Menu Plan for Dinner

Sunday-Crock pot

Pot Roast/Turkey/Swiss Steak/ Flank Steak/Pepper Steak/Ham/Beef Brisket		Homemade Rolls		Peas Caesar Salad
Monday-Chicken Chapala/Chicken Alfredo/Lemon Chicken/Swiss Mushroom Chicken/Chicken Foil Dinners/Hawaiian Haystacks/Chicken Lasagna/ Chicken Parmesan/Orange Chicken/Chicken Cordon Blue/ Cream Cheese Chicken/Southern Fried Chicken/Cashew chicken		Muffins: Applesauce Pumpkin Blueberry Oatmeal		Broccoli/Cauliflower	FHE Treat
Tuesday-Easy Sloppy Joes/Swedish Meatballs/Impossible Pies/Meatloaf/Spaghetti/Turkey Roast/Hamburger Helper/ Tater Tot Casserole/Cheeseburgers Tacos		Biscuits		Mixed Stir Fry assortment or Asparagus	Pears
Wednesday-Soup Corn Chowder/Chicken Noodle Soup/Potato Cheese Soup/White Chili/Broccoli Cheese/Vegetable Beef/Stew/Taco/Clam Chowder/Minestrone/Tomato Bisque/Ham & Cheese/Canadian Cheese/ Beef &Bacon		Breadsticks		Raw veggies assortment w/dip Blue Cheese Salad
Thursday-Beef/Seafood Shepherd's Pie, Dinner on a Breadstick/ Lasagna/Beef Stroganoff/Beef Manicotti/ Halibut/Salmon/Fish Tacos/Cod/		Garlic French Bread		Green Beans Veggie Salad	Applesauce
Friday-Quick/Date Night (just for kids) Fish Sticks/Bagel bites/Pizza rolls/macaroni &cheese/pizza/chicken patties	French fries/Tater tots		Ice Cream
Saturday-Sandwiches/breakfast for dinner Pulled pork/Grilled Cheese/Ranch chicken wrapped/Pastrami Sandwiches/BLT/ Caesar salad wraps/ bakes submarines/ hash brown quiche/ham quiche/ stuffed French toast/omelets/ Crepes/ Eggs Benedict/Biscuits and gravy w/ sausage/	Buttered toast	Hash Browns	Popcorn

I taught a class about how to organize menu planning for a Relief Society Enrichment activity and I just wanted to put it on my blog so I can add it to my digital scrap book and so when I am old I won't forget. I am betting there is a chance I very well could! Doing it this way has made my life so much easier and I rarely ask the question at night, "What is for dinner?" I came up with this idea when I was living in Olympia, WA and I have tweaked it to what has worked for me. Since I have done it I have seen a lot of people do variations of it that have worked, my favorite being someone named something Ricks~~there goes my memory. I only did it because I was struggling with dinner and needed help and this was soooooo much easier than what I had been doing.
I really try to go to the grocery store only once a month for my big shopping trip in the beginning of the month and I save a lot of money because of that. I still go once a week for coupon specials and to get produce, but I don't go more than that except for great BARGAINS because I LOVE saving $$$$$ I have some categories where I don't have to make something the same for three solid months. So it gives us a lot of variety!!! Here is the menu for March below:

1. Pasta
2. International nights (Chinese, Mexican, German etc)
3. Vegetarian
4. Seafood
5. Try a new recipe night

March 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1Cream Cheese Chicken	2 Hamburger Helper	3 Chicken Noodle Soup	4 Shepherd's Pie	5 Fish Sticks	6 Pastrami Sandwiches
7 Flank Steak/Red Potatoes	8 Coby's Birthday Celebration	9 Tater tot Casserole	10 R.S Meeting Chicken Salad Croissant Sandwiches	11 Beef Manicotti	12 Bagel Bites	13 Biscuits and gravy
14 Swiss Steak	15Orange Chicken	16 Spaghetti	17 White Chili	18 Salmon	19 Pizza rolls	20 Stuffed French toast w/ hash browns
21 Pot Roast	22 Chicken Alfredo	23 Swedish Meatballs	24 Tomato Bisque	25 Fish tacos	26 Chicken Patty sandwiches	27 Grilled Cheese w/tomato
28 Turkey Breast	29 Parmesan Chicken	30 Sloppy Joes	31 Taco Soup