It's week two of the meal planning challenge, and one issue I had with my meal plan last week was that there were several days where, for one reason or another, I didn't make the dinner meal that was on the schedule. The reason this is a problem, is that with meal planning I am actually prepared ahead of time with things like thawing meat and buying produce from the farmer's market. But then when you don't make the meal, you can ending up wasting that food if you don't use it soon enough. How … [Read more...]
Green Your Weekend – Garden Inspiration
Photo by Salvadonica Borgo del Chianti I've been putting it off for a few weekends now, and we've also been busy and had other plans, but this weekend I am ready to start planning my garden! The warmer weather this week has me itching to get outside and get started, but we still have a couple weeks before we can actually start planting. Earlier this week, I asked for inspiration for what you're planting in your gardens this year, but I've also been finding lots of inspiration from other … [Read more...]
Meal Plan and My Monthly Menu Planning
Happy Monday! So, in looking at my list of 21 meals this week, and looking at my meal plan for the month, I decided that it really doesn't work for me to make a meal plan for the whole month. It's just easier for me to sit down at the beginning of the week and look at my schedule for that week and plan out meals. I think if I tried to make the meal plan a whole month in advance that I would end up not really following it, and making up a new meal plan anyway. But, armed with my list of 21+ … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday, and an End of Season Sale!
Okay, so honestly, I have been so lazy with my meals planning lately. I don't know if it's because we're just busy, but when you're busy it's even more important to plan meals. Or, if it's because we're trying to be as tight with the grocery budget as possible, and I'm trying to just make simple meals from what we already have in the pantry, except that's another reason it's important to meal plan. So, I guess it's just because I've been lazy. :) Time to give myself a little kick in the … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday
I love the fall. There are lots of important days for our family, birthdays and our anniversary, but I also just love the changing of the trees, the cooling of the weather, and the activities like apple picking, football and soccer games, and baking, after a hot summer. I've also been a little lax with meal planning lately, so I'm glad to get back into it and work on getting back to cooking from scratch and planning snacks to have on hand. I'll list the things I'm planning to make this week … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday
Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend! We celebrated my hubby's birthday over the weekend, and have a busy week this week, so I'm planning easy meals to help me have time to do all the other stuff that needs to get done this week. What are your go-to meals when you're busy and need something quick and easy for dinner? Here's this week's menu: Meatless Monday - Homemade Macaroni and Cheese, salad Tuesday - dinner with our home group, making homemade bread Wednesday -Chicken … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday
Hope that you are enjoying your long weekend! Since I'm enjoying mine too, I'm just going to keep it short and sweet today! Here's this week's menu: Monday -Turkey Burgers on the grill Tuesday - dinner with our home group - making Taco Soup Wednesday - Zippy Shrimp with quinoa Thursday -Breakfast for dinner Friday -Homemade Pizza Saturday - celebrating Jer's birthday Sunday - lunch with church … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday… a little late
Another Monday has passed by so quickly! I know it's been a little bit quiet around here the last week or so, life has just been a little busy, and adding sick kiddos to the mix doesn't help either. I thought it was too early for cold and flu season?! Anyway, I have some exciting things coming up here in September that I'm so excited to share with you! But, I can't spill all the beans here today, so you're just going to have to be a little patient! :) September is a busy month for our … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday
Happy Monday! I cannot believe that we are halfway through August already! Time flies when you're having fun! This past Friday my friend Jenica and I had a garage sale, and in getting our stuff ready to sell it was so great to get stuff cleaned up and cleared out. I even found some things that had been hiding away that I could actually use for decorating and in the kitchen. I also cleared out 4 large storage tubs that I will be able to use to organize my kids clothes. It's definitely … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Monday
Okay, now that we're officially up and running on WP, I wanted to do a quick post to see if my subscribers are still with me. If you were a previous subscriber, I would really appreciate it if you leave a comment and let me know that you received this post in your reader. I haven't done a meal plan in a few weeks because we've been so busy. Luckily, that hasn't meant lots of meal out for us, it's just meant that I have fallen back on trusted favorites and pantry recipes that I can make with … [Read more...]
