I have always made a weekly menu, in fact, I am lost at the grocery store without one! Having a menu definitely saves time (no need to decide each night what to make) and money (you only buy what you need and nothing goes to waste). I try my best to organize my menus around seasonal produce, sale items, or what I have in the freezer. Today I was really excited to discover a whole group of people who also like to make menus! I’m an Organzing Junkie hosts Menu Plan Monday every week! What a great way to share ideas and discover new recipes! So…today I am going to join them by posting my menu for the week. Here it is:
Muffin of the week: Whole Wheat Carrot Raison (Made with carrots from the garden)
Treat of the Week: I’m canning this week instead of baking – so no treat. 
But we will have green tomato mincemeat, salsa and stewed tomatoes for the winter!
Main Dishes (I eat muffins or oatmeal for breakfast and leftovers for lunch – simple!)
Quesadillas (tomatoes, cheese and onions in a tortilla folded in half and fried on both sides like grilled cheese)
Veggie Stew & Biscuits
Best-Ever Bean Soup (this is a super simple, super cheap, amazingly good soup – I will post the recipe sometime soon!)
Homemade tortellini from the freezer (from this cookbook) with fresh tomato sauce and carrots from the garden
Spicy tomato chicken soup with baked pita (a product of the food party)
Pita Nachos – this is something I made up for this week – beans, veggies, salsa and cheese on a pita baked in the oven until crisp – I’ll let you know if it turns out!
Yum! Just reading that list makes me want to go cook! You have probably noticed the lack of meat on that list – I am a former vegan (long story – all health related) married to a meat-a-tarian but since I do most of the cooking the compromise is delicious veggie meals most of the time and a poultry dish once in a while – oh, and sometimes I’ll put meat on half the pizza or half the nachos – just ’cause I love him! 
If you want to check out some more great weekly menus head on over to the Menu Plan Monday list. Hope there are some good things cooking at your house this week!
Homemade tortellini sounds so good!!!
Looks good! I can’t go to the store without a list either. It also keeps me really organized. I also ask my other half to help me decide which night what to have so that he also feels involved and gets to pick out some things that he likes as well. Right now we are trying to not shop at all and just go through what is at home in the cupboard, fridge and freezer. But when we do shop, it makes it more fun to go together.
Love the homemade tortellini and Friday night Pizza recipes! How often do you use your pasta maker? I’m just curious as to if it’s worth the investment for me as I’ve never made pasta before.
Welcome to MPM! I just started last week, so I’m new at it myself. So far it has really been fun
Hi Greta,
I must admit that I owned my pasta maker for years before taking it out of the box because I thought it would be hard to do. This summer, with a little practice, I got hooked and used it all the time! Now that I’m back to work (I’m a teacher) I find I don’t have as much time for cooking and it’s back to sitting in the cupboard. So… if you love to cook and spend a lot of time in the kitchen I would say go for it! It’s so much better than store bought and you can make a big batch and then freeze it to use later, and it’s really quite simple once you get the hang of it. But it does take time so if you’re a 30-minute meals kind of person than you probably won’t make use of it.
Andi,
It is funny how we can leave kitchen appliances sitting like that…I haven’t used the crock pot in ages and have a George Foreman just sitting there. I’m sure once I get going with the crock pot, I will use it all the time!