Menu Plan Monday - 12/22/08

Last week I decided to make a list of the dinner choices and not assigned them particular days. This worked really well. We'll be doing this going forward with our menu plans. Since the kids do not eat chili, we made a much smaller batch than we normally do. We used the leftover ground beef for cheeseburgers rather than Baked Ziti (moving it to this week) and we had unexpected night out last night which pushed the shrimp to this week.

This week will be a tough week. There will be 2 nights - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day that we will be eating dinner at relatives' houses. My oldest son's birthday is Saturday but will be with his grandparents. We normally take him to dinner but I'm thinking it might fall on our YFIYEI (You Find It You Eat It) night or next week.

Here’s my plan for this week…

This week's baking: Buckeyes (family favorite), Sugar Cookies (1WW pt cookies), Peanut Butter Blossoms, No Bake Cookies, birthday cake

1. Grilled Chicken, salad, fruit

2. Breaded Butterfly Shrimp, mashed potatoes, green beans

3. Baked Ziti topped with meatballs (family favorite with mini-meatballs on top - less meat in the pasta mixture)

4. Lunch meat and chips (if hungry when we return home on Christmas evening)

5. Taco/Burrito Bar (Friday or Saturday - when my fiance's kids come over)

To see more menu plans, visit I'm an Organized Junkie's Menu Plan Monday.