How I Survive Cooking :-)

Who has time to sit down EVERY week and make a menu and shopping list??? Not me! I needed to do something easy, inexpensive and gluten free.

Yes, I know some of you super moms love cooking and make culinary delights most every night. Yeah, that's NOT me. It's a good week if we don't eat hot dogs most nights. So if your in my boat then this might be the blog post for you. We aren't aiming high here... we are aiming right above hot dogs. ;-)

I created a rotating weekly menu that includes a shopping list for that week plus some basics I buy weekly. This makes it so simple to have enough variety without buying too much and ending up with a big grocery bill. I plan for 4 meals a week. A couple times we do leftovers or whatever. Then there is usually eating out once or twice.

Each of the recipes is simple enough that Zoe (12 1/2) can make them on her own or with a bit of help from me. As we get comfortable with these we will slowly add more options. I just thought I would just post it for any momma peeps that might want to tweek it and make it their own. I have found it makes my life SO much easier.

Weekly Menu

WEEK 1

Sloppy Joes and green peas

Tacos and refried beans

Chicken sketti and salad

Chicken tortilla soup and corn

Ingredients to buy-

2pd ground beef

Rotisserie chicken

Sloppy Joe seasoning

Taco seasoning

Tomato paste

Tomato sauce

Taco shells

Lettuce chopped small bag

Small sour cream

Frozen peas

Frozen corn

Refried beans

Spaghetti noodles

Cheese

1 can Cream of mushroom

Chicken broth

Salsa

Salad

Tortilla chips

Lemon juice

Pimento peppers

Bell pepper

Onion

WEEK 2

Nachos and salad

Spaghetti and green beans

Meatloaf and peas

Beef stew

Ingredients to buy-

4pounds ground beef

Beef stew meat

Tortilla chips

Taco seasoning

Cheese

Refried beans

Lettuce chopped small bag

Frozen corn

Frozen peas

Salsa

Spaghetti noodles

Spaghetti sauce

Frozen green beans

Meatloaf seasoning

Carrots

Potatoes

Beef broth

Onion

Salad

WEEK 3

Tostados and peas

Eggs and sausage and oven baked potatoes

BBQ potatoes

Chicken and dumplings and salad

Ingredients to buy-

1pd ground beef

Rotisserie chicken

Prepared BBQ

Tostado shells

Taco seasoning

Refried beans

Frozen corn

Frozen peas

Salsa

Lettuce- chopped small bag

Oven bake potatoes

Eggs

Sausage

Sour cream

Cheese

Potatoes

Pamelas pancake mix

Chicken broth

Salad

WEEK 4

Salad with chicken, walnuts and raisins- honey mustard

Chicken salad and salad

Chili

Cheese Quesidillas and refried beans and corn

Ingredients to buy-

2 rotisserie chickens

1 pd ground beef

Chili seasoning

Small bag walnuts

Raisins

Honey mustard dressing

Mayo

Sweet relish

Mustard

Salad

Kidney beans

black beans

Chili beans

Canned seasoned Tomatoes

Tomato paste

Can of corn

Mozzarella cheese

Sour cream

Corn tortillas

Refried beans

Frozen corn

WEEKLY

Cheese

Turkey

Tortillas

Beans

Cereal

Almond milk

Fruit

Peanut butter

Yogurt

Granola

Chips or granola bars

Eggs

Frozen vegetables

Protein bars