Menu Plan Monday - Week of April 8, 2018

I found this photo of taco salad from who knows how long ago - yum!  I may have to put it on the menu next week because it just looks SO good!

We received more snow this week.  Snow.  In April.  Not a "dusting", mind, but a full 3 inches or so.  I really am done with winter.  But, I guess winter is not done with us, so I will keep planning my garden and push through until spring actually arrives!  Where we live, snow is always a possibility all the way up through Mother's Day in May (this year, May 13).  This winter has just seemed long. 

John and I ran to the grocery store on Friday evening last week, since we had other events all day on Saturday and were also planning on being busy Sunday afternoon.  Whole chickens were on sale for 79-cents/pound so I bought two - which is what our grocery budget could afford. I would have loved to buy more but the budget is tight and the freezer is nearly full still, so two it was. We also bought grapes at $1.69/lb (the cheapest fruit there was other than bananas - we bought those too), a bag of grapefruit (since we had a coupon and had not bought any this winter - we paid $1.72/lb with the coupon), Smart Balance and yogurt. 

We have a lot of food in the house - spinach, apples, carrots and celery for fresh vegetables and fruit in the refrigerator, and plenty of canned goods in the pantry.  We did run out of peanut butter - I'm not sure how that happened - but a church member told us to take home the leftover bread and peanut butter (half a loaf and a partially used jar) after a church event.  They wanted them to be eaten instead of thrown away, so we obliged!  I added peanut butter to the list for this week's shopping trip.  We also have plenty of other food in the freezer and pantry, so a small shopping trip was just fine.

Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday, April 8:
     Breakfast: Toast with Peanut Butter, Blueberry-Banana Smoothies
     Lunch: Sandwiches, Apples
     Snack: Grapes
     Dinner: Taco Soup, Tortilla Chips

Monday, April 9:
     Breakfast: Cold Cereal with Milk
     Lunch: Leftover Soup
     Snack: Grapefruit or Grapes
     Dinner: Chicken Legs, Rice, Apple-Grape Salad

Tuesday, April 10:
      Breakfast: Oatmeal with Blueberries and Walnuts
      Lunch: Leftover Soup
      Snack: No Bake Energy Bites
      Dinner: Beef Gravy, Noodles, Grape-Banana Salad

Wednesday, April 11:
     Breakfast: Lemon Scones, Yogurt
     Lunch: Leftover Gravy and Noodles
     Snack: No Bake Energy Bites
     Dinner: Rice Bowl with Egg and Spinach

Thursday, April 12:
      Breakfast: Oatmeal Muffins, Scrambled Eggs
      Lunch: Spinach Salad with Craisins and Walnuts
      Snack: No Bake Energy Bites
      Dinner: Sheet Pan Dinner - Sausage, Potatoes, Green Beans

Friday, April 13:
     Breakfast: Waffles with Peach Jam
     Lunch: Spinach Salad with Craisins and Walnuts, Peach Smoothie
     Snack: No Bake Energy Bites
     Dinner: Homemade Pizza and Breadsticks

Saturday, April 14:
     Breakfast: Cinnamon Muffins, Blueberry-Banana Smoothies
     Lunch: Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, Carrot and Celery Sticks, Apples and Grapes (at a dance competition)
     Snack: Homemade Sugar Cookies, Carrot Sticks, or Yogurt
     Dinner: Homemade Chili, Cornbread

What are you eating this week?

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