Menu Plan Monday

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Monday: Almost Lasagna

Tuesday: Steak & Veggies (thinking of trying this with California mix veggies)

Wednesday: Kraft Dinner

Thursday: Cheesy Chicken & Rice

Friday: Frozen pizza (don't worry we'll eat it cooked)

Saturday: Eggs & Toast

Sunday: Sour Cream Enchiladas

Meal planning has helped us with not eating out quite a much.  Last week we did end up having a treat night when we weren't supposed to (due to the unanticipated circumstances of the day) but I just removed an upcoming treat night and replaced it with a meal.

I can't say whether or not it has saved us money because I have not been meal planning based on flyer sales.  Each meal we seem to have leftovers so I split the remainder of the meal up based on what we ate that evening, if we don't have enough I figure we can have veggies or some fruit after.

Crock Pot Cream Cheese Chicken

I decided to try this recipe but I kinda switched it up a bit......I decided to also serve it over rice instead of pasta.


The original recipe can be found on the Year of Slow Cooking Blog


What I put in is as follows - the remainder of the cooking instructions is the same as the original recipe.


2 cans cream of chicken 
2 T italian seasoning
1T of Epicure french onion soup mix (plus another 1/2 t - because I was trying to do it from memory and did the 1/2 first)
1 T sugar
1t kosher salt
2t of epicure minced garlic (which is supposed to be equivalent to 2 cloves)
really large chicken breasts (which is why I did the 2 cans soup)
block of cream cheese

I took out 1 cup of the broth and added it to the rice (did 1 1/2 cups of rice - so 1 cup broth and 2 cups water) - so the rice was also flavoured a little

Meal Plan Monday

 

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I entered a meal plan on my google calendar to rotate every 4 weeks (or until I decide to change it since I will be trying new recipes as well). I know it would be smarter to meal plan based on weekly flyers but when I am back to work full time with 4 kids I just don't see it as a realistic plan.  So if I know what types of foods I need for my meal plan I can stock up when I see sales (hopefully). I have also put in the recipes in my google calender but all the recipes I have pinned on my Food & Drink board on pinterest. (Excluding things like tacos or Uncle Ben's rice).  I use my playbook with the google calendar to read the recipe and I don't have to print it off then and I don't have to store recipes.

Monday: Meatballs and Roasted Cauliflower

Tuesday: Crock Pot Cream cheese chicken

Wednesday: Uncle Ben's Rice and Veggies

Thursday: Tacos

Friday: French Toast

Saturday: Spaghetti

Sunday: Grilled Cheese

How the new cleaning routine went

Monday went pretty good.  I kinda forgot about the new routine till after lunch but I would not have done laundry all day anyways because we are on time of use for hydro, so I do all our laundry on off-peak times.


Tuesday went great, it was 'bathrooms' and we only have one small bathroom so it was quite easy to complete that task!


Wednesday didn't go as well.  I knew I was having my mom come for a visit and I was working on it but didn't finish it.


Thursday I was gone pretty much all day so I didn't get anything done for the organize clean.


Friday the kids didn't have school and I went to the gym in the morning and then visited pretty much the remainder of the day so again didn't get it done.


They didn't give any weekend jobs on the routine, but today laundry has been a work in progress.


Next week is a new one and hopefully this routine goes a little better.

My New cleaning routine

So the new routine I found called for laundry, tidy up and vacuum.


I forgot about my new routine until after lunch.......
We are on time of use so there was no way I would be doing laundry all day anyways.


I got the laundry that was done folded and put away and put a load in to run for after 7pm.


I did some tidying but did not complete it all.  The vacuuming did not get done.  


It's a start and it was do-able.


Tomorrow is bathrooms.  Since our bathroom is small and we only have one I can pick up some of my Monday slack on Tuesday until I get the routine going better.

Menu Plan Monday

 

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My weekly menu plan is trying to use a few recipes I have pinned on pinterest.  Generally, I alter recipes a bit to fit in with our families preferences.

 

My Weekly Menu Plan:   

Monday: Chicken Roll Ups and sliced carrots (just used a mix cheddar/monterey jack cheese and also couldn't find powder ranch dressing, was going to use epicure herb and garlic and forgot! - still tasted good though.  I also didn't do the butter and bread crumbs).

Tuesday: Chicken Spaghetti (except I am going to use Spaghetti Squash - haven't tried it before, so hoping it tastes good!)

Wednesday: Macaroni and cheese (quick meal since the kids have something that evening at 6:30)

Thursday: Sour Cream Enchiladas (will not put in chilis - will use finely chopped peppers so hopefully the kids won't notice and also will use epicure onion spice instead of actual onion).

Friday: "Snack Day" The kids have requested this is a snack day, basically we 'graze' on food in the house, so fresh fruit and veggies are cut up etc and we 'snack.'

Saturday: Crock Pot Cream Cheese Chicken

Sunday: Chinese Noodles (dd1's choice)