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monday is here, sigh. i have been busy today trying to work up a menu for the month of august for my little food venture. i wont be able to start until august because we have a vacation to tahoe with the lovely speers and sirvateez families on the horizon in july.  i have been coming up with prices/serving for yummy things like mac and cheese, blta pasta with bleu cheese and garlic, and bbq chicken salad. im still on my rough draft but i feel like its starting to take shape. i will email the people that have shown interest in this idea when i have a set menu for the month of august and we will go from there!

in the meantime, here is what our week of dinners looks like-

• oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes and corn

• eggplant parmesan with mozzarella, homemade tomato sauce and penne pasta

• quiche/frittata lorraine with a big green salad

• chicken salad- chicken strips, romaine, tomato, cucumber and avocado with homemade honey mustard dressing

• whatever daniel decides to make for dinner wednesday

i like to plan my meals on sunday morning and then hit the stores and get what i need for the week, which means sunday-thursday dinners are covered. we generally go out to eat on friday ( ever run into us at sierra nevada?) and depending on what we have going on, sometimes even saturday night. in the interest of trying to save money for our future adoption (yay! ) we have tried setting an “out to eat”  budget and to stick by that. however, we failed miserably the first month, and then blew it off in june. so, we are going to give it another shot in july, so wish us luck! it seems as though at least once a week we hear the brewpub calling our name,  it is not unheard of for us to be seen there 2 times in a week, even 3 times one week , but there were special circumstances!

how do you decide what will be for dinner- do you plan out your meals on sunday and shop accordingly? do you decide on your way home from work and stop at the store to get everything you need? do you search through your take out menus and pick up the phone? do you try to stick to a food budget for groceries or eating out? if so, how do you stick by it?