saturday:
B- Biscuits, turkey bacon, gravy, fruit (for Hubs. I’ll have yogurt & fruit)
L- Grilled BLT Sandwiches with Cheese, Carrot & Celery sticks
Sn- Yogurt & Fruit
Su- Porcupine Meatballs, Crockpot Potatoes & Cabbage
So I was DEFINITELY right about over-planning my menu last week. There was one day that we didn’t eat supper at home and a couple of times that we had and ate leftovers (which rarely ever happens!) I have plenty of food and recipes left over for this week!
Last week’s favorite new recipe was hands down the Zesty Chicken & Pasta. I tweaked it a bit for our needs though. Basically I cooked the noodles and cooked the cubed chicken in a little bit of Italian dressing. I tossed them together with a bit more Italian dressing, chopped raw broccoli, shredded raw carrots & diced raw green and red bellpeppers. We topped it with shredded parmesan and everyone ATE. IT. UP.
The kids also enjoyed the variety of last week’s breakfasts–from the bagels with cream cheese and fruit to the ham and egg and cheese wrap to the banana “split” with yogurt and graham crackers. They also devoured their sandwich wraps much better than I expected - which were stuffed with fresh vegetables: spinach, shredded carrots, chopped broccoli. That’s always a plus!
This week I found several new recipes that we are going to try, not super unhealthy but not super healthy either, but they’ll help us use some of the vegetables we got from the co-op–vegetables that we wouldn’t normally purchase and eat otherwise (sweet potatoes, cabbage.) I’m really looking forward to the chicken a l’orange - it sounds really good! Don’t you think?
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Menu Plan Monday, January 18th
Sunday:
Sn- Veggie Tray & Lite Ranch
Su- Breakfast for Dinner: Eggs, Bacon, Toast & Fruit
Monday:
B- Ham & Egg Wraps, Orange Wedges
L- “Chef” Salads (spinach, green lettuce, mushroom, turkey, boiled egg, cheese, lite ranch.)
Sn- Fruit Kaboba & Yogurt Dip
Su- Beefy Lentil Vegetable Soup (Modified) & Cornbread
Tuesday:
L- 5 Minute Southwest Layered Salad
Sn- Fruit Smoothies
Su- Smoked Sausage, Ranch Beans, Veggies
Wednesday:
B- Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Turkey Bacon & Fruit
L- Tuna & Wheat Crackers, Baby Carrots
Sn- Lemon-Lime Berry Crush Smoothie (subbed w/real lemon and lime juice)
Su- Crockpot Turkey & White Bean Chili
Thursday:
B- Berry Banana Splits (With graham crackers instead of Teddy Grahams)
L- Bean & Cheese Quesadillas, Salsa & Sour Cream
Sn- Homemade “Lunchables”
Su- Creamy Chicken, Bacon & Tomato Pasta; Salad
Friday:
B- Oatmeal & Fruit
L- Turkey Sandwiches with spinach and tomato
Sn- Fresh Veggies & Lite Ranch Dressing
Su- Pork Lo Mein
Saturday:
B- Biscuits, turkey bacon, gravy, fruit (for Hubs. I’ll have yogurt & fruit)
L- Tacos & Fresh Pico de Gallo
Sn- Yogurt & Fruit
Note: After having bought all the groceries for this menu — this is a lot of food! I bet I end up moving a bunch of this stuff to next week - we’ll see!
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Menu Plan Monday, January 11th
So I had all these big plans. Plans to spend some time with my calendar and my bookmarks folder, plans to pull out all my healthy recipes from the past and whip us this awesome menu that would make your belly fat shrink and your mouth water.
Maybe next week.
Here’s this week’s menu instead.
Sunday:
Breakfast - Cereal
Lunch - Super Nachos
Supper - Tacos
Monday:
Breakfast - Biscuits, Gravy, Turkey Bacon (I’ll be having yogurt and fruit)
Lunch - Sandwiches, Veggies & Ranch
Supper - Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo & Salad
Tuesday:
Breakfast - Cereal
Lunch - Sandwiches, Fruit, String Cheese
Supper - Bean Soup & Smoked Sausage
Wednesday:
Breakfast - French Toast, Turkey Bacon, Fruit
Lunch - Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Supper - Chili & Cornbread
Thursday:
Breakfast - Cereal
Lunch - Sandwiches, Veggies & Ranch
Supper -Spaghetti & Salad
Friday:
Breakfast - Eggs & Bacon & Fruit
Lunch - Mac N Cheese, Wienies, Baby Carrots
Supper -Hamburgers, Chips, Potato Salad
Saturday:
Breakfast -Biscuits & Gravy, Fruit
Lunch - Chicken Noodle Soup
Supper - Beef Enchiladas, Spanish Rice
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Menu Plan Monday, January 4th
It’s been SOOOOO long since I have done this!! And not only is it so important for good meal planning, and for wise money budgeting but it’s also important for making sure that we eat right, too. So I’m hopping right back in and getting on the meal planning horse again.
As always, I’ll plan meals for each day, but we often switch things around a lot as our whims and daily activities desire. In the end all these meals will be stocked, prepared and consumed in a somewhat organized manner.
