What's for Dinner?

Another week, another set of meals....

When I was growing up, I never understood why my mother was constantly asking what we wanted to eat the next week. But it's hard to come up with meals that everyone likes without repeating things constantly. As with so many things, you only appreciate your parents' efforts as you get older and try to do it yourself!

Saturday:
Crispy Baked Chicken (leftover from last week that never got made)
Mashed potatoes
vegetable

Sunday: Church picnic
Southern Baked Beans (from Pioneer Woman)

Monday:
Pierogis/onions
vegetable

Tuesday:
Cheeseburger cups--these were popular two weeks ago and I still have enough ingredients to make another batch. The recipe is from Simple & Delicious, sister publication to Taste of Home, but you have to be a subscriber to get to the recipe online.
carrot and celery sticks

Wednesday:
Fish
French fries

Thursday:
spaghetti and meatballs
salad

Friday:
Grilled cheese/pizza (something easy)

What's for dinner?

A whole week of "what's for dinner?"

I usually do my meal planning between Wednesday (when the store flyers come in the paper) and Saturday (when I go shopping for the week). We have an extremely tight budget, so I try to keep the weekly total under $70. This is pretty difficult, and some weeks I do better than others!



Monday:

black bean tostadas

salad, some sort of vegetable



Tuesday: just me and the boys

Waffles (from the freezer stash, but homemade)

applesauce



Wednesday:

Oven Crispy Chicken (this is a new recipe I'm trying-- I have a bunch of chicken breasts on the bone, instead of my usual boneless skinless, so I hope this works!)
Baked potatoes


Thursday:

spaghetti and meatballs

garlic bread

green beans



Friday:

grilled cheese


Budget update from Saturday's grocery store run:
Safeway: $27.69 (saved $7.49)
Superfresh: $35.04 (saved $36.84-- more than 50%!)
Total: $62.73