Monthly Archives: March 2022

Monday Menu Planning

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This week we are adding in several after school activities which always adds to the craziness. Luckily, I knew this stage was coming so you will start to see lots more convivence items used!

Breakfast– Saturday- Full breakfast with eggs, sausage and bacon, cresant rolls and more!  Sunday-New breakfast casserole in the crockpot    Monday-Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday -choice of breakfast muffins, eggs, sausage, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes, French toast or grits or breakfast burritos.  The goal for the week is to have baked oatmeal once and probably another zucchini bread as everyone likes it!
Lunch- – Saturday-Sandwiches    Sunday – Turkey, stuffing, scalloped potatoes, dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce  and squash casserole  Monday- Thursday left-overs are theme of the week.  I did make more egg salad for Zach!
Dinner- – Saturday- Coconut shrimp and fries   Sunday-  left-overs Monday-Hamburgers and  Tator tots  Tuesday-Mexican tostado   Wednesday- Quiche  Thursday- Pork Fried Rice Friday-leftovers or taco soup.

Saving on Saturday

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  • The weather has finally turned nice on a weekend. So today we hung 6 loads of bedding on the line to dry. Which saved us over 8 hours of drying time plus they all smell so good!
  • Last weekend, we inventoried our freezers and listed 50 plus meals we could use. During this process, I realized we had 2 whole turkeys. We decided to cook one tomorrow and will have a great lunch with friends that has no out of pocket cost for us!
  • We rotated all of the cold weather plants out of the greenhouse. The temperature is not supposed to drop below freezing for the next 10 days and during the day the greenhouse reaches over 100 degree so in order to extend the growing life of these plants we have moved them outside.  In the process we discussed some spinach, lettuce and swiss chard that we can incorporate into our salads this week. We also turned off the heater which should save some electricity as well.
  • Matt was able to remove the sliding glass door and locate the defective piece. We were able to order the piece for $90 on Ebay. A fair estimate is that this saved us around $500 in the cost of a repair.
  • We took a clothing inventory and realized that new shorts are needed for most of the kids. I was able to order 14 pair of shorts at Old Navy for a total of $91.  I used my credit card rewards ($17), old navy super cash ($20) and combine with the current sale to really save.
  • I took both our vehicles to a local automatic carwash that is $5 for “the works” this is a huge savings for both time and money!

Menu Planning

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On Saturday, we dug through our freezers and put together a list 60 meals that we currently have the ingredients for!  This should last us well into April if not May!  I am so excited for this find. I am hoping to get back on track with grocery spending! One surprising discovery this week is that a single loaf of zucchini bread makes a nice breakfast for everyone!

Breakfast– Saturday- Gravy and Biscuits   Sunday-lots of left-overs   Monday-Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday -choice of breakfast muffins, eggs, sausage, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes, French toast or grits or breakfast burritos.
Lunch- – Saturday- Homemade Quiche   Sunday – Fish chowder   Monday- Thursday Salad for 2 days and left-overs for a third so that covers most of the week.
Dinner- – Saturday- Camel City BBQ to celebrate a birthday   Sunday- Snacks and left-overs again.  Monday-Sloppy Joes  Tuesday-Chicken Taco casserole   Wednesday- Rice Creola Thursday- coconut shrimp, fries and pineapple    Friday-Crockpot chicken and dumplings.