Monday Meal Planning

Meal Plan:

Sunday 11/8: Garlic Chicken w/ Rice Casserole

Monday 11/9: Tacoroni and Cheese

Tuesday 11/10: Chili and Cornbread

Wednesday 11/11: Apricot Chicken

Thursday 11/12: Pot Roast

Friday 11/13: Pepperoni Pizza

Saturday: Leftovers or breakfast

Sunday: Burgers

Here's the grocery list if you want to follow my recipes this week:

Meats:

4 Chicken Breasts

3 lbs of ground beef

1 Beef Roast (this will depend on how many you want to feed, I usually get a really small one and it feeds about 4)

Pepperoni

Pastas/Rice/Breads:

Elbow Macaroni

Rice (you'll need 3 cups so a small bag does it)

Hamburger Buns

1 Box of Jiffy Cornbread mix

Veggies/fruits/canned goods:

1 can of peas

1 lb bag of potatoes

1 can Rotel

1 can tomato sauce (15 oz)

1 can tomato sauce (4 oz)

Small jar of apricot preserves

1 can cream of mushroom

1 can cream of chicken

1 Onion

Cheese:

1 bag of shredded cheddar

1 bag of shredded moz. cheese

Pantry ingredients (these I typically already have on hand):

Vegetable oil

Olive Oil

Minced Garlic

Butter

Onion dip mix

Monday Meal Planning

OK! The sickies have finally left my house (well, I have it now, but I can manage myself better than I can manage my baby) and so our menu planning is back. I'm really excited about this week because I feel like we'll get real meals all week instead of the slacker meals I was preparing while the baby was sick. Here ya go:

Monday:

Oven fried chicken and yellow squash

Tuesday:

Cube Steak Parmesan

Wednesday:

Chicken Spaghetti

Thursday:

Beef Stew w/ rice

Friday:

Homemade pizza

Saturday:

Glazed Country Ribs with new potatoes

Sunday:

Breakfast for dinner

Check out "money saving monday" since I didn't get a chance to do a frugal friday last week. :)

Monday Meal Planning

Monday: Chicken in red sauce

Tuesday: Burgers and new potatoes (we really don't have this every week, I've just been trying to get it in our menu for a couple weeks and any night we're ready to have them something comes up)

Wednesday: Taco Spaghetti (didn't make it to the table last week either)

Thursday: Big Ol' Burritos

Friday: Homemade pizza friday

Saturday: Baked Whole Chicken

Sunday: Breakfast

Monday Meal Planning

Meal plan for the week:

Monday: Tater fried chicken and butternut fries

Tuesday: Skillet Lasagna

Wednesday: Crock pot country ribs w/ seasonal veggie

Thursday: Chicken Pot Pie

Friday: Pepperoni Pizza

Saturday: Burgers and new potatoes

Sunday: Taco Spaghetti

Monday Meal Planning

Ok, I took a week off to gather my bearings and get my house in order, but here's our meal plan for the week (excluding today because we had a special dinner out tonight):

Tuesday: Chicken Teriyaki/Stir Fry over noodles

Wednesday: Spaghetti w/ garlic bread and broccoli

Thursday: Marinaded Pork Chops w/ squash

Friday: Homemade mac n cheese pizza

Saturday: Hamburgers w/ new potatoes

Sunday: Southwest Chicken Salad

Sounds like a yummy week, doesn't it?

Monday Meal Planning

Here we are facing a new week...what's for dinner?

Monday: Tortellini (didn't get to have it last week as we were invited over to a friend's for dinner)

Tuesday: BBQ Chicken Corn Bread Bake

Wednesday: Chicken Spaghetti

Thursday: Tortilla Chip Casserole

Friday: Some kind of pizza (possibly chicken fajita?)

Saturday: Country Pork Ribs with Mashed Potatoes

Sunday: Chicken Tetrazzini

I'm actually ALL DONE with my shopping for the week! I took hubs out to the grocery store yesterday to buy some lunch (they were doing a fundraiser for the American Heart Association) and we went ahead and got our shopping done while we were there. Can I just tell you how nice it is to have an extra set of hands with a 7 month old in the grocery store?!

For those of you who are looking for some GREAT DEALS this week, I have two words...

Harris. Teeter.

We saved $23.00 yesterday! They've got a great deal on Ken's Salad Dressing (buy 2, get 3 free--we go through ranch dressing in this household like it won't exist tomorrow so it was a wonderful buy for us), their manager's special on chicken breasts is incredible, and they have bacon on BOGO so I got a few and froze them since I use a lot of bacon as accents in my recipes.

Monday Meal Planning

Ok, here's our plan for the week:

M: Beef and Broccoli

T: Chicken w/ tomato marinara sauce on spaghetti

W: Enchiladas

Th: shells w/ homemade white sauce

F: Pepperoni Pizza (have leftover pepperonis from last week and want to get them used so as to not waste them)

Sat: Sweet and sour pork

Sun: Honey Lime Chicken

Check back for the recipes throughout the week!

(Do you have a Monday Meal Planning post? Put the link to it in the comments so we can see, too!)

Weekly Meal Plan: 8/17-8/23

This is what I see on my computer screen every time I look at it. It is a constant reminder of my desire to save my family as much money as I possibly can. When I decided to do menu planning, I wanted to find a good way to keep track of a weekly menu without:

A. Wasting Paper

B. Having to buy something (not in our budget right now)

So this was my solution! I plan out our weekly menu, type it into google calendar, take a screen shot and make it my background. :)

Here's our meal plan for the week:

Monday:

Baked Ziti with White Sauce and Spaghetti Squash

Tuesday:

Taco Chip Casserole with side salad

Wednesday:

Cheeseburger Pie and Broccoli

Thursday:

Chicken Divan with Veggie Medley

Friday:

Homemade Pizza Friday: Pepperoni Pizza

Saturday:

BREAKFAST SPECIAL: Banana Stuffed French Toast

Dinner: Orange Juice Chops With Green Beans

Sunday:

Potato Spinach Bake

Check back throughout the week for the recipes!