Tag: menu planning

We have been on the go lately. It’s not usual for us to be out and about and in town several days each week, but that’s what the last couple of weeks have looked like. I’m happy to be home and pulling things back toward normalcy this week. I’ve had quite a few questions about…

No fanfare. Nothing special to say this week. Simply put, here’s our menu for the week. Sunday: Breakfast: Audrey’s Coffee Cake Lunch: Turkey and cheese sandwiches and chips after church. We’ll take a huge platter of Dani’s BIG chocolate chip cookies to share. Dinner: Wild Dinner! (Our son’s term for our Sunday evening, every-man-for-himself snack…

        My family survived two weeks without a menu plan. Let me tell you, it wasn’t pretty. If I thought of something in the morning that I’d like to make for dinner, I’d find that one or more necessary ingredients were no longer in the pantry or freezer. Too many days I found myself standing…

     Menu planning is made for week’s like last week! Monday evening Copper headed out of town early for a church leadership meeting. Copper’s Dad and his wife joined us Tuesday for a meal. Wednesday Dani put in our garden, and William needed an emergency run to the orthodontist to repair his braces. He also…

          One of the best parts about Menu Planning is when the unexpected happens. This past week, two of my planned meals weren’t used. One meal was missed when my son, Aaron, took us all out for dinner.  The second meal was missed on a day I knew I’d be in town. I’d planned,…

          I’m glad, and relieved, to be back to menu planning on a regular basis. Menu planning is, of course, budget friendly. That alone is a good enough reason to take the time to do it on a regular basis. It also reduces stress by not having that five o’clock panic about what on…