Sunday
- B~ Cereal, so we’re not late to church. ; )
- L~ Turkey sandwiches on 7 grain wheat, baby carrots, string cheese, chips
- S~ Breakfast for dinner: Wheat Oat Flax Pancakes with Blueberries & Almonds, turkey bacon
Monday
- B~ 7 Grain french toast, fruit, yogurt
- L~ Homemade “Lunchables” - ritz, turkey, cheese, apple wedges
- S~ “Super” Nachos with salsa fresca and guacamole (I leave out the meat, go light on the chips and go heavy on the fresh veggies for a healthier version)
Tuesday
- B~ Cereal & fruit
- L~ Chef salads w/egg & deli meat
- S~ 15 Bean Soup w/ Smoked Sausage, brown rice
Wednesday
- B~ Oatmeal & fruit
- L~ Bean & Cheese Quesadillas, with salsa fresca
- S~ Spaghetti w/ Ronzoni Extra Fiber Pasta & Salad (with carrots, cucumbers, spinach etc.)
Thursday
- B~ Eggs & bacon, toast & OJ
- L~ Turkey sandwiches, apple wedges, chips
- S~ Grilled chicken, corn, steamed broccoli
Friday
- B~ Cereal
- L~ Fried egg sandwiches, fruit
- S~ Porcupine meatballs, ranch beans, salad, bread
Saturday
- B~ Bread machine bicuits, gravy, turkey bacon, fruit
- L~ leftovers, etc.
- S~ “Salisbury steaks,” veggies, rice.
We have several fresh and frozen fruits to choose from with breakfasts and lunches so we can choose what we are in the mood for each day. We also have a snack every day and we’ll try to incorporate either fruits or veggies depending on what the menu for the rest of the day looks like. For snacks we have things like peanut butter and crackers, string cheese, fruit smoothies, yogurt and fruit, etc.
My version of “healthy” is a combination of eating more whole foods, increasing grains and fibers, eating a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, eating balanced meals, monitoring portion control and limiting the amounts of processed foods and high fat or high sugar items. My husband still has certain foods/menus he refuses to give on so we often compromise where we can. It keeps things.. interesting. ; ) I think, though, that exercising regularly will allow for a certain amount of compromising here and there. We shall see. =)
This week I had to menu plan from the food I already bought, but next week I’m going to do it the other way around, and I’m going to revisit some of my healtheir recipes from the past to see I can get our menu even healthier than it is now!
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Menu Plan Monday, June 8th
Cooking becomes slightly more complicated when you can’t use your oven…. Here’s our menu for this week. Just keeping it simple!
Sunday - Simple Shepherd’s Pie (made in the microwave this time.)
Monday - Meatloaf patties (I’m kinda making this up since I can’t use my oven at the moment)
Tuesday - Tacos, Salsa Fresca
Wednesday - Grilled Chicken Salads
Thursday - Sloppy Joes
Friday - Breakast for Supper: Homemade waffles
Saturday - Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
That’s my own recipe for the Shepherd’s Pie, hope you like it. USUALLY a family favorite around here, as long as you don’t do this:
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Menu Plan Monday May 25th
I’m still on the prowl for frugal (and picky family friendly) recipes so if you have any good links leave them in the comments please!
Here’s what is on the menu for this week:
- Monday - Easy Peasy Crockpot Lasagna
- Tuesday - Lemon Pepper Chicken and Pasta
- Wednesday - Homemade Waffles, Turkey Bacon, Fruit
- Thursday - Family Casserole
- Friday -Tostadas
- Saturday - Beans, Smoke Sausage & Cornbread
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Menu Plan Monday, May 18th
Today for Menu Plan Monday, I’m going to do things a little bit different (I hope you don’t mind!)
Today I’m ASKING for recipes.
A lot of our meals and snacks are probably pretty frugal, but the fact is, I don’t really KNOW how much they each cost to prepare. I want to start paying attention to that and planning the meals for the day with their cost in mind. Do you know that even if I planned a dollar, per person, per meal, per day (and knowing that hubby doesn’t eat lunch or snacks with us on the weekdays) my grocery bill, FOR FOOD ALONE, would still be $585!!
I spend about $600 dollars a month right now for everything (paper towels, toilet paper, EVERYTHING) so I must be spending less than a dollar a day, per person, per meal already. Still, I need to set that as my limit, start calculating the average costs of our current recipes and start looking for new low-cost recipes to replace the more expensive ones.
So here’s where I need a favor.
I need you to send me your favorite $5 or under recipes for breakfast, lunch, snack and supper. (Bear in mind that I have a picky family, we mainly eat ground beef and chicken and some vegetarian dishes - I know, that makes it harder.)
So what your favorite low cost meal of the day?
Inquiring minds want to know!
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As far as Menu Planning for this week, I don’t really have one yet. I’m going to have to go shopping today for the rest of the week and then I have to plan for having family here over the weekend to help me work on the kitchen - those will probably be crock pot days!
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Menu Plan Monday, March 23rd
Getting back into menu planning, THE RIGHT WAY, this week. I’ve gotten to a point where all I need to do this week is grocery shop for the ingredients I don’t have on hand and then I can shop what’s on sale and stock up on those things. It’s kind of exciting getting to that point. 
