Meal Plan Sunday

Monday: Enchilada Casserole (from the freezer) - will post the recipe later
Tuesday: Hoppin' John (from the freezer)
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Spaghetti and meatballs (from the freezer...are you seeing a pattern here?)
Friday: Chicken and Wild Rice Bake (from this blog...http://www.goodcheapeats.com/2010/02/chicken-and-wild-rice-bake.html) - I'm trying this one out for the first time. I actually will just be using brown rice. Running low on household/grocery cash this month (diapers are expensive...will he ever be potty trained?!) and wild rice is expensive so I pitched it. If I like it, I will add the recipe and make this in the future as a freezer recipe.
Saturday: Hmm...not sure yet. May be a date night at the new Zona Rosa movie theatre, for which I've scored not 2, but 4 free tickets to use in the next couple months.
Sunday: Easter - not sure what's happening yet!

Speaking of the freezer, once we eat this stuff, the only remaining cooked meal will be some chili. I haven't decided if I'll just try to make a few things here and there or if I'll just take a day off and cook my butt off.

Meal Plan Sunday

Here's the plan for this week:

Sunday: Ham and cheese quiche (make an extra one for the freezer)
Monday: Lasagna (from freezer)
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Beef Burgandy with egg noodles (from freezer)
Thursday: Leftovers or grilled sandwiches
Friday: Baked Mahi Mahi with rice and veggies
Saturday: Girls' dinner (the second time we've rescheduled!!) - boys fend for themselves
Sunday: Some kind of slow cooker meal - haven't decided yet - having a play date at 3 PM!

Meal Plan Saturday

Sunday: Roast, potatoes, veggies, German chocolate cake
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Chicken Fajitas
Wednesday: Soup (from freezer) and grilled sandwiches
Thursday: Fish sticks, tater tots, veggies
Friday: Beef Burgandy (from freezer) with egg noodles, veggies
Saturday: Boys fend for selves (Girls’ dinner - had to reschedule!)
Sunday: Breakfast for dinner (pancakes, eggs, bacon)

Meal Plan Monday!

Yes, I've been slacking from my food blog. I was playing around with another website to use as a recipe database. I'm thinking I will stick with my blog instead. Me? Stick with something? Yes, it's novel, but I think I just might. :)

Meal plan for this week:

• Monday: Zarda ribs (on sale at HyVee yesterday for $10!), baked potatoes, green beans (yum dinner)
• Tuesday: Red Beans (from freezer) and Rice, fruit
• Wednesday: Leftovers
• Thursday: Mahi mahi, rice, veggies
• Friday: Boys fend for themselves while I enjoy delicioso Mexican food and margaritas at La Fonda El Taquito with the girls!
• Saturday: Date night (Ben is staying with Nana and Opa...the planning is up to Alex this month...we may end up at Old Country Buffet...I'm scared!)
• Sunday: Roast, potatoes, veggies, German chocolate heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day with my boys. :)

On a related note, I have been doing great slashing our grocery bill lately! Matching coupons with sales is basically an addictive game for me now. I traveled every aisle in HyVee the other day with my coupon organizer trolling for deals. I look a little nuts, but I don't really care. I snagged some fabulous deals including the ribs ($10...normally 15), a healthy pasta (.84 with coupon/sale), apples (.77/lb), cake mix and frosting (2.68), pork shoulder (5.58 with sale/coupon), and the best one of all...16 Dannon yogurts for .09 each with coupon/sale (1.44 total!). I bought quite a bit of stuff for $57. My budget is $75 weekly for all groceries.

Meal Plan Monday Plus Freezer Cooking

It's a holiday for Alex and I and we are in the middle of a giant closet reorganization project. We're going to take Ben to school soon where he will have more fun than here at home in piles of junk! Alex is going to plug away. I'm going to do a weights class at the gym and then I'm heading back to do some freezer cooking. Here's the plan for today:

Beef Burgandy (I'll post the recipe later) (divided into 2)
Lasagne (divided into 3)
Meatballs (divided into 3)
Chicken fajita meat in marinade

It's not much, but it will fortify our freezer. The plan is to avoid the grocery store next week, if possible to save some dough.

Now for our meal plan:

Monday: Hot Wing Soup
Tuesday: Chicken Masala
Wednesday: Baked Ziti
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Chili or soup from the freezer (boys are on their own again...it's my monthly girls' dinner...we're going to the Melting Pot's happy hour!)
Saturday: Breakfast for dinner (eggs, pancakes, bacon, fruit)
Sunday: Roasted chicken with garlic, mashed potatoes, veggies

Meal Plan Saturday

Here's the plan for next week!

Monday: Chicken Masala (I have yet to try this one, but I'm sure I'll love it...it's my favorite Indian dish!)

Tuesday: Baked Ziti with Sausage (thaw from freezer)

Wednesday: Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup (an old favorite...so easy, I can't believe I had to look it up)

Thursday: Mahi Mahi (broiled with some simple seasoning and lemon juice) and wild rice

Friday: Leftovers or chicken nuggets (Mommy has a happy hour so boys are on their own!)

Saturday: Beef Hot Pot (This is a new one...hope it's good!)

