Monday menu

One of the things I do to help budgeting/organizing is to make a weekly menu. I generally plan according to the activities we have scheduled but inevitably something must be changed. I make my menu usually on Thursdays as I grocery shop on Fridays. One of my favorite blog writers shares her menu planning every Monday on her site

I’m an Organizing Junkie » My passion is organizing, join me as I attempt to get others hooked along with me!

She has many followers who also share their menus. I like to read what everyone else is having, sometimes it prompts me to get out of a rut and try something new. By the way, Organizing Junkie has lots of great tips for organizing on the cheap. She doesn't always have the coolest, matching baskets from Ikea or Target, in fact she loves the dollar store. She is worth checking out. I love her no nonsense, get 'er done approach.

Anyway, I thought I'd share my menu for the week: (didn't include Sat/Sun since they have already passed)

Monday: spaghetti and salad
Tuesday: breakfast for dinner (probably pancakes-don't tell my family it's Fiber One pancake mix!) and berries
Wednesday: take out- dance class night and meeting with new realtor
Thursday: veggie/chicken nuggets/wings salads (my excuse to get everyone to eat salads!) and fruit, gotta have a quick dinner because this is school conference night
Friday: lasagna and salad or steamed veggies

OK, so I don't usually have pasta twice in one week but the kids are requesting spaghetti and I already had the ricotta cheese for the lasagna, see what I mean, things get changed. I also write my menus on a monthly calendar page so I can see what we have had recently. Sometimes I'll think "didn't we just eat this?" and it makes it easy to check. I just download a free blank calendar page, print it out, and stick it in my coupon binder which is where I keep all my grocery stuff.