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Monday ~ Chop Suey Hotdish

Tuesday ~ Chicken fajitas

Wednesday ~ Barbeque Chicken

Thursday ~ Kale quinoa with sweet potato tots

Friday~ Porkchops, mashed potatoes, and green beans

Saturday ~ Hobo packets with venison

Sunday ~ Jumbalaya 

So… I’m a little late posting my meal plan today but hey, it’s still Monday and I have my meals planned a month in advance so I know what’s for dinner tonight already.  :)  What are you eating this week?

Monday – Beef nachos with cheese, lettuce, and homemade jarred salsa.

Tuesday – Gluten free spaghetti and salads

Wednesday – Stuffed zucchini

Thursday – Autumn Sausage Casserole

Friday – Jumbalaya

Saturday – Venison steaks with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies

Sunday - Minestrone soup and homemade bread

Monday: Tacos with all the fixings (cheese, spinach, sprouts, salsa)

Tuesday: Vegan healing soup and crackers

Wednesday: Homemade pizza and roasted cauliflower

Thursday: Crockpot Orange Chicken

Friday: Curried chicken cantonese in the wok with crab rangoons

Saturday: Sloppy joes and fries

Sunday: Creamy potato soup and oat bread from Rhythm of Family

For more meal ideas, visit Organizing Junkie

I am still planning my menu by the month so that I can buy in bulk only once a month and visit the grocery store for produce once a week.  Here is our menu coming into the new year.

Monday: Enchiladas

Tuesday: Spaghetti with broccoli and cauliflower in the sauce

Wednesday: Ravioli soup with homemade bread

Thursday: Lasagna in the crockpot with homemade garlic bread

Friday: Pheasant with root veggies

Saturday: Hamburgers and homemade fries

Sunday: Paleo meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans

For more meal ideas, visit The Org Junkie.

1-Bratwurst, roasted red potatoes, corn

2-Shrimp stirfry and wontons

3-Gluten free pepperoni pizza

4-Hearty beef stew and homemade sprouted grain bread

5-Chili, the best broccoli, pumpkin bread (finish for breakfast)

6-Enchiladas

7-Nachos and Oatmeal chocolate bars

8-Cabbage rolls and corn

9-Squash with quinoa idea from this

10-Crockpot chicken tacos and quinoa pumpkin muffins (make extras for breakfast)

11-Minestrone soup and homemade sprouted grain bread

12-Veggie pizza and large salad

13-Goulash over rice or noodles

14-Grilled chicken with lemon basil pasta and steamed veggies

15-Brinner – breakfast cassarole and coconut flour pancakes

16-Zucchini, black bean, and rice skillet and pumpkin muffins

17-Hot dogs, homemade fries, and deviled eggs

18-BBQ chicken wings on the grill, baked potatoes, and green beans

19-Thai fried quinoa and crab rangoons

20-Beef curry and gf naan

21-Pineapple chicken and large salad

22-Spaghetti with chicken and salad

23-Lamb or pork chops, fried potatoes, and corn

24-THANKSGIVING

25-Meatcups, mashed potatoes, asparagus

26-Enchiladas

27-Spaghetti, garlic toast, and green beans

28-*

29-*

30-*Leaving a few days blank for  leftovers or going out to eat

We stretched August’s menu a little into the month of September, and now I am ready for another big stock up of groceries for the month and a new Fall Menu!

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5-Paleo meatloaf, roasted potatoes, and green beans

6-Homemade pizza, salad, and sugar-less cookies

7-Nachos and roasted root veggies

8-Out to eat

9-Hamburgers, baked beans with enough to freeze

10-Meatballs, fried cabbage, and peanut butter banana cake

11-Chicken soup and homemade sprouted grain bread with enough to freeze

12-Roast pork with apple gravy with enough to freeze

13-Tacos with all the fixings

14-Vodka chicken

15-Homemade pizza with veggies on top

16-Biscuits and gravy

17-Out in celebration of closing on the homestead

18-Taco dip 

19-Enchiladas with chips and guacamole

20-Cowboy stew

21-Leftovers

22-Hot dogs and tuna salad

23-Crockpot chili

24-Veggie fried rice and wontons

25-Chicken pot pie in the crockpot with gluten-free biscuits

26-Spaghetti with canned sauce

27-Beef and cabbage stirfry

28-Homemade pizza

29-Chicken and wild rice soup with baked potatoes

30-Nachos

Here is my June monthly menu!  What are you trying this month?

