4 Months of Menus

Part 2 of meal planning! (see Part 1 here) I have a few standard meals that are well-loved and demanded. They are also really easy. I've also been threatened with rebellion if I don't include them often. (not kidding) So, I put those meals in first, then fill in around them. I don't plan every night, usually 3-4 nights in a week. This is a mental thing for me (so I don't get overwhelmed with the idea of cooking a MEAL every single night!) and allows for eating up leftovers, that take-out pizza craving, the popcorn and wine nights, a new recipe I might want to try, or an unexpected husband absence which brings me back to the popcorn and wine...

Anyway...  here we go.

September Menu

30 Salad & Bread						1
2 Salad & Bread	3 Chicken Roll-ups	4	5 Pepperoni Pizza Puffs	6	7 Tacos	8
9 Salad & Bread	10 Burritos	11 Pan Roasted Chicken	12 Spaghetti w/ Red Sauce	13	14 Roasted Potatoes	15
16 Salad & Bread	17 Burritos	18	19 Brazilian Blackbean Stew	20 Cheesy Quinoa	21	22
23 Salad & Bread	24 Spinach & Mushroom Enchiladas	25	26 Roasted Corn Chowder	27 Spaghetti Broccoli & Bacon	28	29

October Menu

	1 Spaghetti w/ Red Sauce	2	3 Potato Soup	4 Burritos	5	6 Freezer Cooking Day
7 Salad & Bread	8  Burritos	9	10 Ham & White Bean Soup	11 Mac & Cheese	12 Tacos	13
14 Salad & Bread	15 Chicken Stew w/ butternut squash	16	17 Burritos	18 Oh My Chick Pot Pie	19 Thai Lime Vegetable Soup	20
21 Salad & Bread	22	23 Spaghetti w/ broccoli & bacon	24	25 Sausage & Bean supper (freezer meal)	26	27
28 Salad & Bread	29	30 Brown Sugar & Balsamic Pork Loin	31 Tacos

November Menu

				1 Spaghetti w/ Red Sauce	2	3
4 Salad & Bread	5 Burritos	6 Café Rio Chicken (freezer meal)	7	8 Enchiladas (pork from 10/30)	9	10
11 Salad & Bread	12 Lazy Day Stew (freezer meal)	13 Spaghetti w/ broccoli & bacon	14	15 Tacos	16 Kale & White Bean Soup	17
18 Salad & Bread	19 Burritos	20 Spaghetti w/ Red Sauce	21	22 Garlic Ranch Chicken (freezer meal)	23	24
25 Salad & Bread	26 Tacos	27	28 Chicken & Blackbean Soup	29	30 Pizza (homemade, not takeout)

December Menu

30	31 Overnight Chicken					1
2 Salad & Bread	3 Rosemary Scented Lentils & Sausage	4 Chicken & Salsa Flautas (freezer meal)	5 Burritos	6	7 Spaghetti w/ Red Sauce	8
9 Salad & Bread	10	11 Spaghetti w/ broccoli & bacon	12 Chicken w/ 40 garlic cloves	13	14 Tacos	15
16 Salad & Bread	17 Burritos	18	19 White Chili	20	21 Blackbean Enchiladas	22
23 Salad & Bread	24 Crockpot Bacon Cheese Potatoes	25	26 Spaghetti w/ Red Sauce	27 Burritos	28 Pork & Veggies (freezer meal)

A few notes:
Obviously, we always have salad & bread on Sunday nights. 
I haven't included any sides. I keep it simple. Salad, carrots, steamed veggie... Possibly some corn bread for the soups/chilis.
For cost savings I make my own re-fried beans and red (marinara I guess you could call it) sauce for spaghetti
A lot of these recipes you'll find on my Pinterest board.

Let me know if you have any questions!