Menu Planning Monday

So, I've kinda dropped the ball on this one but I'm trying to manage my time better so I'm starting this up again!  My husband is gone this week but with my own three kids plus at least 2 others everynight, I figured I'd still do family meals.  So, here is my week's menu:

Monday

Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

Green Beans

Peaches

Tuesday

Pancakes

Scrambled eggs

Sausage

Hashbrowns

Wednesday

Toasted Cheese Sandwiches

Tomato Soup

Green Beans

Pears

Thursday

Shepherd's Pie

Biscuits

Green Beans

Applesauce

Friday

Tacos

Spanish Rice

Refried Beans

Fruit cocktail

Saturday

Chicken & Gnocchi Soup

Homemade sourdough bread

Pears

Sunday

Chicken Enchiladas

Corn

Spanish Rice

Pears

So there it is...our plan for this week!

Menu Planning Monday

It is our week off from babysitting and the week before school.  Between us having some family time, doing some before school shopping and me getting my classroom ready, we are busy!  That is why I am SO thankful to my friend Marie for showing me how easy it is to put togeether a menu for a week!  Now I will have the answer to that dreaded question "what's for dinner?"! 

Here's my menu for this week:

Monday

Breakfast:  Toast with Nutella or Peanut Butter, Cantaloupe, milk or juice

Lunch:  Cheese pizza, apple slices w/peanut butter, frozen peas, juice or water

Snack:  String cheese, goldfish, water

Dinner:  Chicken Tortilla soup, juice or milk

Tuesday

Breakfast:  Waffles, milk or juice

Lunch:  We will be in town so we will be eating out

Snack:  Fruit Snacks, carrot sticks, water

Dinner:  Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, applesauce, milk

Wednesday

Breakfast:  Cereal, toast, milk or juice

Lunch:  Spaghettios, string cheese, green beans, grapes

Snack:  Popcorn, apple slices, water

Dinner:  Hamburger Gravy over rice, broccoli w/cheese sauce, strawberries, milk or juice

Thursday

Breakfast:  Sausage, scrambled eggs, juice or milk

Lunch:  Chicken Nuggets, Pears, juice or milk

Snack:  Nilla Wafers, cantaloupe, water

Dinner:  Chicken enchiladas, spanish rice, corn, pears, milk or juice

Friday

Breakfast:  Waffles, bananas, milk or juice

Lunch:  Macaroni and Cheese w/hot dogs, grapes, carrot sticks, milk or juice

Snack:  Yogurt, strawberries, milk or juice

Dinner:  Homemade chili, cornbread, appleasauce, milk or juice

Saturday

Breakfast:  Cereal, toast, milk or juice

Lunch:  Toasted cheese sandwiches w/ tomato soup, milk or juice

Snack:  Carrot sticks, apple slices w/ cheddar cheese, water or juice

Dinner:  Steak, baked potato, corn on the cob, fresh peaches, milk or juice

Sunday

Breakfast:  Bacon or sausage, pancakes, milk or juice

Lunch:  Fish sticks, tatertots, green beans, strawberries, milk or juice

Snack:  Chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, milk or juice

Dinner:  Baked Macaroni & Cheese (with ham) casserole, cooked carrots, cantaloupe, milk or juice

My Weekly Menu

So my friend Marie (over at http://wwwmartha-wannabe.blogspot.com/) has inspired me many times.  This time, I have decided to follow her advice and make a weekly menu to help keep me organized both at home and at the grocery store!

I am currently making meals for my husband (when he's not at work) and myself, my three (very picky) children and three other children that I babysit.  I have found the last two weeks that having a set menu for lunch, dinner and snacks helps in keeping the kids happy and keeping myself from pulling out all my hair! 

So, on that note, here is my menu for this week (since I just started this blog, I will tell you what we ate Monday-Sunday). 

Monday

Breakfast:  Toast with Nutella and milk or Sunny Delight

Lunch:  Peanut Butter and Jelly (or honey) sandwiches, apple slices, cheetos, string cheese, juice or water

Snack:  Ritz crackers, white and yellow cheddar slices, water

Dinner:  Pizza, baby carrots, applesauce, milk

Tuesday

Breakfast::  Cereal with milk, milk or Sunny Delight

Lunch:  Ramen noodles, apple slices and carrot sticks, juice or water

Snack:  Ritz crackers with peanut butter, string cheese, water

Dinner:  Chicken Cordon Bleu, stuffing, green beans, pears, milk

Wednesday

Breakfast:  Sausage and toast, milk or Sunny Delight

Lunch:  Tuna fish sandwiches, cheetos, apple slices, berry jello, juice or water

Snack:  Carrot sticks with ranch, teddy grahams

Dinner:  Hamburger helper (cheesy hashbrowns), green beans, applesauce, biscuit, milk

Thursday

Breakfast:  Waffles, milk or sunny delight

Lunch:  Macaroni and Cheese with hotdogs, homemade applesauce, juice or water, banana pudding ice cream

Snack:  Ritz crackers with peanut butter, apple slices, water

Dinner:  Shepherds pie, green beans, fresh cantaloupe, biscuit, milk

Friday

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, milk or sunny delight

Lunch:  Mini raviolis, cantaloupe, juice or water

Snack:  Popcorn, Root Beer

Dinner:  BBQ drumsticks, Chicken flavored rice-a-roni, green beans, milk

Saturday

Breakfast:  Apple pancakes, milk or sunny delight

Lunch:  Chicken nuggets, frozen peas, cheeries, juice or water

Snack:  Fruit Snacks, Trail Mix, water

Dinner:  Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, biscuits, green beans, pears

Sunday

Breakfast:  Waffles, eggs, sausage, milk, juice

Lunch:  Cheese Pizza, frozen peas, peaches, pop (a.k.a. our "P" lunch)

Snack:  Graham crackers sandwiches (with chocolate or vanilla frosting in the middle), water

Dinner:  Crunchy Ranch Chicken, potatoes au gratin, mixed fruit, milk