Weekly Meal Plan

 Another week has gone by and that means it is time for my weekly meal plan! I did my grocery shopping on Saturday. I was able to get our grocery bill under $300 this week. I think I spent $284. It definitely helps when you meal plan to save on your grocery bill! I will have to go to the grocery store on Thursday to get some more fruit/veggies and milk! So here is my meal plan for the week. 

Saturday - Tacos 
Sunday - Roasted Chicken with roasted potatoes and asparagus
Monday - Crockpot steak tips with mashed potatoes and green beans
Tuesday - Hamburgers with French Fries 
Wednesday - Pork Tenderloin with rice and green beans
Thursday - Make your own sandwiches - Everyone is pretty much on their own this night for dinner since both girls have practices and I have a work meeting! 
Friday - Pizza night 
Saturday - Butter chicken with mashed potatoes
Sunday - Breakfast - we will be away for the day in Nantucket for Harper's lacrosse game!

I'm looking forward to the warmer weather when we can start grilling! Summer meal planning is my favorite. I'm getting sick of comfort food! 

xoxo, 
Erika 

Weekend Review!

 Good morning! Happy Monday. It is going to be another busy week ahead. This past weekend was a busy one for sure! It started on Friday when the kiddos had a half day. I got them from school and we headed home for lunch. I ended up getting a huge migraine so we didn't do much in the afternoon. Brett came home and we had dinner. I made butter chicken with rice! While I was cooking the kiddos went outside to play on the trampoline for a bit. After dinner we went to Target. Crazy Friday night over here. We then grabbed ice cream on the way home. We were all in bed by 9. 

Saturday was the busy day. I got up and went to the grocery store around 7 am. Came home and put everything away and Harper got ready for lacrosse practice. After I dropped Harper off I came back and folded laundry and picked up around the house! After Harper's practice we went to the playground. Hudson had his friend their which was fun! My mom and sister came too. After about an hour or so we had to leave to drop off Hudson at home and bring Harper to a birthday party at a trampoline place. I stayed with her there. Mollie went off with my mom and sister. They had lunch and went shopping!! She came home with a new nail polish and pop-its for Harper and Hudson. When Harper and I got home from her party we crashed!! Brett went to bed since he was working at midnight. We had tacos for dinner and then went to my sister's house to hang for a bit! We came home and once again everyone was in bed around 9. 

Sunday wasn't as busy but the kiddos had fun. We did our weekly clean up of the house. The girls both had friends over and we headed to the playground. The girls rode their bike around town which was their first time with out a parent! They did a great job. The girls had a pizza party at Nick's for their basketball team. After that we all crashed again until dinner time. I roasted a chicken for dinner along with potatoes and asparagus. We watched Peter Rabbit 2 since we are close to Easter! Everyone was in bed around 8 since it was a school night. 

So it was a pretty busy weekend and I didn't take any pictures! My goal for this week is to take more pictures through out the week! So let's see how that goes! Looking forward to next weekend when we start games. 

Have a great week! 
xoxo,
Erika 

Weekly Meal Plan!

 Ok so I know grocery prices have gone up and I'm really struggling to get our grocery amount down each week. As a family of five we spend about $300 each week. I know I can get it lower than that but I'm going to have to get creative. I'm going to post our meal plan each week. I was hoping to get this post up earlier this week but life happens! Our meals are not set in stone that it has to be a specific night. It really all depends on what is going on and what meal will be the easiest for that night. I do the majority of the cooking so I do the meal planning! 

Saturday- Beef Stroganoff with noodles and peas
Sunday - Leftovers - we actually went out to dinner this night with my parents for Chinese. So much better than leftovers!
Monday - Pot roast in the crockpot! This is super easy and I just add brown rice and green beans. Tuesday - Breakfast - eggs, bacon and toast.
Wednesday - Butter Chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Thursday - Hamburgers and fries
Friday - Take-out 

By Friday I'm exhausted and totally over cooking so we usually get pizza and do movie night if everyone is home! I try to do my grocery shopping on Saturdays for the upcoming week. I do have to usually stop at the grocery store on Tuesday/Wednesday for more milk, fruit and veggies. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can get our grocery bill down! Wish me luck. 

xoxo,
Erika