Meals for next week!

Friday is the day that I sit down and plan out my meals for next week. If I don't have anything going on Friday night, I often take that opportunity to run out and get my groceries for the following week, otherwise, I try to go Saturday. Sometimes I end up with a little bit of extra meals from the week that can run over into the weekend, either because we unexpectedly ended up being gone at dinner and therefor didn't fix it or ate leftovers or something like that. Also, when I meal plan, I try to take into account what ingredients I may have leftover from recipes that I made last week and didn't use all of, cheeses, canned goods, etc. I try to make my ingredients stretch as far as I can...we shop on a budget. So this is what my meal list looks like for this week:

Saturday Lunch: Leftovers...clean out the fridge!
Saturday: Beef & Broccoli (still to fix from last week's grocery trip)
Sunday lunch: Chicken 'n Biscuits (also left over from last week's grocery trip)
Sunday dinner: Super Bowl Party at my mom's!!! Chicken Tortilla Soup & Glazed Brownies
Monday: Portobello Mushroom Pizzas
Tuesday: Enchilada Cupcakes
Wednesday: Fish Tacos
Thursday: Macaroni & Cheese
Friday: Dinner out with David's parents for his birthday!
Saturday lunch: Leftovers...clean out the fridge!
Extra recipes: Glazed Brownies (yes, again. Our family goes through about a pan a week, they are 3 points a piece and we always save points at the end of the night for them. I wouldn't survive without my taste of sweet!) and Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins - this one is new for me, but thought they would be a quick and yummy breakfast or snack for any of us!

Click Here for a copy of my grocery list for these menu item:
Meal Plan/Grocery List 1

What I do with my grocery list is write absolutely everything down...even things I'm quite certain I have. Then I go down to my kitchen and go through the list marking off everything I already have. Also, for the most part, I combine the amounts of each ingredient even if they are for different recipes, that way I know for sure how much of that item I need when I'm at the store. Most of these things I have recipes written down for, a couple of them are new ones that I found online or in cookbooks, so I don't have them written out yet as I always try them myself first, and a couple of them are my own new recipes I'm writing! Recipes for each one will be showing up this week on my blog, just maybe a day or two after I make it. So if you're wanting to use this meal plan this week, you might want to start the week with a couple of your own recipes (unless you get the ones I e-mail) and start your meal plan a couple days in so you are sure to have the recipes when you need them.

Please comment on any of the recipes with results of how you liked them or questions about fixing them or ingredients or whatever! Happy Cooking!!!