So I said in my last post that I had the whole quarter planned. Well the idea is that you plan one month worth of meals and then start again at the first of each month. It is working somewhat. I will say that sometimes we don't feel like what is planned or I just blow off cooking because it is so much work. As much as I love cooking, I don't want to do it all day every day. I've found that my fridge is really full and one night off and leftovers is a good plan. I should also say that in our house "veggies" usually consist of variations with these: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, zucchini, green beans (frozen).
I did make some awesome (if I do say so myself) Chinese food for the Chinese New Year last week. We had:
Sweet and Sour chicken (diced chicken breast)
Rice
Vegetable Stir-fry featuring baby Bok Choy and bean sprouts
Egg Rolls (store bought)
We devoured all of it. None of it was on the menu. I will thank MLA for the idea and even though it wasn't served until 7pm (I was having a bad day) we had fun. The table was decorated with Chinese lanterns that we had made earlier in the day.
Here is the whole Month because I don't seem to be able to blog ever! The days are loosely based on themes (Sun-Sat as follows: Easy, New recipe or beans, Pasta, Eggs, Potato or soup, Quick, Rice)
Week 1:
Sunday--Chicken Noodle Soup
Monday--Chili with corn bread
Tuesday--Spaghetti
Wednesday--Eggs and Toast
Thursday--Falafel and Chicken Kebabs (this my not happen again but it was REALLY tasty)
Friday--Waffles
Saturday--Stir-fry
Week 2:
Sunday--Shepperds pie
Monday--
Tuesday--Pesto pasta
Wednesday--Frittata with toast and fruit
Thursday--Burritos (really more like tacos)
Friday--Left overs
Saturday--Pizza (made a rocking bbq pizza again with homemade sauce. YUM)
Week 3:
Sunday--Lasagna with salad or veggies
Monday--Wild Rice Soup
Tuesday--Stroganoff with veggies (made with ground beef and lots of mushrooms, if I have them)
Wednesday--Omelets with fruit or smoothies and toast
Thursday--Baked potatoes and veggies
Friday--Mac and Cheese with veggies
Saturday--Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
Week 4:
Sunday--Three potato soup (Did I post this yet? I'll get to it!)
Monday--
Tuesday--Tuna Casserole
Wednesday--Apple Puff Pancakes (german pancakes with apples in the bottom)
Thursday--Potato skins with salad and bread (recipe from BH&G)
Friday--Calzone (I have yet to make this. I can't get the dough to work, but I got a pizza peal for Christmas so I'll try again.)
Saturday--Tacos
Week 5:
Sunday--Honey butter Chicken (I haven't made it yet but it looks really tasty)
Monday--Potato corn chowder
Tuesday--Salmon alfredo (though last month I just broiled the salmon with honey and lemon and garlic and oil then served it with rice and veggies)
Wednesday--Pancakes
Thursday--Noodles and sauce
Friday--
Saturday--Tortilla Pie with rice
Good eating. The menu will change in April or with the seasons. We have made several things not listed like the chinese dinner. It would be fun to plan holiday meals to change it up or based on what is on sale. I usually now have everything on hand to make what is on the menu for the week.
4 comments:
I think you should email me your entire three month menu. I've spent the past 3 weeks struggling with this exact thing. Oh how I wish we were neighbors.
I wish we were still neighbors too. I miss living blocks from friends.
This is it. The same for three months. Scott has asked me to do this for a long time and I finally found a site that inspired me. I think I linked to it in the last post.
I make a lot of things without recipes but I have some. My new thing is to have all the recipes for month (quarter) in one binder with the calendar a the front. Then if I need something I know where to look or pull it out of the bigger recipe binder.
Maybe if I get my life together I can get a post with photos!!
Here is the website.
http://www.familieswithpurpose.com/family-meal-planner.html
I printed off the calendars and made a binder just for this. I happened to have everything at home already.
What's for dinner? I flip open the binder and see what's listed. Sometimes I make it sometimes we make something else.
Awesome and thank you! I would love to see pictures if you ever get them up. When/if you do, post it as a new post because I have a hard time remembering to check comments.
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