Meal Planning Monday

Sun - ???

 

Mon- Chicken Chili by GiGi

Tues - Hormel pot roast with green beans, mashed potatoes 

 

Wed - Stir fry

 

Thurs - Ham Steaks with Rice, fruit salad

Fri - Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken

 

Sat - TBD

Meal Planning Monday

Sun - Sandwiches, Chips

Mon -  3 Packet Pot Roast 
   
Tues - Chicken spaghetti

Wed - Crunchy beef  tacos

Thurs - Spaghetti

Fri - RCYC - pick up dinner

Sat - TBD

In Case of Emergency

    I am preparing to go back to work next week. As tough as this is, I am ever so grateful that my sister-in-law will be coming to stay with Lucas through the end of the year. This will give him a few more months to grow before I have to place him in child care outside of the home (now THAT is going to be painful) I may have to bribe my SIL to continue to watch him. If only she didn't live an hour away, she would probably be happy to watch him full time. That's what I get for moving away from her.

   Anyway, I am putting together an Emergency Contact List and am perusing websites looking for ideas of what I should include. The below is an example. While a bit cluttered, it is what I will be basing mine on. I have a binder where she will be logging his eating and sleeping and in the sleeve on the back of the binder, I will include the Emergency Contact Info.

   

What kind of Emergency Contact List do you have? Where is it posted?

Meal Planning Monday

I know I know...It's Thursday and I'm just now posting our meals for the week. There's a 6 week old in the house, what else do I need to say. I was going to forgo this weeks posting, but after tonights dinner, I wanted to have it on record b/c it was delicious!!

Sunday -  TBD
Monday - Ham Steaks, Fruit, Broccoli
Tuesday - Chicken Spaghetti (Frozen)
Wednesday - Dinner at RCYC
Thursday - Chicken and Veggie Pitas (e-Mealz)
Friday - Fajitas
Saturday - Sloppy Joes

Meal planning Monday

Now that Lucas is 4 weeks old, it's time to get back into the swing of things. Being organized is more important now than ever with a baby in the mix. So, it's time to start Meal Planning Mondays again.

Sunday - Bertolli's skillet Meal & Salad
Monday - Pinto Beans & Rice & Cornbread
Tuesday - Stouffers Chicken Bake casserole
Wednesday - Dinner @ RCYC
Thursday - Hamsteaks, green beans, mashed potatoes
Friday - Fajitas
Saturday - TBD



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Seeking Your Suggestions - Meals to Freeze

   As time is drawing closer to Lucas' arrival, I would like to make several meals to freeze for a later date. I would love to hear your thoughts on meals that you like to make/freeze for later.


 

SMART Grocery Shopping

   Doug and I recently purchased our first home. As exciting as this is, it also means that if it's broken, we have to fix it. There's no landlord to call anymore...We. Are. IT. Now, along with this home, came a pretty pool. Who wouldn't love to have their own pool? Ironically, that was 1 item we did NOT want with a house. However, we got other things with this house that we really did want, like a big yard....and I mean almost an acre of big yard so we decided we'd deal with the pool.  With this new purchase, new level of responsibilities and with the upcoming birth of our son, I can't help but want to find ways to save money. So far, Doug and I have been pretty good with our budgeting, saving money, and paying off debt. But that doesn't end now. If anything, we really need to find new ways to be smart b/c you just never know when the pool pump will go out or the ac will need replacing...oh the joys of home ownership.

   There are a lot of ways this can be done, but one way that comes to mind is our grocery bill. Of course there is couponing, which I am in the process of studying up on now, but this also means SMART meal planning! Now, you may or may not have heard of Dave Ramsey. I could go on and on about this man and just might on another day. But, he has helped develop a program called E-mealz. I had heard about it from a friend last yr and finally decided to give it a shot this Spring and it is AMAZING. The whole premise is that the program designs weekly meal plans using repeat ingredients which are typically on sale in the grocery store that week. Yes, you sign up and select the store where you most frequently shop, and each week, you login to your account where you can see the following week's meal plan. Not only are you sent a meal plan, but there is also a grocery list included. Talk about a time saver!! The only catch is that you pay a small monthly fee of $5 for this program, but you MORE than make up for it with each grocery trip. I think my first grocery trip using the meals in this program cut my bill that week by $50-$60...you do the math.

  Anyway, I will confess that I have not followed the program for a few mos. It's time to get back on track. Now the cool thing is that all recipe files are available via .pdf which I save to my computer each week. Has/does anyone else use E-Mealz? If so, or if you think you would be interested in using it, we could swap recipes. It's a great way to build your recipe/ meal database They have many different plans for 2 person families or larger , low fat, etc....I think the meals are also different depending on which store you select as they base their meals on the items on sale in that store that week which means that not everyone gets the same weekly recipes. If you are interested in swapping recipes or have more questions about the program, let me know. In the meantime, go check out E-mealz.

   Do you have other methods of smart meal planning? I'd love to hear your ideas...