2012 $50 Weekly Menu Plan Week #37

2012 $50 Weekly Menu Plan Week #37- Temperatures have finally dropped enough so that we feel like using the oven again, just in time for delicious fat Fall pumpkins! This weeks menu incorporates the flavors of fall- fresh apples, pumpkins, sweet potatoes and spinach. Total Spent . . .
$31.12 - We purchased the following: milk, yogurt, apples, potatoes, lettuce, celery, cucumbers, fresh broccoli, spinach, a Giant pumpkin, pecans, heavy cream, oil, sugar and a few bulk spices.

Monday 10th:

*Breakfast: Fruit & Yogurt Parfaits (using home-canned peaches)
*Lunch: Leftover Sweet & Sour Kielbasa (from yesterdays dinner)
*Dinner: Fall Harvest Casserole, Salad

Tuesday 11th:

*Breakfast: Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Quesadillas
*Lunch: Honey Roasted Pumpkin Spinach Salad
*Dinner: Meatloaf, Salad, Baked Potatoes

Wednesday 12th:

*Breakfast: Omelets
*Lunch: meatloaf sandwiches
*Dinner: BDAY Celebration- Copycat Chili's Chipotle Chicken, Steamed Broccoli w/ garlic sauce, Baked Potato & Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake

Thursday 13th:

*Breakfast: Fruit & Cream Oatmeal
*Lunch: Honey Dijon Egg Salad Wraps
*Dinner: Crockpot Beef Stew, Freezer Rolls

Friday 14th:

*Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, hash browns, toast & Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Latte's
*Lunch: Caesar Salad
*Dinner: Pumpkin Pierogies with Pecan Sage Cream Sauce , Salad

Saturday 15th:

*Breakfast: Cinnamon Raisin French Toast
*Midday - Get Together with Friends/ Retirement Party! Bringing 7 layer Dip & Tortilla Chips

Sunday 16th:

*Breakfast: Pumpkin Sticky Buns
*Midday: Real Boston Baked Beans, Grilled Brats, Biscuits , Salad

Various Snacks & Dessert Items:

* Cinnamon Apple Cherry Cheeseball & Apple slices
* Muffins
* Yogurt
* Double Layer No Bake Pumpkin Pie
* Chewy Granola Bars
* Deviled Eggs
* Hard Boiled Eggs
* Watermelon

Drinks included:

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

A few things I'd like to share: We raise chickens an are currently getting nearly 2 dozen eggs per day, so we incorporate them into the menu plan quite often. We are still harvesting fresh jalapenos (& canning them!), eggplant, figs, watermelon and sweet potatoes from our garden, as well as a few sporadic bell peppers.

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