Menu Plan Monday 3/26/12

Out of Time Mom ♦ March 26, 2012 ♦ 1 Comment

This week, I decided to try to include a few meatless meals. The prices of meat are out of this world, and I can’t seem to adjust to the new normal for them. A good sale price to me used to be under $1.99/lb for ground beef. Now it’s apparently $2.69 or above. That puts a real pinch on my budget. I’ve been falling back on boneless skinless chicken breasts which I can still find for under $2.00/lb.

The Pasta with Asparagus is one of my favorite spring recipes because the prices of asparagus are low, and you can get cheaper grape or cherry tomatoes. I practically lived on this when I was an Out of Time Single Gal. It’s great topped with your choice of cheese. (Fontina is delish if you’re the fancy sort)

So this is what is on the plate this week. Special thanks to Orgjunkie.com for the Menu Plan Monday linkup.

Enjoy!

To see last weeks meal plan, you can see it here.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Prep work
Monday	Cereal and milk, with choice of fruit	Chef salad, crackers on the side	Pasta with Asparagus	Soak beans over night for chili
Tuesday	Egg and cheese on english muffin, choice of fruit	Pasta with Asparagus leftovers, served cold	Beef Chili with cornbread
Wednesday	Smoothie to go, made with fruit, spinach, silken tofu, and yogurt	Taco salad, served with corn chips (use chili leftovers)	Grilled Chicken with Daddy’s favorite potatoes	Cut up chicken into strips for stir fry and fajitas
Thursday	Cereal and milk, with choice of fruit	Turkey Sandwich with a side salad	Chicken Stir-fry with rice	Cut up veggies for stir fry, fajitas, and sides
Friday	Peanut butter and banana sandwiches	Tuna salad sandwich with cut up veggies	Chicken Fajitas	Prepare muffin batter
Saturday	Muffin madness (muffin recipe tbd)	Chicken fajita salad	Veggie Pizza with side salad
Sunday	Egg scramble with leftover veggies	Pizza leftovers	Out to dinner!