I have been attempting to plan weekly dinner menus for some time now. When I do have menus (or at least a list of dinners that I have all the ingredients on hand) fixing the evening meal goes a lot smoother. It also adds variety to our diets and helps me to keep my food spending down.
Recently at PYP a thread on menu plans was started. This discussion, and particularly a post by LBMarie9 inspired me to work out a Menu Template-a starting point for each weeks plan.
Monday: Chicken Based meal
Tuesday: Ground Beef meal
Wednesday: Fish or Seafood meal
Thursday: Bean Main dish-I want to use my food storage. Probably will be mainly Chili & soup initially, but I have some motivation to try out new recipes.
Friday: Pizza Night-Usually traditional pizza, but also includes meals with a pizza-ness quality (This will make sense as I get a few recipes posted). Friday is for quick, tasty, comfortable food.
Saturday: Beef based meal
Sunday: Other or Soup-This would be Bacon, Ham, Pork or Sausage; Leftovers; etc. Sunday is for meals that can cook while we are in church and/or can get on the table quickly afterwards.
So now that I've posted that template I am going to deviate from it first thing. This weeks plan:
Monday~Roast Beef (crock pot)
Tuesday~Tuna Casserole
Wednesday~Meatloaf
Thursday~Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup
Friday~Pizza (Take 'n' Bake)
Saturday~?
Sunday~?
Looks like I need to come up with a chicken meal and a bean meal to finish this menu properly. Good, now I have something to look for.
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