Menu Plan Monday: March 6- 12, 2017

Planning my family's meals ahead of time based on what I have on hand AND what is on sale at Publix and Aldi is a HUGE $$ saving plan for my family! This habit of sharing it keeps me accountable!  (I share it on my coupon blog each week.)


I try to plan my family's meal plan based on what is already in my freezer/pantry/frig, so that very little shopping has to be done to feed my family for the week, except for the fresh items- such as dairy and produce.
We are once again doing Low Carb, so I plan 5-6 dinners that way and we usually eat out once a week (&/OR we have a cheat day at home). We are trying to get our family on a healthier eating track this new year, as well as getting away from more and more processed foods. My kiddo still eats some carbs during the day, but eats what we eat at dinner time.  My Hubby is doing Low Carb, so planning out the entire day has become my "norm" or else he feels like he might starve!!  He wants to see his options on posted on the frig!

By shopping the sales/deals and actually planning our menu, I rarely have to pay full price for anything to put together a menu plan. This saves so much money for my family! Try it, it will work for you too!

Do you have a plan this week?? I'd love for you to share it with me!

Here is our Dinner plan:

• Pizza Salad (w/ romaine/spinach, pepperoni, mushrooms, peppers, red onion, diced ham, pepperonccini peppers, olives and a viniagrette. (Prior to Low Carb, I would have put oven roasted garlic bread into this.  But, it is so tasty and full of flavor that you don't miss it!)
• Mojo Marinated Oven baked chicken, creamy garlic mashed cauli & side salads
• Baked spaghetti squash tossed w/ Italian sausage, mushrooms, onion & garlic and a savory garlic-parmesan olive oil
• Spinach & Cheese stuffed chicken breast, roasted asparagus
• One-Sheet pan baked Ranch pork chops, roasted cauli, onions & broccoli
• Grilled chili-cilantro lime chicken, sauted summer squash & onions
• Dessert:  I already made a high fat/low carb Chocolate Mocha Mousse.  It is RICH and you just need 1-3 bites to satisfy a sweet craving AND get some extra needed fat into your daily diet.

Breakfast Options:

• Power Protein Smoothies w/ Strawberries & spinach
• Egg muffins
• Scrambled eggs & sausages

Lunch Ideas:

• Leftovers!!!
• Egg wraps filled with ham & cheese
• Tuna salad (in a romaine leaf OR 1 Wasa Crisp)

Snack options:

• Trail mix, peanuts 
• Cheese cubes & salami
• Ham & pickle roll up
• celery & PB
• Fat Bombs (Low carb/High fat version of chocolate!!)

Do you have a menu plan?  Could you put together some sort of plan for this week OR start making a plan for next week?  Without a plan, your new eating style will fail!
Let me know how it goes!