Menu Planning

I know bloggers all over the blogosphere have been talking about how they create a menu plan.  Since I have never done a post about it I thought I would now.  I have never created a menu before.  For the past 2 years we have been eating the same thing over and over.  With a little variation thrown in.  So one of my goals for the new year is to plan our meals more frequently.  Eventually I would like to get some meals done ahead of time for the freezer.

 

So here is how I went about doing it.  I asked our kids what they would like to have this week.  Then I grab a few of my cookbooks.  Two of them were new ones I got for Christmas!  I got the new Pioneer Woman's Cookbook and Fix it and Forget It Cookbook.  So I started flipping through the recipes searching for recipes a little different than what we have had the past 2 years.

 

 

First I wrote down the dates in my notebook.  Then I wrote down the recipes I wanted to try along with the cookbook I used and page number.  At the bottom of the page I wrote down the ingredients I would need for the recipes.

 

I am going to do the same thing for our lighter meal of the day as well.  This will be more of simple soups and sandwiches.  Then I can rip off the bottom of the notebook page off and send with my husband to the grocery store.  YES my husband does our grocery shopping.  Although I may take it back over from him OR we might do it together.

 

So here is our menu:

 

Saturday~ BBQ Chicken

Sunday~ Quesadillas

Monday~Hungarian Goulash

Tuesday~ Chili

Wednesday~ Pasta with a Pesto Cream Sauce

Thursday~ Mediterranean Burgers

Friday~ Slow Cooker Beef Enchiladas

 

Proverbs 31:14

"She is like the merchant ships,
She brings her food from afar."