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When I planned the menu for the family this week, I had to do so with a different cook in mind. Mr Infrastructure and I are doing something of a role swap this week. The aim of this for me to do some long term planning, complete the preseason for the 30 Day Challenge and work on documenting all my recipes.
Monday: Pumpkin Soup
Baking: White Chocolate Chip Cookies
(I will still do the baking – I think I can only push it so far!)
Tuesday: Chicken Stir Fry With Seasonal Vegetables
Wednesday: Baked Penne With Bacon
Thursday: Tacos
Friday: Roast Chicken and Vegetables
(The chicken will be bought cooked, but the veggies cooked at home.)
Saturday: Picklebums Easy Beef and Vegie Triangles
(Using left over meat from the tacos.)
Sunday: Pasta with Chicken and Spinach
Again, I have included the shopping list for this week’s menu plan as an excel file. The below paragraphs explain what is in the attached excel file below.
Shopping List For Family Menu Plan 080721
It contains three separate spreadsheets. The first is named “Complete Grocery’ and it lists by supermarket aisle all the ingredients that are needed to cook the family meals for this week.
The second spreadsheet is named “Ingredient By Meal’ and it lists the ingredients that are required for the family by each individual meal this week. I have also left on the aisle and aisle subsection in this spreadsheet for reference, but if you want to print that out you will need to alter the print area.
The third spreadsheet is named “Menu Plan” and is a modified version of the menu plan that I print and place on the fridge. I have a notes section, that I like to populate with any activities that are likely to impact the evening meal routine.
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For more menu planning ideas head on over to Laura’s place at “I’m an Organizing Junkie“.