We fell off the wagon toward the end of the week last week and ended up eating out way more than we should have. All the more incentive to stick to our plan this week, right? Something that I have been doing that is making menu planning easier for me is keeping Wednesday & Thursday [...]
This week my menu plan is all about using what I have in my cupboards and freezer. My husband and I are planning on finishing our unfinished basement over the next couple of months, and I am hoping to cut back on our grocery budget to help finance the project. I am pretty stocked up [...]
Another Monday means another menu plan in my house. At least lately. :-) Posting my menu plans helps keep me accountable, which in turn saves me both on time and stress! For some reason I am in the mood to cook right now…I’m guessing it is the cooler temps outside. I am still up to [...]
This week I am excited to be heading to Minneapolis for two days to visit the General Mills Headquarters/Test Kitchens with a group of my fellow bloggers. While I am gone, my mom and husband will be holding down the fort, so I thought I would be nice and figure out a way to feed [...]
I have started and stopped menu planning more times than I can count, but the important part is that I keep starting again, right? This week is my first true attempt to get back into it after one of the busiest summers of my life. And while it has been great, I am looking forward [...]
It has been about a month since I have posted our menu plan. We have been out of town off and on and had several other things going on which has had us off schedule. We started to fall back into our eating out all of the time routine, so I decided to sit down [...]
This is my third week back in the saddle with menu planning. I have to say that while I don’t necessarily look forward to “planning day”, I LOVE the time, stress and money that having a plan saves me. This week I’m trying to use up some of my stockpile. Here is my plan:Monday: Steamfresh [...]
As I mentioned last week, I’m trying to get back into the habit of menu planning – in an effort to save both money & my sanity! Here is my plan for this week: Monday: Chicken Tortilla Soup (Crockpot) (recipe in Southern Living Crockpot Cookbook) Tuesday: Steak & Potatoes on the Grill, Veggies Wednesday: Grilled [...]
