Friday, March 16, 2012

My Menu

I grocery shop every other Friday & today is the day. I like to start out by composing a menu (keeping in mind what I might have on hand). Next I head to the kitchen to make my list. I look through what I have for each meal & what I will need. I have found this really helps to keep our grocery bill down. I thought I would give you a peak at my menu for 2 weeks. I know I can always use some supper ideas!!


Ham Potatoes and Green Beans
(I just cube up some ham & potatoes & cook it on the stove with the green bean juice, water, salt, pepper and some onions.)
Ham Casserole
(Since I will have plenty of ham. For this I will just throw together potatoes, cheese, maybe some milk or cream soup. Not really sure yet.)
Chicken Fajitas
Grilled Chicken Breasts
Spaghetti
Bierocks
( I use this recipe and just increase it a bit so we have leftovers)
Meatloaf
Cheeseburgers
Roast
Tacos

That is 10 meals. We usually eat out 1 time during that 2 week time period ( at least) for one supper meal & have leftovers as well, so I find that planning 10 meals is usually sufficient for us. I have a pretty strict grocery budget of $220 for my 2 weeks for our family of 4.

2 comments:

  1. yum...sounds like great planning!! we have usually have soup on Thursdays to use the left overs from Mon,,Tues, Wed...and this works great because then there is little waste! Or I throw the left overs in spag sauce and we have pasta. cooking and meal planning are actually fun for me!! But I spend too much $ on food!!

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  2. Hi Sarah! THank you so much for visiting me! I am so happy to hear that my kitchen recipe board inspired you! Have fun with it! Have a lovely week! Angie xo

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