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Monday Meal Plan


Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend! I took the girls to see a Cinderella play at a local high school on Friday, and they loved it. I did too, to tell the truth! Then on Friday we went shopping for new sheets for our bed. We have a regular sized mattress, but we added a foam topper and a mattress pad and suddenly, none of our regular depth sheets fit. It's kind of hard to find deep pocket sheets that don't cost and arm and a leg! But we found a pair at Ross, and so far we like them and they are staying on!

Anyway, after all that fun stuff, I had to get down to business meal! It takes time to do meal planning, but it is so worth it when you have everything planned out for your suppers.

I have been making soup for my husbands lunch for probably about 3 or 4 years now. Maybe longer! He finally told me that he is getting tired of soup. So I am varying things up a bit with cold sandwiches, hot sandwiches and then I will make soup maybe every 3-4 weeks. So you will see some new lunch ideas here soon!

Here is a post I did all about how I meal plan. I don't list them in any order and Saturdays for lunch is when we usually try to eat up leftovers. Also, this week I am trying to use up some chicken and pork that I have in my freezer before I got out and by more. Ok, now on to business.


(I'll be working on changing some of these food pictures soon! Sorry! 😳)

1. Chicken Potato Casserole
2. Parmesan Chicken
3. Stromboli
4. Slow Cooker Shredded Pork over Mashed Potatoes
5. Barbecue Pork Sandwiches
6. Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche
7. Slow Cooker Spicy Chicken Legs 
8. Homemade Pizza
9. Pancakes and Sausage
10.Pork and Gravy (leftover)
11. Cheesy Pepperoni Pasta
12. BBQ Bacon Pepperjack Stuffed Chicken
13. Chicken Fried Rice
14.Chicken Egg Noodle Casserole

Husband's Packed Lunches: Cold Ham Sandwiches, Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches, and Cheese-steak sloppy joes. I also make Breakfast Burritos for his morning break.

Daughters School Lunches: (see my new weekly lunch post here!) I'm trying two new things these next two weeks. I will alternate with ham/cheese sandwiches, pbj sandwiches, ham/cheese kabobs, peppeoni/cheese kabobs -and my new options-hard boiled eggs and chef salad with ham.

My youngest daughter and I eat whatever leftovers we have, sometimes I'll make me some taco soup, or sandwiches or whatever really!

I plan to share some of the other recipes over the next two weeks. Until then, have a good day!!

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