Menu Plan Monday 5/11/08

Posted by Danelle Ice at 1:36 am

May 122008

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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Comments (7)

Jen @ Daily Mish Mash

May 12, 2008 at 4:29 am Reply

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

May 12, 2008 at 4:52 am Reply

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

May 12, 2008 at 1:52 pm Reply

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.
Julieann

May 12, 2008 at 6:05 pm Reply

Your menu looks great–I love BBQ:)

Julieann
mom_of2boys

May 13, 2008 at 1:10 am Reply

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!
Crystal

May 15, 2008 at 5:09 pm Reply

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

May 15, 2008 at 9:36 pm Reply

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

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