Menu Plan Monday 5/9

This weeks menu is similar to last weeks. Lots of salad, chicken but I'm throwing in a pasta meal as well. It's suddenly gone from 70 degrees here to 100. And I want simple fast meals that aren't going to heat up my house!

Monday - Chef Salad

Tuesday - Roasted Garlic Parmesan Fettucine w/ broccoli

Wednesday - Grilled Chicken (using lemon herb marinade)w/ salad

Thursday - Crockpot Chicken Tacos (those got pushed back from last week, my son had busted his gums above his top teeth so we all had a much 'mushier meal' that day - mashed potatos and macaroni lol)

Friday - I'm going to my brothers college graduation so hubby is in charge of the kids. They will probably gril Hot Dogs or do fast food!

Saturday - Graduation party for my brother so we'll be eating at my parents

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Menu Plan Monday 5/2

After a few weeks of slacking off I'm back with a menu plan! lol

Monday - I get to go out tonight with my best friend for pedis and dinner - a Mongolian grill (my Mother's Day gift early) lol - hubby and kids are grilling hamburgers

Tuesday - Taco Salad

Wednesday - Grilled Chicken and salad

Thursday - Chef Salad

Friday - Crockpot Chicken Tacos

We are also having lots of scrambled eggs for breakfasts, sandwiches and salads for lunches and smoothies for snacks. Got to look cute in my new swimsuit right? :)

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Menu Plan Monday 3/28

So I've been really bad about actually posting a menu on here or for actually following one at all! We've eaten out way too much -especially considering one of our yearly goals was to cut that out! I just feel like we're always busy with something and I haven't taken the time to get new recipes and we get tired of eating the same things all the time! One of my goals for April is to make at least one new recipe a week (and hopefully more!) to broaden our list of family favorites!

So for this week we'll be having:

Monday: Chef Salads

Tuesday: Spaghetti w/ salad

Wednesday: Grilled Hot Dogs w/ homemade potato salad

Thursday: Sloppy Joes w/ corn

Friday: (Lent - no meat) Fettucine Alfredo w/ brocolli

Saturday: We're repouring new front porch steps this weekend so I don't think we'll be up to cooking anything - will probably just have sandwiches and leftovers. We're also taking vacation for a week starting Saturday! So not making a menu next week as we'll be out of town for most of it!

Sunday: Going to brunch w/ friends - not sure what we'll do for Dinner yet!


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Menu Plan Monday 2/21

Here is my menu for this week! Pretty simple as we're still eating out of the pantry quite a bit!

Monday - I had a Pampered Chef Party last night - we made Chicken Fajitas and fresh salsa - very yummy!

Tuesday - Cheesy Chicken and Rice

Wednesday - Macaroni and Cheese and Broccoli

Thursday - Beef Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa

Friday - Pizza

Saturday - Beef Stroganoff and Cream Corn

Menu Plan Monday 2/14

Here is my menu for the week. Very simple/frugal meals. Trying to just eat out of the pantry mainly as we're working on keeping our grocery budget as low as possible this month!

Monday - Valentines Day! Grilled Cheese sandwiches while we watch KU basketball (real romantic huh?) lol or maybe I'll get lucky and hubby will bring home some Panda Express maybe??

Tuesday - Cheesy Chicken with Rice

Wednesday - Bean/Beef Enchiladas w/ chips and salsa

Thursday - Soup w/ rolls (I think I'll attempt homemade bread again - we'll see how that goes! haha)

Friday - Pizza


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Menu Plan Monday 1/31

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Monday - Chili Dogs

Tuesday - Chicken n Dumplings (been wanting to make this for awhile but it always gets pushed back...)

Wednesday - Burritos, Chips and Salsa

Thursday - My sons first bday! So we'll have macaroni and cheese lol - his favorite

Friday - Breakfast for dinner - pancakes, eggs and sausage

Saturday - Spaghetti

Sunday - Parkers bday party and Superbowl party so lots of snack foods!

Menu Plan Monday 1/24

So I know it's Tuesday but I was sick yesterday and never got on my computer! Now that I've had multiple doses of Amoxicilan and some Tylenol with Codine I'm a happy lady and can grace you with my menu!

