2012 $50 Weekly Menu Plan Week #36

2012 $50 Weekly Menu Plan Week #36- Happy Labor Day! This weeks menu plan focuses on the lovely flavors of fall. This weeks total came to a whopping $47.81

If you've been following our menu plans you know that a couple weeks ago you already know that we did freezer restock week and our freezer is quite full of various cuts of meat/chicken. If you're just joining us, we invite you to check out a few of our previous weekly menus so you can see just How we purchase meats at discount!

This week we picked up the following items, cabbage, pork ribs, pumpkin, vanilla yogurt, lettuce, cucumbers, celery, zucchini, summer squash, kielbasa, rice, kale, cream, cream cheese, apples, 2 boxes of cereal, milk and bread.

Monday 3rd: Happy Labor Day!

*Breakfast: Apple spice Baked Donuts
*Midday Meal: Copycat Chilis Babyback ribs, coleslaw, potato salad

Tuesday 4th:

*Breakfast: Fruit & Yogurt Parfaits (using home-canned peaches)
*Lunch: Leftover Enchiladas
*Dinner: Bubble & Squeak

Wednesday 5th:

*Breakfast: poached eggs on toast
*Lunch: Egg Drop Soup & peanut butter sandwiches
*Dinner: Grilled chicken, scalloped potatoes, salad

Thursday 6th:


*Breakfast: Pumpkin Muffins (only 2 ingredients!)
*Lunch: Salad w/ grilled chicken slices, fresh garden tomatoes

*Dinner: Enchiladas, mexican rice, salad

Friday 7th:

* Breakfast: cereal or oatmeal
* Lunch: Grilled cheese
* Dinner: Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup, Garlic Bread

Saturday 8th:

* Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, toasted English muffin w/orange juice jelly
* Lunch: leftover toscana soup
* Dinner: Italian Chicken Saute

Sunday 9th:

*Breakfast: Fruit & Yogurt Parfaits
*Lunch: Curried Egg Salad wraps
*Dinner: Sweet & Sour Kielbasa, Garden Salad

Various Snacks & Dessert Items:

* Cinnamon Apple Cherry Cheeseball & Apple slices
* Muffins
* Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
* Chewy Granola Bars

Drinks included:

* Iced Tea (Sweet Tea)
* Coffee
* Lemonade
* Copycat Gatorade
* CopyCat Arizona Green Tea

A few things I'd like to share: Finally the hot weather has passed by and our garden is producing decent bell and jalapeno peppers once again. We're also getting handfuls of cherry tomatoes here and there, as well as fresh eggplant.


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