If I write it down

I've created a simple menu plan for this week, and I'm joining others who link theirs through organizing junkie.

I'm going to start tallying the cost of individual meals, but right now I'm using as much of the food I have on hand as possible, so I won't be able to at first.

I can tell you the value of Monday night's dinner:  priceless.  It's free to us because it is a homemade chicken pot pie from the neighbors across-the-street.   Occasion:  I loaned them some celery previously.

 If you've read mine or my daughter's blog for long, you know that we have ridiculously great neighbors.  ( One of those neighbors, Sharon, hasn't been posted about in a while here, but not because she's been lazy (as if), or because I've been disinterested.  No, it's because she decided to create her own blog!  This is a super idea, except for the part that a blog doesn't write itself. . . . . .   if she doesn't start writing soon, she understands that I have first dibs on her life stories).

Anyway, back to the food:

Monday:  Chicken Pot Pie

Tuesday:  Black-eyed Peas, Cornbread, Onion

Wednesday:  Spaghetti

Thursday:  Mexican Chicken Lasagna

Friday:  Pizza

This will help me stay on track for the week.  Muddy mentioned a problem planning a meal but then not being in the mood for it.  I fall into that trap just buying the random makings for meals, but then forgetting about it or not being in the mood to cook a particular something.  So, a menu plan means less wasted food in my case.

Here goes!