Menu Plan Monday
So, what’s for dinner? I am so NOT a hyper-organized person, but I do get inspiration every now and then from those who are. I’m an Organizing Junkie usually makes me feel inadequate and a huge slob, but then again — in this area I am! I get great ideas over there, so I felt quite proud of myself when reading her MPM posts and thought I’d jump in.
I’ve been using Menus4Moms for about a year now and it really helps me keep the grocery bills under control, so menu planning isn’t new to me. Menus4Moms lists a weekly menu plan for dinners only, one week at a time, with an optional e-mail list so you can get the menus right in your mailbox. They’re all simple, tried-and-true, down-to-earth, kid-friendly recipes for 4-5 people. They feed my family just fine, especially since I’ve been paring down Squid’s and my portions down from way too huge! I usually tweak the menus here and there to fit our tastes, but there are archives to look at to so I never run out of ideas. For instance, if you look at this week on my sidebar, we’re having French Fry Casserole on Friday. Usually Friday is pizza day on M4M, so I buy lots of pizza stuff and have it on hand. This casserole is not our favorite (just can’t reconcile french fries with spaghetti sauce), so we’ll just default to pizza again. Oh, and Squid does NOT do lima beans. Ever. Other than that, it’s basically the same list:
Monday
Swiss Chicken
Lima BeansCarrots with Honey and Butter
Salad
Dinner Rolls (maybe not since it’s 2:18 and I haven’t started bread dough yet)
Tuesday
Baked Penne Pasta
Green Beans
Italian Bread
Fruit of Your Choice
Wednesday
Crockpot White Chicken Chili
Cornbread
Thursday
Tacos
Refried Beans
Mexican Corn
Friday
French Fry CasseroleHomemade Pizza
Salad
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade(just don’t feel like messing with it)
There you go, tweaked and ready to go. I keep the M4M menus in my sidebar, so if you’re reading blogs and need an idea, there it is!
–can’t get mr linky to work!–
(I’ve never done Mr. Linky before, let’s see if this works!)
January 29th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
I love Menus For Moms! Your menu for this week looks great.
Hope you are having a wonderful Monday!
January 29th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Hello! You linked up just fine. I’d rather you didn’t also have a Mr. Linky in your post as well so you did it just right. Thanks so much for joining in, your menu week looks great.
I’m so sorry if I’ve ever made you feel inadequate, please know that that is never my intention. I am on the organizing extreme side and am often trying to find the balance with the other things in my life myself. I realize I have this bizarre addiction and just like to poke fun of myself.
All the best,
Laura (orgjunkie)
January 29th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Thanks Laura, I thought each post that linked was supposed to have the list of who all else linked too. I’ve never really played along on one of these, just have occasionally ran across one here and there!
About feeling inadequate — I’m just kind of poking fun at myself as well. To join in on your poking - if I were that organized, my husband would have me committed!!! (After he got really turned on, lol!) TMI?
February 7th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Hey Gem —
I love Menu Plan Monday! I don’t always follow through with my menus, but I try!
I also love the Menus For Moms and have found a lot of recipes there.
Sherry