menu planning

Menu Plan Monday: July 28th Edition

Monday: Sweet Pea and Potato Pasta Tuesday: Steak and Crash Potatoes Wednesday: Roast (crockpot) Thursday: Spinach and Egg Fettucini Noodles with Chicken Friday: Macaroni and Cheese (I’ll be out with a friend) Saturday & Sunday: To Be Determined Due to Family in Town, etc.

Finally Getting Some Things Done (Tackle It Tuesday #14)

I didn’t have one great big tackle this week, but we did get several things done. Some of the things that we got done were: -Tilling and raking out all of the dirt from where the yard got torn up from building on our new screened in porch. (Yes, I know I still haven’t shown [...]

Menu Plan Monday: The One Month Edition

Okay, so this isn’t going to be what we are going to eat this week, because I’m not entirely sure what we’re going to eat this week. I haven’t planned out what will go on what day, and at this point, I really need to balance my checkbook tonight instead of planning for the week’s [...]

13 Things We Had at Our "Party" Last Night (TT #19)

13 Things We Had at Our “Party” Last Night Okay, so, it wasn’t really a party, per se, but as far as I’m concerned, when I spend about eight hours preparing for a meal and have 15 people in my house, it’s a party. At our faux party, we had: my family, my parents, my [...]

Monthly Menu Planning (WFMW)

To read tips and ideas from other bloggers, check out Works for Me Wednesday at Rocks in My Dryer! Menu planning is really wonderful way to help stretch your budget, as well as hopefully saving some sanity so that you aren’t always scrambling around at 5:15 pm thinking, “What are we having for dinner?” Menu [...]

Thirteen Ways We’re Trying to Save Money (TT #17)

Thirteen Ways We’re Trying to Save MoneySome of these are just small ways, and some of them are kind of unconventional ways to “save” money, but here goes the list… 1. We have gone to mostly having our thermostat set at 75 degrees for the air conditioning. We normally were keeping it at 72 or [...]

Menu Plan Monday: May 5th Edition

Monday: Honey and Herb Chicken (prepared at Dream Dinners) Tuesday: One pan chicken and potato bake Wednesday: Frozen Pizza Thursday: Beef Noodle Bowls Friday: Meatball Subs Saturday: Dinner from Out Sunday: Cider Braised Pork Chops (prepared at Dream Dinners)

Menu Plan Monday: April 21st Edition

Simple menu this week! Monday: Creamy Risotto and Chicken (prepared at Dream Dinners) Tuesday: Meatballs (crockpot) and Rice Wednesday: Frozen Pizza Thursday: Baked Chicken Tetrazzini (prepared at Dream Dinners) Friday: Pancakes Saturday: Spaghetti with Meatballs Sunday: Food from Out Check out other menu ideas at Orgjunkie’s Menu Plan Monday (link above through graphic)!

Menu Plan Monday: March 24th Edition

Monday: leftovers from Easter dinner Tuesday: Pesto Ravioli with Chicken and Walnuts (assembled at Dream Dinners) Wednesday: Biscuits and Gravy Thursday: Three cheese tortellini Friday: Pancakes (and other breakfast stuff) Satuday: lunch —> sandwiches / dinner —> From Out Sunday: lunch —> BBQ sandwiches / dinner —> One of the Chicken dishes I have in [...]

Menu Plan Monday: March 10th Edition

Monday: Potato Soup and Beer Bread Tuesday: Spiral Pasta and Veggies with Alfredo Sauce Wednesday: Homemade Cheese Pizza Thursday: Crockpot Beef Stew (that I assembled at Dream Dinners) Friday & Saturday: Eric’s Choice Sunday: Food from Out (lunch) / Pancakes & Other Breakfast Goodies (dinner)