Monthly Meal Plan: January 2011

Gracious!  Can you believe it's 2011?  When I was younger I wondered what life would be like in the year 2000, now we're in 2011.  I'm married, have 3 children in our life, drive a mini-van, coupon-like-a-mad-woman, watch movies from Netflix on my laptop,  who would have thought?

And I make meal plans.  

I had a little trouble with the monthly meal plan this time around.  I'm not feeling it for some reason.  Here's what I came up with.  It's likely to change...

1. Visiting Family   sick - Ginger-Ale and crackers
   
2. Subway  sick - Ginger-Ale, crackers, bananas, toast
3. Thai Chicken and Basil*(new) we ate Ham, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans
   
4. Apricot Pork Chops we ate Super Easy Turkey Pie and salad with apple *sharing recipe Saturday
   
5. Chicken-in-a-Skillet*(new)  Ham and Eggs
   
6. Leftovers (thawed leftover turkey earlier this week) Turkey Rice Casserole
7. Pizza & Salad
8. Shrimp Alfredo* (Pantry Meal) - share next Saturday 1/15/11
9. Tacos
10. Baked Ziti BBQ Turkey over Mashed Potatoes
11. Country Ribs Turkey Wreath with Salad and Green Beans
12. Pancakes (in the freezer)
13. Leftovers or Soup
14. Pizza & Salad
15. Dinner out
16. Chili and Cornbread
17. Shepherd's Pie*
18. Turkey Pot Pie*
19. Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Oranges
20. Leftovers
21. Pizza & Salad
22. Visiting Family
23. Subway
24. Beef Stroganoff Casserole*(new)
25. Turkey Dumplings Turkey Croquettes
26. Baked French Toast
27. Leftovers
28. Pizza & Salad
29. Dinner Out
30. Chicken and Black Bean Enchiladas
31. TBA - Waiting for more sales...

(*) Some recipes are new to us, some are family favorites I haven't posted yet on Sissy's recipe blog.  

As for the OAMC and Batch Cooking.  I'm thinking I should bake up some of the free Krusteaz Muffins.  Last week we baked up the Banana Nut Muffins and added chocolate chips.  The kids loved them. We still have a few leftover and I popped them into the freezer.  So I don't think we'll be baking anymore this week.  But I do have a small list of things I need to complete this week:

• Pumpkin Spice Granola
• Thaw out some chicken breasts for meals later this week
• Soak and cook some black beans for meals
• Cinnamon Banana French Toast Sticks

Hope you have a great month!

Enjoy!

This post has been linked to:

• Mommy's Kitchen Monthly Meal Plan