In an attempt to be better stewards of our funds I am trying to cut our grocery bill. There are 6 members of our family, there are basically 4 that eat as adults and then 2 younger littles that eat about as much as one adult together. One of the areas that we seem to spend the most money on is snacks. The littles will go through a bag a chips in one sitting. I try not to buy too many of them, or shop at Aldi's if I do, but DaddyLittle thinks we need to have them in the house. Another area that has caused our meal planning to become more of a challenge has been DaddyLittle's schedule change. It has been really hard on me to try to work around the time that he is at home. With all that in mind here are my plans for the week. I plan on getting the snacks made up the weekend before so they are ready to go for the week. Some of the cookies will go into the freezer so they won't all end up in the tummies of the Littles at once. I am going to try a couple of new recipes this week from a Gooseberry Patch cookbook called "5 Ingredients or Less"
Snacks made this weekend: 6 dozen chocolate chip cookies, 2 dozen white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, 2 batches caramel chex mix, 2 batches Puppy chow or Muddy Buddies Mix
Menu: Monday: Breakfast Eggs, toast, milk and OJ
Lunch Chicken Strips, Cottage Cheese, Peaches
Dinner Maid Rites, Corn on the cob, Orange Fluff
Tuesday: Breakfast Cereal, Bananas, Milk
Lunch Hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, pineapple bits
Dinner Baked Ziti, Green Salad, Garlic Bread
Wednesday: Breakfast Pancakes, Sausage, Milk
Lunch Frozen Pizza
Dinner Newlywed Beef and Noodles (5IOL)
Thursday: Breakfast Eggs, Toast, Milk and OJ
Lunch Sandwiches
Dinner Mary's Pork Chops ( 5IOL), Mahed potatoes, green beans
Friday Breakfast Funnel Cakes, strawberries
Lunch Chef Salad
Dinner Chili w/ cheese, cornbread
Saturday Breakfast Cereal, Milk and Fruit
Lunch Savory Sandwich Ring
Dinner Meatloaf, Super Potato Casserole (5IOL), green beans
Sunday Breakfast Pancakes, Bacon
Lunch Baked potato and salad bar
Dinner Chicken and Stuffing Bake (5IOL)
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