This week’s menu

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by Crystal on October 08, 2012

Breakfasts

Homemade Instant Oatmeal Packets, Cereal, Toast, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Lunch at Cracker Barrel
Snack-y lunch, fresh carrot/orange juice
Mac & cheese, veggies, fruit
Cheese Quesadillas, oranges, carrot sticks
Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies, fruit, veggies
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/Veggies
Cheese/Crackers
Pumpkin Recipes
Hard-boiled eggs

Freezer Cooking

Pumpkin Recipes
Healthful Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Taco Soup, Bread Machine Buttery Rolls, fruit, veggies
Lasagna, green salad, fruit salad, muffins (leftovers from my birthday dinner that my mom made & sent home with us)
Steak, Twice-Baked Potatoes, steamed veggies, fruit
Breakfast for dinner: Pumpkin Pancakes, scrambled eggs, fruit
Meatballs, steamed veggies, Pumpkin Crescent Rolls, mashed potatoes
Dinner with extended family

What’s on your menu this week? Share details and/or your link to your menu plan in the comments.

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  • Laura @ Inspiration for Moms October 08, 2012 at 07:40 pm

    It going to be a busy week out our house, so I planned simple meals. Mom can’t do everything all the time, right?!

    http://www.inspirationformoms.com/2012/10/mad-menu-plan-monday_8.html

    Have a great week everyone! :)

  • Melissa October 08, 2012 at 07:46 pm

    I am loving your pumpkin series. I stocked up on clearance pumpkin last January, and now I am going to put some of it to use. Here is our menu plan for the week:

    http://www.momsplans.com/2012/10/menu-planning-october-7-2012/

  • Andrea October 08, 2012 at 08:01 pm

    You should try green smoothies since you make smoothies anyway! Also, I’ve been making pumpkin pie oatmeal for the only other family member that likes oatmeal in my 6 person family, and it is so delicious! (If you’re looking for something to do with your pumpkin)

    • Crystal October 08, 2012 at 08:19 pm

      We love green smoothies! http://moneysavingmom.com/2012/06/4-weeks-of-frugal-family-fun-green-smoothies-sidewalk-chalk-snow-treasure-and-a-game-of-old-maid.html

      And Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal has gone over fairly well here: http://moneysavingmom.com/2012/10/pumpkin-pie-oatmeal.html

      • Andrea October 08, 2012 at 08:31 pm

        Ah! I missed the green smoothie post during the frugal family fun series. Oops!

  • Alicia October 08, 2012 at 08:12 pm

    We had the new steak recipe tonight, and it is definitely a keeper!

    http://www.everydayhomecook.com/2012/10/weekly-menu-plan-oct-7-oct-13/

    I also made your Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins yesterday to toss in the freezer. I snuck one before I froze them, and they are great! :)

  • Shelly October 08, 2012 at 08:37 pm

    My family likes breakfast for dinner too. Although I don’t work it into the menu near enough.

    This week we are having quite a few meals from our freezer for dinner. I made up a recipe for chicken pot pie filling to freeze and I also am trying a few new freezer recipes with pork chops. So this week the dinners are partly made before I start. Well as long as I remember to get them out of the freezer.

    Here is our full menu for this week,

    http://www.frugalfamilyhome.com/food/menu/menu-for-this-week-6

  • Emily October 08, 2012 at 08:39 pm

    Here’s our plan…Hamburger Gravy w/Mashed Potatoes, Pizza Chicken & more:

    http://ourfrugalhappylife.blogspot.com/2012/10/menu-plan-107-hamburger-gravy-pizza.html

  • Trish October 08, 2012 at 08:56 pm

    Here’s our menu plan this week.

    http://wp.me/p1LjCe-Wq

    I have never made regular chicken parm. since I found this easy chicken parm bake recipe. 5 minutes to throw together and so good!

  • Crystal @ Serving Joyfully October 08, 2012 at 08:57 pm

    Here is our frugal weekly meal plan with some recipes linked in there as well. http://www.servingjoyfully.com/2012/10/08/our-frugal-meal-plan-108/

    Thanks for posting yours. Those pumpkin crescent rolls look great!