Monday - We had soup, technically just broth - hubby and I both had strep so we weren't in the mood for any real food lol and the kids had hot dogs

Tuesday - Spaghetti w/ Garlic Bread

Wednesday - Chicken and Dumplings

Thursday - Cheeseburger Macaroni

Friday - Shrimp Stirfry

Saturday - My husband coaches my brothers basketball team and they have a tourney all day so we will be picking up something quick in between games

Menu Plan Monday 1/17

Last week we had a lot of soup lol and bent our budget a bit to eat out a couple times. At the time I thought yeah I would rather eat out but thinking back, I so wish I would have made what I had planned and not swayed. One meal hubby didn't want because we were out of salsa and said he could not eat it without salsa, I should have just said, sorry - too bad lol and made it anyway instead of letting him grab fast food and spend $10 on food we didn't need. We're a work in progress but I know soon we'll be done with our eating out (esp if the new meals I make this week are as good as I think they will be!)

So, here is my menu for this week!

Monday - Chicken and Rice Casserole (from my new cookbook - will post recipe tomorrow!)

Tuesday - Crockpot macaroni and cheese

Wednesday - Chicken and Dumplings

Thursday - Kielbasa Soup (another new recipe -didn't get made last week -will post later this week)

Friday - Enchiladas

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Menu Plan Monday 1/10

Well we just got our first snow of the year! So a cold week means warm meals!

Monday - Chicken Tortilla Soup and homemade bread (my first attempt at making homemade bread, I'll let you know how it goes! lol)

Tuesday - Chicken Fajitas

Wednesday - Family night out (hopefully going to see Tangled and will eat at the diner in the theatre probably)

Thursday - Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Friday - Shrimp Stir Fry

Saturday - Crockpot Kielbasa Soup (I'll post this recipe after we try it out!)

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*My backyard this morning!*

Menu Plan Monday 1/3

Hello New Year! Here is my first menu of 2011! I got a Kitchenaid Mixer for Christmas (thanks to my best friend!!) and a big new 6 qt crockpot from my mom and for my birthday my mama also got me a Mixer cookbook and crockpot cookbook (how perfect is that!?)! SO I hope to try out many new recipes this year using my new toys! This week I already had most of what I needed for simple meals on hand in the pantry so I'll try some experimenting next week!

Monday - We have a bday party to go to - will eat there

Tuesday - Spaghetti, green beans and garlic bread

Wednesday - Black bean and rice burritos

Thursday - Chicken pasta skillet meal (one of the TGIF meals I got for $1 at Target a while back lol)

Friday - Cheeseburger Macaroni and broccoli

I have not planned Sat and Sun - I plan on shopping fri night for next weeks groceries so I'll get meals for the weekend then as well. I'm hosting a baby shower for my sister in law on sunday so I'll be spending a good chunk of next weeks grocery money on food for that - another reason I love having a full pantry from stocking up on items when I can get them for free! :)

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Menu Plan Monday 10/4

Sorry life has been crazy these last few weeks and I haven't had as much to blog as I'd like and so I haven't done Menu Plan Monday for a couple weeks! I'm back though and ready to stick to a menu again! Fall has officially arrived here in Wichita, KS and I LOVE it! I'm breaking out my crockpot and already begging my hubby for a bigger one as well!

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Here is our menu plan for this week!

Monday - Grilling with friends - taking advantage of the semi-warm weather before we can't do this anymore this year!

Tuesday - Spaghetti and meatballs

Wednesday - Beef Enchiladas with Chips and Queso

Thursday - Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

Friday - Chili - perfect for tailgating the KMC - BC football game! Go Kapaun! :)

Saturday - Pizza - Papa Johns has 2 large 1 toppings for $10 so taking advantage of this deal :)

Sunday - Leftovers

Menu Plan Monday 9/13

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Monday - Pizza
Tuesday - Leftovers (lots of extra from this weekend)
Wednesday - Chicken Enchiladas - I keep forgetting to take a pic to post this recipe but I'll do it this week!
Thursday - Italian Stuffed Shells
Friday - possibly going to the State Fair if not we'll do BLTs
Saturday - Fried Chicken and mashed potatos

Menu Plan Monday 9/6

Happy Labor Day everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful day filled with family, friends and perhaps barbeques?! We took advantage of our day off work and just relaxed at home - it was very nice!

Here is my menu for this week!

Monday - We finally made Open Faced Texas Burgers - they were quite good, I'll get a recipe up soon!
Tuesday - Bandito Chili Dogs
Wednesday - Macaroni and Cheese and sandwiches
Thursday - Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas (I'm making a double batch will fill 4 pans - 1 to eat and 3 to freeze for later!)
Friday - Hopefully going to a high school football game so will probably do sandwiches
Saturday - Italian Stuffed Shells (recipe to come for this as well and I'm also making 4 pans of this to freeze!)
Sunday - Did you know Sunday is Grandparents Day? Just thought I'd throw that out there lol so hopefully we'll get to have a family dinner with my parents.

