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So I am throwing this out there to all of you. Do you go by a meal plan or do you just wing it? Also, does that method work for you and your family?
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Showing posts with label meal planning. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Do You Meal Plan?
At the end of each month I plan my meals for the following month. That's right, a whole month. This is important since I do only one major grocery shopping trip a month. I use a day planner that has each day broken down individually. I started doing this 2 years ago and can't imagine living without the meal plan. Of course things happen along the way on a night or two, but for the most part we stick to it. After I write my meal plan out. I do a search for ingredients in the pantry and that is how my grocery list comes to life. This method helps me stay on budget and still have enough meals to last until the next month.
So I am throwing this out there to all of you. Do you go by a meal plan or do you just wing it? Also, does that method work for you and your family?
So I am throwing this out there to all of you. Do you go by a meal plan or do you just wing it? Also, does that method work for you and your family?
Monday, February 23, 2009
My Menu Plan for 2/23 through 3/1
I decided that I am going to post my meal plan each week on Monday.
Monday- Grilled BBQ Chicken Wings (I grilled outside in the 30 degree weather, we really wanted these wings). My local meat market had a special on them, I paid $ 1.00 a pound
Tuesday- One Pan Pleaser - I bought ground beef at the local meat market for $1.80 a pound & already had my velvetta block, cream of mushroom, and frozen mixed veggies.
Wednesday- Hamburgers
Thursday- Cheese and Vegetable Chowder with cornbread - I already had all of the ingredients in stock in my pantry- This is a crowd pleasing soup- kids love it
Friday- Homemade Sausage Pizza- I use the Pillsbury Pizza crust in a can for this. I make my own marinade and my daughter likes pork sausage on her pizza's (Found Kroger Brand roll for 1.80 and used 1/2 of it)
Saturday- Pork Chops (Got this in my Feb. Angelfood Ministries Order) smothered in homemade gravy
Sunday- Fried Chicken (having company over), I already had some on hand from last shopping trip.
My meat market had a few good deals this week. Besides my local meat market, we have a Save-A-Lot, Kroger, Super Walmart, and Walgreens. I receive ads for Kmart (40 minutes away) and Schnucks (45 minutes away) that I also use to price match on items. Check out the highlighted recipes and click on Angelfood Ministries for more info.
Monday- Grilled BBQ Chicken Wings (I grilled outside in the 30 degree weather, we really wanted these wings). My local meat market had a special on them, I paid $ 1.00 a pound
Tuesday- One Pan Pleaser - I bought ground beef at the local meat market for $1.80 a pound & already had my velvetta block, cream of mushroom, and frozen mixed veggies.
Wednesday- Hamburgers
Thursday- Cheese and Vegetable Chowder with cornbread - I already had all of the ingredients in stock in my pantry- This is a crowd pleasing soup- kids love it
Friday- Homemade Sausage Pizza- I use the Pillsbury Pizza crust in a can for this. I make my own marinade and my daughter likes pork sausage on her pizza's (Found Kroger Brand roll for 1.80 and used 1/2 of it)
Saturday- Pork Chops (Got this in my Feb. Angelfood Ministries Order) smothered in homemade gravy
Sunday- Fried Chicken (having company over), I already had some on hand from last shopping trip.
My meat market had a few good deals this week. Besides my local meat market, we have a Save-A-Lot, Kroger, Super Walmart, and Walgreens. I receive ads for Kmart (40 minutes away) and Schnucks (45 minutes away) that I also use to price match on items. Check out the highlighted recipes and click on Angelfood Ministries for more info.
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