A Month (Plus) of Menu Planning...

We really tightened our budget so I am going to try to do a majority of our shopping twice a month now, with a budget of $650/month for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and toiletries for 5 people, lets see how this goes!

*Disclaimer...wherever I say sandwiches, I really mean something quick since we wont be all together as a family...be it PB&J, Grilled Cheese, french toast, etc...

22 Something quick... (shopping day)

23 Spinach Pita Pizza

24 Apple Pie Chicken

25 Crockpot Chicken Enchilada

26 Farm Share Stir Fry

27 Sandwiches

28 Sandwiches

29 Tater throw together

30 Pizza Puffs

October

1 Sloppy Joe Chicken

2 Inside out Chicken Pie

3 Farm Share Stir Fry

4 Sandwiches

5 Sandwiches

6 Corned Beef Quesidillas (shopping day)

7 Chicken nuggets and tots

8 Pizza Hut for my Bday :)

9 Out

10 Steak

11 Sandwiches

12 Sandwiches

13 Spaghetti and Meat Balls

14 Spinach Pita Pizza

15 Inside out Chicken Pot Pie

16 Sheppard Pie

17 Farm Share Stir Fry

18 Sandwiches

19 Sandwiches

20 Italian Chicken (Shopping day)

21 Hot dogs

22 English Muffin Pizza

23 Soup and Grilled cheese

24 Apricot Chicken

25 Sandwiches

26 Sandwiches

27 Tacos

28 Meat Ball Subs

29 Burgers

30 Out

31 Stirfry

Things to try DIYing this month to save on

Cream Of Whatever Soup

Cheese itz

Granola bars

Menu Planning

So I have been on a recipe finding binge on pintrest and it reminded me I need to do my menu plan! Here it is...

Wednesday ~ Tomato Soup

Thursday ~ Sheppard's Pie

Friday ~ Egg and Cheese Muffins (Breakfast for dinner we need a break from the pita pizzas! Going to freeze them and try them out for breakfast on Sunday so we can see how well they really taste after being frozen)

Saturday ~ Cheddar Crusted Chicken

Sunday ~ Tacos

Monday ~ Inside out Chicken Pie

Tuesday ~ Apple pie chicken

The farm we get our farm share from took a pretty hard hit from Irene so this week we see the last of the tomatoes and some of the less hearty greens. Good news is though the broccoli and cabbages and other sturdy greens didn't get hit that hard so we will be seeing more of them in our box.

I have gotten in the habit lately of just throwing out what I have no idea how to use, hoping to really break myself of that this week.