Meal Plan

I have a blogging friend named Kristen.  I know her through, my friend and college roommate, Mandy.  Kristen is someone who easily has the ability to encourage and inspire.  She has been posting meal plans recently.  I have been encouraged to do so myself.  

I, like Kristen, make most of the meals we eat here at home.  If and when the Morrison family goes out to eat, it is a big occasion.  Like today, we went out for lunch, after church, for Father's Day.  I enjoy preparing our food.  Making a meal plan for the week is very helpful.  Not only does it ease my mind going into my days, knowing what I will be cooking that night.  I also am able to make a more precise list of items needed from the store.  If I have a list, I am not as likely to go overboard with our spending.  

Let me say that having a list of the meals we will be having for supper for the week also helps me to be more efficent in prepping those meals.  So often, I wait until crunch time.  You know what time I am talking about, homemakers, the 5 o'clock hour.  If I prep a meal, say at rest time around 2pm, I will be able to ease into that cooking phase.  If I am not rushed and well prepped, I am more likely to involve the kids and not send them away for fear of delay.  

This afternoon I decided to rummage through my, very messy, recipe box.  I pulled out several dishes and additional things that I wanted to prepare this week.  I wrote a list of the meals that I wanted to fix.  I then took inventory of what we had in our refrigerator and pantry.  I jotted down a list of items that we were out of and items/ingredients we needed for the dishes I hoped to make.  I took my littlest two,  Kalen and Brayden, and we were off to Whole Foods.

Now, if I post these meals, I guess I will be more likely to follow through.  I'm excited!

Here is what the Morrison's will be having this week for supper:

Monday

Homemade Pizza-  homemade crust, pizza sauce, zucchini, onions, mushroom, tofu,broccoli and our special homemade cheese-like sauce  

we make two pizzas~ the kiddy pizza is more simple, of course

Tuesday

Mashed Potatoes, Cabbage, Fresh Green Beans, Black-eyed Peas & Fresh Bread

Wednesday

Tacos~ hard shelled tacos with refried beans, white rice, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, lettuce and avocado

Thursday

Baked Chili with Cornbread Biscuit Topping

Friday

Sweet Potato Fajitas with Chips & Salsa

Saturday

Veggie Burgers, Fries & Green Beans

Sunday

Spaghetti, Kale & Bread