Menu Plan Monday: Week of November 4th

Welcome to Menu Planning Monday!

How was your week? Did you stick to the plan you made?

As for us, we did for the most part.  We enjoyed a lovely time for great-grandmother's 89th birthday this weekend, and we helped my parents move some items to their new home.

This week we are on a semi-normal schedule. I'm working from home today instead of the church due to a plumbing issue. Those are always fun right? BUT GOD is working things out for us so it is a blessing in disguise!

Back to menu planning! This week we will have praise and worship practice, church and assisting with any moving my parents may need.

So here's what our menu is going to look like for the week!

Monday - Chicken Alfredo
Tuesday - Meatloaf and veggies
Wednesday - Youth group at church - leftovers
Thursday - Son will make dinner - I have him in charge of supper one night each week. He will come up with his shopping list and plan.
Friday - Possible date night with friends
Saturday - Grill Burgers and hot dogs
Sunday - Pork chops on grill

So what does your week look like? Hope it's a fantastic one! Have any great recipes you want to share?

Menu Plan Monday

Happy Monday to ya! I hope you had a very relaxing and fun weekend. We had a good time with family and friends this weekend. Simply hanging out with each other and fellowshipping.

Last week was quite busy so honestly, I didn't have a menu. It was a week of winging it with leftovers and stuff from our freezer. All of us just kind of fixed our own thing as we had a band camp for Boo Bear and our annual VBS. That was a blast, by the way. We had over 50 children show up for our VBS! That was our biggest year yet! So awesome that all of these families came out this year and we are so blessed to have our children's leader. She's the BOMB!

This week will definitely be a better menu week. We have all missed our family dinners :).

Monday - dinner with friends from out of town. We have some out of town friends coming in and we will meet them for dinner nearby. It will be our one time eating out this week.

Tuesday - Taco Salad

Wednesday - Cheeseburger Pie

Thursday - Leftovers and clean out fridge

Friday - Hubby grills

Saturday - Pork Chops

Sunday - Philly steaks

Next week we are taking our youth to the National Fine Arts Competition! Three of our amazing teens made it and we will be cheering them on and having a fantastic week together. Our menus will be a little different since we will be cooking for a bunch of people all at the same time. I'm currently looking for yummy ideas that are simple and easy to cook but are tasty and fit dietary needs of everyone. Should be a fun adventure!

So, what is on your menu this week? What is a go to for you when you're busy running around? I'd love to hear them in the comments below!

Menu Plan Monday

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Happy Monday to you! Hope you had a fantastic weekend with your family or doing what you love. Even if you were at work, I hope it was a great time this weekend.

My boys went off on an adventure Saturday and I went to our women's ministry annual summer tour. It was a much needed time for me.

I'm working on getting my normal blogging schedule back up and running. I've honestly missed it so much and things have gotten to an even balance so I can start back up. It's such an awesome release for me honestly. I just love sitting at the computer and sharing my heart!

So, I'm trying to embark this summer, at least until it's out, on a USE WHAT IS IN YOUR PANTRY challenge. Let's be honest for a second. One, I buy canned items because we live in Florida. Everyone knows what the summer brings with it. So, I'm stocking up on our hurricane supplies but there is also the fact that I need to simply use what we have for a bit as well.

I'm going to be sharing each week our menu plan and then I can update at the end of the week how it went. Not only will it help us to be mindful of what we have hidden in the back of the pantry, it also helps to reduce my weekly grocery budget and frees that money up for other things.

So, without further ado, here's our weekly menu for June 17th thru June23rd

Monday - We will be out of the house for an appointment so it will be a dinner provided to us at that event.

Tuesday - Sloppy Joes, salad, and corn

Wednesday - Eating at Youth group

Thursday - Chicken Alfredo and steamed brocolli

Friday - Grilled Steak and veggies

Saturday - Hot dogs on the grill, butter beans and sausage

Sunday - Homemade pizzas with ham and pineapple

So, what's on your menu this week? Have you ever done this type of thing before? What are your tips for keeping your groceries on a budget? I'd love to hear from you!

Have a blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday - Week of August 21st - 25th

Welcome back! So how did your menu plan go last week? For us, we stuck with it for the week. That's what I love. When you make a plan and you stick with the plan, you succeed, in most cases. ;-)

So this week is a pretty regular week. Of course today is the eclipse so that'll add some extra fun in there. Yes, we have our solar eclipse glasses and yes we're going to make either the paper plate protector thingy or the cereal box viewer as well. Safety first! Other than that, we have a pretty normal week filled with school and church things. Maybe some visits with friends thrown in there.

So without further ado, here's the plan for our home:

Supper:

Monday:

Pork chops in the oven with mashed potatoes for the boys and cucumber and onion salad as well

Tuesday: 

Nachos - per the little guy's request

Wednesday:

Clean out the fridge day! We'll have leftovers to make sure that everything is eaten and nothing wasted

Thursday:

Chicken Wings 

Friday:

Grill out with Daddy

Breakfasts This Week:

Scrambled eggs with spinach

Fried eggs with sausage

Biscuits for the little guy

Fruit: clementine's, berries and apples

Lunches:

Momables- this is basically a homemade lunchable. We'll do things such as hardboiled eggs with cheese, pickles, and cucumbers, lunchmeat, fruit, etc. 

Leftovers from suppers the night before

Chicken fingers

Popcorn Shrimp

Pizza rolls

So, what's on your plate for this week? Share some new and exciting recipe ideas with me!

Have a blessed week ahead!!