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Menu Plan Monday 8/30

Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday! It's another easy week around here - going to start cooking in bulk next week so we can freeze some meals - I'm excited to start freezer cooking and once I will be sharing recipes on here too!

Monday - Grilled hamburgers and hot dogs
Tuesday - Pizza
Wednesday - Tacos
Thursday - Open Faced Texas Burgers - recipe to come!
Friday - Spaghetti
Saturday - BBQ Chicken
Sunday - I'm spending the day with my best friend, shopping and a movie so we'll eat out too. The dads are in charge of the kids - I'm sure they'll make pizza or hot dogs probably!

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Menu Plan Monday 8/23

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This week we're keeping it simple! I wanna take a day trip to Kansas City with my best friend in a couple weeks so I'm saving every penny I can so we can hit the outlet stores there and get fall/winter clothes for the kids! So we're gonna try to get the grocery budget as low as we can go! Stephen and Ella would be fine with macaroni and hotdogs every night, it's me that will be sacrificing lol

Monday - Steaks (we have a couple thawed and need to use 'em up!)
Tuesday - Ellas 3rd birthday! She wants Cheesy Rice for dinner and chocolate cake for desert!
Wednesday - Beanie Weenies
Thursday - Bean Tostadas and Rice
Friday - Macaroni and Cheese
Saturday - Spaghetti
Sunday - Hot Dogs and Deviled eggs

Menu Plan Monday 8/16

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Monday - Chicken Enchiladas, Rice, Chips and Salsa
Tuesday - Cheese Tortelini with Bread/oil dip
Wednesday - Homemade Chicken Nuggets and oven fries
Thursday - Tacos
Friday - Breakfast for dinner (pancakes, eggs, sausage)
Saturday - We have family coming in town for my daughters birthday. Will probably eat out.
Sunday - Ella's Birthday Party! No meals planned

I will post some recipes later this week for the enchiladas and chicken nuggets after I make them so I can add pics too!

Menu Plan Monday 8/9

My husband is on vacation this week so don't know what all we'll be doing what nights yet so I'm not going to assign my meals to nights this week, we'll just make whatever sounds good at the time!

So in no particular order here is what I plan on making this week:

Pepperoni Rolls
Beef tips with Mashed Potatos and Gravy
Grilled Crisp Crust Pizza
Open-Faced Texas Burgers (didn't get to these last week)
Cheese Tortellini with Garlic Bread
Chicken Nuggets

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Menu Plan Monday 8/2

Here is my menu plan for this week! I'm working on making more home cooked meals but that are still pretty quick to make. With a (almost) 3 year old and a 6 month old I rarely have 2 free hands to cook much! lol

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Monday - Italian Stuffed Shells with salad and bread with oil/garlic dip

Tuesday - Chicken Enchiladas with Spanish Rice

Wednesday - Hot Dogs with Macaroni and Deviled Eggs (didn't get to these last week because we went out to eat at the yummiest little authentic Mexican restaurant - yum!)

Thursday - Baked Ziti with green beans

Friday - Date Night!

Saturday - Open Faced Texas Burgers with Oven Fries

Sunday - We have a Birthday Party to go to for my best friends little boy where we'll be bbq-ing!

Menu Plan Monday 7/26

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I've been a slacker on this the last couple weeks but here is this weeks menu plan!

Monday - Taco Salad -see recipe here
Tuesday - Cheesy Chicken and Rice -see recipe here
Wednesday - Spaghetti and Garlic Bread
Thursday - Bean Tostadas
Friday - Hot Dogs and Deviled Eggs
Saturday - Sour Cream Chicken and Mashed Potatos
Sunday - BBQ Burgers or Chicken - I'll let hubby decide since he'll be the one grilling! :)

Menu Plan Monday

Monday - Spaghetti w/ meat sauce and garlic bread
Tuesday - The kids and I are going to a Pampered Chef party at my moms and will eat there, hubby gets leftovers
Wednesday - BLTTs - Bacon Lettuce Tomato and Turkey sandwiches - so yummy!
Thursday - Tostadas
Friday - Grilled Chicken and Macaroni
Saturday and Sunday - will be in Kansas City for a family reunion and bday celebration for my dad so lots of meals out. I better look for some coupons for restaurants we want to go to!! :)

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