Menu plan for the week of September 28

Whoa, y'all.  I thought the summer flew by, but that was nothing compared to September.  Do you realize that October starts this week?  Yeah, me neither.  I was thinking I had one more week until my bubble burst this weekend.

This is also the last week of my month-long (which was actually 5 weeks long) menu plan. On balance, it was nice to not have to think of ideas of what to serve my family this month, but it annoyed me that I still did have to rearrange several meals because life happened.  I'm going to try some other things to see if I can find a planning method I like better, but keep this one in my back pocket.

Wait.  I'm not wearing any pockets.  Hmm.

So last week our Monday and Wednesday night activities started (you're right--we already had football on Mondays, but the other Monday activity started, which gives us a small window of time on Monday in which to eat).  Blessings.  We're managing blessings.

Here's what I've got for this week (compare to week 5):

• Beef & potato casserole (similar to this), green beans, peaches
• Carnitas (my sis' recipe--she's such a great cook), tortillas, toppings
• Tacos, tortillas, toppings
• Sesame chicken strips, broccoli/cauliflower/carrots
• Pizza or chicken pizza, salad
• Sunday night stew, mashed potatoes
• Shepherd's pie (similar to this), bread with butter, applesauce

Next Monday:

• Hamburgers, buns, greens, carrots, mandarin oranges

Snacks/dessert/other

• Pumpkin pie
• Apple crisp
• Apple pie filling (maybe)