Menu Plan Monday ~ March 10th

Hello my lovely menu planners! I must admit that I’ve been staring at recipes for awhile tonight and really not anything is jumping out at me. Some weeks are just harder than others but not doing a menu plan is not an option for me so I finally just had to pick something and go with it.

So I know many of you ladies are trying to save some money on your grocery bill, myself included. I’ve come across a new site that is trying to help us do just that. It’s called BeCentsAble and they are encouraging people to plan their menus around sale items by having a grocery gathering each week. Every week they will post a new “gathering” of deals from the ads that start the day prior (Monday is for the Sunday ads/Thursday for the Wednesday ads). Each post will include links to the stores being hosted as well as a link to miscellaneous coupons and freebies. Sounds like it might be a real helpful tool providing all sorts of valuable information at one stop.

Okay so on to my menu:

Monday: Grilled cheese and tomato soup

Tuesday: Cheesy Broccoli Rigatoni

Wednesday: Baked Chicken Teriyaki served with rice and carrots

Thursday: Better-Than-Ever Beef Enchiladas

Friday: Homemade pizza

Saturday: Spaghetti and meatballs

Have a great week!

WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU?

Menu Plan Monday guidelines are here.

Menu Plan Monday ~ Jan 14th

What a week! My menu plan didn’t go as planned but thankfully by weeks end it all worked itself out. On Tuesday morning I got up and realized I’d forgotten to thaw the chicken for my slow cooker meal. So I quickly went to the internet to find a similar recipe that could be made in the oven later in the day to give my chicken time to thaw. I ended up making this recipe instead. My family liked it but I wasn’t crazy about it myself. Then if that wasn’t bad enough I did the exact same thing the next day and forgot to thaw my ribs. So the ribs got moved to Thursday and we ended up having Saturday’s meal of burgers and fries on Wednesday. Friday ended up being our leftover day. So you see it eventually works itself out. That’s the beauty of a plan. I already had the weekly ingredients I needed in the house so I just had to look to the plan and re-adjust which meant no panic when I realized my error. It’s all good!

It has been snowing here for weeks. The snow on our front lawn is well over 5 feet! I’m feeling a little closed in so I’ve decided it will be a simple week for us and I’m keeping it light. I’m in the mood for some summer salads, perhaps to trick my mind into thinking summer is just around the corner….hah!

Last week some of you had asked for my pizza dough recipes. I posted them here.

I hope you all have a wonderful week with hopefully not as much snow as we’ve got!

Monday: Quesadillas with Crunchy Romaine Strawberry Salad

Tuesday: Italian Beef with Spaghetti served with Ceaser salad

Wednesday: Soup with Herbed Tuna Sandwiches

Thursday: Leftover buffet

Friday: Honey-Dijon Salmon and Asparagus served with Bacon-Swiss Tossed Salad

Saturday: Tortellini Primavera

WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU?