Category: Meal Plan

This Week in the Kitchen: Five Day Easy Meal Plan

2/3/2020

Here's a simple meal plan for the week.
I don't know about you but I am one
busy lady managing a home
and a homeschool!
Daily meals matter around here.
They need to be quick and easy to prepare,
nutritious, and kid-friendly.

I've designated "leftover" days
for the dinner meal twice this week,
because they are my saving grace.
If I have any appointments
scheduled or errands to run,
it helps to make double portions of
dinner meals so there will be plenty
of leftovers for those extra busy days.

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Happy meal making!

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Weekly Meal Plan: Five Kid-Friendly Lunches to Munch

1/25/2020

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If you are looking for kid-friendly lunch ideas, let me help you out this week. Scroll down below for an easy, kid-friendly, five day lunch plan.

MONDAY: Ravioli, broccoli & dip, grapes, chocolate pudding pie

The Details:
Boil frozen ravioli for 5 minutes, top with your favorite spaghetti sauce, and this lunch is on the table quickly. Add a serving of grapes, and broccoli spears with dip, and call it a lunch. For a simple dessert add a chocolate pudding cup, or whip up an easy Jell-O Chocolate Pudding Pie in advance. Recipe below.

Chocolate Pudding Pie

TUESDAY: Pigs in a blanket, carrots & dip, applesauce, Goldfish, brownie

The Details:
Bake tasty piggies in blankets. I used a Piggy Pop mold to make them, but they can be made just as easily by using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Recipe below. Add a serving of Goldfish for crunch, carrot sticks with dip, and applesauce. Finish it off with a chocolate brownie for a sweet treat.

Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, tater tots, corn, mandarin oranges, cookie

The Details:
Bake chicken nuggets and tater tots. Add a serving of sweet corn and mandarin oranges on the side. End it with a tasty, chocolate chip cookie treat.

Thursday: Chicken quesadillas, grapes, broccoli & dip, Goldfish, peanut butter fudge

The Details:
Mix diced, cooked chicken with shredded cheddar cheese and salsa or ranch dressing. Fill tortillas with the mixture and cook the quesadillas for a quick Mexican style lunch. Add a serving of fruit and veggies, add some crunch with Goldfish or chips. Finish off the meal with your favorite sweet treat.

Friday: Pizza rolls, pickles, puffed corn, and peach cobbler

The Details:
Bake some yummy, ooey, gooey pizza rolls. Add a serving of puffed corn and a side of pickles. Don't forget that sweet treat... peach cobbler!

I have a hunch the kids will love to munch on these bunches of lunches!

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Weekly Walmart Grocery Pickup Haul & Meal Plan

7/12/2019

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This week's grocery haul was brought to you by... me... and my local Walmart Grocery Pickup service... saving me time and money. But before I get to the grocery haul, I have somewhat of a disclaimer to make here...a large part of what helps me save time and money on groceries is meal planning. I purchase the food items that are necessary to make the meals that I've planned to make for the week. It's that simple. Here's a sample meal plan for the week. It's nothing fancy.

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I did have some of the ingredients already on hand, pantry items such as flour, sugar, salt, peanut butter, etc. The rest of it was ordered online through Walmart's Grocery Pickup Service and then I scheduled a pickup time. Super easy. I spent a total of $96.77 to feed a family of four for the week. Some items were non food items like paper towels and such, but all in all it was a pretty decent deal.

Now on with the grocery haul. A few of the food items purchased like the yogurt and frozen blueberries were for my own individual breakfast. I didn't list that on the menu because it wasn't what the family was having for breakfast but my own little thing.