[FrugalWAHM]

Whether it's to save money, expand your meal repertoire, or eliminate the dreaded, "What in the world are we going to eat tonight" conundrum, meal planning can help make your daily life easier.

What's on your menu this week?

 

[ermadunk]

bacon,hash browns,scrambled egg,toast
Vegetable soup,corn muffin
Chicken and dumplings corn muffin
Spaghetti with meat and sauce
Pizza
cheese burger,vegetable salad
mac.cheese,purple hull peas,turnip greens
may not be in this order but what i have planned for next 7 days

 

[FrugalWAHM]

Through January 5, I have these on my menu:
2 - Sweet 'N' Sour Sausage
3 - Pasta Puttanesca
4 - Bavarian Meatball Hoagies
5 - Cranberry Chicken

I've got my menus pretty much planned out for this month and only have 3 eating-out days scheduled and those are for birthdays or travel days.

 

[Livin Large]

1/2 gallon LO hm sauerkraut
bean soup I made today with a ham bone my daughter saved for me.
Broccoli rice chicken casserole. one to eat and one for the freezer
LO cabbage soup

Breakfasts will be eggs - fried, omelet, sandwich.....
May do breakfast for supper one night too as I just made a triple batch of dry pancake mix.

 

[Contrary Housewife]

Choices this week, based on what is at hand:

-- bacon wrapped turkey, peas, french carrots
-- italian sausage, zucchini noodles, roast sweet potato, garlic bread
-- pork bbq sandwiches, salad
-- chicken pot pie
-- fish chowder, bread
-- sloppy joe sandwiches, salad
-- potluck ??

End of the week may get rearranged if the big winter storm hits.

 

[ermadunk]

bacon,hash browns,scrambled egg,toast
Vegetable soup,corn muffin
Chicken and dumplings corn muffin
Spaghetti with meat and sauce
Pizza
cheese burger,vegetable salad
mac.cheese,purple hull peas,turnip greens
may not be in this order but what i have planned for next 7 days

I forgot to plan for left over days until i had done posted so will be adding some of this on to next post by using left overs will be longer before having to buy more groceries except few things to fill in.

 

[ermadunk]

Bacon,hash browns,egg,and toast
pork barque,slaw and bun
left over night
Vegetable soup corn muffin
Chicken pot pie or Mexican chicken
left overs night

 

[rujerro]

I'm going through the pantry and came up with these menu items:

- Baked ziti w/sausage & herb bread
- Smoked chicken w/beans and rice
- Beef tacos
- Asian dumplings in chicken broth
- Tuna sandwiches w/ pickles

Tonight is enchiladas, As I was looking through the downstairs freezer, I found about 5 lbs ground beef blocks +6 patties...I have a ground beef cooking mag, so I'll look at it and see if anything looks new & tasty.

 

[AmyBoz]

We had pork chops, rice, and green beans for dinner tonight.

 

[FrugalWAHM]

That's amazing rujerro! I've found so many things I've forgotten about when digging through the freezer!

 

[FrugalWAHM]

I just realized I hadn't posted my meals for this week.
6th - Cranberry Chicken w/ mashed potatoes
7th - Tortellini (the frozen kind that I keep on-hand for easy meals)
Tonight - Chili
9th - Porcupine meatballs w/ whatever veggie I can find in the freezer
10th - Grilled cheese and tomato soup (we're supposed to get freezing rain and some snow on Friday so this will be perfect)
11th - Eat out for my kids' birthday
12th - Sloppy Joes

 

[ermadunk]

Changed my menu up again tonight having all veg.meal white beans squash,turnips and corn muffin.I am not a big meat eater and when i look at the prices i am thankful that i am not.

 

[AmyBoz]

Tonight is chicken in the oven with broccoli and cheddar rice.

 

[Contrary Housewife]

This week:

-- l/o pot roast, potatoes, beet salad
-- teriyaki chicken, brown rice, cucumber salad, vegetable
-- pork chops, butternut squash
-- baked fish, corn, l/o beans&rice
-- chicken, carrots, ?
-- soup, bread
-- ?? brussels sprouts or salad

 

[AmyBoz]

Leftovers tonight. I made WAY too much pasta and meatballs and sausage on Sunday. We've been eating it for three days.

 

[ermadunk]

Pizza
spaghetti with meat and sauce
chicken pot pie
bacon,hash brown,egg,and toast
And at least 2 left over nights
Still working on the first 10 menu i posted not fixed these yet this month.

 

[rujerro]

DH will eat my dinner as a snack and then eat again a while later. He does a lot of lifting and heavy labor at work. Here are my ideas:

- leftover stuffed cabbage
- butter chicken (new recipe for me)
- breaded pork chops w/ dirty rice
- shrimp fajitas
- bacon & eggs with cornbread muffins

 

[Contrary Housewife]

This week:

-- beef barley soup, rolls
-- meatballs marsala, potatoes, cauliflower
-- l/o chicken, green beans w/bacon
-- tomato soup, roast beef on croissants
-- l/o fried rice, dumplings, maybe spring rolls
-- baked tuna, sweet potatoes
-- chicken, spinach salad, cauliflower

 

[Contrary Housewife]

Next week:

-- baked chicken, potatoes, l/o gravy, brussels sprouts
-- corn soup, dumplings, edamame
-- ravioli, veg
-- chicken, veg
-- fish, veg
-- pork chops, baked cauliflower

or something like that

 

[ermadunk]

purple hull peas,mac.cheese, collard greens and cornbread muffin

Goulash and corn bread muffin

Pizza

Breakfast food

And some left over dinners in between