Use this meal plan in May to save even more money by buying what’s in season.
Meal planning might not always be a lot of fun, but it saves enough money to make it worth it. I like to share the meal plans I make each week in the hopes that I save other Moms some time and effort.
School lets out this week for us, so the meal plan will start to change a little bit. It will be easier to make pancakes and warm up leftovers during the day.
Our evenings remain super busy with baseball, so you’ll see that I’m continuing to use sandwich and crock pot recipes. I learned last week that I need to be careful about choosing my crock pot recipes. Some recipes require extra steps, and that makes them lose the “set it and forget it” appeal for me.
If you’re too busy to do much meal planning in this season of your life, I hope that my plan helps to give you some options you can use.
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Our 2 Week Meal Plan
Breakfast:
- cereal
- apple cinnamon french toast casserole
- bagels
- pancakes
- waffles
- oatmeal
Lunch
(with sides of fresh fruit, cheese or yogurt, and one junk food)
- sandwiches (PB&J, Nutella, PB&honey, lunchmeat, apple butter)
- quesadillas
- mac & cheese
- leftovers
- salads
- hard boiled eggs
Supper
(with sides of potatoes, pasta salad, chips and/or fresh cut veggies)
- Cowboy Beans
- tacos
- Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops
- grilled chicken
- Crock Pot ham and ranch potatoes
- Pork Tenderloin with Honey & Soy
- White Trash Sliders (hey, I didn’t name it!)
- roasted whole chicken
- dump and run taco soup in the Crock Pot
- Sausage & Potatoes
- bbq chicken sandwiches in the crock pot
- hamburgers
- leftovers
- leftover casserole (using anything I can find in the fridge)
Our snacks and extras include
- fresh fruit
- soft pretzels
- popcorn
- s’mores
- graham crackers
- candy
- breakfast bars
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So, what’s on your menu?
“White trash sliders” makes me think of all sorts of things, but I’m honestly a tad disappointed that it appears to just be hamburger helper in a bun. xD Except now I’m thinking of all the things it *could* have been, and all I’ve got is the idea that wouldn’t a macaroni and cheese sandwich be amazing? Or is that just me xD
So far as the crockpot cooking goes, I feel anything that you get to leave for a few hours and come back to being done should be, well, done! Maybe grate some cheese to add to the top or something like that, but it should be done at the end of the 4 or 5 hours it’s in there!
I agree! I’m disappointed when I find great looking Crock Pot recipes, but they have extra steps in them. If I had time for extra steps, I’d probably just use the stove top.