Happy Monday to you! It’s a new week and a new menu plan is ready. Do you make a weekly or monthly menu plan?
Happy Monday to you! It’s a new week and a new menu plan is ready. Do you make a weekly or monthly menu plan?
I know I would be lost without mine and I’m alway curious if other families use a menu plan or not. I would love to hear in the comments if you menu or not.
Also I would love to hear how you come up with what’s for dinner if you don’t menu plan.
This week we’ve been harvesting strawberries out of our garden. Until the rain set in. It was rainy all weekend. So I was out in the rain picking strawberries each day to keep them from rotting.
I made two batches of strawberry freezer jam. We were getting low and if you haven’t had homemade freezer jam, you really need to make a batch and give it a try.
It’s so good! Learn how to make your own freezer jam with these video tutorial. It’s super easy to make.
This week’s menu has a few crock pot recipes, which I just love. It’s so nice to put everything in the crock pot and dinner is underway. I also have a few meals I’m making from the freezer this week too.
Here’s our full meal plan,
Dinners
Crock Pot Roast Beef, Potatoes, and Vegetables
Roast Beef Sandwiches, Chips, and Fruit
Chicken Haystacks and Salad
Chicken Fajitas, Refried Beans, Salsa and Chips
Crock Pot Cheesy Ham and Potatoes, Salad, and Fruit
Italian Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, and Salad
Build Your Own Haystacks and Fruit
Lunches
Leftovers most days
Sandwiches, Chips, and Fruit
Crisp Bean Burritos, Chips and Salsa
Breakfast
Toast made from homemade bread and Eggs
Pancakes, Eggs, and Sausage
Breakfast Burritos and Fruit
What’s cooking at your house this week? I would love to have you share your menu in the comments below.Â
Do you need help planning your menu? Find my menu planning tips here with a free printable menu planner page and here for my frugal menu planning tips.
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When I don’t menu plan, I come up with our meals by staring hopelessly into the fridge at about 4p.m. or we eat out a bit too much. I’m trying to keep things simple this week and hopefully, get the pantry, fridge, and freezer cleaned out a bit. Your menu this week looks great! I almost put roast on our menu as well.
I think I will be doing a pantry menu soon. We have a few things hanging around that need to be used up.
Jean, you just perfectly spelled out my biggest issue. I am a reluctant planner. My number one project right now is to meal plan consistently. i have a lot of weight to lose and it’s never going to happen if I wing it.
We had a yummy stir fry last night made with turkey cutlets that I got on clearance at the grocery store, as well as carrots and broccoli. I made the sauce from oyster sauce and rice wine vinegar. It was pretty tasty and frugal too!
I have to try out your crock pot recipe for cheesy ham and potatoes. It sounds like something my family would love 🙂
We love stir fry at our house too Erin! I usually make meat packages in the stir fry sauce for the freezer and use whatever vegetables I can find on sale. I think it’s a great way to use up produce before it goes bad. 🙂