  • September October 08, 2012 at 09:37 pm

    I think this every time I read through your menu plans, but I just have to come out and say it–you have SUCH light eaters, I’m jealous! Breakfast in our house is a meal…if I tried to serve them a bowl of cereal they’d look up and ask what was coming up after the appetizer! Ditto for lunches! And mine are only 6 & 9–I’m scared to think of what the teenage years will be like.

    • Crystal October 08, 2012 at 10:01 pm

      Haha! Well, sometimes it’s 2-3 bowls of oatmeal. ;) And my son has two breakfasts — one as soon as he gets up and the other when his sisters get up.

      The other day the three of them ate a whole watermelon for lunch. Granted, it was a small watermelon. But still… I’m not sure where they put it sometimes!

  • Chelsea October 08, 2012 at 09:48 pm

    Here’s our menu plan for this week:

    http://stayathomemademom.com/2012/10/08/menu-plan-88/

    No pumpkin, although I’d love to start adding it to our menu. I’m curious: what is considered a good price for canned pumpkin, and where the best place is to buy it?

    • Crystal October 08, 2012 at 10:08 pm

      I’ve not checked Aldi this year, but they tend to have the best price. I had some stocked up from great deals last year!

      • Courtney October 08, 2012 at 11:58 pm

        Our Aldi (in Saint Louis, Missouri) has cans of pumpkin for $0.99. But they also have large pumpkins on sale this week for $2.49 each, and the ones at our store were 10-15 pounds easily. Last year you inspired me to bake my pumpkins and freeze it. Much cheaper than the canned version! :)

  • Michelle @ Willing Cook October 09, 2012 at 06:54 am

    My meal plan post this week has a spotlight recipe for Sweet-n-Spicy Crockpot Chicken that is easy, delicious and healthy! We love Asian-inspired dishes and this one was great.

    Here is our food allergy meal plan:

    http://willingcook.com/recipe-pumpkin-pecan-chocolate-chip-muffins/

    Over the weekend, we tried another pumpkin pancake recipe you said was fantastic from How To: Simplify. They were fantastic especially with chocolate chips. I’d love to know how the recipe you’re trying this week turns out.

  • Lisa October 09, 2012 at 07:12 am

    Thanks for posting. Everything sounds great! Here is what we are eating:

    http://simplythingsfamily.blogspot.com/2012/10/menu-plan-october-8-14.html

  • Jillian @ Mom's Cup Of Ambition October 09, 2012 at 08:18 am

    Happy birthday!

    We’re busy this week so we’re doing lots of freezer meals and 15 minute meals.

    http://www.momscupofambition.com/2012/10/this-weeks-menu.html

  • Analisa October 09, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Thanks for all the pumpkin posts, I can’t ever get enough Pumpkin!!!

    Here is our monthly meal plan:

    http://booksbillsandgrocerybags.blogspot.com/2012/10/monthly-dinner-plan-107-113.html

  • Katie October 09, 2012 at 03:14 pm

    We’re keeping our meal plan simple this week. I made those pumpkin crescent rolls and they were such a huge hit so then I modified the recipe to make a more savory crescent roll {with veggie pasta sauce, mozarella, and pepperoni inside!}. So delicious!

  • Maria October 09, 2012 at 05:17 pm

    I have recently started weekly meal planning and its so much easier!! But I too have been to Cracker Barrel this week. Love their food!

  • Jessie October 09, 2012 at 05:24 pm

    http://inthebrownbag.com/menu-plan-50/ Allergy friendly fall food is finally here!!!

  • Kara M October 09, 2012 at 07:55 pm

    This may be a crazy question, but most every week you post one lunch as a Snacky lunch–what does that look like in your house? Every week I wonder that, so this week I decided to ask. :)

    • Crystal October 09, 2012 at 08:05 pm

      Just things like veggies, fruit, cheese, crackers, hard boiled eggs, granola bars, etc.

  • Amanda @ The Fun Mommy October 09, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    I planned a week of my husband’s favorites, because he’s going to be on a “staycation” at home this week!

    http://thefunmommy.com/weekly-menu-plan-4/

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