Menu Plan Working

We just finished our second week working off a menu plan, and I'm happy to say for the most part it has worked. What has been the hardest to follow is breakfast and lunches. I guess because I'm not a big breakfast person, I generally don't get out of bed until 8, and trying to get school going has a lot to do with it. Lunches aren't quite so bad as I try to keep them simple. I just need to remember to check my schedule the night before to see if I need to cook eggs ahead of time for sandwiches. :-)


I didn't do a day of cooking this past week like I did the week before. I knew we were going to have a busy week so I relied on some of the meals I made extra of, and chose simple meals that wouldn't take long to do.

The grocery bill was much less last week (although I don't know by how much as my hubby did the shopping - with kids in tow - and came home with stuff NOT on my list). Let's say - my list was shorter! The previous week I had much more because we were out of a lot of things, plus I had the extra money to stock up on some of the basics. I was also able to rely on a few meals that I had made extra of from the previous week.

The Excel file I made is working great too. It took a long time to work out the first week as I added most the meals we like to eat and their major ingredients, but the second week everything was there so it took me maybe 15-30 minutes to make out our menu and grocery list. One thing I didn't do last week was to take an inventory of what I have on hand which is something I would like to do this week or next.

So I'm now off to work on this week's menu and grocery list - and I think I'll do the shopping this time! Until next time - have a great day!