This is my first post with Menu Plan Monday and considering the great deals (with very little OOP) that I got the past few weeks, my Goal for the next 2 weeks is to spend no more than $25 on milk & produce each week and create meals from what I have on hand! Thank goodness I still have plenty of $1 coupons for Fresh Express salad and now i have a bunch of $1 coupons for Nature's Promise at Giant (use on grape tomatoes and carrots).
(milk or water with all meals. Please note - my kids are EXTREMELY picky eaters and don't like a whole lot of "new foods"...I'm working on that!)
Monday:
- Homemade waffles (make a triple batch and freeze leftovers for rest of week), bananas
- ham or turkey wraps, carrot sticks,
- London Broil (extreme sale at Acme) on the grill, roasted potatoes, salad, corn on the cob
Tuesday
- cereal w/milk, bananas
- Chicken Caesar pasta salad on a bed of lettuce (Hubby will take leftover steak for lunch), pb & j and applesauce for the kids
- Tacos made with Boca Crumbles (don't tell my husband it isn't beef!), salad
Wednesday
- Waffles for the kids & hubby, Strawberry Smoothie for me
- leftover tacos for me, grilled ham & cheese and bananas for the kids
- cheese tortellini (got it free 2 weeks ago) with homemade sauce, salad, homemade bread
Thursday
- waffles or cereal and bananas for the kids, yogurt with berries and toast me for
- leftover chicken caeser salad for me, pb& j and apples for the kids
- Mac & Cheese for the kids (make 2 boxes), Hungry Girl Tuna Noodle Casserole for me (this is one of my favorite meals and the noodles are only $1.79 at Giant), hubby is working late and will take leftover tortellini for dinner
Friday
- Cereal w/milk & blueberries
- leftover tuna noodle casserole for me, chicken nuggets and grapes for the kids, salad
- Hot dogs on the grill with leftover mac & cheese for the kids & Brad, Boca Burger for me, salad
Saturday
- scrambled eggs & bacon & toast,
- My favorite pasta salad (made with whole wheat pasta, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, olive oil and mozzerella cheese), grilled cheese and applesauce for the kids
- cheese lasagna with homemade beer bread and salad
Sunday
- french toast with berries
- leftover lasagna, salad
- chicken on the grill, baked beans, corn on the cob, salad, beer bread
Snacks & desserts:
- homemade rice krispie treats (I DO have all those free marshmallows from rolling the catalinas on the Kraft deals and I got free Rice Krispies at Genuardi's!)
- grape tomatoes & carrots with homemade dip
- apples
- granola bars ($.20/box after coupons at Acme when they had great deals on Nature Valley)
- 97% fat-free microwave popcorn (free at Acme from the same sale as above)
- pumpkin muffins (1 can of pumpkin, 1 spice cake mix, ½ cup water. Mix and divide in to 12 muffins. Bake at 350 for about 18 minutes)
- grapes
- bananas
- sugar-free jell-o
With this menu, the only thing I need to buy this week is the produce (all of which is very inexpensive right now), the noodles for my Tuna Noodle casserole, milk and a loaf of bread.
What's on your menu this week?
Sonshine
Welcome to MPM! Looks like a yummy week planned!
I had to LOL at your comment about not telling your hubby the tacos were not made of beef! How do you pull that off? My hubby likes his meat so I don't think I could pull that off here. 🙂
I love getting meats on extreme sale or as Manager's specials. We have been enjoy alot of steak this summer because of it.
Enjoy your week!
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Darla
I only plan the main part of dinners, the rest is based on what we have in the house at the time.
I don't plan breakfast or lunches because I only have 1 child and he doesn't eat much so I'm not worried about keeping him "full" - I WISH he'd eat more - skinny kid.
Monday: left overs (clean up the fridge)
Tuesday: Quesadillas
Wednesday: Taco Salad
Thursday: Fish w/veggies
Friday: Honey Garlic Chicken
Saturday: Fried rice
Sunday: Pizza Wontons
Monday: From scratch, sweet & sour chicken
Tues-Sat: Vacation
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April
Yum, your week sounds delish!
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Nessa
Your menu sounds great! We too eat out of the pantry often and what we eat is largely determined by what I can pick up for next to nothing.
I'm adding your blog to my blogroll.
Have a great week!
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Daisy
Looks great, Min!!!
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Angela
Sounds yummy. I think we're gonna have to have waffles for breakfast tomorrow. 🙂
Angela
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Brenda
What a great menu! Welcome to MPM!
Aimee
Yummy menu! I love MPM because it makes me set my menu and (most of the time) stick to it.
I, too could not get away with DH not knowing I was using Boca crumbles. He checks everything out when I buy it and it would never pass. I WISH I could try new things!!!
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