Menu Plan 10.16.09 (Late Edition)

As I was getting ready to cook dinner tonight, I realized I never posted my menu plan last week!

The kids were home at the end of the week and I think it threw me off. Way off.

Anyway...here's the list:

1. White Chicken Chili

2. Tacos

3. Pinto Beans with Bacon, Tomatoes and Cilantro (Made this for dinner tonight...it's SO good!)

4. Quiche

5. Tomato-Basil soup/grilled cheese sandwiches

6. Cheeseburger soup

7. Spaghetti with homemade meatballs

8. Skillet penne with sausage and spinach

9. Pork and Black Bean Chili

10. Parma Rosa Chicken

11. Chicken Spaghetti

12 Meatball Minestrone (my kids LOVE this!)

13. Macaroni grill pasta (from a box--I had a coupon and it's really good!)

14. Homemade pizza

So...we've been eating dinner at church on Wednesday nights, but that ended last night. We'll start up again during Advent. (Kinda nice to have a break).

I planned some extra meals because next weekend (when I would normally do my grocery shopping) is crazy-busy and I wanted to have enough stuff on hand so that I didn't have to stress about squeezing a grocery trip into our schedule!

Oh...I tried making homemade meatballs for the first time. They turned out great. I haven't used them in a recipe yet but I cooked them and put them in the freezer for later. My kids LOVE meatball minestrone and ask for it every time I make a new meal plan. I like it too, but I hate--really hate--store-bought meatballs. Making them was much easier than I thought and it was cheaper too!