I have been making a dinner menu for several months now. I actually make a menu and buy groceries for two weeks at a time but I am only posting one week. I was able to cut more than $300 off of my monthly grocery budget by planning dinner menus. It blew me away at how effective it is and easy. I don’t have to worry about having what I need to make dinner and I can easily switch up days if I need to. Here is the menu for this coming week.
Monday- Crock Pot roast, sweet potato caserole, green beans
Tuesday- BBQ Chicken on the grill, potato salad, corn
Wednesday-Beef Stew
Thursday- Sloppy joes, asparagus, black eyed peas, pineapple
Friday- Turkey noodle bake , pinto beans, greens
Saturday- Honey is taking me out to eat. Woo Hoo!
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Posted by And Miles To Go.... on August 13, 2007 at 3:58 am
oh, a night on the town? Great idea!! Wonderful meal plan!!
Posted by scrapfairy on August 13, 2007 at 4:58 am
Wow great job cutting the budget, I cut mine also when I did a meal plan each week.
Posted by Tiany on August 13, 2007 at 5:10 am
I enjoyed reading your menu, yummy! My favorite is Saturday though! Have fun!!!
Blessings,
Tiany
Posted by Lori - Queen of Dirty Laundry on August 13, 2007 at 5:22 am
Looks great! My girls LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the sloppy joes!
Posted by annie on August 13, 2007 at 10:53 am
Happy Monday!
Your menu looks delicious!
♥♥♥♥
annie
My Life as Annie!
Posted by Anne@Anne'sCafe on August 13, 2007 at 11:15 am
Looks yummy! Great job on saving the money! Your blog title just made me laugh! We “only” have four and I can’t tell you how many times people have commented that I have my hands full! Actually I just did a post on having “Irish Twins” as my youngest are only a year apart. I love what you said about it not being about breeding, but about relationships! Have a wonderful week!!
Posted by Mommy Melissa (MOG) on August 13, 2007 at 6:49 pm
It all looks delicious! I agree menu planning can cut your grocery costs, I know it saves us lots every week.
Posted by Rashel on August 13, 2007 at 6:59 pm
I love having a menu made out, it makes meal time so much less stressful, GREAT JOB!! Have a wonderful time on Saturday!! I will try to post mine soon.
Rashel
Posted by Rashel on August 13, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Okay, I posted my menu, well my kind of menu. You will have to go check it out to see what I am talking about!
Posted by Sandi on August 13, 2007 at 8:41 pm
That’s awesome that you saved so much through menu planning. When I used to be really on top of it, I saved money, too — I’m trying to plan better.
Posted by Renee on August 13, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Great menu plan! Have a wonderful week. Congrats on trimming your food bill by so much- great job!
Posted by misslionheart on August 14, 2007 at 8:53 am
Great Menu Plan!
I’m hungry, now!
Posted by The Estrogen Files on August 20, 2007 at 12:42 am
Looks like a great menu! I’m trolling for next week.