My menu this week (I need to use up stuff that's in the house -- not only did I go over-budget last week, but my freezer is kind of full too!):
Sunday - lunch: chopped salad (finally got all my kids to eat salad, instead of having to dirty multiple bowls with a make-your-ow-sald! this is HUGE) and whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce and cheese
supper: red lentil and vegetable soup, roast potatoes, and southern fried cabbage (the vegetarian version)
Monday: lunch: red lentil soup (from Sunday night), sandwiches, carrot and red pepper sticks
Supper: fresh rolls, black bean burgers, tomatoes, pickles, roasted red peppers, rice, sauteed butternut squash
Tuesday: lunch: cornbread, rice and black beans with salsa, tomatoes, and avocado
supper: vegetable soup, pasta with cheese, carrot sticks, tomatoes
Wednesday: lunch: vegetable soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, salad
supper: grilled cheese sandwiches, oven-fries, squash soup, salad
Thursday lunch: squash soup, leftovers from the week
supper: split pea soup, casserole from the freezer, carrot sticks, red peppers, and tomatoes
I'm planning to only buy milk and cheese this week - everything else is already here in the house!
How's your stockpile -- is it too well stocked, like mine?
What are you all eating this week?
Do you find menu planning really works - with my crazy schedule sometimes feel it is easier to just throw something together from what is around the house?
ReplyDeleteWell, it's hard for me to "throw together" certain things - so I need to plan bread baking and bean soaking in advance... and when I don't plan, we don't end up eating balanced meals - because it's just too much to pull together at the last second.
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