MENU PLAN MONDAY–January 9-15

My First “Menu Plan Monday” Post:

Wow!  After following I’m an Organizing Junkie for awhile now, I finally have a blog where I can join in and share my menus.  They are not that wonderful right now but I am hoping that this will encourage me to feed my family ( & myself) better.  I also hope that it encourage me to think,  plan ahead so I am not staring at the fridge at 5 o’clock hoping the food will just jump out of it and magically prepare itself. In addition, I want to add some creativity to my meals so we are not eating the same old tired boring food all the time.

I am not a stranger to meal plans. In fact, I was just looking at my Family Cookbook binder where I keep all of the recipes that I’ve tried and liked and I found some of my old meal plans.  Back in 2008, I did almost 6 months of menu planning. (Yeah!)  I used a worksheet that I found on organizedhome.com called the Monthly Menu Planner and meal planning worked pretty well for me at the time.  I am not quite sure why I discontinued it but I am glad I kept the used worksheets so I can use them to help me plan for this year.  So here it is, my first menu plan for 2012:

Monday- Macaroni & Cheese
Tuesday- Pierogies, stuffing, Spinach salad
Wednesday- Grilled Cheese, Spinach salad
Thursday-Ham Steak, Mashed potatoes, salad
Friday- Pizza Night
Saturday – Blackened Salmon Soft Tacos
Sunday – Meat Lasagna ( the Step by Step Lasagne Directions), Salad

I’m linking up to Menu Plan Monday on Org Junkie