January 2019 Meal Plans

My goals for 2019 is simple. I want to save as much money as I can in the grocery stores. I would love to cut back to spending around $65-70 a week!  I know one way to do that is to plan meals. I don't like to assign a meal to a certain day because it doesn't work for my family. It is a rare occasion that we are all here at the same time.

So... I keep a list of what we currently have in our pantry and freezer(s). This link is one that I made a few days ago and hasn't changed much. You can scroll down on the blog to see a couple of hauls I made over the weekend. I have added just a small amount to both lists since I made it. As you will see if you scrolls down, I did grab some ground beef/chuck that was one sale. I made hamburger steak sized patties with most of the ground chuck for a meal. The rest of it went into the freezer. One pack of the ground beef was cooked with some onions and other was placed in the freezer. The chicken tenders was divided into two freezer bags with a family size serving and placed in the freezer as well. These and other products that I got over the weekend will not be seen on the pantry/freezer lists.

Here is the meals that I plan to make some time in January.
1. Traditional New Year's Day southern meal: black-eye peas, turnip greens, and cornbread. For our pork, I will fry up some smoked sausage. Or when I start the dried peas in the crockpot, I will add the sausages in there to cook all day.

2. baked lemon-pepper fish, squash-zucchini casserole.

3. baked potato bar
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4. I still have a small pan of chicken & dressing in the freezer. I will reheat that and serve with italian green beans, and fried potatoes.

5. biscuits and gravy, salmon patties

6. BBQ, potato salad, baked beans

7. Hamburger Helper, Cal blend veggies

8. enchilidas, rice, beans

9. pintos and cornbread

10. sloppy joes, french fries or chips

11. steak fajitas, rice, beans

12. quiche, hash brown patties

13. Crockpot Lasagna, garlic toast, broccoli

14. tomato soup, grilled cheese

15. chili

16. Hobo dinner: It is basically the ground chuck patties wrapped up in foil with sliced potatoes and other veggies and baked in the oven. Could be baked over a fire or grill as well!

17. grilled chicken tender sandwich, french fries

18. tator tot casserole, broccoli

19. turkey pot pie

20. spaghetti, garlic bread

21. leftovers

22. Hamburger Helper, salad

23. biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs

24. pintos and cornbread... again!

25. quesadillas, chips & salsa

26. kraut and hot dogs, mac and cheese

27. fried chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, peas

28. burrito, chips and salsa

29. corn dogs, fries or chips

30. pancakes, sausage, fried potatoes

31. New Recipe!!