Menu Plan

I have a fairly simple menu planning system that works great for me. Every weekend, typically on Sunday, I take a few minutes and plan out our meals for the week. Some weeks I am very structured planning a specific meal for every day and other weeks I just write down a list of meals and decide each morning what I am going to prepare that night. I have a dry erase board on the side of our fridge where I write the meals out. When I fix a meal, I mark it off the list!

This week's menu:

Monday
Cooking Day-Chili Verde, Chicken Packets & Poulet de France
Dinner-Beef Tacos on Corn Tortillas

Tuesday
Stir Fry (Chicken, Cabbage, Pepper, Onion, Celery, Carrots)

Wednesday
Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Apple Slices

Thursday
Grilled Deer Steak with Grilled Veggies and Sourdough Rolls

Friday
Country Style Ribs with Baked Potatoes and Cream Corn

Saturday
Alfredo Tomato Pizza

Sunday
Deer Roast with Potatoes, Carrots and Onions

Meal Plan for this Week

We had so many leftovers from the weekend that made my meal planning for the first half of this week really easy!! I am also not going to go grocery shopping this week because I have a freezer full of meat & pre-made meals that we need to eat to make room for vegetables & fruit from the garden!

Here is the meal plan:

Monday: Leftover Hamburgers with Fresh Fruit
Tuesday: Leftover Chicken Pasta with Fresh Fruit
Wednesday: Meatloaf with Potatoes & Carrots
Thursday: Salad
Friday: Grilled Deer Steak with Grilled Veggies & Side Salad
Saturday-Pinto Beans, Greens & Cornbread
Sunday-Leftover night or Homemade Frozen Pizza

Lunches:
Leftovers
Quesadillas
Salad
Fruit Salad
Veggies

Breakfasts:
Fruit Salad
Cheerios
Waffles

This Week's Menu

We had VBS last week so I changed a few of my meals around...I kept things very simple!! So this week the meal plan looks a lot like last week's menu!

Dinners:

Grilled Chicken with Salad
Steak Fajitas
Hamburger Gravy
Grilled Steak with Potatoes and Salad
Pizza
Hamburgers, Baked Beans and Chips
Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Chips

Lunches:

Leftovers!

Breakfasts:

Cereal
Waffles
Cream of Wheat
Fresh Fruit

This Week's Menu

After grocery shopping last week I had $87.77 left in the budget. My husband went out to lunch one day last week and spent $10 so my remaining grocery budget for the month is $77.77. My grocery budget for this week is $38.88.

I was able to make a meal plan out of foods that are already in my freezer and pantry so my plan is to not go grocery shopping this week although we may have to pick up milk because we have less than half a gallon right now. But hopefully at the most we will spent $3 this week on groceries!

Here is my menu plan using foods on hand:

Dinners:
Monday: Dinner with father-in-law who is in town!
Tuesday: Stir Fry (Chicken, Cabbage, Broccoli, Carrots)
Wednesday: Hamburger Gravy
Thursday: Grilled Steak with Potatoes & Salad
Friday: Grilled Barbeque Salad with Salad
Saturday: Steak Fajitas

Lunches:
Leftovers
Pizza Pockets
Cheese Quesadillas
Sunday lunch: Country Ham with Pintos & Cream Corn

Breakfast:
Cereal
Cream of Wheat
Scrambled Eggs & Ham
Fruit
Yogurt

Here is a link to my grocery shopping methods so you can understand how I can go a week without grocery shopping!

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast:
Cereal
Fruit
Yogurt
Cream of Wheat


Lunches:
Leftovers
Quesadillas
Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Dinners:
Scalloped Potatoes with Ham & Gouda Cheese
Stir Fry (Cabbage, Broccoli, Carrots, Onions, Mushrooms, Chicken...yum!)
Fajitas
Chicken Wraps
Grilled Hot Dogs with Chips
Grilled Chicken with Salad

We are really enjoying our grill...it's making summertime cooking so easy!

Menu Plan Monday

This week my meal plan is solely based on what I have already! I am trying to use up food from my freezer so I will have space to freeze fruits & vegetables from my garden!

Breakfasts:
Cream of Wheat (my new favorite sweetened with brown sugar & a little butter!)
Cereal
Fruit

Lunches:
Leftovers
Salads

Dinners:
Grilled Pork Chops with Salad & Baked Potatoes
Stroganoff
Steak & Gravy with Mashed Potatoes
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Taco Dip
Grilled Ham Steaks with Cream Corn & Baked Apples

Menu Plan Monday

This week is a no-grocery shopping week! We are going out of town this weekend and we have a lot of food in the pantry/freezer and since I am not going grocery shopping we will save a little money!

Here is my plan for the week:

Dinner:
Monday-Chicken Wraps* & Apple Salad
Tuesday-Patty Melts & Fruit Salad
Wednesday-Turkey Lasagna & Salad
Thursday-Saturday-Out of Town!

Lunches:
Leftovers

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Waffles
Yogurt
Fruit (Apples, Oranges, Grapes)

*My Chicken Wraps are easy, I cook chicken breasts on the griddle and then wrap them up in a tortilla with lettuce & ranch dressing! They are easy and delicious!

