I mentioned in yesterday post that I am attempting to participate in two separate but very related challenges this month, No Spend January and Eat from the Pantry. Today I want to share the most important thing that will help us achieve both of these planning. This is actually a two part process, first is making food ahead of time and the second is planning and using the meals.<\/p>\n
Part of the time I spent for my three day weekend is cooking ahead. On Saturday, we made 6 batches of pork fried rice using left over BBQ from Christmas.\u00a0 We ate one of these for dinner on Saturday. On Sunday, we made taco rice and cheeseburger pies. On Monday, we made Salisbury steaks and mashed potatoes. We were able to use pull out raw hamburger from our freezer. Which was very helpful due to the fact we are receiving the cow I purchased in December this week.<\/p>\n
The final step in this process is Menu Planning. There is a slight increase in the need for this with attempting to eat out of our pantry.\u00a0 Here is our plan…<\/p>\n
Breakfast<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Saturday- grits, eggs and\u00a0 bacon . Sunday-\u00a0Donuts\u00a0 Monday-Baked Oatmeal \u00a0Tuesday-\u00a0 fried bologna and eggs Wednesday- choices. Thursday-\u00a0 Choices Friday- Choices.\u00a0 Saturday- Pancakes Choices include : leftovers, eggs, grits, French toast,, toast or cereal.<\/p>\n Lunch- <\/strong>Zach and Kendall have chicken and stars soup, chicken nuggets, ham and cheese roll up, homemade lunchable and chips w\/salsa. I am taking left-overs this week.<\/p>\n Dinner-<\/strong>\u00a0 Saturday- Lunch-\u00a0left overs\u00a0 Dinner-\u00a0Pork\u00a0Fried Rice and egg roll. I did have to make a quick trip to CVS this week for a total of $14.45 out of our grocery budget.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I mentioned in yesterday post that I am attempting to participate in two separate but very related challenges this month, No Spend January and Eat from the Pantry. Today I want to share the most important thing that will help … Continue reading
\nSunday- Lunch-\u00a0Shrimp Gumbo in crockpot (kielbasa and shrimp, both\u00a0from freezer)\u00a0Dinner-\u00a0 left-overs
\nMonday-\u00a0Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and fruit
\nTuesday- Steaks and salad
\nWednesday-\u00a0\u00a0Chicken cacciatore (found in freezer) and pasta
\nThursday-\u00a0Broccoli and cheese soup in crockpot
\nFriday-\u00a0Leftovers or pizza.<\/p>\n