Monthly Menu Musings #19

I hope you all had a great holiday season! Christmas and the New Year just fly by so quickly, I tell ya. And now we are finishing the first week of the new year!

I am thinking about posting a weekly menu plan. Any thoughts? Or is it nice to just get one menu once a month?

Here is my loose monthly meal planning for January 2014.  We are getting the year started off right with some healthy and tasty pickin’s. Look for the recipes in bold.

Breakfast:

• Granola
• Strawberry Shortcake Smoothie, D-F opt.

• Key Lime Pie Smoothie, Vegan Friendly, D-F-I have been making this smoothie multiple times a week for the last 2 plus months.

• Overnight Steel Cut Oats

Dinner:

• Guacamole with Nachos!

• Chicken Broth to Make lots of soups. I try to get at least 2 meals out of each soup.

• Crock-Pot or Not Super Quick Tortilla Soup
• Crock-Pot Potato Soup Recipe
• Crock-Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
• Tuscan Vegetable Soup
• Crock-pot Ham

• Crock-pot Ham Soup

This Christmas in our crock-pot mashed potatoes I threw in roasted garlic and caramelized onions I had made on Christmas Eve.  What a wonderful blast of flavor the roasted garlic and caramelized onions gave to the mashed potatoes!

• Roasted Garlic in the Crock-pot or Not

• Crock-pot Caramelized Onions

• Crock-Pot Enchilada Recipe
• Healthier Crock-Pot Meatballs

Snacks:

• 4 Ingredient Chewy Almond Butter Granola Bar

• Frugal & Easy Stove Top Popcorn with a Cost Breakdown
• Double Chocolate Energy Bars, G-F, D-F, V
• 3 Ingredient Healthified Chocolate Crispy Treats
• Yogurt Honey Fruit Dip
• Hummus

Healthier Dessert Ideas:

• 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

• Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookie Bars

• 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cups

What are you planning to eat this week?

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