Another week, another menu plan! I'm starting to measure the passage of time based on what's crossing the dinner table :) We're working on finishing our Halloween costumes, I actually scored a huge bit of burlap from the pumpkin patch farm for the Boy Wonder's costume..hooray! We had fun bouncing through the pumpkin field, but it was a very blustery day - and if you've ever dealt with a fall/winter wind in New England, you understand quickly why Yanks are called "hardy". Makes me miss the Colorado winters I grew up with!
Last week's menu went OK, but I ended up switching a bunch of nights around, and I never got around to making the squash and apple casserole. I am going to give it another try this week, and I think I'm going to do it in the crockpot instead of the oven - we'll see how that comes out! Everything else went over very well, though I'd definitely do more cheese in the Broccoli cheese soup next time. Hubby's coworkers have been very jealous of all the good leftovers he brings for lunch :)
This week we only have two nights where everyone will be home for dinner (can you tell which ones?), most other nights the hubby is working so he'll have to enjoy the previous night's dinner on his meal breaks! I had a couple of recipes that I really wanted to try, which made me overshoot my budget by about 10 bucks...next week I have to aim to spend as little as possible and work out of my stockpile. I made a batch of carrot-applesauce muffins that came out AWESOME, so a double batch of those will serve as breakfast and snack options.
Don't forget to visit Laura over at I'm an Organizing Junkie and check out the 300-plus other MPM participants!
monday - Crockpot Vegetable Curry with coconut rice ($7.06 for 8 servings)
tuesday - Leftover veggie soup with leftover chicken and rice added ($0.23 - it's mostly leftovers!)
wednesday - I'm working a 16 hour shift so the boys will be making good on all the leftovers in the fridge!
thursday - Homemade cheese pizza ($1.99 for 6-8 servings)
friday - Oven Baked Country Ribs, Baked squash and apple casserole, cornbread ($7.82 for 6 servings)
saturday - Chipotle Ranch Chicken Fingers, Green Giant broccoli cheese & rice Steamers that I got on sale for 88 cents! ($5.67 for 4-6 servings)
sunday - Leftover baked ziti from nephew's b'day party (froze a bunch of it!) - FREE!
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10.19.2008
Menu Plan Monday - Oct 20th
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4 comments:
Some great ideas! I love your blog. :)
I wish I could pull off $200 a month. I'm reading and learning!
Those chicken fingers look great!
We're sitting at about $150 a month for our grocery bill (there's 4 of us). I'm so glad that it's finally coming into fashion to be frugal ;)
Good luck with that 16 hour shift, yuck!
I just want you to know you are inspiring me....$55 yesterday for my weekly grocery bill! Woohoo! That is cutting it in half!
Hmmm. I'm going with a slightly bigger budget, but the ideas are great! Thanks. I'm off to read more.
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