A couple things - Friday nights I've just declared breakfast night, so you'll see a theme. Whatever we're having on Monday, I'm going to try to prepare it (or some of it) on Sunday. More intensive meals are saved for the weekends. And, I'm trying to use my crockpot at least on Wednesdays.
*I marked which dishes are new for us.
**Added the sides in just for Erin.
- Monday (4-H meeting) - bean soup (crockpot) and bread
- Tuesday - tacos
- Wednesday (ballet) - chili (crockpot)
- Thursday - chicken pot pie*
- Friday - pancakes and sausage links
- Saturday - ham & macaroni and cheese and green beans
- Sunday - stroganoff and salad
- Monday (Kaity late dentist appt.) - sausage spinach casserole
- Tuesday - pork chops, au gratin potatoes, green beans
- Wednesday (ballet) - chicken & dumplings (crockpot)
- Thursday - pigs in a blanket, chips
- Friday - sausage gravy and biscuits
- Saturday - hamburgers, chips, baked beans
- Sunday - stuffed shells, salad, garlic bread
- Monday - chicken picata
- Tuesday - A1 and dijon steak* (crockpot), rice pilaf, broccoli
- Wednesday (ballet) - broccoli and cheese soup* (crockpot) and bread
- Thursday (fair board mtg) - pot roast (crockpot), carrots, potatoes
- Friday - waffles, bacon, fruit
- Saturday - BBQ pork, corn pudding, salad
- Sunday - steak, squash, salad
- Monday - Cuban pork roast*, plantains, rice, black beans
- Tuesday - chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, green beans
- Wednesday - meatloaf (crockpot), mashed potatoes, green beans (sides leftover from Tuesday)
- Thursday - corn chowder*, bread
- Friday (youth fair) - no meals at home
- Saturday (youth fair)
- Sunday (youth fair)
- Monday (youth fair, quick dinner) - BLTs, french fries
- Tuesday - spaghetti, garlic bread, green beans
- Wednesday (ballet) - fried orange shrimp*, rice, plantains
Please ask us how we're doing on this. We're going to try to stick to it this month, but something always comes up. Plus I'm sure I'm missing some calendar items that will interfere with the menu. Hopefully, it will force us to take our lunch more rather than eating hot dogs for dinner and then having nothing for lunch.
5 comments:
what about veggies? You only listed the meats. Do you just decide that week what you are going to have or not really do these? I get tired of eating the same veggies and could use some ideas.
A lot of those are one dish meals, but we eat a lot of canned green beans and frozen broccoli. I'm going to try and add in some salad also. John prefers to have something green, so we don't usually eat corn or stuff like that. We'll probably have squash once or twice and corn pudding. And, a LOT of mashed potatoes. I'll go back and add some of our sides.
I wish I could do this, would like to plan a month ahead, but seems like I can only take a week or day at a time. Let me know how it goes. My new idea is to take a BOGO skillet meal, add a bag of frozen vegetables to it, it makes a bigger healthier dinner and it is easy to make. So I see you have real meals planned for Wed.? Does that mean no more small group? Subway is semi healthy :) Hope to see you guys every now and then.
I have just had the same experience....all of a sudden I don't want to do kid food anymore, it's been one too many years....so we are making a veggie chart. When the kids hit 30 veggies for the month, we are going to take them out for a treat (not necessarily food...maybe bowling night?!)
The newest issue of Clean Eating magazine had a ton of awesome, pretty quick recipes you may want to try...some were kid friendly. There is a 2 week menu planner and shopping list, too.
Eating Well mag. also had some good food idea this month...with a section on recipes for baked breaded fish (tilapia), something my kids thought we be good. (Baked onion rings were in there, too)
However, I liked your menu list...I might give it a try :) Thanks for doing all that work!
Now I'm hungry :)
Tara - We're still planning on coming, which is one reason every Wednesday is crockpot. But, you know how those go...we make it about 50% of the time. :-)
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