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365 Day Meal Plan:: Week 12 Menu

I missed last week’s meal plan update, but am back with Week 12′s menu. We did eat at home for the last 2 weeks aside from planned meals out (and a school project for my son on Sunday that included eating Mcdonald’s) but it wasn’t as organized as I’ve been in the past. Sometimes things [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan:: Week Ten Menu

Reminder: You can create your own rotating menu plan by downloading my menu plan templates which includes a handy grocery list template. Pin It Week Nine Meal Recap Monday: Hamburgers and hot dogs, frugal fries, and salad Easy, yummy, and we came up with an even better version of homemade fries (I’ll share the recipe shortly). Tuesday: Split chicken breasts, [...]

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Super Simple Gluten Free Pizza & A Giveaway

Muffins. Cinnamon rolls. Bread. Cookies. Pizza. Did I get your attention? I bet you’re drooling now. Me too, but sadly all those yummy treats are things I can eat since they all contain gluten. Thankfully we’ve been able to find some yummy alternatives thanks to Udi’s. (try the blueberry-they are to die for!) While my [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan: Week Nine

We’re officially on the third month of my 365 Day Meal Plan, and despite hiccups and my forgetful nature when it comes to scheduling we’re not only managing to cook at home every meal (aside from planned outings), but we’re also seeing the savings in our bottom line. After two months we’ve shaved about 25% [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan:: Week Eight Menu Plan

This week’s update on the yearly meal plan may look like a failure, but I still consider it a success since we didn’t eat out unintentionally. I still managed to serve the kids healthy meals (and so many fruits and veggies), and didn’t overspend on my groceries. Pin It Here’s how last week’s meal plan [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan: Week Seven Menu Plan

Last week’s menu was a little ambitious. With a 4 day weekend (and early dismissal and one kiddo home sick on Thursday) I didn’t have quite as much time to work or catch up on housework last week. So while we had some family time I also mixed in some work and housekeeping this past [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan: Week Six & Rosemary Roast Recipe

Now on week 6 of our rotating year long meal plan I can say this has definitely made my nights easier, and allowed me to get more creative in the kitchen. Not having the stress about what to cook at 5pm saves me time and energy, as well as lots of frustration. You can create [...]

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Cider Glazed Pork Loin {Gluten-Free}

I’ve mentioned this cider glazed pork loin several times in my menu plan. It’s something I came up with on the fly when we had pork loin and just enough apple cider to cause the kids to fight make a tasty fall/winter marinade. This recipe is super easy to make since you don’t need to [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan: Week Five

We’re back to ‘Week One’ with our 365 day meal plan this week. Since we’re rotating 4 weeks of menus now we start over at the beginning. The first four weeks have been fairly simple in terms of shopping and cooking meals, though we have had to make some accomadations over those weeks as well. [...]

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365 Day Meal Plan: Week 4 Menu

Apologies for the delay in Monday’s meal plan, due to downtime and malware infecting my site I was unable to get this up in time. Without further ado an update on meal planning. We’re in week four of my 365 meal plan, and so far even with crazy busy schedules, and a never-ending cold that [...]