Menu Plan Monday - 11th October

How's the menu planning going? I get so frustrated when I don't have a menu plan for the week - seems like I'm always rushing off to the shop because I need something else. That's one great thing about menu planning - it cuts down on your grocery bill, because you can get your shopping done for the week in one hit - we all know that the more often you go to the store, the more unnecessary treats you buy!

Another way to save money with menu planning is to buy the specials that are freezable or will keep for another week or so (meat, frozen berries or vegetables, potatoes, onions, oats, etc) and plan them into the next week's menu. The fruit and veges you get on special, or from your garden, or a vege box system, will mostly need to be used that week - which is why I don't usually plan exactly what kind of salad or vegetables we're having with each meal - it depends on what I end up with that week.

If you need some help planning your menu and don't know where to start, here's some of my ideas, and there's lots of help at Menu Plan Monday too. Have a great week!

Note: We sometimes have our main meal at lunch time because of my dh's work schedule.

[tmx = prepared and/or cooked in my Thermomix]

Monday:

(lunch) Lunch at the park - sandwiches

(dinner) Chicken fried steak strips with mashed potatoes & steamed veges
(both in tmx) and df milk gravy