Monthly Meal Plan: October 2010

This is going to be a short month.  

We've got a little vacation planned at the end of the month.  

I've got a surgery scheduled on Monday the 4th.  I've suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome for about 15 years.  It's gotten really bad and I should have had the surgery 2 years ago, but then Hunter came along.  They aren't really sure if it will help with the numbness and tingling, but it's worth a shot.  I'll be out of commission for a few weeks and will be doing most of the OAMC on Friday and Sunday.  Saturday we might go pick apples.

We'll be celebrating our 12 year anniversary.  That's pretty exciting!  The best part?  We'll be celebrating at a place called Disney!

 We'll also be "remaking" meals this month.  Focusing on Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken and a Beef Roast.  To help with our weight loss, I'm going to be adding my new favorite salad, Sante Fe Salad with Chili Lime Vinaigrette, to our Tex-Mex night each week.  

1. pizza
2. Apple Picking - BBQ restaurant
3. Drunken Pork Chops*
4. Crock Pot Chicken 
5. REMAKE: 3 Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta Bake*
6. Eggs and Ham Frittata
7. Bean Burritos with Sante Fe Salad
8. pizza
9. family dinner
10. hamburgers
11. Crock Pot Beef Roast
12. REMAKE: Pineapple Beef Stew*
13. Egg, Cheese and Spinach Frittata
14. Bean Nachos with Sante Fe Salad
15. pizza
16. Meatloaf
17. Ribeyes, Potatoes, Salad
18. Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken
19. REMAKE: Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta with Chicken*
20. Stuffed French Toast with bacon*
21. Bean Tostadas with Sante Fe Salad
22. pizza
23. spaghetti
24. 12th Anniversary - dinner out
25. tacos
26. nachos
27. hamburgers
28. Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken
29. Easy Chicken Fried Rice
30. dinner out
31. Meatloaf

We'll be trying a few new-to-us-recipes (marked with *).  We'll also be taking food with us to Disney to cut down on the eating out expense.  The condo has a full kitchen so I'm really excited about that.  I don't mind cooking while on vacation, it will be fun.  We'll probably keep breakfast simple with cereal and bananas or eggs, bacon and toast.  We'll probably eat lunch at Disney.  I'll pack simple snacks, maybe fruit gummies, apples, pretzels and water.  We might eat dinner out a couple of nights.  There's a Pirate Ship Dinner Theater near our hotel, and I think the kids would love this.  The other nights we'll keep simple with spaghetti, tacos, nachos, crock pot chicken and potatoes, chicken fried rice.  We have one of those coolers that keep foods frozen for hours and hours so I'll take what I can from home to cut down on paying full price at the grocery store.   

OAMC Plan:
Crock Pot Pinto Beans turned into Refried Beans (used in burritos, tostadas, nachos)
Form Hamburger Patties x 12 (need about 2.5 lbs, using for 2 hamburger dinners)
Form Meatloaves x 2 dinners
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins (from a box, free after coupons)
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
Cinnamon Oatmeal Pancakes (using boxed pancake mix $.14 a box at Publix)
Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Cookie - cranberry and butterscotch
Breakfast Burritos for fast breakfasts for hubby
Ham and Cheese Pockets for fast lunches
Cheddar Cheese Sauce for Cheese and Macaroni for fast lunches
Frozen Bananas and berries for Smoothies 
Corn Dog Muffins for fast lunches 

Have a great and tasty month!

Are you doing any OAMC?  I'd love to hear from you.  I'm in search of some new recipes to try.

This has been linked to:
Mommy's Kitchen Meal Plan Monthly
Life as Mom - October Freezer Cooking