This week I have come to learn that with a demanding 4 year old and a 7 wk old that it takes me about 3 days to come up with a 1 week meal plan (and I havn't even created the shopping list yet..ah!) This is my first attempt to start switching our diet over to mostly home made goods and creating a frugal meal plan. I know that these things go hand in hand and am very excited to cut out the junk that is in our diets as well as save money by doing so. I can only get better as my stock pile grows and the freezer fills! I hope to eleborate on each of these meals in the coming week....we shall see if that happens.
To start I am going to be making this weekm, in big batches so that I can freeze some:
Breakfast burritos
Banana bread
Waffles/pancakes
Cookies
Meatballs
I'm also going to attmept to make from scratch
Sandwhich bread
Granola Bars
And my rough meal plan (ie what I am going shopping for but havn't assigned days yet)
Meat ball sandwhiches
Meatloaf
Beef Stew
Chicken Cordon Blue
Homestyle Chicken Dinner
Bowtie Lasagna(double batch & freeze)
Teriyaki Chicken(double batch & freeze)
Red beans and rice
Today we have a busy day and cooking/baking probably wont start until tomorrow (except for the bread) We have Story Hour at the library, a run to the recycling center (my baby steps to being greener) Home for lunch. I will hopefully have made the shopping list by then so we can go to the store and then we have movie night at the library.
I will be posting my bread making attempt today, stay tuned.....
Good luck! Sounds like you have a great list so far. I love Chicken Cordon Bleu but haven't made it in awhile, I think that will be on my list for a dinner next week :)
ReplyDeleteYou are off to a great start Maggie! I'm so proud of you! I'm about to make a new post myself on my new calender system I have set up for our meal plans and stuff. Have a great day Maggie and I can't wait to see how you bread turns out. (Is is the same recipe as the one I make?)
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