Menu Plan | off-week report
On Saturdays, I share my menu plan for the upcoming week along with a photo of my groceries and a tally of my spending. My goal is to spend $100/week for our food, toiletries, and cleaning products. I'm currently in the midst of trying to buy more local, sustainably-produced food while sticking to my budget. Can it be done? I don't know, but I'm going to try, and I'll share what I learn as I go along.
Woohoo for the no-grocery-shopping weeks. Love them!
We did get to go pick some strawberries at my parents' house, since they were gone on vacation this past week. I do so appreciate their habit of being out of town when their garden is producing good things. 😉
Breakfast options this week will be yogurt, fruit, muffins, toast, scrambled eggs, and cereal.
Lunches will be comprised of sandwiches made with whole wheat bread, homemade yogurt, yogurt smoothies, cottage cheese, fruit, raw veggies, nuts, cheese, and leftovers as necessary. Of course, we don't eat all of that every single day...it's just a list of the things the kids and I choose from for lunch. And Mr. FG eats leftovers for lunch pretty much every day.
Here's the dinner plan:
Saturday
- We're grilling out with my extended family.
Sunday
- either some snacky stuff or French toast, depending on how our day goes.
Monday
- Grilled Hamburgers
- Zucchini Patties
- watermelon
Tuesday
- Panini Sandwiches
- fruit salad
- green beans
Wednesday
- Shrimp Enchiladas (a new recipe, while I'll share if it's good!)
- chips and salsa
- fruit
Thursday
- Grilled Chicken Sandwiches
- green salad
Friday
- Homemade Pizza
Have a lovely weekend, dear readers.
(p.s. My Libman $100 Visa gift card giveaway ends on 5/31. To enter, you just have to leave a comment on the giveaway post. Easy-peasy.)
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wow those berries look so good,,ours won't be pickable until the end of june first part of july.
Mmm! Love fresh picked strawberries. My rhubarb is ready to harvest, but my strawberries have another month. I guess it will be frozen strawberry and rhubarb pie for dessert tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend, too!
Wow those strawberries look great! I love looking at your menu plan. I'm not very good at menu planning but I'm trying to be and your menu's are inspiring. I'm looking forward to the shrimp enchilada recipe being shared if you find it's a good one. It sounds fantastic!
I like the idea of the zucchini patties. And when I checked out Taste of Home, I came up with a recipe for a creamy feta spinach dip. Having just bought fresh spinach today at the Farmers' Market and bought some fresh spinach--and I have most of the main ingredients, so that will be good for our cook out. And I also found a site to make your own seasoning mix for the zucchini patties.
Looking forward to summer and more locally produced fresh vegetables.
FYI - twice this week when visiting your site, I have been redirected to a malware site that told me I had viruses and started an install process on my computer (which I promptly aborted!) -- I thought the first time was a fluke, but this time I definitely didn't click anything or have any other windows open. I can't get it to redirect me on purpose, which makes me thing that it might be one of your as services doing some shady business on random page loads?
I had the problem on Sat, 28 May on my Mac - I think before noon FG time. My web-based email, a blogsite, FG, and a random site I linked to via some frugal blog or another (MSM? FG? other?) were all open on Firefox. I ascribed it to the random site but given what zoe says, it's possible it happened via FG's site.
Maybe Mr. FG has some insight to contribute?
Oh, interesting - maybe it's worth mentioning that I'm on a mac too.
I scanned my site and found nothing, but I've sent a support request off to my web host for help. I removed a couple of widgets from my sidebar as well. I've clicked on numerous pages on my blog using different browsers and different computers and I haven't managed to get the malware thing to come up. Maybe it's hiding from me.
*ad services I mean :S
Yumm! Fresh strawberries!! 😉
I expected "...and STRAWBERRIES..." at the end of each part of your menu plan... 🙂 Oh, and if you don't read already read Smitten Kitchen, stroll over to see her summer strawberry cake. One just got finished off at my office, and the folk can't stop talking about it. Easy, not toooooo sweet, but YUMMY!