Menu - April 1st, 2012 6 meals

After attending a menu planning class yesterday, I decided to take what I had gleaned and put it to good use.  We did an inventory of the freezer and planned around that.  I was able to create a menu and only spend $32 at the store.  I bought NO meat because we had all this in the freezer already.  Normally, I would buy whatever meat was on sale and build from that.  I did the opposite this time.  And I printed out a detailed menu so that our ingredients would last through the menu.  Typically what happens is that I plan something and the other cooks in the house decide to hijack ingredients and be "creative".  That's not always a bad thing but towards the end of the week, the pickins are slim. 

There are 6 meals here and what we are having today (home made chicken noodle stew) isn't even on the list.  So that's SEVEN meals!!!  And each one should make enough left overs for lunches!!! 

BBQ Chicken, Mac n’ Cheese, Veggies

                Chicken 1/4s

                2 boxes MnC

                1 bag of frozen veggies

Stroganoff – Crockpot!!

                Tire Tread Steak (cut into cubes)

                2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup

                Half bag of egg noodles (boiled separately just before we eat)

                1 bag of frozen veggies

                Sour cream

Sausage w/ Baked Beans

                2 pkgs of Polish and/or smoked sausage

                2 cans of baked beans

                Cornbread

                1 box of frozen spinach

Sausage and beans – Crockpot!!

                1 roll of ground sausage (browned in the skillet)

                1 pkg of dried pintos

                Cornbread

Hot Dogs and fries

                1 pkg of hot dogs

                4-5 potatoes, peeled, sliced, and fried

               

Pork Roast – Crockpot!!

                1 roast

                3-4 potatoes, cubed

                Baby carrots