Weekly Menu Plan for Jan 16-22, 2011

We did really well last week with the new grocery strategy. I only made one trip to the store. Wasn't real sure how that was going to turn out, but it actually turned out great. We saved quite a bit of money by only going to the store once. It really did make a much greater difference than I thought it would.

Anyway, here's our menu for this week. I got started on posting it a little late and we did make a change today. It reflects what we have already had and intend to have in the upcoming days.

Sunday lunch: Zaxby's (had to get some spray paint for a bedroom project)
Sunday pm: Grilled hamburgers, assorted chips (bags that were already opened)

Monday: Fish, french fries, cheese grits, fresh bread

Tuesday: Cheeseburger macaroni (hamburger helper), green beans, raw carrots with dressing

Wednesday: Tuna cakes, cole slaw, pasta salad, pickles

Thursday: Spinach chicken alfredo, cucumber salad

Friday: Boston butt, creamed corn, butter beans, potatoes au gratin (boiled potatoes for husband since he doesn't like au gratin - calls them all rotten potatoes - LOL!)

Saturday lunch: Meat loaf, macaroni and cheese, cabbage
Saturday pm: Ginger chicken, steamed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots), mashed potatoes

If you'd like other ideas for this week's meals, visit Organized Junkie here.

Weekly Menu Plan for Jan. 9-15, 2011

Here is our weekly menu plan for this week. We are trying to only visit the grocery store once this week as a new strategy to saving money at the grocery store. See my earlier post today about that.

Sunday lunch: Grilled hamburgers, chips
Sunday dinner: Fried pork chops, oven baked sweet potatoes and onions, stuffing, corn muffins

Monday: Pizza and salad

Tuesday: Taco soup, corn chips

Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, corn, pineapple chunks

Thursday: Chicken with peppers and onions, speckled butter beans, oven fried potatoes

Friday: Beef stew with potatoes and tomatoes, raw carrots with dressing

Saturday: Fish, cheese grits, slaw

For more menu ideas, check out Menu Plan Monday for this week.

New Year's Resolutions - Not Here!

I know it's a new year and everyone has started (and probably failed already) some of those new year's resolutions. I decided this year to not make any resolutions - instead I am going to simply DO.

I have been reading a book entitled "Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America's Cheapest Family." I have it on loan from our local library. It is by Steve and Annette Economides. I haven't read enough yet to decide if I will purchase the book, but it does have some outstanding ideas. I will continue to read it and let you know if I intend to purchase it.

Right now, I am following one simple rule or strategy: visit the grocery store once a week. We went this morning and I don't intend to stop in there again this week. I am the world's worst about going multiple times a week: forgot something, didn't take anything out for dinner, didn't we have enough milk yesterday, what do you mean we don't have any chili seasoning for the chili. These are just a few of the thoughts (and sometimes words) that seem to travel around me during the week. So I have planned a menu and made sure that everything that we needed is going to be available without trips to the store.

Keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I think this is going to be a hard one!!