This month I am incorporating items from my pantry & freezer in order to purge out our stockpile just a bit ~ and minimize our food budget.
Here is what I plan to feed my family this week, hopefully it will help you in your meal planning:
Snack Options:
- string cheese has been super popular lately (and I hit a great sale on it!)
- corn chips and homemade salsa/ wholly guacamole (got a score deal at albertson's this week .50 ea. stocked up the freezer!)
- oranges, apples & frozen blueberries.
- yogurt (also very popular at my house, with some apples for dipping or graham crackers!)
- baby carrots & celery sticks with ranch :)
- yogurt covered raisins
- apple crunchers Recipe Here
- celery & peanut butter
Breakfast Options:
- Cold cereal (we focused on this last week) haven't even touched our banana bread stockpile in the freezer :)
- Homemade granola Recipe Here
- Smoothies
- Applesauce, canned peaches, frozen blueberries. (cleaning out the pantry & freezer)
- Homemade French Toast made from Cinnamon Raisin Bread (made this last month and froze a batch)
- Pancakes from the freezer :) Bisquick Melt in your Mouth Pancakes! I always add vanilla to the batter, and about a 1/2 cup of extra milk to thin them out a bit. So they are not super dense. These are a BIG hit! Even the husb loves them.
Lunches:
- Leftovers
- Progresso soup (cleaning out the pantry)
- Mac N Cheese (pantry)
- Grilled Cheese/Cheese roll ups/BLT's
- Homemade Chicken tenders Our Fav Recipe Here!
- Cheese & Crackers (kids)
- Carrot sticks, celery sticks, hummus (homemade)
- Apples & Oranges
Dinners:
Sunday: CrockPot Night: Crockpot Chicken Parmesean (new to us recipe)
Monday: Salad Night: Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad Night :) with a side of garlic bread....Mmmmm!
Tuesday: Casserole Night: Taco Casserole(new to us recipe)
Weds: Breakfast Night: scrambled eggs, sausage patties, and homemade biscuits. (most likely will turn into breakfast sandwiches)
Thursday: Pantry Night: This will be a "unplanned" night - GASP! :) I have lots of odds and ends to pull from in my pantry. We will see if this theme sticks around for next month - but worth a try for this month :) Right? Nice to clean out the cupboards every now and then. **This worked well last week - it was a great end to the week to use up a few leftovers and pull from the pantry**
Friday: Pizza Night: Homemade Pizza Dough We are really enjoying this night - Last week I made Deep Dish BBQ Ckn pizza for the husb, and a cheesy garlic pizza for the kiddos - with a homemade (from scratch no recipe!) white sauce, and it was a HUGE hit. Who knew making pizza could be so easy and have so many options! Green Salad on the side and leftovers for lunch Saturday afternoon! :)
Saturday: Freezer Night: Lasagna - from the freezer. I made them last month in preparation for this month's freezer night :) Lazy Saturday afternoons = very little cooking for Mama on freezer night!
Bread this week:
Sweet Treats this week:
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