Hello! Welcome to another edition of Menu Plan Monday and starting our week off on an organized foot. Sometimes I think about how I use to go grocery shopping and it completely boggles my mind. I wouldn’t have any idea what I was going to cook so I’d just walk aimlessly around the grocery store dumping whatever looked good into my cart. No rhyme or reason to it at all. Then throughout the week as I finally decided what I wanted to cook I’d have to head back to the grocery store to pick up missing ingredients. It makes me so sad to think of all the time and money I wasted back then.
Now I love that, with my plan and list in hand, I can be in and out of the grocery store in about half an hour each week. And because I go every Monday morning at 8:30 am I’m usually only one of a handful of people in the store which means no chit chatting or lineups to slow me down. Just the way I like it!
Thanks to everyone who participated in MPM last week. The winner of the Week over Week Calendar was Amy from Heart Matters. Congratulations Amy!
Now let’s see, my menu highlight of last week would have to be the Thai Chicken Fettuccini.
It was easy to prepare and tasted delicious however I would definitely make more sauce next time as I felt there just wasn’t quite enough. I’m a saucy girl, bring on the sauce :)
Alrighty so I put out a call to Twitter looking for recipes this week and some lovely ladies were kind enough to come to my aid. I’m such a huge fan of Twitter…feel free to follow me here if you want.
So here goes:
Monday: Pizza Braid served with salad (thanks to Amy at The Finer Things in Life) ~ I’m going to cheat though and use my bread machine to make the dough
Tuesday: Healthified Mexican Pasta Skillet (thanks to Sharon at The Bird’s Nest)
Wednesday: Pork Chops with Black Beans served with rice (thanks to Celiac Family) ~ I love black beans!
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Maple Glazed Chicken served with potatoes or fries
Saturday: Spaghetti and meatballs
Simple Supper Sunday (which means one last ditch effort to clean out the fridge before Monday’s grocery shop or something easy like grilled cheese sandwiches and soup)
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
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I’m looking for some new ideas for grilling food!
Love, love, love the inspiration!! Thanks for hosting Menu Plan Monday : )
I am back – somehow, I remembered to post my menu plan last week but forgot to come here and link up!
Anywho, this week I have a Cheesy Beef-and-Rice casserole that is very tasty. Plus 13 suggestions for Hot Night Dinners – we have been having some of those lately.
Happy Menu Plan Monday!
I always get inspired reading all of your meal plans! Keep ‘em coming!
Looking forward to trying the pizza braid!
here is mine
http://mrsdanielstrain.blogspot.com/2009/05/menu-planning-monday_18.html
Thank you for hosting this. I have been following Menu Plan Monday for quite some time now, and have just started my blog so that I could join in on the fun. Thanks again!
I’m slowly getting into the habit of posting my menu (thanks to this site); but unfortunately my menu rarely survives the reality of my week. Usually reality is better than my menu; but more expensive. How do you stay on track?
I’m new AND a day late. But I love seeing everyone’s menus and getting great ideas. Thanks!
OOPS! I totally messed up the link the first time. Can you delete the first one (#369)? I’m sorry for the hassle!!!!
Here’s mine http://valeriecesari.blogspot.com/2009/05/menu-plan-may-18th.html
I’m a little late this week bc I broke my toe Sunday! Better late than never!!
Here’s mine-
http://onecheapchick.blogspot.com/2009/05/menu-monday-may-17-23.html
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