As we continue with our busy lives and race into the Summer, meal planning becomes even more important for us.\u00a0 We enjoy spending time at the pool. In fact we spent\u00a0close to 18 hours at the pool just this 3 day weekend. If we are not diligent about making and sticking to a menu plan, we often end\u00a0up ordering pizza, picking up fast food or Chinese on the way home.\u00a0\u00a0Today was our anniversary, so as a treat we had planned to order pizza, we spent $33 for pizza for our dinner. Even at once a week, that adds an extra $120 a month to our budget, over the course of the summer that is half the cost of the condo we rent at Myrtle Beach, so 4 days at the beach vs. pizza once a week.\u00a0 We have built in a little bit more flexibility this summer as we are beginning to start some harvesting from our garden. I want to use and maximize as much of this food as possible.<\/p>\n
Breakfast<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Saturday-Pancakes. Matt ended up making a super double patch, which means they will be a choice for breakfast over the next couple of weeks.\u00a0\u00a0 Sunday- Gray biscuits. (I made extra gravy, to use as dinner or as a choice as well.) Monday-Banana\/chocolate chip muffins. Tuesday-\u00a0 Choices Wednesday- French toast in crockpot . Thursday-\u00a0choices . \u00a0\u00a0Friday- Choices.\u00a0 Choices include :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fried bologna, \u00a0eggs, grits, left-overs , toast or cereal.<\/p>\n Lunch- <\/strong>Zach and Kendall have sandwiches, grab\u00a0and go, and salads. I have a salad packed for Tuesday,\u00a0chicken salad wrap\u00a0for Wednesday and leftovers for Friday.<\/p>\n Dinner-<\/strong>\u00a0 Saturday-Lunch-\u00a0Hot\u00a0Dog\u00a0with chili and slaw\u00a0Dinner- -Pasta salad with chicken After starting this post I realized that I have not posted this since mid March. Opps. So I thought I would give a food update as well. We have used approximately 1\/2 of our whole cow. One of the biggest problems right now is not eating beef 5x a week. We are actually starting to run out of vegetables which works out well. I did purchase and freeze 2 gallons of strawberries earlier this month in addition to make jam. We have to finish up out sweet potatoes from last year before September.\u00a0 A final food challenge of the month is our planned trip to Michigan at the end of the month. I need to sit down and make a plan, at least for our travel days, we have already been gathering gift cards that will make it much easier and decrease the overall expense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we continue with our busy lives and race into the Summer, meal planning becomes even more important for us.\u00a0 We enjoy spending time at the pool. In fact we spent\u00a0close to 18 hours at the pool just this 3 … Continue reading
\nSunday- Lunch- Roast and saut\u00e9 squash. Dinner-\u00a0Leftovers (Zach-hot dog with cheese grits, Kendall-broccoli\u00a0cheese soup,\u00a0Lily pancake, Matt- sausage ball, and me egg over grits and gravy.)
\nMonday-\u00a0Pizza to celebrate our anniversary
\nTuesday-\u00a0Tacos
\nWednesday-\u00a0\u00a0Pork chops with squash and\/or carrots
\nThursday-\u00a0 ?? Beef and broccoli
\nFriday-\u00a0Grilled chicken salad.<\/p>\n