Sunday: Buffalo Wing Soup (This is another new one from Make It Fast, Cook It Slow...Alex is asking for real buffalo wings instead and I've denied him. Wha ha ha ha ha!!! It's good to be queen. :)

Meal Plan Monday (er...Friday) and a New Year's Resolution

Yes, I'm a little early this week. I need to make a menu and plan for next week. Alex and I are sitting down and coming up with a budget in a few hours. One of the things we're planning on doing is coming up with a set amount for food/diapers/household stuff and using cash only for it. Yes, we're Dave Ramsey-ing ourselves for the new year and it's a good thing. It's too easy to use the credit card and not realize how much you're spending. Cash forces you to think about what you need and how much you're spending. It will be especially tough this month since it's a long one, although I did go to Costco the other day and stocked up on diapers, meat, fish, toilet paper, etc...! The other thing I'm doing is getting back on the couponing track. I have a lot of coupons to cut and throw out. I was getting in a good habit of matching coupons with sales and stocking up (we haven't bought peanut butter or Cheerios in a long time), but I fell off the wagon. It's time to get back on.

Monday: Broiled steak (from the freezer), baked potatoes, veggies
Tuesday: Baked Mahi Mahi, rice, veggies
Wednesday: Chimichangas (from the freezer), refried beans
Thursday: Leftovers or soup
Friday: Chicken stir-fry, brown rice (put the brisket in the fridge to marinate overnight)
Saturday: Omelettes (cook the brisket and put in the fridge overnight)
Sunday: Barbeque beef brisket, mashed potatoes, veggies

Meal Plan Monday!

Well, it's back to work, back to reality! It was nice while it lasted. :) Here's the plan for this week:

• Monday: Leftovers from Christmas dinner (shrimp, ham, corn casserole, apple pie)
• Tuesday: Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, tater tots, veggies
• Wednesday: Spaghetti and meatballs, veggies
• Thursday (New Year's Eve): Still working on this one...if Alex is home, we may have a special appetizer dinner/movie night after Ben goes to bed. Will post what we had later if we like it!
• Friday (New Year's Day): Hoppin' John for good luck! Will post the recipe later...
• Saturday: Leftovers
• Sunday: Roasted chicken (5 weeks and running and we still haven't made this!!)

Meal Plan Monday

I'm home with the munchkin all week! I did a lot of cleaning today so we'd have plenty of time for fun and cooking. Here's the plan for this week:

Monday: Leftover chili and cornbread (slight alteration to last week's plan since I didn't think to thaw the chicken in time)
Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner (Fiber One pancakes, bacon, eggs, fruit)
Wednesday: Grilled sandwiches and/or soup
Thursday: Christmas eve dinner at Alex's parents' house
Friday: Brunch pizza for breakfast (a new Christmas family tradition, perhaps?); Christmas lunch at my mom's - bring apple pie for dessert (my first time making a crust all by myself...think I may have a back-up store crust just in case!)
Saturday: Some kind of ham/bean soup
Sunday: Roasted garlic chicken, mashed potatoes (Yes, I've had this on the list for like 3 weeks...maybe this Sunday I'll actually do it!)

Meal Plan Monday!

You'll see lots of repeaters from previous weeks because we either had too many leftovers from earlier days, I was too exhausted to cook, or we got take-out...by the way, I am in love with KFC's grilled chicken. It's fantastic!

Monday: Lemon Olive Chicken, rice, veggies
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Mexican Casserole, fruit
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Turkey burgers, tater tots
Saturday: Boys fend for themselves since I have a tea party with my neice, sister, and Mom followed by my Posse's Christmas dinner.
Sunday: Roasted Chicken (I'm using the crispy garlic recipe I posted on here earlier), mashed potatoes and gravy, veggies (maybe squash?)

Meal Plan Monday (er...Saturday)

So I was making my meal plan this afternoon and thought, hey, Ben's quiety eating some Cheez-its. Why not post it now?

Monday: Chimichangas, beans

Tuesday: Spaghetti and Meatballs, veggies

Wednesday: Leftovers

Thursday: Lemon Olive Chicken and rice

Friday: Leftovers or turkey burgers and veggies

Saturday: Cookies, snacks, and some kind of Christmas cocktail because it's Cookie Party 2009! (Ben will be at Nana and Opa's...Alex will be anywhere but here)

Sunday: Breakfast for dinner

Meal Plan Monday!

So here's the plan for this week!

Monday: Chicken Fajitas
Tuesday: Tuna Noodle Casserole (freezer)
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Friday: Beef Barley Soup (special request from the hubs) followed by the Old Town Lenexa Lighting and a visit with Santa Claus...Alex can't wait!
Saturday: Leftover soup and baked potatoes
Sunday: Roasted Chicken, mashed potatoes, some kind of veggie (this was on the plan for yesterday, but we didn't need to make it due to leftovers!)

I'll post recipes for the Fajitas and the soup later this week. The casserole is OK, but I don't plan on making it again. If anyone has a great tuna noodle casserole, email me! I'm on the hunt!

Happy cooking!

Meal Plan Monday

In the spirit of the many mommy blogs I read, I am going to post my weekly meal plans on Mondays. Doesn't that chick with her meal plan look JUST LIKE ME? This is most definitely just a plan and often we only consume about half the meals because of leftovers, etc...Making a plan works for me though. I think about it for 15 minutes over the weekend, make a plan, and then make a grocery list. Many, if not most of my meals come from my freezer.

Monday: Lasagna (or anya as Ben refers to it), cheesy veggies, and salad

Tuesday: Turkey burgers, salad, and veggies

Wednesday: Pot Roast, Potatoes, Carrots, bread

Thursday: Thanksgiving at Alex's grandma's

Friday: Leftovers or eggs/bacon

Saturday: Grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, squash

Sunday: Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, veggies