Monday, November 7, 2011

My $200 menu

I wrote about spending $400 per month, but I really broke it into 15 days each at $200 cash for my goal.

So far so good!

Breakfast:
Oatmeal, cereal, Eggs, muffins, french toast, waffles

Lunch:
Leftovers mostly with PBJ, noodle soup, buttered pasta, grilled cheese, rice bowls

Dinner:
Sunday, Spinach/chicken soup with baguette
Monday, Chicken pot pie with dumplings on top
Tuesday, Potato pancakes, apple chicken sausage and applesauce with a salad
Wednesday, BLT's (forgot the tomatoes, but no one missed them!) with Chips and salad
Thursday, Baked Penne pasta with homemade garlic bread and salad
Friday, Homemade pizza with homemade sauce.  I doctored up the leftover spaghetti sauce from the night before and everyone said this sauce was the best they'd ever had.  Go frugal me! Salad
Saturday, Chicken tacos with homemade tortillas.  Huge favorite!
Sunday, White chicken chili with crackers
Monday, Roast chicken, roasted cauliflower/carrots and buttered penne

Earlier today I made a broccoli/potato cheese soup with leftover chicken sausage from the Friday pizza.

Tuesday, Chicken sausage, bell peppers, fried potatoes
Wednesday, Chicken Stir fry from leftover roasted chicken and bell peppers from Tuesday
Thursday, Must go, everything in the fridge is a must go
Friday, Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli
Saturday, Chicken/rice soup with homemade bread
Sunday, Fried chicken, cheesy rice casserole with salad
Monday, Pasta, salad, homemade garlic bread
Tuesday, Grilled cheese sandwiches, glazed carrots and salad

This should get me before next pay day.  I haven't had too many surprises, but I will say, the pace is kind of killing me.  I'm devoting so much time to cooking and prep that I think I'm going to have to take that into consideration for the next 15 day segment.  Oh and breakfast for dinner is probably going to get swapped soon because I have a crappy head cold.  Let me know if you want me to post any recipes.

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