Saturday, September 1, 2012

September Meals

We are on to another month.  The freezer meals from last month turned out awesome.  It was incredibly convenient and I spent about 5 minutes preparing the meal instead of 30.  I will take any time saving ideas. 
I had some questions from some people about the recipes..
1.  We have pizza once a week.  Almost always on Friday.  Where we get the pizza depends on week to week.  If I have good coupons for pizza and it is on sale, the pizza comes from the store frozen.  If we are out and about, we pick up if we are on our way home or eat somewhere like Old Towne Pizza in downtown Dawsonville. 
2.  Almost every meal, we have fresh veggies.  (Cucumbers, carrots, celery, broccoli, etc)  If the recipe is for example Beef Stew, than we don't have veggies.  If the meal has pasta in it, we won't have bread...except when we have Spaghetti or Lasagna, I add garlic bread.  I buy frozen bread loafs or crescent rolls, once again depending on what kind of coupons I have.  If you don't know yet, I do not buy anything with out a coupon and/or it being on sale.  Other than that, sometimes I add rice or fresh fruit and a scoop of ice cream for desert or a homemade cookie.  I love making different deserts and that happens randomly. 
3.  I rarely do boxed meals, ie mac and cheese.  Maybe on weekends for a side.  I would grill chicken and then add mac and cheese for a side.  Mostly I use homemade.  May be a pain sometimes, but much cheaper and healthier in the long run.
4.  We eat lot of chicken.  Why?  One word, CHEAP!  I get it where I can find it the cheapest.  I don't do organic unless and I can get some tremendous deal.  I survived..and so will my children. 
5.  I get nearly all of my recipes from 1 of 3 places...1.  allrecipes.com     2.  pinterest   or 3.  My mom.

Hope that answers your questions.


Sat 1          college football kick off.  crockpot queso blanco with chips and chicken wings 
GO BLUE! GO BRONCOS!
Sun 2          bratts on the grill   
Mon 3         cookout and friends
Tues 4         healthy BBQ chicken crockpot
Wed 5         spaghetti and meatsauce
Thurs 6        crockpot chicken tacos
Fri 7            Pizza
Sat 8           sesame chicken strips
Sun 9          at lake-picnic dinner
Mon 10       BLT's
Tues 11       chicken and dumplings casserole
Wed 12       jambalaya
Thurs 13      crockpot chicken fajitas
Fri 14          Pizza
Sat 15         worlds best chicken
Sun 16        cheesy chicken ranch lasagna
Mon 17       loaded potato soup
Tues 18       chicken roll ups
Wed 19       tacos
Thur 20       chicken tetrazinni
Fri 21          Pizza
Sat 22          grilled pork loin
Sun 23          lasagna soup
Mon 24        grilled fish
Tues 25        chicken and dumpling bake
Wed 26       sour cream and bacon crockpot chicken
Thurs 27       crockpot mac and cheese
Fri 28           Pizza
Sat 29          hamburgers
Sun 30         porkchops

1 comment:

Joy B. said...

Angie. . . I am so proud of you . . . you are so organized with your meal planning and that makes for much easier evenings. . . way to go! Jumbalaya. . . now that sounds yummy, I'll have to get that one from you, also the dish with dumplings. Love, mom