December 2011: Menu Planning for the remaining month

With just under $105 left in my grocery budget for the rest of the month, I am sitting down and writing a menu/snack plan. Smart idea, as the kids will be home for their school break.

Breakfast Options:

• Cold Cereal

• Hot Cereal

• Pancakes/Waffles

• Eggs

• Bacon

• Biscuits and Gravy (need to find a GF biscuit recipe)

• Muffins

• Cinnamon Rolls for Christmas (maybe, if I can manage to do a GF version AND a regular version)

Lunch Options:

• Leftovers

• Various canned soups I've had on hand "just in case" that need to be eaten and restocked

• GF soup/s for me (maybe GF Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup or Healing Dahl Soup)

• Sandwiches-nut butter and jelly, tuna/salmon, egg

• Spaghetti

Snack Options:

• Apples, Oranges, Carrots

• Popcorn

• GF Cereal Snack Mix

• Cereal mix with odds and ends from the pantry: cereal, marshmallows, chocolate chips, dried fruit, nuts

• Cookies...if we do some baking in the next few days...

• Zucchini brownies...still have a few bags of zucchini in the freezer

• "cheesy tortillas"

Supper Options:

• Ham & Beans and Cornbread

• Curry/Dahl over Rice

• Turkey Soup

• Beef Stroganoff

• Sausage/potatoes/other veggie

• Pizza

• Turkey and noodles?

• Burritos (refried bean? black bean and sweet potato?)

• Enchiladas (need to make masa flour tortillas)