Everyone says this but it’s true–the best way to cut your grocery bill is to plan your meals for the week. It’s the best way to handle your groceries even if you’re not trying to save money, though, because you never have that “what’s for dinner?” question hanging over your head, and you always know that there are ingredients available for good, healthy meals to fix.

Even though I do a lot of shopping through the week, my husband and I tend to do most of our meal planning and additional grocery shopping on the weekends. I probably should consolidate that, but we have to go out on Sunday to get a paper anyway, and then my husband often wants to go pick up non-food items at WalMart anyway. When the stars align just so, those two things combine, and he takes our daughter with him and I get a whole hour all to myself. So, my motivation for getting rid of the weekend grocery trip is pretty small. ;)

I am always curious as to what other people have for dinner, so here’s my list.

The Meal Plan for the week of 2/1
Sunday: potato ham casserole — I took pictures and will post a recipe later
Monday: Texas-style Chicken with Spanish rice
Tuesday: Homemade pizza (pepperoni, green peppers, mushrooms and onions)
Wednesday: Crockpot macaroni and cheese, some sort of vegetable
Thursday: “small stuff” (our term for those meals where we find whatever we want to eat separately–I am planning on being out of town most of the day so I’m not planning on cooking. It will probably involve hot dogs for M.)
Friday: Man-pleasing breakfast casserole, possibly with coupon-acquired biscuits if I’m feeling  motivated

The Toddler Menu:
Fruit.
Cheese.

I really hope that she starts eating other things eventually.. :)