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Menu Plan Monday 5/11/08

By Danelle Ice - Home Ever After | May 12th, 2008 | Category: Menu Planning | No Comments »

Menu+Plan+Monday+3 Menu Plan Monday 5/11/08

I have the best family in the world – they eat what I cook and don’t complain! We’ve been on a deep grocery cutback for a few months, meaning that I use the same staples and rotate a limited number of recipes. They still weren’t complaining about the frequent use of pork roast and pork-related meals… but I was! I was so tired of eating pork, but it’s such a cheap meat and I stockpile it when it’s on sale. Dreaming of chicken, I knew it was time for a change. Luckily chicken and beef pot roast are on sale at Safeway this week. This week’s meal plan has some well-deserved variety, so enjoy!

Breakfast choices: Cold cereal

Lunches: (leftovers, brown bagged!)

Dinners:

Monday~ Nachos: Our homemade nachos are a family favorite. We use nacho chips (spectacular sale = big stock up), top with refried beans, diced tomatoes, and two kinds of cheeses (cheddar and pepper jack on sale). Add hot sauce for mom & dad! Believe it or not, we have a large stock of “fire sauce” from Taco Bell because when we do drive thru, that’s usually where we go. They put about 100 sauce packets in the bag, so I keep the extras and use them when cooking our Mexican meals!

Tuesday~ Potato soup (potatoes and bacon in a creamy milk sauce). This is adapted from my mom’s/Grammie’s recipe.

Wednesday~ Beef pot roast with potatoes and carrots and rice.

Thursday~ Crockpot beef and broccoli. This comes from a great frugal recipe I got online years ago. Fast, easy, cheap.

Friday~ **Leftover Love** (Mom’s night off from cooking!)

Saturday~ Dad’s barbeque cooking outside – hot dogs and chicken thighs and drumsticks.

Sunday~ Crockpot beef barley lentil soup. Cheap grains – I love ‘em!

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  1. Jen @ Daily Mish Mash May 12th, 2008 4:29 am :

    The crockpot beef and broccoli sounds delicious. I’d love the recipe! Have a great week.

  2. Nicole May 12th, 2008 4:52 am :

    Menu sounds great. I love any soup with barley it. Yummy!

  3. PlanningQueen May 12th, 2008 1:52 pm :

    I am pretty lucky as there isn’t too many complaints at my house either.

    I also have a kids activity pack giveaway in conjunction with my menu plan this week.

  4. Julieann May 12th, 2008 6:05 pm :

    Your menu looks great–I love BBQ:)

    Julieann

  5. mom_of2boys May 13th, 2008 1:10 am :

    I’m glad to hear that someone’s family eats what’s cooked! I love potato soup! Looks like a great menu!

    Have a great week!

  6. Crystal May 15th, 2008 5:09 pm :

    I like the “leftover love” term. So cute! Great idea to have one night a week when cooking is not a priority! :)

  7. Danelle Ice May 15th, 2008 9:36 pm :

    Thanks for the compliments all.

    @Jen – I’ll work on getting the recipe up in the near future for you.

    @Crystal – that’s exactly what “leftover love” was intended to mean! That mom LOVES it because it’s a night off from cooking! lol

    Danelle, Home Ever After


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