Menu Plans

I used to do a decent job creating a weekly dinner menu which helped with planning and prepping said dinners.  Lately our meals have been more fly by the seat of your pants...mostly meaning I forgot to take something out or I didn't put any advance thought into our meals.  This makes life more crazy, so I am gearing up to restart weekly menus beginning today.  I checked the weather, and it will be HOT, HOT, HOT all week, so I used that to create a grilling dinner menu plan for the week.

Here is our plan for this week covering tonight through Friday:

Monday

Hamburgers
Corn on the Cob


**I already made the from scratch hamburger buns, so they could bake while it is cooler.  The corn on the cob was freshly purchased from the farmer's market this weekend.  I will add some fruit to our meal as well.

Tuesday

Crock Pot Roast (Mexican flavored)
Refried beans
Roasted Corn


**I will need to soak the dry pintos tonight, so I can cook them tomorrow morning, so we just have to heat up and smash them up.  Also I need to pull out the frozen roast we have.  Fruit or salad will be added to this meal.

Wednesday

Grilled Salmon
Grilled Zucchini
Rice

**Our neighbor went to Alaska, and he brought us back some fresh line caught salmon fillets, so my husband plans to grill them on a cedar plank.  The zucchini is from the farmer's market, and the rice is the microwaveable brown rice from Trader Joe's.

Thursday

Asian Chicken
Asian Rice

**This is our last meal my MIL prepared for us when baby David came into our house.  It is a good cook on the grill meal.

Friday

Grilled Pizzas

**Since it has been a few weeks since we have had pizza, and James loves to help prepare pizza, it will be a fun Friday night dinner.  I will make our pizza dough, and we will have to figure out what toppings we would like on top.

Now moving forward, I need to continue to plan our meals in advance to make the evenings run smoother.  It also helps with grocery shopping too.