Menu plan Nov 6-13th

Breakfasts:
Apple/cinnamon oatmeal
Cereal,milk
Scrambled eggs, toast
Sweet potato pancakes, syrup
Sausage balls, fried potatoes
Gingerbread waffles, nutmeg sauce
Out w/ Joe's dad
Honey whole wheat bagels w/ butter or jelly, scrambled eggs

Lunches:
Homemade tuna salad sandwiches, carrot sticks
Out w/ Joe's dad after church
Leftover veggie soup from the freezer, crackers
Homemade mac-n-cheese, fresh broccoli
Grilled cheese sandwiches, apple slices
Fried rice using l/o rice, mandarin oranges
Bean chili, l/o bread
Out w/ Joe

Dinners:
Fried pork chops, augratin taters, lima beans
Turkey tacos, homemade refried beans and tortillas
Beans and rice using leftover pinto beans from refried beans, carrot sticks
Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob
Beef stroganoff, rice, peas and carrots
Homemade biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs
Baked pork chops, homemade dressing, green beans
Homemade Outback walkabout soup, homemade bread

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A Frugal Monday

It's November 2nd and I can't believe it's already this close to Christmas. This morning I ordered some items from Etsy to save me from having to actually shop at a store. Just as frugal with the items I bought, but I won't have to battle the crowds, which simplifies my holidays a bit. I have 6 people in the extended family left to buy for and a few more left to buy, along with stocking stuffers for my my kids. I'm hoping to be done by December 1st, so that I can enjoy the holiday and do lots of baking.

Today is a frugal, simple day. We're staying at home, eating scrambled eggs and toast for lunch and chicken potpie and salad for dinner. I'm going to be doing some de-cluttering to see if I have anything else to take to the consignment shop. I'm also going to try and make a menu to last us until Friday and stay out of the store until then.

I'm also going to make some apple oatmeal bars and cut up a pineapple for snacking.

The corpse hand

Meatloaf that is! This is what we had for dinner tonight and the kids adored it after they got over the eeewww factor.. haha, so much fun!

Apple Brownies

Saturday we went to the orchard again for the second time. We got another bushel of apples. The first thing we made with them was apple brownies. I found this wonderful recipe and it is absolutely scrumptious. It seems to be pretty frugal as well. I left out the nuts because we didn't have any and I used half whole wheat flour and half all purpose flour. It was a big hit at our house. Epically warmed with vanilla ice-cream on top.

Apple Brownies
1 stick margarine
1 egg, beaten
1 cup sugar
3 medium apples, diced small
1 cup sifted plain flour
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ cup chopped nuts

Cream butter. Add egg and sugar. Stir in chopped apples and nuts. Add other ingredients. Pour into buttered pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Menu Plan Monday

Menu I made out for the next 10 days.

Breakfasts:
Pancakes w/ apple syrup
Sausage balls, scrambled eggs
Cinnamon toast, apple slices
Blueberry pancakes from the freezer
Oatmeal w/ pb and honey
Biscuits w/ apple butter, yogurt
Cereal
PB&J
PB&H
Scrambled eggs, pumpkin bread

Lunches:
Spaghetti w/ meat sauce
Baked potatoes
Veggie soup, crackers
Grilled cheese
Mama soup, crackers
Homemade mac-n-cheese
PB&J
PB&H
Leftovers
Out with Joe

Dinners:
Homemade sausage, pancakes with apple syrup
Turkey tacos, hominy
Pork roast, mashed taters, peas
Homemade bean burritos, corn
Chili with l/o pinto beans, cornbread
Veggie pizza, oven fries
Meatloaf, green beans, homemade augratin taters
Homemade chicken nuggets, homemade mac-n-cheese, oven fries
Chicken cacciatore w/ whole wheat penne, salad
Leftovers

Snacks/Desserts that can be made:
Graham crackers, pb
Apple kuchen
Jello
Chocolate chip cookies
Peach crisp
Apple crisp
Apple oatmeal bars
PB cookies
Pretzels
Apples
Pineapple
Hot cocoa
Apple brownies
Popcorn

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Menu Plan Monday..

Lunches:
Chicken enchiladas/L/O beans and rice
Spaghetti
Chicken and stuffing
Beef and broccoli
Beanie weenies/fries
Grilled cheese/chips

Dinners:
Chili nachos/green beans
Shepard's pie/salad
Pork tacos/beans and rice
Chicken spaghetti/lima beans
Scrambled eggs/sausage balls/fried taters

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Mosaic Meme

1. Ella Michelle, 2. muuu!, 3. 1_Red_Reidland, 4. Kinderdijk Sunset, 5. Johnny Depp, 6. A coke and a :), 7. OIA, handmade houses, 8. HEAVEN, 9. a family dinner, 10. stavropoleos, 11. My Temporary Peace, 12. Through the eyes of a puppy



Here's how it works:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker. Choose 3 columns with 4 rows.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What high school did you go to?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

6. Favorite drink?

7. Dream vacation?

8. Favorite dessert?

9. What you want to be when you grow up?

10. What do you love most in life?

11. One Word to describe you.

12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal?)