Menu Plan Monday: Starting a New Month

I am so excited for the beginning of June and eating and preparing lots of summer foods: cold pasta salads, fruit salads, corn on the cob, hamburgers and bratwursts. We have already started eating some of our lunches outdoors and we'll soon be doing daily. I especially love to eat breakfast outside in the morning. It is a beautiful way to start the day.

We will be doing our monthly grocery shopping this morning. I always get excited abouot coming home with all of the food and filling up our fridge, freezer, and pantry. (Yeah, I know it's a little silly, but that's just me!) Our meals this week will focus around beginning to stock the freezer for the rest of the month. Here is what we will be eating:

Breakfast

M - Waffles

T - Chocolate Chip Muffins (double for freezer)

W - French toast (triple for freezer)

Th - Oatmeal and bananas

F - Banana bread french toast

S - Sunshine toast

Su - Pancakes (triple for freezer)

Lunch

M - Tuna spread w/ crackers, strawberries

T - Ham & cheese sandwiches, yogurt, grapes

W - Pizza grilled cheese, carrot sticks

Th - Hard-boiled eggs, cheese slices, grapes

F - Quesadillas, yogurt

S - Black bean and corn nachos

Su - BLTs, homemade potato chips, applesauce

Dinner

M - Tacos (brown extra beef for freezer), homemade refried beans

T - Stuffed shells (double for freezer), fresh green beans, garlic bread

W - Chicken pasta salad

Th - Ham and cheesy potato casserole, peas

F - Chicken, Spinach, and garlic spaghetti, tossed salad

S - Bratwursts, Oven-Baked Parm Fries, corn on the cob

Su - Pretzel chicken (double for freezer), brown rice pilaf, cantalopue

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