Monday, January 14, 2008

The big meal plan

In my effort to get things a little more organized around here, I finally got around to making a list of the meals we eat pretty regularly. I tried to plan for a month's worth although what we actually eat in any given week depends on what is on sale and what we have on the calendar for that week. Having this nice neat list means I can just check the sales ad and pull menus from the list - no more "hamburger's on sale.....hmm, how many diifferent ways can we eat hamburger meat." Also, it should make stocking and shopping from the freezer a lot easier. We'll see...

30 Days of Supper
Flank steak, grilled or broiled, vegetable, & twice baked potatoes*
Hamburgers*, grilled or broiled, salad and fries
Potatoes and sausage (frozen potatoes o‘brien w/ sliced keilbasa), veggie tray
Spaghetti w/ meat sauce, meatballs*, or marinara*, salad & garlic bread
Pizza, veggie tray
Tacos (made with browned then frozen hamburger meat), salad & fries
Chicken and red pepper quesadillas, veggie tray, and fries
Country vegetable plate (cabbage, potatoes, squash, blackeyed peas, macaroni and cheese*)
Fajitas or enchiladas*, salad & fries
Gyros pork pockets, vegetable, baked potatoes
Pork lo mein*, egg rolls
Inside out egg rolls, rice
Baked steak, mashed potatoes & gravy
Ravioli (frozen) w/ bottled or frozen spaghetti sauce, salad & garlic bread
Potato soup, salad & garlic bread
Chili, cornbread
Tortellini soup, salad & garlic bread
Wager schnitzel, vegetable, mashed potatoes & gravy
Pork chops w/ peppers and onions, potatoes alfredo, vegetable
Pasta carraba (fettuccini w/ chicken, peas, and mushrooms in alfredo sauce), salad and garlic bread
Beef stew, biscuits
Meatloaf*, vegetable, potato wedges
Salisbury steak*, vegetable, mashed potatoes & gravy
Pork roast, vegetable, sweet potato gnocchi or baked sweet potatoes
Lemon pepper chicken fingers, potato wedges, salad
Chicken marsala, garlic mashed potatoes, salad, garlic bread
Breakfast (sausage, pancakes or Hashbrown casserole*, eggs and grits)
Philly cheese steak wraps, salad or veggie tray, potato wedges
Lasagna*, salad & garlic bread
Chicken and dumplings, biscuits salad

Vegetables
Steam/sautéed: kale, green beans (add soy sauce), broccoli, spinach, squash
Corn on the cob
Roasted or grilled onions, asparagus, cauliflower
Squash casserole*
Veggie tray usually includes baby carrots, celery sticks, grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas and/or cucumber with dip

* make two and freeze one or make a big batch for the freezer
italics - super fast and easy

2 comments:

Mrs. Fussy Fussypants said...

Can you come help me?;)
~blushes~

Shannon said...

Shug, your menu shoulf just be bonbons on the couch for the next few months:) Gotta grow that bump!