Weekly Menu Plan

Homemade Freezer Biscuits

We’re supposed to get quite a bit more snow today and have blizzard-like conditions for the next few days. I went ahead and planned a full menu, but if our electricity goes out like they are predicting is possible, we’ll fall back on PB&J and cold cereal. We stocked up on some no-electricity-required staple meal ingredients just in case.

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & cheese, fruit
Snack-y lunch
PB&J, carrot sticks, apples
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Scrambled eggs, toast, and fruit
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn
Chocolate Cranberry Energy Bites
Apple Butter Muffins

Freezer Cooking in an Hour (stay tuned on Thursday when I’ll share a play-by-play on how this goes!)

Homemade Freezer Biscuits
Barbecued Beef in the Crockpot
Chocolate Cranberry Energy Bites

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Spaghetti Pie, Homemade French Bread, steamed veggies, fruit
Chicken Noodle Soup, Easy Whole Wheat Muffins, fruit/veggies
Vegetable Beef Stew in the Crockpot, Homemade Bread Sticks in the Bread Machine
Barbecued Beef in the Crockpot, baked potatoes,
Homemade Pizza {we’re hosting our couples’ group this week and everyone else is bringing the sides}
Dinner out

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Silas helping me make Homemade Breadsticks in the Bread Machine this morning.

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & Cheese, fruit
Snack-y lunch
Hamburger Vegetable Soup, Bread Machine Buttery Rolls, cheese & crackers, fruit/veggies, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies (we’re having company over)
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Scrambled eggs, toast, and fruit
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn
Oatmeal Applesauce Muffins
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies

Freezer Cooking in an Hour (stay tuned on Thursday when I’ll share a play-by-play on how this goes!)

Oatmeal Applesauce Muffins
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies
Peanut Butter Pancakes

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Slow Cooker Chicken & Broccoli, Homemade French Bread
Hamburger Vegetable Soup, Bread Machine Buttery Rolls, fruit/veggies
Cheeseburger Soup, Easy Whole Wheat Muffins
Vegetable Beef Stew in the Crockpot, Homemade Bread Sticks in the Bread Machine
Dinner with extended family
Dinner out

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Oatmeal sprinkled with a little sugar and chocolate chips — yum!

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & Cheese, fruit
Chicken Noodle Soup, crackers, veggies
Snack-y lunch
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Scrambled eggs, toast, and fruit
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn
Peanut Butter Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips

Freezer Cooking in an Hour (stay tuned on Thursday when I’ll share a play-by-play on how this goes!)

Peanut Butter Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Brownie Waffles

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots, fruit
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Twice Baked Taco Potatoes, green salad, broccoli, fruit
Spaghetti Pie, steamed veggies
Dinner with extended family
Dinner out

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It’s a busy week for me… I’m at the She Speaks Intensive through tomorrow, will be home for two days, and then am headed to Austin, TX for some business meetings on Friday and Saturday. So we’re sticking with simple meals, some that are already made in the freezer.

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & Cheese, fruit
Chicken Noodle Soup, crackers, veggies
Snack-y lunch
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Leftovers x 2
Twice Baked Taco Potatoes

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins

Freezer Cooking in an Hour (stay tuned on Thursday when I’ll share a play-by-play on how this goes!)

Southwestern Slow Cooker 2-Bean Chicken
Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, fruit
Easy Crockpot Chicken Fajitas, fruit
Twice Baked Taco Potatoes, green salad, broccoli, fruit
Spaghetti Pie, steamed veggies
Dinner with extended family
Dinner out

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No-Flour Banana Muffins from last week’s Freezer Cooking in an Hour session

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & Cheese, fruit
Chicken Noodle Soup, crackers, veggies
Snack-y lunch
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Leftovers x 2
Ham & Cheese swirls, fruit

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn
Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins

Freezer Cooking in an Hour (stay tuned on Thursday when I’ll share a play-by-play on how this goes!)

Homemade Freezer Biscuits
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
Twice Baked Taco Potatoes

Dinners

Oven Baked Tacos, fruit, veggies
Chicken Noodle Soup, Pull Apart Bread Machine Bread, fruit/veggies
Easy Crockpot Chicken Fajitas, fruit
Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup, fruit, veggies,
Chili Tortilla Bake, fruit
Twice Baked Taco Potatoes, green salad, broccoli, fruit
Dinner out

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Silas, Kaitlynn, and I are recovering from the flu and Jesse and I are leaving on a weekend trip in a few days and the kids are staying with Grandma and Grandpa, so this week’s menu (for those days that we’re home) is super simple and easy:

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & Cheese, fruit
Chicken Noodle Soup, crackers, veggies
Snack-y lunch
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn

Freezer Cooking in an Hour (stay tuned on Thursday when I’ll share a play-by-play on how this goes!)

