Sunday, February 1, 2009

Menu Plan Monday - The Eat-In Edition!


The point of my series, Frugal Feasting, is to help us save money on groceries. So far, we have talked about buying in bulk, buying things on sale, and mega-cooking (including some tips for really Mega-Cooking). This week we are going to talk about the thing that saves me the most money of all - not going out for dinner!

We very rarely go out to eat. When we do, it is a special occasion, and we usually split entrees. I'm sure that waitresses hate us, but we do try to tip good. I don't always feel like cooking but I have some great tricks for those nights I just can't do it. We are going to talk about those this week and give you some good recipes (especially our favorite - Burrito Bowls).

So this week I'll be eating some yummy recipes and some really easy ones.

Breakfasts:
  • homemade oatmeal
  • Baked oatmeal (with the leftovers to be used as snacks)
  • eggs in some way (we have a lot of eggs right now - maybe One-eyed Egyptians?)
  • homemade bread toasted with jam (found a new recipe for Honey Whole Wheat, yum!)
Lunches:
  • lunchmeat and cheese sticks, veggies, crackers
  • pb and j sands
  • leftovers
  • bagels
Dinners:
  • Burrito Bowls
  • ham fried rice
  • soup and rolls (we have this at least once a week)
  • bread souffle
  • Italian chicken and mashed potatoes
  • quesadillas (I got a new gridle and I can do lots of quesadillas at once!)
Tune in this week for all kinds of tips and tricks for avoiding the "oh, heck, it's 5 o'clock and I don't have anything planned so let's go out to eat" trap. Check back in!

If you need more menu ideas, check out Organizing Junkie.

Jill

2 comments:

Brooke said...

thankfully my hubs has very generous clients that give him gift cards for his hard work. we try to use those eating out. otherwise, i just make something quick and easy at home.

Kristen said...

I love the name One Eyed Egyptians...it will be our new name for Toad in a Hole. Thanks for the ideas.