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Menu Plan Monday: What Will We Eat?

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I went through several months (oh, who am I kidding? it was more like a few years) of not menu planning.  My food bill went sky high and we all gained weight.  When you work all day, the last thing you want to do is go grocery shopping.  Unfortunately, when you don’t have a plan in place, that happens.  Or worse, you realize that you have nothing to cook and the kids are already asking “what are we going to eat?”  So, fast food take out or frozen pizza becomes the dinner.

Take the time to plan your menu.  Life is so much easier this way!

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Week Fifteen Menu Plan:

Scroll to the bottom to print out these plans and the shopping list or, if you don’t want to wait, you can get 5 weeks of menu plans and shopping lists here.

Breakfast

Monday- Bacon, Egg, & Cheese Hash Brown Nests at Great Day Farms

Tuesday- Savory Waffle Breakfast Sandwiches (use frozen waffles from previous week, and warm up in toaster, with pre-cooked sausage patties and fried eggs.
(Quick & Easy Egg Tip: To “fry” egg in a minute, spray a small plastic bowl with cooking spray or wipe down with olive oil, break egg into the bowl, pierce the yolk. Cover bowl with paper towel and place in microwave for 1 minute and you’ll have a perfectly cooked egg (some microwaves need less than a minute, adjust as needed).

Wednesday-  No Bake Carrot Cake Energy Bites from It Is a Keeper (Save extras for a lunch time treat) with a Drinkable Yogurt and apple slices.

Thursday – Egg Burrito Scrambler — Scramble eggs, spoon into tortillas, add breakfast meat (sausage, bacon, or ham) sprinkle with cheese and salsa.

Friday – BLT Breakfast Sandwich, make your favorite BLT and add a fried egg.

Saturday – Yogurt cups with granola and honey.

Sunday – Apples & Cinnamon Breakfast Muffins at Rainy Day Mum

Lunch

Monday- Beef & Broccoli (leftover from Saturday) with rice cakes and pocky sticks (or other favorite snack)

Tuesday- Salad in a Jar

Wednesday- Corndog Muffins at What Lisa Cooks, (use a cornbread muffin mix for a quick and easy recipe and just insert a small hot dog inside before baking) with sliced strawberries, carrot sticks, ketchup or mustard for dipping.

Thursday – No-Back Carrot Cake Energy Bites at It is a Keeper with Cucumber Slices and Cherry Tomatoes

Friday – Turkey Club Sandwiches with potato chips, pickle spear — Brownie bites

Saturday – Chicken Enchilada Soup in the Pressure Cooker at Life is Sweeter by Design (Reserve leftovers for

Sunday – Lemon Poppyseed, Jam-filled, Muffins from 3 Boys and a Dog, (Make extra to freeze, and have for lunch on week 18). with a seared ham steaks, and sliced berries.

Week Fifteen_ Menu Plan Printables

Dinner

Monday– Favorite Meatloaf Recipe with Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans with  Brownies for dessert

Tuesday- Chicken Caprese at Butter with a Side of Bread (You can click here to find great bread recipes.)

Wednesday- Turkey Meatballs over rice with broccoli (make extra turkey meatballs for lunch next week.)

Thursday – Slow Cooker Apple Butter Pork Chop Recipe!  Crystal & Co. with Roasted Cabbage slices.

Friday – Pizza

Saturday – Instant Pot Pasta E Fagioli Soup at Creme de la Crumb with crusty french bread

Sunday – Southwestern Chicken Chili at 3 Boys and a Dog

Week Fifteen Menu Plan Recipes and Shopping List

Get Your Menu Plan Monday Week Fifteen

OR get 5 weeks of planning and shopping printables in my shop.

My Favorite Easy to Follow Meal Plan Resources:

The following affiliate links are things that I love!  I get so tired of planning, but having interesting, educational, and down-right fun goodies makes this chore so much easier to swallow. ?

How to Meal Plan

Menu Wipe Off Board

My Favorite Pens

5 weeks of menu plans, perfect for April or any longer month

What do you do to be sure you are using a great variety of your recipes? Do you create a specific Easy to Follow Meal Plan?  Do you have a system of trying something new each week?  I would love to hear your menu planning details!

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