Homemade Freezer Biscuits
Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Taco Meat
Crockpot Apple Butter (I bought two big boxes of apples on a special a few months ago and froze some of them so I’m going to try using them in this recipe. We’ll see how it works with frozen apples!)

Dinners

Fend For Yourself (since I was sick — I think they had Cheese Quesadillas and soup that my friend brought over. Honestly, I was so out of it on yesterday that I’m not even sure!)
Chicken Noodle Soup, bread, fruit/veggies
Easy Crockpot Chicken Fajitas, fruit
Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken Soup, biscuits, fruit/veggies
Chili Tortilla Bake, fruit

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World’s Best Honey Cornbread

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Pancakes, Cereal, Eggs, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Homemade Cracker Barrel Pancakes, eggs, fruit x 2
Snack-y lunch
Mac & cheese, veggies, fruit
Cheese Quesadillas, oranges, carrot sticks
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/Veggies
Cheese/Crackers
Holiday Bark

Freezer Cooking

Cookie Dough Bites
One Hour Cinnamon Rolls
Best Brownies

Homemade Breadsticks in the Bread Machine

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Ham & Beans, World’s Best Honey Cornbread, carrot sticks, grapefruit
Beef and Potato Pockets, grapefruit, tossed salad
Chicken Noodle Soup, Biscuits, raw veggies
Steak, mashed potatoes, Homemade Breadsticks in the Bread Machine, fruit
Church Christmas Dinner
Dinner out

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Breakfasts

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

Lunches

Pancakes, eggs, fruit x 2
Snack-y lunch
Mac & cheese, veggies, fruit
Cheese Quesadillas, oranges, carrot sticks
Corn Chowder, Olive Garden Bread Sticks
Leftovers

Snacks

Fruit/Veggies
Cheese/Crackers
Hard-boiled eggs
Healthful Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

Freezer Cooking

Holiday Bark
Cookie Dough Bites
Best Brownies

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Taco Soup, Corn Chips, Veggies, Fruit
Corn Chowder, Olive Garden Bread Sticks, veggies, fruit
Steak, mashed potatoes, Olive Garden Bread Sticks, fruit
Ham & Bean Soup, Biscuits, Veggies, fruit
Dinner out
Dinner with extended family

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Bread Machine Buttery Rolls

We have a fairly busy week this week and I’ll be out-of-town for a quick trip to Arkansas on Thursday and Friday, so we’re having a pretty simple menu. Here’s the plan:

Breakfasts

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

Lunches

Lunch with extended family (Thanksgiving celebration — I brought pie, a turkey, and Sweet Potato casserole.)
Snack-y lunch
Mac & cheese, veggies, fruit
Cheese Quesadillas, oranges, carrot sticks
Cheesy Quinoa, fruit, veggies
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/Veggies
Cheese/Crackers
Hard-boiled eggs
Healthful Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

Freezer Cooking

Best Brownies
Healthful Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

Dinners

Dinner with extended family
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Breakfast for dinner: Cracker Barrel Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit
Corn, Bacon, and Potato Chowder, Bread Machine Buttery Rolls, veggies, fruit
Dinner out
Dinner with our young couples’ group: I’m bringing a salad.
Dinner with extended family

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

Looking for a fantastic make-ahead roll recipe for your Thanksgiving meal? Try these Make-Ahead Butterhorns.

Breakfasts

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

Lunches

Lunch out
Snack-y lunch
Mac & cheese, veggies, fruit
Cheese Quesadillas, oranges, carrot sticks
Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies, fruit, veggies
Leftovers x 2

Snacks

Fruit/Veggies
Cheese/Crackers
Hard-boiled eggs
Apple Cake
Healthful Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

Freezer Cooking

Apple Cake
Healthful Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

Whole-Wheat Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Dinners

Leftovers for dinner on Sunday night
Breakfast for dinner: Whole-Wheat Chocolate Chip Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit
Steak, steamed veggies, fruit
Dinner with extended family: I’m bringing stuff for a salad bar and dessert.
Meatballs, steamed veggies, mashed potatoes, Bread Machine Buttery Rolls
Dinner with extended family
Dinner out

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