Menu Plan Monday ~ May 3rd + giveaway!
Updated to add: The winner of the menu planner is Shannon from Light at Home!
Hi everyone, happy new month to you! My recipe highlight from last week goes to the Cheesy Ham and Pasta Bake. Oh my goodness this recipe was so good and my kids gobbled it up which always makes me happy. Since my hubbie isn’t home, I just halved the recipe and it turned out great.
I’m excited to tell you that today is giveaway day around here. Not too long ago I was introduced to a terrific menu planning product created by two lovely sister in-laws. It’s called Pocket Full of Posies, Perfect Pocket Meal Planning and it’s a system designed to make menu planning super easy for busy households. It consists of a monthly magnetic pocket system for your fridge with a pocket to hold a set of weekly recipe cards and shopping list for each week. The monthly pockets are made with fun scrapbook paper designs that have been laminated for durability. There are five easy to make recipes provided per week so all the guess work is done for you.
It’s nice because this system doesn’t require you to designate a certain day for a specific recipe and is especially great for those who want to save time by having someone else select your weekly recipes for you. There is great flexibility in this system and Emily and Cammie do a fantastic job of explaining how it all works in a video which you can find here.
Today these girls are giving away to one lucky menu planner their Monthly Pocket Package One which includes the following:
1 Magnetic Monthly Pocket
Recipe Packages 1 & 2 (40 recipes total)
8 ingredient lists
All you have to do to enter is just link up to your weekly menu as normal in the Mr. Linky list below, before Wednesday, May 5th at 12:00 pm PST, and I’ll select a winner randomly from the list of participants. Good luck everyone!
Note: This particular giveaway is only open to those with blogs who blog their weekly menu plan and link up. It’s my small way of thanking those who participate in Menu Plan Monday.
Okay so here’s what we’ll be eating this week:
Monday: Spaghetti with Savory Spaghetti Sauce
Tuesday: Sweet Asian Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Wednesday: Mushroom Burgers
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: “Batter Be Good To Me’ Pancakes
Saturday: Cheese-Stuffed Meatloaf (family favorite!) served with mashed potatoes and veggies
Sunday: Steak and baked potatoes
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
Menu Plan Monday guidelines and banner selections can be found here.
We LOVE having breakfast for dinner! I haven’t made pancakes in forever, though. I may have to give that pancake recipe you posted a try.
Hope you have a wonderful week!
Wow, what a cute menu plan system!
I love meatloaf, but it is getting so hot here I don’t want to turn on my oven!
Toni
Hot!? Wow I want to live where you are, it is freezing here in Northern, Canada!!
Thanks for hosting this every week. The Asian Chicken sandwiches sound yummy. I’m off to check it out.
The menu planning organizer looks super cool! I need all the help I can get.
Happy First Monday of May! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing that men planning system. I know it’s may seem a little…silly…but I like how pretty the system is. I’m a huge fan of organizing tools having great form and great function, two elements they’ve clearly considered here.
I’m with Cristi on the loving breakfast for dinner idea. What a great way to get the weekend started on a fun note.
As always, thanks for all you do in organizing us this way.
Thanks so much for hosting Laura! The Asian Chicken sandwiches sound yummy! It’s getting to be that time of year, when a sandwich is just perfect!
~Liz
That cheesy ham and pasta bake looks like it might go over well in my house too…I’ll have to snag it for next weeks menu.
That organizer looks wonderful. I’ve been a little less then organized lately…*sigh*
Happy Monday!
That Cheese-Stuffed Meatloaf sounds like something my family would love too. I’ll have to try it soon. Thanks!!
Can’t wait to try the rigatoni bake. If there’s some leftover, looks like it would be good for lunches the next week!
I’m excited to try that pancake recipe. Thanks for the link!
What a great giveaway, I could use that big time! I found your website last week and so happy I have, love your ideas!
We are having a pancake night, too!
Great menu. I love the idea having breakfast for dinner on family night.
