One of my goals for 2012 is to stay organised and one way I am planning to do that is by making weekly meal plans. Not only is it going to eliminate the 6pm “what are we having for dinner” drama, but it will also save us money and by sticking the menu on the fridge it will stop my kids from asking me “What’s for dinner?” over and over again

So each week I am going to post my families menu with links to the recipes I use.

Here is this weeks menu:

Monday – Crumbed Fish, Mashed Potato and Steamed Vegetables
Tuesday – Meat Pies, Chips and Salad
Wednesday – Lemon Pepper Chicken, Wedges and Salad
Thursday – Satay Chicken and Rice
Friday – Leftover Spaghetti
Saturday – Tacos

It’s been almost 3 years since I joined in with I’m an Organizing Junkie‘s  Menu Plan Monday Meme  and I was really excited to see that she is still going strong with it. So if you want to see more great menus, go and check it out

This week I am using up what we have in the fridge, freezer and pantry

Monday – Crumbed Chicken, Oriental Rice and Salad
Tuesday – Curried Sausages and Vegetables
Wednesday – Hamburgers
Thursday – Sausages on hot dog buns
Friday – Homemade Pizzas
Saturday – Chicken Nuggets, Chips and Salad
Sunday – BBQ at Parents House

Here is our menu for the coming week.

Monday – Gotta Lotta Lasagne – The Sneaky Chef Cookbook (I didn’t make this last week)

Tuesday – Crumbed Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Steamed Vegetables

Wednesday – Meatballs, Oriental Rice and Salad

Thursday – Curried Chicken and Rice

Friday – Homemade Ham and Pineapple Pizzas

Saturday – Take Away Night

Sunday – BBQ at my parents house

I haven’t joined in with MPM for a while now but I thought it was about time that I did, so here is what is on our menu this week:

Monday – Magic Meatballs – The Sneaky Chef Cookbook with beer battered potato wedges and salad

Tuesday – Crumbed Chicken, mashed potato and steamed vegetables

Wednesday – Gotta Lotta Lasagne – The Sneaky Chef Cookbook

Thursday – Quesadillas

Friday – Homemade Ham and Pineapple Pizzas

Saturday – Take Away Night

Sunday – BBQ at my parents house

This week I am trying something new, not only am I planning my meals for the week, but I am going shopping today and will be doing as much meal prep as I possible can today to save me time during the week.

Monday – Barbecued Meatballs and Mash Potato and Steamed Vegetables

Tuesday – Crumbed Fish, Potato Wedges and Steamed Vegetables

Wednesday – Lasagna Casserole and Salad

Thursday – Pizza Chicken, Oriental Rice and Steamed Vegetables

Friday – Homemade Pizzas

Saturday – Take Away Night

Sunday – Dinner at Mum and Dads

Baking – Vanilla Cupcakes and Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus!.

Monday
Dinner – Family Meat Pie, potato wedges and steamed vegetables

Tuesday
Dinner – Feta and Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Wednesday
Dinner – Beef Mince and Pea Curry, Rice and pappadums

Thursday
Dinner – Honey Chicken and Fried Rice

Friday
Dinner – Cheesy Meatballs with Spaghetti

Saturday
Dinner – It’s easy night – probably cheese on toast!

Sunday
Dinner – Dinner at Mum and Dads

Extras
Chocolate Flecked Banana Cake

Chocolate Filled Crepes
Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus!.

Monday
Dinner – Meatballs, Oriental Rice and steamed vegetables

Tuesday
Dinner – Feta and Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Wednesday
Dinner – Crumbed Fish, Mashed Potato and Vegetables

Thursday
Dinner – Grilled Roasted Garlic Teriyaki Chicken

Friday
Dinner – Taco Casserole

Saturday
Dinner – It’s easy night – probably cheese on toast!

Sunday
Dinner – Dinner at Mum and Dads

Extras
Ham and Tomato Cheese Scrolls – to put in the feezer for the kids school lunches
Mini Banana Muffins with Cream-Cheese Icing

Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus!.

It is the Thanksgiving Edition of MPM, this week, but we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia, so my menu consists of fast and easy meals because it is still school holidays here!

Monday
Dinner - Feta Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Breasts and steamed vegetables

Tuesday
Dinner – Crunchy Nut Chicken and salad

Wednesday
Dinner – Rissoles, Mashed Potato and steamed vegetables

Thursday
Dinner – Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Friday
Dinner - Crockpot Vegetable Curry

Saturday
Dinner – It’s easy night – probably cheese on toast!

Sunday
Dinner – Dinner at Mum and Dads

Extras
Taco Roll Ups – to put in the feezer for the kids school lunches
Mini Banana Muffins with Cream-Cheese Icing

Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus!.

It’s the Menu Plan Monday – Family Favourites Edition this week. So I have included a couple of our families favourites as well as a couple of recipes that we haven’t tried before

Monday
Dinner – Bacon and Cheese Chicken and Easy Fried Rice (these are both family favs!)

Tuesday
Dinner – Crunchy Nut Chicken, Mashed Potato and Steamed Vegetables (this is our most favourite meal)

Wednesday
Dinner – Tortilla Stack (We haven’t tried this recipe before)

Thursday
Dinner – Sweet and Sour Meatballs (this is a fav in our house!)

Friday
Dinner – Curried Mince and Vegies (this is a new recipe too)

Saturday
Dinner – It’s easy night – probably cheese on toast!

Sunday
Dinner – Dinner at Mum and Dads

Extras
Taco Roll Ups – for the kids school lunches

Chocolate ‘Yogo’

Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus!.

Monday
Dinner – Shepherds Pie

Tuesday
Dinner – Honey Chicken and Easy Fried Rice

Wednesday
Dinner – Sweet and Sour Meatballs and vegetables

Thursday
Dinner – Grilled Roasted Garlic Teriyaki Chicken

Friday
Dinner – Sweet Potato And Rice Soup

Saturday
Dinner – Taco Casserole

Sunday
Dinner – Dinner at Mum and Dads

Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday. Go and check out more great menus!.