Menu Plan Monday

Here is this week's meal plan:

Dinners:

Monday: Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, and Macaroni & Cheese

Tuesday: Mexican Casserole

Wednesday: Fajitas

Thursday: Country Ham, Creamed Corn, & Bread

Weekend: Alfredo Pizza with Salad, Chicken Tacos & Taco Dip, and Chicken Salad Sandwiches


Lunches:

Leftovers


Breakfast:

Cereal
Granola
Yogurt
Waffles

Menu Plan Monday

This week is an unusual week because I am working on Tuesday and we are going out of town Thursday & Friday so a little more structure is best so that is why I have planned with the days of the week!

Dinners:
Monday: Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo
Tuesday: Fajitas
Wednesday: Beef Stroganoff
Thursday: Out of Town
Friday: Dinner with Friends
Saturday: BBQ Pork Chops with Mac-n-Cheese & Sweet Potatoes
Sunday: Popcorn Chicken Salad


Lunches:
Leftovers
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Cheese Quesadilla

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Waffles
BLTs

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Waffles

Lunches:
Leftovers

Dinners:
Chicken Tacos with Refried Beans & Taco Dip
Country Ham, Pinto & Biscuits
Red Beans & Rice
Cheeseburger Soup
Mexican Casserole
Chicken Alfredo Pizza

Menu Plan Monday

Last week we weren't home much (ate dinner out Tuesday, Thursday, at a conference Friday & leftovers Saturday) so my meal plan is much the same this week. Of course I am not complaining because only one of the meals were paid for by us so that means we are saving money!! Yay!

Here is the plan for this week:

Chicken Tacos with Red Bell Peppers & Taco Dip
Pepperoni & Mushroom Pizza
Pizza Pasta
Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
Creamy Ranch Pork Chops with Broccoli & Cheese
Fried Chicken & Hashbrown Casserole

Menu Plan Monday

Here are the dinner plans for this week:

Hamburger Gravy
Chicken Tacos with Red Bell Peppers & Taco Dip
Pizza Pasta
Potato Soup
Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
Creamy Ranch Pork Chops with Broccoli & Cheese
Fried Chicken & Hashbrown Casserole

Menu Plan Monday

This week's dinner plan:

Fresh Mushroom & Pepperoni Pizza

Potato Soup

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Hamburger Gravy

Toasted Ham & Cheese Sandwiches

Menu Plan Monday

This week's menu:

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Yogurt & Apples
Cheese Toast

Lunches:
Leftovers!

Dinners:
Bruschetta Chicken Bake*
Broccoli Soup
Fried Chicken & Hashbrown Casserole (good Southern cooking!!!)
Chili with Cheese & Crackers
Hamburger Steak and Fried Potatoes
Pepperoni & Mushroom Pizza
Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes

Snacks:
Bananas
Yogurt
Apples
Granola Bars

*New recipe!

Menu Plan Monday

Once again this week I am trying out a few new recipes! I have been enjoying trying out new meals the past couple of weeks.

Dinners for this week:

Taco Lasagna*

Lemon Chicken with Green Beans & Potatoes*

Scalloped Potatoes & Ham

Vegetable Soup

Hamburger Gravy


*New recipe I am trying, I will post my thoughts once I cook it!

Menu Plan Monday

I have decided to start trying out new recipes! The front of my recipe box is stuffed with recipe cards and clippings of recipes that I think we would like (with ingredients we have on hand always!) I have decided that I need to start trying some of these new recipes instead of cooking the same things every few weeks. So this week I am trying out 2 new recipes!

Breakfast:
Cereal
Grapefruit
Yogurt
Apples

Lunch:
Leftovers

Dinner:
White Bean and Chicken Chili (new!)
Beef Fajitas
Mushroom and Sausage Pizza
Pork Chops, Broccoli, and Bread
Spinach Cheese Swirl (new!)
Vegetable Soup

I will post about the new recipes in the upcoming days!!

Menu Plan Monday

Here are this weeks meals. I am trying to incorporate salads and more fruits and vegetables into our diet, so we are going to be eating salad more often and soups full of veggies!

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Grapefruit
Yogurt and Apples
Ham and Biscuits

Lunches:
Leftovers

Dinners:
Ranch Pork Chops and Rice with Salad
Chicken Noodle Soup
Spaghetti and Salad
Fried Steak and Mashed Potatoes
Hamburger Soup
Alfredo Pizza

Menu Plan Monday

We are pretty much settled into our new home and I am so ready to get things back to normal! After a month off from meal planning I am tired of the stress of deciding what to make for dinner every night and glad to be organized once again!!

Here is our menu for this week:

Breakfasts:
Cereal
Yogurt and Apples
Ham and Biscuits

Lunches:
Leftovers

Dinners:
Taco Soup
Meatloaf
Red Beans and Rice
Pork Chops and Broccoli
Chili

Snacks:
Fruits and yogurt!

Menu Plan Monday

Here is the Menu Plan for the Week:

Pintos and Corn Muffins
Mexican Casserole
Beef Stroganoff
Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Crescents
Pepperoni Pizza
Chicken Tacos

Menu Plan Monday

Meals for the Week:

Mexican Casserole
Potato Soup
Alfredo Pizza
Lemon Pepper Fish with Broccoli & Corn Muffins
Pintos & Cornbread

Nothing fancy just good filling meals!!