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November Menu Plan

November 1, 2009 | 9 Comments
food collage

As most all of you do, I love Fall, I love the trees changing colors, all the great food, and especially the holidays. November is a very busy month for us, we have 3 birthdays, mine, my husbands and my middle son will turn 16. And of course, all the great Thanksgiving food that I… [Continue Reading]

October Menu Plan

October 4, 2009 | 6 Comments
Taco Soup.fixed.

One of the best things about Fall is being able to cook and bake. I love cooking all the soups, stews and casseroles, and of course, baking all the yummy apple and pumpkin desserts. I’ve combined some old favorites and some new recipes for our October Menu. When I plan our meals, I try to… [Continue Reading]

Meal Planning 101 ~ Shopping

September 4, 2009 | 5 Comments
Aldis 8.25.09.2

We are wrapping up the Meal Planning 101 series over at  The Happy Housewife with shopping, sales and stockpiling. Planning ~ In the first week, we made a list of 40 meals, then we added 5 meals and some sides. Earlier this week I shared my September Menu Plan, if you haven’t seen it, please… [Continue Reading]

September Menu Plan

August 30, 2009 | 18 Comments
Lasagna.2

Menu planning has been a key to saving money for me. It’s much easier to grocery shop (going one or even two times per week saves money), schedule my day, get work done at home and most importantly, if I know what we are having, it eliminates (for the most part) the last minute going… [Continue Reading]

Meal Planning 101 – Week 2

August 27, 2009 | 3 Comments
Tostadas.2

Last week was the first step in Meal Planning 101 over at  The Happy Housewife. We came up with 15 meals. This week we are adding 5 more meals and side dishes. I have to be honest, I have an easy time coming up with the main dish, but really can’t seem to plan the… [Continue Reading]

Menu Planning ~ 15 Meals

August 21, 2009 | 5 Comments
Chicken Boiling

I have been reading and enjoying The Happy Housewife blog for quite awhile, recently she started a series about Menu Planning. I have menu planned for several years, actually even before I knew it was the “thing” to do. Why should you meal plan? There are lots of reasons, the most important is to cut… [Continue Reading]

August Menu Plan

August 9, 2009 | 3 Comments
Pasta Salad.2

Sorry for my absence last week, but what an exciting week we had. We left on Friday evening (late because of football) to play in the Ohio Valley Regional Babe Ruth Tourney, after winning the Northern Indiana State Tourney.  We traveled 4 1/2 hours and got in very late. I will share more on the… [Continue Reading]