In my house we plan meals out a month in advance. I keep a word document of all my meals; breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Then I write them up on the fridge on an organized menu board magnet weekly. That way my husband can see it and help with them too. It has made our nights in the kitchen after work so simple and fun together!
Below you will find my monthly meal planner and some easy steps toward making your own!
I love to bake, cook, and create in the kitchen! There's nothing that I haven't attempted at least once... but there are some staples that we as a family love! I keep a recipe book and try to write down a good one when I create it, but just know I rarely measure much of anything! I will post my recipes on here for you as often as I can!
Scroll down to check some out!
Here are my tips/to dos for planning your months meals.
This is how I do it. Once I have followed these steps I sit down and look back through the menu plugging in any holes and making my grocery list of what is needed and what we already have. If there are recipes I need to find I also do that at this time. If your family eats out this would also be a good time to plug in those nights out and plan them ahead of time.
Ingredients:
3 chicken breasts
1 block of cream cheese
3/4 bottle Italian Dressing (I love the Olive Garden Brand)
1 cup parmesan cheese
1lb box rotini pasta
1/2 cup heavy cream
salt & pepper to taste
How to make:
Dump chicken breasts & italian seasoning in crockpot on low for 4 hours. After 3 hours add in the cream cheese. After 4 hours, shred chicken & dump back in. Then mix cream cheese, italian dressing, heavy cream and chicken in crockpot and put on warm. Boil rotini on stovetop, drain, and then add to crockpot. Add in parmesan cheese and salt & pepper. Mix well and serve!
Ingredients:
1lb ground beef
1 bell pepper chopped
1 medium onion chopped
2 tbsp minced garlic
8oz ca tomato sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
2tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
How to make:
Brown beef in skillet with onion, minced garlic, and bell pepper. Once beef is cooked add in tomato sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, and ketchup. Let simmer on medium low heat and sprinkle in your brown sugar. Heat to your desired thickness, stirring as you go.
Eat with buns of your choice!
Ingredients:
2- 2lb bag frozen diced potatoes
1 tspn onion powder
1 tspn garlic powder
6 cups chicken broth
2 10oz cans of cream of chicken soup
2 cups cheddar cheese
1 8oz block of cream cheese
1 cup heavy cream
salt & pepper to taste
How to make:
Dump potatoes in your crockpot and season with garlic powder, onion powder, and salt/pepper. Pour in cream of chicken soup and chicken broth and stir well. Cook on low for 5.5 hours. Then cube up cream cheese and dump into crockpot. Stir and mix in 1 cup of cheddar cheese and your heavy cream. Cover and continue cooking on low for another 30 minutes. Top with remaining cheddar cheese and enjoy!
Ingredients:
3-4lb chuck roast
1 tspn salt
1/2 tspn pepper
1 italian dressing seasoning mix
2 cups beef broth
1 jar Peperoncino
provolone cheese slices
hoagie or sub buns
How to make:
Put roast in crockpot, dump in salt, pepper, and italian seasoning mix. Add in beef broth and 1/2 the jar of peperoncino juice. Cut up 5 peperoncinos and add them into the mix. Cook on low for 10 hours. Pull out and shred meat. Toast sub buns if you want, then put shredded meat on them with a slice of provolone on top, letting the meat melt the cheese. Add more peperoncinos as desired and drizzle some of that broth seasoning left in crockpot over your sub. YUM!
Ingredients:
3 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
1/2 tspn vanilla
1 1/2 cup peanut butter
4 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
How to make:
In a sauce pan over medium heat combine sugar, butter, and milk. Bring to a rapid boil and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, add vanilla and peanut butter, mix well. Fold in oats, mixing as you go. Once combined drop by spoonful onto wax paper. Let cool until they're set. Enjoy with a glass of milk!
Ingredients:
12 Sister Schubert frozen rolls
2 cups cooked shredded chicken
3 oz of pesto
3 tbsp melted butter
12 slices provolone cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup mayo
How to make:
Preheat oven to 400*. Cut rolls in half and spread mayo on all bottom pieces. Tuck them into the oven for 3-5 minutes. Once out of oven add chicken onto the bottom piece with some pesto on top of each piece. Then top the chicken pesto bottom with provolone cheese and some sprinkled mozzarella. Melt butter in small bowl. Add the top of the roll back onto the sandwich stack and brush with the melted butter. Bake for 10 minutes together and then allow for them to cool. These can be placed in freezer to be easily reheated in the microwave or eaten immediately.
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