June's Month of Meals

Week 1

• Beef Stroganoff over Whole Wheat Noodles with Green Beans (crockpot)
• Baked Sweet Potatoes with Vegetable Salad
• Fish Tacos with Pepper Packet
• Oven Fried Chicken with Squash Casserole and side salad
• Chicken Tortilla Soup

Week 2

• BBQ Pork Sandwich with Baked Beans and Side Salad (crockpot)
• Broccoli Cheese Soup
• Catfish N Chips with Greens
• Black Bean Chicken Pizza
• BLTs with Carrot Chips and Ranch

Week 3

• Lemon Garlic Chicken (crockpot) with Rice and Green Beans
• Stuffed Green Peppers
• Tilapia Puttanesca with Rice
• Taco Roll with side salad
• Steak with Baked Potato and Side Salad

Week 4

• Asian Shredded Beef with Cabbage and Rice (crockpot)
• Artichoke and Spinach Lasagna
• Stir-fry Shrimp with Cheesy Grits
• Southwest Egg Rolls with side salad
• Turkey Burgers with Chips and Salsa

May's Month of Meals

Looks like a Yummy Month, if you ask me.

Week 1
Chicken Pot Pie
Jennifer's Macaroni and Cheese with side salad
Frogmore Stew
Tacos with Refried Beans and Salsa
Crockpot Chicken and Rice with Green Beans

Week 2
Chicken Berry Salad
Spinach Lasagna
Crunchy Lemon-Dill Salmon with Rice and Green Beans
Kate's French Dip Sandwiches with Side Salad
Beef Kabobs with Rice and Side Salad with Grilled Asparagus

Week 3
Meatloaf with Mixed Vegetables and Mashed Potatoes
Crockpot Mexican Chicken with rice and peppers and onions
Heather's Marinara with Spaghetti and side salad
Fish in Foil with Grilled Asparagus and Corn on the Cob
Hot Wings with side salad and Baked French Fries

Week 4
Pasta Fagioli and side salad
Whole Wheat Pancakes
California Roll Salad
Lean Hamburgers and Relish with Oven baked French Fries
Chicken Enchiladas with black beans and a side salad

April Month of Meals

I think were in for a pretty Appetizing April!!!

Week 1

• Fish with Black Bean Avocado Relish with Corn Tortillas
• Whole Wheat Pancakes and Fruit Salad
• Poppyseed Chicken over Rice and Green Beans
• Mexican Pork Roast with Pinto Beans and Side Salad
• Pork Chili and Cornbread

Week 2

• Spicy Seafood Stew
• Black Bean Soup
• Chicken Manicotti with Side Salad
• Apple Cheddar Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans
• Chicken Fajitas with Peppers and Onions and Black Beans

Week 3

• Pecan Crusted Fish with Peppers and Squash over Rice
• Vegetarian Chili and Cornbread
• Taco Beef Pot Pie with Side Salad
• Dixie Pork Chops with Wild Rice and Sweet Green Beans
• Omelets

Week 4

• Shanghai Pasta
• Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Grilled Asparagus and Rice
• Crockpot Tamale Pie
• Sausage and Rice Casserole with mixed vegetables
• Traditional Pizza with Side Salad

Week 5

Stockpile Creations

February Month of Meals

I hope this month's meals look as yummy to you as they do to me!

Week 1

• White Bean Chicken Chile with cornbread
• Tuna Mushroom Casserole with steamed broccoli
• Spinach Lasagna with a side salad
• Taco Roll with black beans
• Pumpkin Pancakes with Turkey Bacon or Ham

Week 2

• Chicken and Dumplings with green beans
• Pecan Encrusted Salmon with Cranberry Spinach Salad
• Spinach Lentil Soup with cornbread
• Southwest Egg Rolls with side salad and Mexican ranch
• Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with baked beans and fruit salad

Week 3

• Oven Fried Chicken with Squash Casserole and green beans
• Shrimp Kabobs with rice and asparagus packets
• Pinto Beans with cornbread and greens
• Spaghetti Pie with side salad
• Chicken Tortilla Soup

Week 4

• Cherry Chicken Lettuce Wraps
• Crunchy Oven Fried Tilapia with Hashbrown Casserole and green beans
• Eggplant Parmesan with spaghetti and side salad
• BBQ Pork Sandwiches with Baked Beans and coleslaw
• Mexican Pizza

Monthly Meals

Each month I am going to "try" to post a month worth of menus for my family's evening meals. This will include 5 meals per week, leaving 2 open for leftovers or restaurants. Not only does meal planning get Donna's stamp of approval, it is also a great tip for saving time, money, and Calories. Although the planning stage for this process is very timely (took me about 3 hours to gather recipes and compile a grocery list for the month- lucky for you, you could just skip this part and copy mine); once the menu is posted I can prepare for my weekly grocery trip in a snap. I also save time during food preparation because I can often prep for some dishes while I am preparing for others. For example, if I was going to have Mexican Chicken Pizza and Chicken Tortilla Soup in the same month, I would prepare the chicken for both dishes at the same time and then freeze the chicken for the second meal until time to prepare that recipe.

I save money by stockpiling my ingredients as they go on sale throughout the month. For example, if I know that I am going to have 5 chicken dishes in a month, I will wait until the chicken goes on sale and then buy enough chicken to cover all 5 meals. It also saves me money because when I pre-plan for meals and even pre-prepare some meals I am much less likely to go out to eat which not only saves money but also brings us to our last benefit- saves you Calories.

Eating at home can easily save you half the Calories, fat, sugar, sodium, etc. etc. etc. then eating a similar dish at a restaurant. (Restaurant Eating is a soapbox I would love to stand on for a while but rather I will save it for a future "Wellness Wednesday" post.) If you choose to copy my menu for the month let me warn you- not all my recipes are necessarily "diet" choices but all can easily fit into a healthy meal plan. Each week I do try to plan for at least 1 chicken dish, 1 fish dish, and 1 meatless dish and I try to limit "heavy" recipes to no more than 1 a week.

At this time the recipes will not be posted until the respected week they will be eaten, however as I start to repeat recipes (thus have them saved on the blog and can just reference them) I will try to provide them with the Monthly menu post. Does that make sense? Hope this helps! I would love some feedback!