Menu Planning

I, like many others, menu plan.  I don’t love doing it.  I do it because I hate trying to figure out what to eat everyday and it helps us save money.  I was planning for every two weeks.  The two week plan would end and I’d put off making another and I’d have to scrounge for food.  Which I can do but don’t love that either.  

I decided to try something different for 2014.  I’m going to plan a month at a time.  I’ll shop every two weeks.  I’m hoping that making that mid-month shopping list will be much easier since I already have the meals planned out.  I’m planning on keeping the monthly lists and there is a very real possibility we’ll eat almost the same menu next year.  That would be a dream…to just be able to copy the previous year’s menu and add a few new recipes through out the month.  I really hope this works!

Here’s what we’re eating for January.

3rd: Beef Faitijas

4th: Rice and Beans

5th: Homemade Hamburger Helper

6th: Buffalo Chicken Soup

7th: Cattle Drive Casserole

8th: Chicken & Rice Casserole 

9th: Slow Cooker Ranch Pork Chops & Potatoes with a veggie

10-13th- At a friend’s wedding (no cooking, YAY!)

14th Chicken Yakisoba

15th: Beef Stew

16th: Baked Chicken, Homemade Rice-A-Roni, veggie

17th: Tacos

18th: Homemade Pho

19th: Lasagna (mom cooks)

20th Zuppa Tuscana (The Man cooks)

21st: Crockpot Beef & Noodles 

22nd: Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup

23rd: Cream Cheese Chicken

24th: Cheesy Chipotle Chicken Rice Bowl

25th: Roasted Tomato Basil Soup & Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (mom cooks)

26th: Spaghetti Carbonara

27th: Steak, Baked Potato & veggie (The Man cooks)

28th: Pasta with Sausage, Kale & Beans

29th: Cashew Chicken with Rice

30th: Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches with chips & veggie sticks

31st: Crockpot Lasagna Soup

What are you eating?

 

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