The ladies over on the Homeschool Share board were talking about monthly menus last week. They inspired me. 🙂 Since we have been working towards a more healthy eating style in our home, I thought now would be a good time to implement a monthly menu! Let’s see if I can stick to it! (Oh, and my friend, Kendra, made up some CUTE monthly menu sheets to fill out and stick on your fridge!)
Some of these recipes are new to us, I’m trying some recipes that the ladies on the board posted. Some are also from my new favorite healthy cooking blog, and some are old favorites. You will notice that Mondays are generally crockpot meals or from the freezer, that is the day my mom comes over to keep the kids in the afternoon, so I’m not here to cook. On Tuesdays you’ll notice I did “easy” breakfast for supper…those are the days we have Bible study and are gone most of the day.
Week 1
S – Steak (on the grill) with sweet potatoes and salad
M – Roast, potatoes, carrots (crockpot)
T – French Toast, bacon
W – Spaghetti, salad
Th – Chicken Enchiladas, rice
F – Mac & Cheese, steamed veggies
Week 2
M – Italian Chicken, baked potatoes (crockpot – chicken and Italian Dressing)
T – Eggs, bacon, toast
W – Chimi-Changas and rice
Th – Grilled Ham & Cheese, Oven fries, steamed veggies
F – Ultimate Chicken Sandwiches, baked sweet potatoes
Week 3
M – Taco Soup
T – Pancakes, bacon
W – Chicken Casserole
Th – Sloppy Joes, oven fries, broccoli/carrots and dip
F – Shepherd’s Pie, salad
Week 4
M – BBQ Chicken (crockpot) and baked potatoes
T – French Toast
W – Salmon Patties, steamed veggies
Th – Hamburgers, oven fries, veggie sticks & dip
F – Apricot Chicken with rice, salads
Week 5
M – Lasagna, salad
T – Eggs, bacon, toast
W – Tacos
Th – Grilled chicken, steamed veggies
F – Vegetable Beef Soup and salad
If anyone wants any of the recipes that aren’t linked, I will try and post some of them soon on the blog…but you can ask for one as well!
So, do you make a menu plan? I’d love to read what your plans are for the coming weeks, leave me a comment with your links!
Happy planning!
Thanks for the ideas! I do a weekly menu but, I love having a month planned out. A friend of mine has a set menu for each season that rotates every two weeks. I wish I could get myself that organized. 🙂
This is great Candace! Since it is now baseball season and we will spend many nights on the field, this may help me to have it planned out (once I get the schedule, of course) so it is already done. The part I really don’t like about cooking is the pre-supper “What do you want? I don’t care. How about …..? No, I don’t want that. Well, what DO you want? I don’t know….” Ha ha! This is REALLY a frequent conversation at my house. I think this may be what I need! 🙂
I wrote about our April plan on my blog here: http://herdofsteph.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-meal-plan.html and you can download the menu. I’ve been monthly meal planning for a couple years now and love it. We do a monthly grocery run and then either I or my husband makes a weekly milk (and bananas) run. 🙂 Happy planning!