Menu Plan Monday - August 29th - Pepperoni Casserole

Hello, hello! I did pretty well with accomplishing my menu plan last week and am looking forward to posting the recipes that we enjoyed. I've also begun to rate my dishes out of 5! I just find that I try so many recipes and I used to just put a star to know that I've tried it and enjoyed it, but with the new system if it only got 3.5 stars for example I can consider ways to make it better whereas 4.5/5 stars...don't touch!

Monday
Grilled Chicken with Cucumber/Pineapple Salsa - New Recipe

Tuesday
Chicken Alfredo
Steamed Veggies

Wednesday
Hamburger Pie - New Recipe

Thursday
Pepperoni Pizza Casserole - New Recipe

Friday
Leftovers

Saturday
Leftovers

Sunday
Late Lunch - Hamburgers/Hot Dogs

 

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Also linking up with one of my newest favs The Organized Housewife this lady can declutter!

Menu Plan Monday - August 22nd - BHG Diabetic Recipes Pt. 2

So last week I did pretty good with my meal plan. The Grilled Greek Chicken Sandwiches and Layered Southwestern Salad were a hit. I didn't end up making the Chicken with Cornmeal Dumplings, instead I did Ginger Lime Chicken Fingers and I'm a little confused about why I would think ginger and lime are good together...I didn't like them. And I didn't end up getting beef to make the stew so we'll save that recipe for fall.

I'm trying a few other new recipes this week from the same book...

Monday
 Mushroom Plum and Chicken Skewers- New Recipe

 Fiesta Corn Salad - New Recipe

Tuesday 

Red Beans and Rice with Sausage - New Recipe
New Potato Cabbage Salad - New Recipe

Wednesday

 Frozen Pizza

Salad

Thursday

BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches - New Recipe

Cooked Carrots

Friday

Chicken and Cornmeal Dumplings - New Recipe

Saturday
Leftovers

Sunday
Late lunch - hamburgers/hot dogs

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Also linking up with one of my newest favs The Organized Housewife this lady can declutter!

Menu Plan Monday - August 15th - BHG Best Diabetic Recipes

So I know it's still summer and hard to plan ahead for everything...but you want to know a secret?? I don't always make the meals I have planned! I know right? But sometimes things pop up, friends pop over etc but it's still nice to know that I have everything on hand to make what I want when I want even if it doesn't always happen.

I have a few new recipes to try from my new cookbook called "Our Best Diabetic Recipes" from Better Homes and Gardens 2011. I LOVE that it isn't just another splenda cookbook! I've tried a couple of the cookie recipes and they turned out pretty good. One of them I'll tweak a tad, but the other I really liked.



I also just checked out the website and found a TON more to try! YUM!!

Monday
Chicken with Cornmeal Dumplings - New Recipe

Tuesday 

Layered Southwestern Salad - New Recipe

Wednesday

Grilled Greek Chicken Sandwiches - New Recipe

Canned Soup

Thursday

Mustard-Herb Beef Stew - New Recipe

Friday

Frozen Pizza

Saturday
Leftovers

Sunday
Late lunch - hamburgers/hot dogs

Lime Cilantro Slaw

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Also linking up with one of my newest favs The Organized Housewife this lady can declutter!

Menu Plan Monday - August 8th

Hello, how are your meals going lately? Mine would be a disaster if I didn't plan ahead. No literally, a disaster. If I don't know what I'm going to make, I just won't make anything until hubby complains that he's hungry and then maybe I'll throw in some chicken fingers and perogies and frozen corn if he's lucky! lol. Not that he minds, he would love chicken fingers every night!

But for my own sanity it's so helpful to have a menu planned and know that I have all the ingredients on  hand to make everything too.