I was thinking of finding a good spaghetti sauce recipe yesterday. Thanks for posting one!
I’m on board today! Hurray! Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂
cute system! always grateful for u hosting MPM!
That organizer is TOO cute! And I think I’m going to try that cheese-stuffed meatloaf. It looks wonderful!
That Asian Chicken salad looks scrumptious. I’m definitely going to try that with the leftover chicken from my roast chicken this week. Yummy!
We have breakfast on our dinner menu this week, too!
Thanks for the link-up! Looking forward to quitting my job so that I have time to think about planning breakfast and dinner!
Thanks for the linky!
I was inspired to join menu plan after listening to Manic Mommies. Can’t wait to get started!
That’s awesome Camille!
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed the cheesy ham and pasta bake! The recipes you have for this week sound wonderful too — like those mushroom burgers! off to check those out 🙂
Hi! That cracked me up that you halved the recipe because your husband was gone. I’d do the same, mine is a big eater 🙂 Thinking my kids would love that recipe too.
Cute giveaway! Have an awesome week!
It’s my first time linking up this week and I’m menu planning from my cupboards 🙂
Welcome to MPM!
Thanks for the link to that ham and cheese bake. It looks wonderful! Thanks for hosting this great carnival. I’m glad to be a part of it.
Thanks for participating!
To register to win, I need to put my name and a link (?) to my website in the box “Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets”? What if I don’t have a website?
I’m so sorry Lori, this particular giveaway is just for those with blogs who are linking up their menus 🙁 I do this every couple of months or so as my small way of saying thanks to those who participate.
I have been participating for 28 weeks now ! Thank you again for hosting this event 🙂
That ham and cheese bake looks so yummy! Thanks for hosting MPM and the giveaway!
Ham and cheese looks yummy!! We’re having a themed week this week, Medieval Monday with poached fish. This should be an adventure…I’ve never poached a fish before. Eeeek!
That cheesy rigatoni bake looks YUMMY. We’re going to have to try that!
Can’t wait to try the Cheesy Meatloaf!! Looks Fabulous 🙂
Sweet Asian Chicken Salad Sandwiches sound really good.
And, your leftover buffet sounds way better than what we call it. 😉
that organizer looks great – only mr linky participants eligible? I don’t have a blog, just a reader!
I’m so sorry, this particular giveaway is just for those with blogs who are linking up their menus 🙁 I do this every couple of months or so as my small way of saying thanks to those who participate.
I’ve been menu planning for about 6 months and this is my first time to participate in linking up. Thanks for hosting Laura!
Awesome, glad to have you here!
The ham and pasta is very similar to one I make. I actually double or triple the recipe then freeze some. I make some containers of family size and some single servings so my husband can take it to work. It works beautifully!
That menu planning system looks terrific! I went and bought it just so I don’t have to take a chance on not winning the giveaway. Happy Mother’s Day to me!
Hard to believe its May already! Our plan is a little crazy this week because of meetings, etc.
I love the giveaway. I’ve been trying to come up with a system like this that works. . .
My first menu plan in over a year! I am happy to be back, and could I ever use a cute organizer!
Welcome back!
Going to print out the Cheesy ham & pasta recipe now, thanks!!
Would love to win that menu system, looks great!
That Sweet Asian Chicken Salad looks like a great way to use up leftover chicken. Yum.
Hope I win the great giveaway 🙂
Just took a look at the meatloaf recipe — I bet it makes for great sandwiches/hoagies the day after!
I’ve not tried that Trina, but I’m sure it would. Yum!
I would love to win that menu planner. This is my first time and I hope to participate more and get fun ideas for meals. Blessings, Shonda
Welcome Shonda!
Great giveaway! Thanks for the linky.
That is a neat giveaway, if I am not lucky enough to win..I may just try and make something on my own….cool idea!
Back to menu planning this week now that I’m not working late nights at work, thank God the legislative session is over! 🙂
Glad to see that a lot of us are doing the breakfast for dinner, it’s a easy one and a favorite in my house.
