Heather says:
Having a menu plan isn’t about creating a rigid checklist. Rather, the menu is a tool to get all of the thinking out of the way and lets dinner run mostly on auto-pilot. If things get off track, pick up where you left off no harm, no foul. Last week’s menu was a lifesaver. My oldest and I are figuring out our school routine and that takes some time and a heavy dose of patience. By the time dinner prep rolls around, the last thing I need is to have to think too much.
Somehow we’re swimming in a sea of leftovers that need to be madeover before their warranty expires. Everything I didn’t get to last week has been shifted to this:
- Monday – Black bean, pulled pork, and cornbread (kind of a tamale pie), tossed salad
- Tuesday – Baked beans over baked potatoes, with cheddar & sour cream + coleslaw*
- Wednesday – Wine braised chuck roast* (in the crock pot, it’s too hot for the oven), carrots, wilted spinach
- Thursday – C.O.R.N.
- Friday – Fish and chips, steamed broccoli
- Saturday – Homemade pizza night, raw vegetables, ranch dressing for dipping (pizza sauce recipe, pizza dough recipe)
- Sunday – BBQ chicken, macaroni and cheese, green beans, salad
*Recipes I hope to add to this site
** Clean Out Refrigerator Night
The nice thing about this week? I only have to go to the store for a few basics since so much has carried over from last week. So Home Eccers tell me, what’s on your menu this week?
If you need help planning, I have four weeks of menus and shopping lists to choose from. They are all ready to go in downloadable PDFs, enjoy:
To see what others are cooking, take a peek at Organizing Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday. Here’s to a good week.
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Living alone is quite a challange when it comes to menu planning, but here it goes:
mon- chicken with lemon gravy and peas
tues- tuna melt sammy with salad
weds-not sure yet maybe c.o.r.n
thurs- pork and sourkrout, mashed potatoes
fri- fish, greek greenbeans
sat- swiss steak and rice
sun-not sure yet maybe c.o.r.n
I have collected a ton of recipes for 1 or 2 and I am trying a new one out everyday. Wish me luck!
Did a ton of cooking this weekend, so it’s going to be left overs converted to other things. (Grilled chicken, grilled pork roast, corn chowder which was converted into a cheesy rice casserole with black beans, poblanos and rice)
Monday- Cheesy rice enchiladas. Sliced cucumbers and tomatoes. Melon.
Tues.- Pork fajitas with peppers, onions, mushrooms and corn tortillas. Corn on the cob. Tomatoes.
Wed.- Vegetable and pork stir fry with brown rice.
Thurs.- Chicken mushroom alfredo with linguine. Steamed broccoli. Melon.
Friday- Baked tomato tart. Corn on the cob (we have lots of corn). Salad. Fruit.
Saturday- Pizzas with alfredo sauce, saute’d mushrooms and zucchini, leftover grilled chicken and grated Italian cheese blend. Salad or cucmber-tomato salad.
Homemade pizza’s a favorite in my house – it’s cheaper and healthier than ordering in, and you can put whatever you want on it… yum! You should check out springpad’s weekly meal planner, it’s a great way to organize all of your menus and recipes (like this one, yum! http://bit.ly/3D6top) and I think you’d really like it.
This week we have…
-homemade pizza
-GF spaghetti
-shrimp Alfredo bake
- brats and green beans
- there is one other thing I had on my list, but I forgot and threw my list away after getting home from the store.