{"id":8985,"date":"2022-08-22T20:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T00:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=8985"},"modified":"2022-08-22T20:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T00:40:03","slug":"monday-menu-planning-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=8985","title":{"rendered":"Monday Menu Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I have changed and hopefully improved our menu planning and preparation.\u00a0 In addition to planning the menu, we tried to prepare as much as possible. For example, I made the mashed potatoes for dinner tonight yesterday and reheated in the oven.\u00a0 The goal is to reduce the amount of time it takes to get a meal on the table to 30 minutes each evening.\u00a0 It worked really well today!\u00a0 This is my first full week of work, Lily&#8217;s second full week of school and Zach&#8217;s second week of football practice.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast- Saturday- Big breakfast of sausage, bacon, eggs and toast. Sunday- Biscuits with choice of meat or sweet. Monday- Find your own. Tuesday- Homemade everything bagels.\u00a0 Wednesday Thursday and Friday- find it oatmeal, cereal and milk, French toast sticks, bagels, breakfast burritos and pancakes.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch- Saturday-Left-overs Sunday-East Coast wings\u00a0 \u00a0Monday-I had a salad Tuesday- left-overs.\u00a0 Wednesday- sandwich Thursday- Summer lunch, Friday-eat out.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner- Saturday-Chips and dips Sunday- Tomato soup or Matt&#8217;s chill Monday-Beef stew with mashed potatoes and squash.\u00a0 Tuesday Chicken Sausage Alfredo.\u00a0 Wednesday- Egg roll in a bowl Thursday- Stuffed green peppers Friday-Breakfast Pizza<\/p>\n<p>Every Bit Counts Challenge- It made sense for me to include this with Menu planning as they are both food related. I knew this would become harder as I started back to work. It is also harder as the garden has slowed way down as we approach fall.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday August 16th 8 cups of diced tomatoes<br \/>\nWednesday August 17th Dried spices<br \/>\nThursday August 18- Batch of medium salsa<br \/>\nFriday August 19-<br \/>\nSaturday Augst 20th- We finished on a new cabinet for the kitchen a<br \/>\nSunday August 21st- 2 bags of cabbage for Future Eggroll in a bowl dinner<br \/>\nMonday August 22nd- 4 cups of Diced tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I have changed and hopefully improved our menu planning and preparation.\u00a0 In addition to planning the menu, we tried to prepare as much as possible. 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