Menu plan 11/17-11/23

Thursday: chipotle chicken taco salad ( freeze leftover pork)

Friday: chicken cordon bleu
*garlic rice pilaf
*carrots
dessert: caramel apple pie

Saturday: pizza
*green salad

Sunday: Husband in charge

Monday: porkchops with caramelized apples and onion
*mashed potatoes
*cucumber salad

Tuesday: leftovers or freezer meal

Wednesday: minestrone soup (freeze half)
*green salad
*breadsticks

Food Storage: Let's Get Started!

"We can begin ever so modestly. We can begin with one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month and then to three months...I fear that so many feel that a long-term food supply is so far beyond their reach that they make no effort at all."

-Gordon B. Hinckley
in Conference Report, Oct. 2002

in the past i have posted about food storage and eventually forgot about it and didn't post again. ( unfortunately this seems to be a pattern in my life) well, i have a spark again and have mapped out some goals to get our food storage in place. currently our food storage isn't half bad, but i would like to be more organized about it. so i am going to attempt again to post about food storage, but this time i have a six goal plan as follows:

Goal #1: Create 72 hour kits for each family member and a car emergency kit
Goal #2: Get a two week water supply
Goal #3: Set aside a financial reserve
Goal #4: One month supply of basic food storage
Goal #5: One month supply of expanded food storage
Goal #6: One month supply of non food storage

after completing these six goals, i plan to go through goals #3-#6 and work on a 3 month supply, then a 6 month supply and maybe even a 12 month supply.

i plan on doing a more detailed post about each of these goals as me and my family go through achieve them. i also plan on posting some other food storage related posts that support the goals. hopefully this will be helpful to some of you that are trying to create food storage in your homes as well.

so who's with me?

LET'S GET STARTED!!!

Next post: Why Store Food? aka Why become a food hoarder?

Menuplan 11/11-11/16

Friday: Broccoli cheese soup
*green salad
*rolls

Saturday: Out to Dinner

Sunday: Lasagna
*green salad
*breadsticks

Monday: Oven fried chicken
*carrots
*baked potatoes
*cornbread

Tuesday: leftovers or freezer meal

Wednesday: Pork Carnitas
*tortillas
*lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, cheese
*pineapple

menu plan 6/30 -7/6

Thursday: sweet and spicy grilled chicken
* green salad
*fruit salad
*rolls

Friday: creamy salisbury steaks
*mashed potatoes
*green beans
*rolls

Saturday: pineapple apricot skewers
*macaroni salad
*sunshine jello salad

treat: scotcharoos


Sunday: grilled steak and shrimp
*asparagus
*fruit
*rolls

Monday: grilled hot dogs and hamburgers ( lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, buns)
*potato salad
*cucumber salad or veggies + dip
* watermelon

dessert: homemade icecream

Tuesday: leftovers or breakfast

Wednesday: glazed porkchops
*green salad
*fruit
*rice

menuplan 05.26- 06.01

Thursday: Beef Tacos
*guacamole and salsa, tomatoes and lettuce
*corn tortillas
*zucchini melody
*brazilian lemonade

Friday: Cheesesteak Sandwhiches
*baked fries
*watermelon or pineapple
*broccoli salad

dessert: strawberry cheesecake bars

Saturday: lasagna casserole
*green salad
*breadsticks or french bread

Sunday: hubby's in charge

Monday: glazed pork chops
*green beans
*carrots
*rolls

treat: chocolate zucchini bread

Tuesday: leftovers or breakfast for dinner

Wednesday: cream cheese crockpot chicken
*peas
*fruit
*noodles or rice

menu plan 05/05-05/11

Thursday: southwestern beef or out to eat

Friday: chicken alfredo
*zucchini
*fruit
*breadsticks

Saturday: bajio chicken
*guacamole
*fruit
*corn
*fresh strawberry limeade

Sunday: cheesesteak sandwhiches
*fruit

strawberry cheesecake squares

Monday: hawaiian turkey burgers
*sweet potato fries

?treat: tres leches cupcakes

Tuesday: leftovers or baked creamy taquitos
*guacamole
*cilantro lime dressing or tomatillo salsa
*zucchini and corn medley

menuplan 04/13-04/20

Thursday: broccoli quiches (try freezing some)
*fruit salad
*toast

Friday: out to eat

Saturday: Sweet and Savory Steak
*carrots
*baked potato
*rolls
dessert: tres leches cupcakes

Sunday: hubby's in charge

Monday: Steak fajitas (freeze leftovers?)
*cilantro lime coleslaw

treat: strawberry cheesecake squares

Tuesday: leftovers or freezer meal

Wednesday: sweet and sour chicken (freeze half)
*rice
*broccoli
*fruit

menuplan: 4/7-4/14

Thursday: out to eat

Friday: cheesesteak sandwiches (try freezing leftover meat mixture?)
*spinach salad
*zucchini fries

dessert: strawberry cheesecake squares (freeze extra strawberry sauce)

Saturday: out to eat

Sunday: hubby is cooking

Monday: chicken alfredo
*broccoli
*breadsticks

treat: tres leches cupcakes

Tuesday: leftovers or freezer meal

Wednesday: zucchini casserole (freeze half)
*fruit and/or veggie

Inspired by: Heart Felt Wreath

wow, i can't believe i actually finished a project! i've been kind of thrown off my groove with having a new baby, but now that he is kind of on a nap schedule, i might be able to get back into doing some more projects!

i saw this heart felt wreath from the idea room. i told myself i wasn't going to mess with valentine decorations, but i couldn't resist this wreath. and when i found the styrofoam heart at our local craft store for 50% off, this project was calling my name. i even had the felt and straight pins on hand. it really is super easy to make! go here for directions on how to make one for yourself!

while we are on the subject of valentine decorations here is some more i've put together, nothing fancy. it's actually a tradition that i've started this year. we call it, i love you because... each member of our family has a jar (i've covered our kids names with hearts) so that we can leave each other "love notes" and tell each other why we love each other. ( my jar is empty, i'm really feeling the love;)



another tradition that we have on valentine's day is "kicking valentines". this tradition came from my husband's side of the family. i had never heard of "kicking valentines" until i met him. basically you make a treat and deliver it to loved ones but you leave it on the doorstep, ring the doorbell and run. ( so it's doorbell ditching with valentines).

now it's your turn, what kind of valentine traditions do you have with your family?