Menu Plan: Jan. 16-Feb. 1

I follow several blogs that post recipes and menu plans regularly. They didn't get me started on menu planning, but I like going to their blogs to get ideas. After I made up this menu plan, I was cruising through some of these blogs and found that several of them were doing menu plans based on the concept of cleaning out their pantries and fridges. ME TOO! I had come up with the same idea...all on my own!

On my grocery shopping trips the last 2 months, I've been picking up meat when it was on clearance, shoving it into my freezer and forgetting about it. When I made up this menu plan, I was able to plan for 17 days and it will cost me the same amount that I would have spent on a 10 day menu plan! I'm so happy, and I will still have meat in the freezer for my next menu plan in February.

Menu Plan: January 16 thru February 1, 2011

Jan. 16: Fried Chicken w/Chicken, Mushroom and Pea Couscous & Stove-top Stuffing

Jan. 17: Steak w/Loaded Mashed Potato & Salad

Jan. 18: Beef Stew w/3-cheese Biscuits

Jan. 19: McGilly's Pub for $3 Burger Night

Jan. 20: Szechuan Chicken w/Stir-fried Veggies & Rice

Jan. 21: Ham & Beans w/Garlic Biscuits

Jan. 22: BBQ Beef Ribs w/Potato Salad & Baked Beans

Jan. 23: Shake-n-Bake Pork Chops w/ Chicken and Broccoli Pasta and Broccoli

Jan. 24: Chili w/Cornbread

Jan. 25: Honey-Mustard Chicken Hoagies w/Pasta Salad

Jan. 26: Speedy Sausage Squares w/Hashbrowns

Jan. 27: Bratwurst w/Onions & Onion Rings

Jan. 28: Clam Chowder w/Bacon & Breadsticks

Jan. 29: (My Birthday) Pork Burgers w/Maple-Honey Mustard Sauce, Mushroom Rice & Peas

Jan. 30: Beef Fajitas w/Onion, Refried Beans & Spanish Rice

Jan. 31: Beefy Rice w/Peas

Feb. 1: Fried Chicken Thighs, Pesto Pasta & Butter Corn