Showing posts with label menu plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label menu plan. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2009

Menu Plan Monday




Week starting 10/19:
I am now on a diet, so my menus listed will be for the family.  I will cook up extra chicken for myself to eat, since I can only eat beef twice per week.  I have lost about 10 lbs. in a week (at time I prepared this post in advance).   My husband is off work 3 days per week, so I include lunch & dinner for those days.  The other day's lunches are usually leftovers or PB sandwiches for kids and a salad w/ chicken for me.

Mon.-  Crockpot Rotisserie Chicken

Tues. -  Turkey Meatloaf

Wed. - Lamb
Thurs. - pizza

Fri. -  Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: meatballs

Sat. -  Lunch:  Family Gathering - taking something I can have and probably a cake or something (have a cake mix  DH doesn't like, so I need to get rid of it).
Dinner: Might go to a fall party, so not sure

Sunday- Lunch: CP BBQ chicken sandwiches, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Dinner: grilled cheese sandwiches

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Menu Plan Monday...Late Again and Moving This Week

My Menu plan won't be much this week, since we are moving Thurs., Fri., Sat., and Sun. I also had a mystery shop for dinner on Mon. Some of the meals might be boring, but hey, we are moving and we won't go hungry. Friday will be our busiest moving day, since it's not supposed to rain. check out orgjunkie.com for great menus and organizing ideas.

lunches:
Mon. - leftover cheeseburger pie, fruit
Tues. - turkey sandwiches, fruit
Wed. - leftover fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes (all leftovers from Tues.)
Thurs. - chicken salad sandwiches (cooked chicken in Crock Pot already), grapes or bananas, veggie sticks
Fri. - turkey sandwiches, veggies and dip
Sat. - chicken salad sandwiches, fruit, veggies
Sun. - turkey pot pie (from freezer meal I made)

dinners:
Mon. - mystery shop dinner out
Tues. - HG Asian Pork Chops (from previous menu that didn't get made) for DH while kids had McD's and I ate fried chicken at MOPS.
Wed. - Sausage, Pepperoni, and Veggie Pizza (going to use premade crust and make my own. making an extra for the freezer)
Thurs. - turkey tetrazzini (from freezer) I can just pop it into the oven when it is almost time to eat dinner and add some yeast rolls to it.
Fri.- hamburger dip (cooked ground beef, cream of mushroom, Velveeta, salsa) served w/ tortilla chips - going to have a crockpot of this at both houses, so we can eat when we are hungry no matter where we are
Sat. - Subway
Sun. - meatloaf (from freezer), mashed potatoes, peas

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Menu Plan Monday...A Little Late

Please check out http://www.orgjunkie.com/ for many other great menus and organizing tips.

I know I am late, but I am actually sticking to my plan this week. I am relying heavily on Homemade Gourmet and on my trusty crock pot (CP by each that used the Crock Pot) to pull me through while we pack and move. We aren't doing all the moving this week, but we are making several trips. {We have a trailer we can pull behind our Chevy Tracker. It is amazing what we can haul in that. In one load, we got two adult-sized bikes, 3 lawn mowers, a weed eater, a park bench, and a rototiller on it.}
So, anyways, back to my menu. We save leftovers for lunch the following day, if we have any. I also try to do COST cooking - that is Cook Once, Serve Twice. I will do more COST in the future. That is where you make extra of something and change it up to make a new meal a couple days later. It saves a lot of time and effort in the kitchen and leftovers are not just the same old meal again.

Monday: Homemade Gourmet Garlic Basil Italian Sausage and Peppers, (CP) green beans, cheddar broccoli rice, applesauce

Tuesday: Homemade Gourmet Skillet Fried Rice (used ground turkey), carrots, chocolate chip cookies for dessert

Wednesday: German Pork Chops (CP), applesauce, Apple Cheddar Walnut Bread, peas

Thursday: Homemade Gourmet Sunday Roast Chicken (CP) (should be on HG website, but I will put it below), green beans, Easy & Elegant Twice Baked Potatoes

Friday: Homemade Gourmet Cheeseburger Mushroom Pie (using HG Taco Soup Mix seasoned ground beef that I cooked and froze), baked potatoes, steamed broccoli, peaches

Saturday: Asian Pork Tenderloin (CP), rice, mixed vegetables

Sunday: Lunch - Turkey Tetrazzini (CP) (from freezer, using leftovers from a turkey baked), dinner rolls, green beans

Dinner - Garlic Lemon Tilapia, carrots, oven baked fries

* For Breakfast: We will probably have bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits on Sat. morning. The remaining days will have a simple breakfast of some of the following: oatmeal, banana, yogurt, cereal, milk, fruit smoothie, or juice.

*Lunches: leftovers, lunchmeat or PB&J sanwiches w/ fruit and milk.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Menu Plan Monday


Be sure to go to Orgjunkie.com for more menu ideas and get organizing tips. She does giveaways and links up to other giveaways all the time, too.
This is my menu for Feb. 1 - Feb. 7
Mon. - Homemade Gourmet Homemade In a Hurry Chicken Fajitas (done in a micro-steamer
bag)
Tues. - Homemade Gourmet Garlic Basil Chicken on Spaghetti, HG Three Cheese Garlic Biscuits
Wed. - Meatball Subs (make extra meatballs to freeze for later), veggie,
Thurs. - Chicken and Veggie Stew in Crockpot (using leftover veggies and chicken that I froze)
Fri. - Chili
Sat. - Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, dinner rolls
* I bought two turkeys during Thanksgiving and Christmas time that were .79/lb. I
couldn't pass up that price for meat.
Sun. - Turkey & Stuffing Casserole (using leftover turkey) *recipe from 30 Day Gourmet

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Menu Plan


I admit it, I decided I like the giveaway for the menu plan posters on orgjunkie.com, so I decided to post my menu for this week.
Mon. - Homemade Gourmet Taco Soup Mix seasoned ground turkey for taco salad, Silky Avocado Dip (also using Taco Soup Mix), tortilla chips
Tues. - Smoked Sausage, bell pepper, onions, green beans, oven roasted potatoes
Wed. - Orange BBQ Chicken, carrots (save some chicken to freeze for a BBQ chicken pizza next week) Dessert - Homemade Gourmet Chocolate Chip Pie
Thurs. - waffles (use a pancake mix), cheesy eggs, turkey breakfast sausage links
Fri. - Homemade Sausage, Pepperoni, & Veggie Pizza (cheat a little and use a premade crust)
Sat. - Homemade Gourmet Enchilada Chicken, Spanish rice
Sun. - chicken and dumplings in crockpot
Go to http://www.orgjunkie.com/ for about 500 different menu plans just this week. Organizing Junkie has so many useful tips. You're going to love her site.