Menu Plan Monday • September 2025
We are still pretty much taking things a week at a time with what days we will be home so we really don’t have a [meal plan]. I have been doing at least one big grocery haul a month and try to keep ingredients on hand for 7-8 meals, ready for the days we are cooking dinner at home. I also started up @everyplate again and will get one shipment a month.
*[08.30 & 08.31 - crab cakes, potato salad, & roasted brussels]
09.01 - Chicken Parmesan
09.02 - * Peter was away | I ordered out
09.03 • Spaghetti & garlic bread (+ dinner for boys after school + I froze a bag of sauce for a future meal) garlic bread was an add-on in E/P box)
09.04 - E/P meal • Buffalo Ranch Chicken, mashed potatoes & roasted carrots
09.05 - lunch=From Scratch | dinner=pizza
09.06 - E/P meal • Balsamic Meatballs, parsley & butter potatoes, green beans and yeast rolls (I made 3 pans of rolls and sent 2 to the after-funeral meal)
09.07 - E/P meal • burgers & homemade fries
09.08 - beef stroganoff over noodles, roasted cauliflower, and garlic toast (*steak for stroganoff and garlic toast were add ons in E/P box)
09.09 - lunch= From Scratch | Dinner= Caesar Salad (add-on in E/P box)
09.10 - Chicken Pot Pies (1 for us + 1 for K & boys)
09.11 - Meatloaf, parsley & butter potatoes, garden salad
09.12 - lunch = Jersey Mikes | dinner = Pizza
09.13 - late lunch at Mallard’s
09.14 - grilled steaks w/ mushrooms & onions, grilled Caesar salad, & onion rings
09.15 - teriyaki beef & broccoli w/rice and jello salad
I have lots of meats in the freezer, but will need to make another little grocery haul soon. Planning meals and having ingredients on hand for the days I am cooking really helps with the grocery budget and doing a subscription boxed meal once a month adds a little variety to the menu. We will be away a few days over the next 2 weeks but I have meals planned for the days we are home including - TikTok Pasta w/shrimp & garlic toast • pork tenderloin • stuffed peppers • steak subs • chicken casserole • sweet & sour chicken • crock pot chicken thighs. Also, still using the rice cooker which makes THE BEST sticky rice and is a super cheap but delicious side to any meal.
