January 2012 Meal plan

[BeachFun]

I thought I would post my menu plan for January. I hope this helps someone who may be having difficulty deciding what to make for dinner.

Sunday: Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Sauerkraut, salad
Monday: Baked Chicken, Stuffing, Vegetables or salad
Tuesday: Ham & Bean soup, salad, bread
Wednesday: Spaghetti w/italian sausage & sauce, salad
Thursday: homemade pizza or pizza rounds, salad
Friday: California cheeseburgers, french fries
Saturday: leftovers, take out or dine out

Sunday: Roast Beef, Mashed potatoes, vegetables or salad
Monday: Tomato soup, Grilled cheese sandwiches
Tuesday: Broccoli & cheese soup, salad, bread
Wednesday: Penne pasta, spaghetti sauce, garlic bread, salad
Thursday: taco's or taco salad
Friday crispy chicken salad
Saturday: leftovers, take out, dine out

Sunday: baked potato and salad
Monday: turkey and cheese sandwiches/subs
Tuesday: vegetable soup and sandwiches
Wednesday: spaghetti w/italian sausage & sauce, salad
Thursday: bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, toast
Friday: lasagna, salad
Saturday: leftovers, take out, or dine out

Sunday: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, cranberry sauce
Monday: steak, baked potatoes, salad
Tuesday: chili w/cornbread
Wednesday: penne pasta, spaghetti sauce, garlic bread, salad
Thursday: pancakes or french toast, bacon or breakfast sausage, fruit salad
Friday: homemade pizza, salad
Saturday: leftovers, take out, dine out

Sunday: Baked chicken, Baked Potatoes, Vegetable
Monday: California cheesesteak sandwiches, french fries
Tuesday: Baked potato soup, bread

[Contrary Housewife]

Looks good! I should see if I have a roast stashed in the freezer for this month.

Here's mine, or as much of it as I have worked out.

minestrone soup
coconut chicken, sweet potato
dinner out
vegetable sushi
fish
bbq pork sandwiches, potatoes
gyros

roast turkey breast
pasta bolognese
sweet potato
bratwurst
chicken quesadillas
pork stir fry
bbq brisket, potatoes

fish
ham
dinner out
chili dogs, sweet potato
turkey pot pie
stir fry
bbq pork

chicken, potatoes
?
fish
?
sweet potato
turkey
stir fry

pasta bolognese
cashew chicken
dinner out
potatoes
fish
sweet potato
turkey

As you can see, I have a bag of sweet potatoes from the garden and a bag of potatoes to use up. DH is also supposed to eat chicken, fish and lean turkey more often, so I have spaced those out through the month. In most cases I will buy whatever vegetables are fresh and cheap each week and fit them in with what I have planned.

The last couple of weeks are purposely vague, as I don't know what I will be in the mood to make or eat by then.

[zakity]

Here is our plan:

taco casserole
beef soup
roast
leftovers
hamburgers

herbed parmesan sauce
turkey and noodle soup
baked chicken
hashbrown scramble or breakfast for dinner
leftovers

roast
breakfast for dinner
chicken stir fry
chicken and dumplings
meatballs

roast
sloppy joes
biscuits and gravy
chicken soup
leftovers

breakfast for dinner
beef soup

[Palooka]

Thank you all for sharing your Jan. menu plans. I've got one week done so far.

[Natalia]

Finally got on the ball with meal planning!
Here's the rest of my month....

Rest of this week:
Tenderized steak with bbq sauce, caesar salad
Spaghetti w meat sauce, garlic cheesy bread
Maxican layer dip w tortilla chips

Next week
Rotisserie chicken and salad
Baked beans in crockpot with homemade bread
Tangy meatballs with rice n veggies
Hickory ham n veggies
Broc-cheese ham soup
Taco salad
FFY/ leftovers

Week of 15th
Pan fried Salmon n veggies
Butter chicken, basmati n peas
Spaghetti in meat sauce
Steak n mushroom oven subs
Donair pizza
Fish n chips
FFY/ leftovers

Week of 22nd
23- chinese NY- fried wontons, rice n chicken balls
crockpot bbq beef in buns
Bbq beef leftovers with coleslaw
Feed of lobster
Waikiki meatballs w rice n veggies
Baby smokies in bacon with ??
FFY/ leftovers

[hmcart]

those are great menu plans! I want to start doing ours for the month but we are currently doing them weekly. I think once the stockpile gets built up more we will switch!

[MomToTwoBoys]

BeachFun,

How do you get away with serving soup as the main course? I'd love to do that with these guys, but with three men in the house, they'd all complain about not having enough meat in their meal.

Thanks!

[BeachFun]

I only get away with it in the winter and I normally try to make it a hearty soup. I'm not home Tuesday's for dinner and this is easy and my husband appreciates not having to cook. I also normally make the kinds of soup that I do not like and would never make if I was going to be eating. Chili, vegetable soup, broccoli and cheese, ham and bean. A lot of times they do have a beef or meat base to them. You don't need a lot of meat if there is a good flavor of meat going through the soup. I also make them so that its sort of like a stew (thicker). Rachael Ray refers to that as a Stoup (not quite soup, not quite stew) Also making homemade corn bread, bread or sandwiches makes the meal more filling.