Weekly Menu - Year End

 And that's a wrap!  Wow!  

Friday - My plan is to clean out the fridge/freezer.  Leftovers, a meal we never ate on a previous week.  Whatever I can pull together will work.  

Saturday - Dinner at my moms house. 

Sunday - It is New Year's Eve!  We will have soup and bread after church. Then, later in the day we will have a few favorite appetizers to snack on - Bacon Wrapped Sausages, Bacon Cream Cheese, Crescents, Little Smokie pigs in the blanket, chips and salsa, and maybe some fruit for good measure. 

Monday - It is New Year's Day!  We will head to my mom's house and she will feed us well on this first day of 2024

Tuesday - Ham and Scalloped potatoes

Wednesday - pasta carbonara 

Thursday - ham and potato soup and biscuits 

Weekly Menu - Let the Celebrations Begin!

 This week is filled with celebration from a birthday of a boy (well teen) and the birthday of a King!  Lots of family time and lots  of food! 

Friday - Today is Nate's 14th birthday!! How crazy is that?  He requested Mac and cheese So I am doing a pork loin, Velvetta shells and Cheese, Sweet Potato Casserole, and a veggie

Saturday - We are celebrating Christmas with Darryl's family.  I’m taking a super simple lettuce salad.  

Sunday - Christmas Eve!  We will celebrate Christmas Eve with my mom at her house and she always does a great spread of appetizers.  We will have something light after church - pork and bean nachos are the plan. 

Monday - Christmas Day!  We do breakfast and dinner at our house.  Breakfast is:  Ham and Cheese Quiche, Sausage Balls, some sort of Danish, and then Orange Julius to drink.  Dinner:  Ham,  Mac and Cheese, a salad, green beans and rolls. As far as dessert - Pumpkin Roll , and I always make my Christmas Cake too.  

Tuesday - Leftovers 100% 

Wednesday - chicken tacos 

Thursday - My kids are going away!  Where?  To their Nana's!  Yes!  Sure it's just down the road but that shouldn't matter - they are staying with her a few days just like if she lived an hour or two away.  So probably leftovers at home 😊

Weekly Menu

 I'm trying to plan December "ahead" so I can pick up things that are on sale.  So I'm writing this menu a few weeks in advance - we will see how well I stay on track!

Friday - Fried Ham rice and wonton soup

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's

Sunday - I have a concert today so I have to go right to rehearsal but my guys will have Mac and cheese and ham

Monday -  Potato and Sausage Soup and French Bread

Tuesday - Sheet pan nachos

Wednesday - No more youth group until January so now I have to plan dinner HA!  We've kind of gotten use to soup and sandwiches so I think I'm just going to do can soup and grilled cheese

Thursday  - pancakes and sausage 

Weekly Menu

 December.  How is 2023 already almost over?  On one hand January 1st seems SOOOO long ago and yet, on the other side of things, I feel like I blinked and here we are!  December always brings "extra" so I really work to keep my normal grocery budget super low so I can do the "extra" without too much stress.  This is the time of year when choosing to live one income so that I can be home with the kids reminds us of how tight things really are!  In the end it is worth it but sometimes it is hard to make it all stretch!  

Anyway, here is the plan for the coming week: 

Friday - Stroganoff and green beans  

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's 

Sunday - Dr. Pepper Meatballs and Chili Cheese Dip

Monday - Chicken and Dumplings and Salad

Tuesday - Chicken Noodle Soup (Make with leftovers) and Crescent Rolls

Wednesday - Leftovers 

Thursday - Tacos.  

Weekly Menu

 And just like that it is December.  Last weeks menu shifted so there will be some repeats this week.  Nothing too exciting going on in the coming week :-) 

Friday - Spaghetti Carbonara and French Bread

Saturday - Dinner at my moms.  (Rumor is that we are having pizza which is always a nice treat!) 

Sunday - We have a pot luck at church and I'll be taking my "famous" Hawaiian rolls (ha! - Yes, I take the easy way out but I never bring any home which means other people like them too!) 

Monday - Homemade Spaghetti and Garlic Bread

Tuesday - BBQ Cups and French Fries

Wednesday - Maybe just "leftover"  spaghetti (maybe I'll use a different pasta to make it different HA!)  I'm not sure yet if my guys have youth group so not sure who I am feeding!  (Just Darryl and I or all of us!) 

Thursday - Baked Chicken and Amish Noodles