Monday
Creamy Dilled Shrimp - yes again! This was soo good! See the "recipe" here

Tuesday 

Rosemary Dijon Chicken

Bacon Glazed Potatoes

Cucumber Salad

Wednesday
Death by Tuna Salad

Buttery Peas and Corn

Thursday
Taco Bell Tacos

Crispy Zucchini Coins

Friday

Chicken Nacho Bake

Devilled Eggs

Strawberry Walnut Salad over Spinach with Poppyseed Dressing

Saturday
Leftovers

Sunday
Late lunch - hamburgers/hot dogs

Banana Bites

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Other Things to Make
Apple Oatmeal Puree - freeze
Stone Cut Oatmeal - freeze

...yes these things are still on my to make list lol!




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Also linking up with one of my newest favs The Organized Housewife this lady can declutter!

52 Weeks of Organizing * Inside the Fridge *

Can we do it?? Yes we Can!!

So here goes nothin', I've been doing this for a couple weeks now and tracking my progress. I printed a blank list to organize my 52 weeks of organizing from Organizing Junkie. I'm just filling it in with things that need to be done as I go. Surprisingly I only have about 20 things on there right now!

The first thing I did was organize the fridge. I was really not impressed with the original layout. The top shelf kept freezing so it always ruined my eggs. The water and yogurt, things I use all the time were in the worst spot for bending over. And all the “middle” stuff was hard to reach.

So I did some thinking and came up with this....

PS. Baskets are amazing for holding smaller items that can get lost in the back!

One more pic....ahhh that feels so much better!

Menu Plan Monday - August 1st - 1st Birthday Party!

Hello, and welcome back to my menu plan! The last few weeks I've been sick and just plain old busy and tired. So after a much needed albeit unplanned “vacation” … I'm baaaaack! And with plenty of steam I hope. I didn't make a single craft for almost 3 weeks! That's borderline insanity for me. I usually make one thing every day to keep up with my neverending to do list! I'm sooo excited for my little one's first birthday and I'll be sure to post pictures. My friend Sasha Kolesnik will be doing the photography for us! Yay!

Monday
Basa with Ranch Sauce and Crushed Crackers on top

Tuesday
Greek Meatballs

Pasta

Salad

Wednesday
Toasted Chickpeas and Chorizo over spinach

Rice

Thursday
Death by Tuna Casserole

Buns

Friday
Chickpeas and Chorizo Chili (made with Wednesday's leftovers)

Buns

Saturday
My little man's 1^st Birthday!

So... Hot Dogs and...

...if I'm feeling REALLY motivated...

Mississippi Mud Cake – which I'm really excited about :D

Rhubarb Cake

Strawberry Delight Dessert (cool whip recipe)...and in that order

Sunday
Late lunch - hamburgers


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Baby Food to Make
Fruit Purees
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Other Things to Make
Apple Oatmeal Puree - freeze
Stone Cut Oatmeal - freeze




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Flier Shopping

 It seems that every month our food bills overtake our budget so we have to keep looking for better ways to cut costs.

The past couple weeks I've seriously begun flier shopping. I print off my grocery list from organizing junkie, and on the back I write down every deal I may wish to purchase from every stores flier and I list it all by the store. 

Then you can make your menu plan based on the sale items and the items you already have on hand. 

The trick is to look in EVERY flier not just the grocery store you regularly shop at, sometimes there's better deals at the more expensive stores. So I will usually make a stop to my regular grocery store and one or two other stores just for the sale items. Make sure to buy enough to last until the next sale. My favorite stores for sales are Sobeys and Canadian Tire. 

This week a few of the notable sales I saw were...

Walmart

Delissio Pizza 4.97

Purex bathroom tissue 9.97

Sobeys

cracker barrel cheese BOGO

1 lb strawberries 99 cents

silhouette yogurt BOGO

white mushrooms BOGO

gala apples 99 cents/lb

broccoli 1.29

banana bread BOGO

digestive cookies BOGO

cheese strings BOGO

sugar snap peas BOGO

Canadian Tire

inflatable queen bed with air pump 21.99

stainless steel grill basket 5.99

20-35% off method cleaners

 And this is the front although as you can see I haven't totally filled it in yet :) I didn't use a few of my dinners last week so I've just filled them in here and there throughout this week.

I love my grocery list :) Where do you get your grocery list from? How do you keep track of sale items?

Happy Shopping!