31-Chicken and sweet potato curry in the crockpot

1-Meat cups, mashed potatoes with gravy, and broccoli

2-Burgers, homemade fries, veggie

3-Homemade pizza

4-Veggie tostadas

5-Out/leftovers

6-Meatloaf and sweet potatoes (The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients)

7-Salmon (Harvest Eating), fried potatoes, and veggies

8-Chicken and Augratin potatoes (Harvest Eating)

9-Chicken pot pie and gluten-free biscuits

10-Bacon cheese burgers and sauteed veggies

11-Shrimp stirfry

12-Out/Leftovers

13-Gluten-free veggie lasagna (modified from Yogi in the Kitchen)

14-Veggie mac and cheese

15-Chicken curry (Harvest Eating)

16-Roast dinner

17-Homemade pizza

18-Veggie soup (The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet) and homemade bread

19-Out/Leftovers

20-Enchiladas

21-Spaghetti with chicken and cheese on top

22-Pork roast (Harvest Eating)

23-Chicken pot pie in the crockpot with gluten-free biscuits

24-Beef skillet

25-Chili and homemade bread

26-Gluten-free fish sticks with sauteed veggies

27-Enchiladas

28-Nachos

29-Spaghetti with chicken and cheese on top

30-Out/Leftovers

For more meal plans, visit Org Junkie.

Have I ever mentioned  that I love the feel of Sunday mornings?  I am not sure why, but they seem more relaxed, more peaceful, more flowing…. So I’m sitting sipping my tea and looking out at a green lawn sparkled with sunshine.  It’s going to be a great day!

Here are some Sunday Inspiration links that I have been saving for awhile::

1. I’ve been bookmarking meals to freeze for after the baby arrives.  Like hamburger soup, many ideas from Mom on a Mission, and breakfast burritos.
2. I am also loving this site for ideas for monthly menus – Once a Month Mom.
3. I’m seeing a food trend here – Homemade Lara Bars.
4. This wall art that I’d love to make when we get our homestead.

What’s been inspiring you?

Another month has flown by, so I am going to share my May Monthly Menu!

2- Shrimp stirfry

3-Chicken and squash soup, homemade bread, salad

4-Burgers, fries, and corn

5-Nachos

6-Homemade pizza and salad

7-Hot dogs, apple slaw, and homemade baked beans

8-Rosemary chicken and wild rice cassarole

9-Beef and cabbage stifry

10-Beef and black bean chili

11-Spaghetti and ratatouille

12-Meatcups, fried potatoes, and steamed broccoli

13-Portobella sandwich with pita chips and hummus

14-Enchiladas with chips and salsa

15-Hot dogs, tuna salad, and homemade baked beans

16-Zen salmon, mashed potatoes with gravy, and green beans

17-Homemade pizza and salad

18-Veggie fried rice and wontons

19-Tacos

20-Chicken pesto pasta and salad

21-Out to eat

22-Burgers, fries, and baked beans

23-Large salad, tuna salad, and fruit salad

24-Steaks, baked potatoes, and steamed cauliflower

25-BLTs and soup

26-Crustless chicken pot pie and gluten-free biscuits

27-Out to eat

28-Homemade pizza and salad

29-Rustic pasta and salad

30-Meatcups, roasted potatoes, and veggies

31-Enchiladas with chips and guacamole

For more menus, visit The Org Junkie!

A little mash-up of Inspiration Sunday and Menu Planning Monday here on Making a Home and Family today!

Homesteading Homemaker has inspired me to write up my whole monthly menu again (and I borrowed some recipes from her too).  So to pass on the inspiration and planning juju – here is April’s menu!

4- Burgers, homemade fries, goddess green beans

5- Crockpot hamburger and vegetable soup, gluten free bread

6- Enchiladas, tortillas and guacamole

7- Veggie fried rice and wontons with Tony Horton’s sticky bars for dessert

8- Pizza and salad

9- Zen salmon, mashed potatoes, sautéed veggies

10- Spaghetti, salad, and garlic toast

11- Hot dogs, fried potatoes, and baked beans

12- Tacos with a side of beans and rice

13- Crustless chicken pot pie and gluten free biscuits

14- BLTs and soup

15- Out to eat

16- Meatloaf cups, mashed potatoes, and corn

17- Veggie lasagna, salad, and garlic toast

18- Nachos with a side of quinoa and beans

19- Beef and black bean chili

20- Enchiladas with tortillas chips and guacamole

21- Shrimp and veggies on pasta with salad

22- Pizza and salad

23- Out to eat

24- Burgers, homemade fries, and steamed broccoli

25- Chicken pesto, salad

26- Shrimp on corn tortillas

27- Out to eat

28- Nachos

29- Sweet and sour meatballs, fried potatoes, and fruit salad

30- Breakfast tortillas and homemade muffins

*A lot of my recipes are from my BeachBody Thin Kitchen recipe book.

For other weekly menu ideas, visit The Organizing Junkie.