Weekly Meal Plan

Not working, having 2 fairly young children and budget cuts have totally drained our funds! One way we have tried to save money is by cutting out extra spending. And for us, a major source of extra spending was ordering in, dining out and grocery shopping multiples times per week. To combat this, I started planning our meals monthly. I check the cabinets and freezer towards the end of the month and try to come up with meals from what we have without being too repetitive. It's harder than it looks!!Well let me cut to the chase, I posted meals for the month of May and was thinking it was a better idea to post them for the week. Sometimes my meals get REALLY boring and I eat a bowl of cereal instead so if you have suggestions, please let me know.

Sunday: @ my parents' house

Monday: Steak, potatoes and broccoli

Tuesday: Turkey roll ups, green beans and rolls

Wednesday: Stir fry and Lipton chinese rice

Thursday: Baked pork chops, lima beans and baked apples

Friday: Chili & corn

Saturday: Lemon pepper chicken, carrots & spinach

One day I will get pics up and figure out how to make a recipe page.

Mommy-Made Meals in May

It's time for a change!!

I think during the months of March and April, Warner and I ordered in, picked up or ate out at least 3 - 5 times a week. This is unacceptable so I'm putting my foot down. To save calories and money, I have challenged my family to eat at home for the month of May. Here's how it's going to happen:

1. After church I am going to go through the cabinets and note what foods we have.
2. Then I will go to Kraft.com and use their handy meal-maker tool. You just enter a few food items you have and they will give you a million meal suggestions using those ingredients. (I also have a few recipes in my recipe box on Pillsbury.com.)
3. Finally, I will plan dinner for the entire month of May so there will be no quick decisions about dinner when we are too hungry to fix something.

I've created a page that will include recipes that are too good to pass up, as well as our food expenditures. I figured it will be less tempting to slip up if I know the whole world is seeing us do it.

If you have any quick and/or easy meal suggestions, leave me a comment with the recipe or where I can find it please! If you're doing the same thing, check in with me periodically and tell me how it's working out!