So, bearing in mind what I have on hand in the pantry and freezer, here’s our game plan for this week:
Monday
- B~ Blueberry pancakes, tangelo wedges
- L~ Tuna Salad with apples & pecans and whole grain crackers
- Sn~ Banana Oat Muffins
- Su~ Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings & Homemade Bread
{Have all this on hand}
Tuesday - Drama Queen’s Birthday!!
- B~ Banana Oat Muffins & OJ
- L~ Turkey Sandwiches on Homemade Potato Bread, Chips, Pears
- Sn~ Carrots & Ranch Dip
- Su~ Homemade Pizza; Dessert: Chocolate Cup Cakes
{Just need hubby to pick up some milk. We plan on spending part of the day with my mother-in-law, so meal plans for this day may change.}
Wednesday
- B~ Cereal & Fruit
- L~ Homemade ‘Lunchables’ and sliced apples
- Sn~ Potato Wedges & Dip
- Su~ Chili, Cornbread
{Need wheat crackers, string cheese, potatoes, ground beef}
Thursday
- B~ Skillet Breakfast Casserole & Orange Juice
- L~ Tuna Salad Sandwiches w/ Sliced Pears
- Sn~ Homemade Granola & Homemade Yogurt
- Su~ Chicken, Rice, Broccoli
{Need tater tots, ground sausage, more milk for the yogurt, and a small plain yogurt to start}
Friday
- B~ Yogurt Parfaits
- L~ Homemade Mac N Cheese w/Wienies, Veggies
- Sn~ Cheese, Crackers, grapes and banana slices
- Su~ Tacos, (Homemade tortillas), Pico de Gallo
{Need american cheese, turkey dogs, grapes, bananas, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, onion (sale:$0.39/lb), cilantro, jalapeno pepper}
Saturday
- B~ Biscuits, Gravy, Turkey Bacon, Fruit
- L~ Leftovers
- Sn~ Mini apple muffins
- Su~ Chipotle Style Burritos
{Need turkey bacon, cantaloupe, large tortillas, refried beans, shredded cheese, avocados}
Sunday
- B~ Cereal & Juice
- L~ Nacho Supremes (with all the leftover taco and burrito stuff)
- Sn~ Yogurt, granola, apple muffins (leftover snack stuff)
- Su~ Breakfast for Dinner - Scrambled Eggs, Biscuits, Turkey Bacon, Fruit Salad
{Need tortilla chips and by this point, probably another milk, if not sooner.}
Also on my shopping list (from our local sales circular):
- (2) 4lb bag sugar, $1.37 each
- (2) 1lb carton strawberries, $1.99 each
- (4-5) Pilgrim’s Pride cut-up chicken, $1.29/lb.
- (2) Luzianne Tea, Family Size, 24ct, $1.69 each.
- 15lb bag russet potatoes, $5.99
Plus I have $4.00 off in store coupons (with their current promotion) and of course I’m going to check and see if I have coupons for anything on my list before I go. I haven’t done very well witht the coupon thing so far. I keep forgetting to go into town on Sundays and get a paper (I don’t have to go all the way into town to get to church) and I still need to sign up for those coupon sites! I’m hoping to get my printer installed and working today - perhaps the next thing I’ll do is sign up for those and go coupon hunting. 
Our store releases new circulars on Wednesdays and I may go back to the store on Wednesday to stock up on ground beef if they put some on sale. I’ve been going at the end of the sale week lately and I’ve been able to stock up on chicken, but the last 2 times I went I wasn’t even able to get enough ground beef for that week b/c they were out. So I’m also learning that I need to adjust my shopping schedule to mid-week so I can catch the store sales before they run out. You live, you learn.
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Menu Plan Monday
Monday~
- Cereal
- Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwiches, Apples, Chips
- String Cheese, Veggies & Ranch
- Tacos & Pico De Gallo
Tuesday~
- Bagels & Cream Cheese, Strawberries
- Tuna Salad & Whole Grain Crackers, Carrot Sticks, Ranch
- Grapes & 100 Calorie Snack Packs
- Grilled Chicken Salads
Wednesday~
- Banana Oat Muffins, Orange Wedges
- Turkey Sandwiches, Chips, Melon Slices
- Granola & Yogurt
- Porcupine Meatballs, Steamed Broccoli, Ranch Beans, Salad
Thursday ~
- French Toast, Strawberries
- Homemade Mac N Cheese w/ Wienies, Garden Salad
- Orange Wedges, Meat & Cheese & Crackers
- Homemade Whole Wheat Veggie Pizza, Salad
Friday~
- Pancakes, Cantaloupe
- Fried Egg Sandwiches, Home Fries
- Apples & Peanut Butter
- Taco Soup, Corn Chips
Saturday~
- Biscuits, Gravy, Turkey Bacon, Grapes
- Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & Homemade Tomato Soup
- Pretzels & Mustard
- Chili & Cornbread
Sunday~
- Cereal
- Nacho Supremes
- Fruit Salad
- Grilled Chicken, Rice, Steamed Veggies
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