by Millie Copper | Nov 29, 2009 | food thoughts, frugal options, Meal Plans, Starting Out
I have been using meal plans/menus for a couple of years now. When I worked a full time job outside the home it helped so much to be able to know in advance what we were having instead of standing at the fridge at 4:30 hoping to have something thrown together before...
by Millie Copper | Oct 26, 2009 | Meal Plans
I have been tracking what we spend on food during the month of October. As of last Sunday we had spent $439 on food for October. This week we added $173, for a new total of $612. This week was pretty high for one main reason. It was my birthday over the weekend and...
by Millie Copper | Apr 12, 2011 | Meal Plans, planned overs
This week I am not using my rotating 13 week menu plan. This was not an on purpose decision rather a lack of organization on my part. I forgot to put the beans on to soak on Sunday. We usually do Stretchy Beans on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so I need to have the...
by Millie Copper | Jan 3, 2012 | Meal Plans
A second long weekend in a row and it was great. Except that this was the weekend my oldest (Sierra) moved back to Oregon. We took her to the airport on Sunday morning for a 5:50AM flight. I missed her before we were even out of the airport parking lot. Sierra is my...
by Millie Copper | Dec 5, 2011 | Meal Plans
> Last weeks menu plan was very successful. Going back and looking at some of the old menu mailers that I had was a good idea. Oriental Crock Pot Chicken and Orange Crock Pot Beef were both delicious. Both of these are from Cooking Traditional Foods menu mailer. I...
by Millie Copper | Nov 29, 2011 | Eating Real Food and Working, Meal Plans
> I used to share my menu plans almost weekly. I have to admit, having my menu plan written out here was a big help for me. I do write it out on paper too but putting it here allowed me to put any links to recipes in which I found to be quite beneficial. I stopped...