I’ve been missing little things
on the calendar lately, which has made my menu planning a little chaotic. I
keep having to shuffle the menu a bit each week, but I’m grateful that I have a
menu to shuffle. At least I know that if I move a meal or two to different
days, I already have all the ingredients!
Do forgotten appointments or last
minute changes send you to the fast food drive-thru or the grocery store deli
for dinner? I used to do that, too! I put on thirty pounds in six months doing
that. Stop it!
Dinner doesn’t have to be
complicated. It never has to be
complicated. It just has to be edible. Healthy would be good, too. Thankfully,
healthy is actually simple. A salad can be a full meal. Add a sandwich and you
definitely have a full meal. So many soups and pasta dishes take thirty minutes
or less to prepare. You can feed your family and yourself a good dinner without
convenience foods in spite of a busy schedule.
Have you read my menu lately?
It’s about as simple as you can get! Between our various activities and the
writing projects I’ve been working on lately, we don’t have the time or the
motivation for complicated. Keep it simple when you have to. Make it
complicated when you can. No one is going to starve.
I pray you have a blessed week
with less stress because you created a menu plan!
Don’t forget to stop by Organizing
Junkie for more menu ideas! If you’re looking for some new recipe
resources, check out this Recipe Index
Round Up.
Menu Plan for Week of 03/19/2012
Breakfast
Lunch
Lunch of the week
– Salads, wraps or leftovers
Fruit of the week
– Apples, bananas, oranges, and strawberries
Dinner
Monday – Taco
salad (This has been on the menu for three weeks, and I still haven’t served
it!)
Tuesday – Big
salads, artisan bread (Always the perfect dinner for grocery shopping day)
Wednesday – Teriyaki
pineapple chicken meatball wraps, marinated cucumber and tomato salad
Thursday – Jared’s
Cooking Lesson: Homemade pizza
Friday – Leftovers
Saturday – Chili,
cornbread, salad
Sunday – Roast
chicken, smashed whites, salad
Thank you for stopping by!
Grace and peace be
yours in abundance,
Betty
I have this dry erase board where we post two weeks worth of meals. Having posted these meals makes it so much easier for anyone in the family to start making meals. Like you mentioned, we can change meals around without hesitation. I prefer to have meals at home, it's less stressful, saves money and you eat healthier.
ReplyDeleteHi ~
ReplyDeleteHappy to have found your blog! We live in an average neighborhood, have chickens, garden, make soap, yogurt ~ you know just trying to have our own little farm in the city!
Having fun reading through your blog!
Blessings,
Laurie
I planned meals for Mon -Thurs this week! So excited that I have a plan. Will work on a longer one next time. Do you shop just once for the week?
ReplyDeleteSandy, I love the idea of using a dry erase board. So organized but so flexible at the same time!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Karen!! And yep, I only shop once a week. Every once in a while I forget something or we go through the salad fixings faster than the garden can grow, so I end up with an extra trip. For the most part, though, I only shop once a week.