The winds of change are blowing around here at Heritage Schoolhouse. Next week my daughter will begin her sophomore year of high school, my son is going into junior high, I am starting back to work after staying home for fifteen years, and my son will begin playing on a competitive soccer team that will require travel most weekends. Whew! It is going to take awhile to adjust to our new routines. I know one thing that I can do to make the transition smoother is for me to get back into the habit of routine menu planning. When my children were little, and during the years we home schooled, I almost always menu planned, but after the kids started back to public school three years ago, I gradually stopped planning. Mostly due to the fact that I had much less pressure to know what was for dinner each night. I had the luxury of waiting until the last minute as well as the opportunity to stop by the store when I was in town after dropping the kids off at school or before I picked them up. This year, after working all day and picking the kids up from school, stopping by the store around 5:00 pm will probably not be too high on my list of favorite activities! I need to have a weekly plan and get my shopping done once a week. So, therefore, Menu Plan Monday is back! I hope you get inspired to get your menus planned in advance, too, and if you have any favorite weeknight meals that your family loves, feel free to tell me about them in the comments.
Menu Plan
August 19th-25th
Sunday
out to eat
Monday
fettuccine alfredo, lettuce and tomato salad, rosemary rolls
Tuesday
hamburgers, spicy potato wedges, baked beans
Wednesday
mexican lasagna, chuy's jalapeño ranch dip, tortilla chips
Thursday
old fashioned chicken and dumplings, lettuce and tomato salad, brownies
Friday
poppyseed chicken, buttered corn, lettuce and tomato salad, dinner rolls
Saturday
out of town