Saturday, January 30, 2010

Menu Planning Madness

Last week's menu went ok, except the brisket ran out before I was planning on it so it reduced the leftovers.  On the other hand it means my experiment with the brisket went well.  All I did was throw the following into a crockpot and let it cook while at work:
Brisket
1 can of tomato soup
1 can of french onion soup
water

The only thing I would have done differently is add more french onion soup instead of water if I had any on hand.

Here is this week's menu:
Sunday - Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (using the broth made from my roasted chicken last week) and homemade bread
Monday - Gymnastics so something quick
Tuesday - Red beans and rice with sausage
Wednesday - Beef Enchiladas, spanish rice, and refried beans
Thursday - Left Overs
Friday - Baked Chicken, rice, and vegtables
Saturday - Porkchops and left over sides (hopefully it will stop raining so we can grill)

I did not do well bringing leftover lunches last week, so the goal this week is to cook large enough to feed the family dinner as well as have enough for 2 lunches per meal. 

What are you planning this week?

9 comments:

Melody said...

White Chili with Ground Turkey tonight. Not good at the meal planning thing, but working on it. Just discovered that allrecipes.com- which is one of my favorite recipe sites- has a shopping list option, so I think I'm going to try to come up with my meal plans this week from allrecipes and let it make my shopping list! :)

Setting My Compass said...

Love allrecipes!!!! I have some recipes bookmarked to try in the near future as I continue trying my 1 new recipe a week! Scary I know!!!
I will try to get better about adding the links here to help :)

Melissa said...

Your menu looks great, especially if you're just getting started! In my house, you can never go wrong with chicken noodle soup or enchiladas! :) Hope you have a great week!

Setting My Compass said...

Melissa,

Thanks so much. That means a lot as I really enjoy reading your menus! I agree you can never go wrong with enchiladas!! I just finished baking them so all I have to do is reheat them tomorrow night!

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