My menus are starting to look a bit tired. Next week I am promising myself to be a little more exciting with my menu.
So excited to try that Cheese Stuffed meatloaf recipe!
Looks like you have a great week planned! I have a feeling mine is totally overambitious (especially when I went into the pantry this morning and found I’m out of arborio rice and two more ingredients for tonight’s planned risotto – oops! how did that happen?) but I’ve been having a great time with planning lately. This is the first time I’ve ever really planned consistently and it is both extremely helpful and leading to some really tasty food.
Thanks as always for being the catalyst for this MPM movement that is changing all our lives!
Better late than never, I finally got my menu plan done for this week. Thank you so much for doing this every week. I was almost tempted to “wing it” for my plan this week but I knew how that ends up… never good! It feels so good to have it done!
So great you got it done!!
Yum! That pasta dish looks delish. Although, I wouldn’t expect anything less from a SnoWhite recipe 😉 I’m trying her Honey Mustard Chicken Pasta dish this week. Oh, and I saw that your family likes the Enchilada Casserole recipe (Taste of Home)–hubby and I are trying that this week too. Can’t wait to taste it. 🙂
Love it!!
Just linked up my first Menu Plan Monday post. Thanks for doing this. What a great way to get and share ideas. I look forward to finding and trying new recipes for my family.
This is my first time trying menu planning monday. I hope I can stick with it.
That menu planning system looks great! Thanks for introducing us to it!
As always, thanks for hosting this week! The giveaway looks super-cute!
This is first Menu Plan Monday! I think I’ll have to try your cheese meatloaf – sounds yummy!
Thanks for another great giveaway 🙂 I am trying out 3 new recipes this week- one from Taste of Home (Tortellini Soup) and 2 from Kraft recipes (Primavera Pesto Pasta and Undone Stuffed Pepper Cassrole)
That menu plan system looks fabulous!
Thanks for hosting this meme once again! It really helps keep me on my toes. 🙂
Oh! I really want to win!!
Thanks for the great giveaway! Your menu plan looks really yummy this week. I think the Chicken Salad Sandwiches will be making their way onto my meal plan sometime soon!
I am new to linking up. This is a great idea. Thanks
So cute! We love breakfast for dinner, since daddy only has 1 breakfast day with us.
I like breakfast for dinner, too, especially if it has potatoes & onions with it.
That meal-planning system looks just right for me! I know I need lots of help. I’ve been in a menu-plan funk for a month.
I’m a newbie, but a linked newbie (:
Yum! Cheese stuffed meatloaf. I have never had meatloaf with cheese in it before..but everything tastes better with cheese. I am going to have to try that. I tried your pizza crust recipe last week. It was delicious! Thanks so much!
What an awesome giveaway! Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for hosting and for the giveaway!
Menu planning is such a chore for me, but I love it during the week when I have done it. I need all the help I can get! Thanks!
Menu planning is such a chore for me, but I love it during the week when I have done it. I need all the help I can get. Thanks!
In my quest to organize my life, I have recently started making menus. This is the first time I have actually posted it on my blog (though I have been reading yours for a few months now). The chance of winning that nifty looking Meal Planning Pocket system was all the motivation I needed to join the party. 🙂 Thanks for the motivation!!
I am gearing up for a big freezer cooking session (tomorrow!) and cannot wait until all I’m doing is planning the meals that are already prepared in my freezer–summer’s just around the corner and I’d rather be playing than cooking (or cleaning up!)
What an adorable meal organizer. I love preparing meals for my freezer and now that I have only 7 weeks left until our third little blessing arrives I am stocking the freezer with as many homemade items as possible.
I look forward to menu mondays and enjoy reading your recipes. Thank you for the inspiration!
Why does it seem that the weeks I have a wonderful plan, dinner gets all messed up?? Oh well – at least I know what else I have on hand to make for fast dinners!
Cute blog! I love the ready to go activity bags. I just linked up to the meal planner!