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Weekly menu- includes birthday party

Menu with Daily Costs
Of Note: The Chili Cook-off at church was a great success but we’ve got a ton of leftovers! We’ll be eating chili, then making some into goolash and freezing some. We didn’t have the crockpot chops last week so I squeezed them into our menu plan for this week.
Monday          
B: Cereal, toast w/jam
L: chicken nuggets, cottage cheese, crackers
D: Mr. Steady’s Chili and cornbread
[chili is leftover from Great Chili Cook-off @ church yesterday]
Dessert: Valentine Cupcakes (leftovers)
Daily Cost: $4.10
Tuesday
B: Cinnamon French toast, applesauce
L: Special pancake luncheon [We’re supplying cheesy potatoes]
D: Ballard Biscuits, salad
Dessert: Sassafras’s fruit Jell-O
Daily Cost: $10.15
Wednesday
B: choice: cereal/yogurt and toast
L: English muffin pizzas
D: Crockpot chops, mashed potatoes (leftover last week), salad or veggies
Dessert: none
Daily Cost: $9.06
Thursday
B: Peanut butter banana toast, cup of grapes
L: Maiden’s fancy pizza grilled cheese sandwiches, pickles & chips
D: Goolash, h’made bread
Dessert: brownies (small batch)
Daily Cost: $4.51
Friday
B: Mama’s cheesy scrambled eggs, toast
L: hot diggity dogs, cottage cheese, peach slices
D: H’made Pizza
Dessert: none- popcorn for family movie nite
Daily Cost: $7.96
Saturday
B: Daddy Cook: eggs, bacon, toast etc.
L: Leftover Smorgasbord
D: Leftover Smorgasbord
Daily Cost: $2.66
Sunday – Sassafras’s Family Birthday Party
B: Cocoa Wheats and toast
L: Fridge soup or leftovers
D: Party Time: All the family is helping by bringing a dish to share. We are making meatloaf, Maiden's crockpot mac-n-cheese and birthday cake (plus providing the ice cream)
Daily Cost: $13.65
Weekly Total: $52.09
~~ Don’t forget to check out the yummy menu ideas every Monday over at The Organizing Junkie’s blog. You just might find your next favorite family recipe!

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10:17 AM, 2008-Feb-18 .. Posted by Anonymous

Thank you so much for sharing your menu and the cost of meals. What a fantastic idea. I am going to try your crock pot chops recipe next week. I love crock pot recipes.

re: MPM

10:17 AM, 2008-Feb-18 .. Posted by April

Mmm...the Ballards Biscuits sound delish! I'm going to try that out soon!
Here is my MPM:
http://smitty76.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-strayed-off-course-quite-bit-this.html

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1:06 PM, 2008-Feb-18 .. Posted by gabbie427

Thanks for sharing the menu and the recipes!!!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo