April Menu

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It’s that time again!  Time for the monthly menu.   Here is the list of meals I plan on making for my family this month.  If you would like a monthly calendar for April to write your own menus on you can find it here: http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/menuplanningcalendars.htm 


1st – beef & bean burritos, salad
2nd – beef pot pie (no crust) w/cheesy biscuit topping, salad
3rd – beef chili, cornbread, salad
4th – chicken chow mien, egg rolls, salad
5th – homemade pizza, salad
6th – tuna patties, garlic roasted potatoes, salad
7th – spaghetti, French bread, salad
8th – garlic parmesan chicken legs, buttered noodles, salads
9th – leftovers
10th – Italian pinto beans, dinner rolls, salad
11th – leftovers
12th – easy crockpot beef stew, dinner rolls, salad
13th – potato sausage chowder, dinner rolls, salad
14th – leftovers
15th – cream cheese chicken enchiladas, tortilla chips & salsa, salad
16th – yummy pinto beans, biscuits, salad
17th – split pea soup, pepperoni bread, salad
18th – chicken noodle soup, biscuits, salad
19th – tacos w/ all the trimmings
20th – bbq chicken, garlic roasted potatoes, salad
21st – leftovers
22nd – crockpot chili, cornbread, salad
23rd – clam chowder, crackers, salad
24th – kielbasa, cabbage & buttered noodles, salad
25th – sub sandwiches, tomato soup, salad
26th – baked white fish, twice baked potatoes, salad
27th – white bean chicken chili, tortilla chips, salad
28th – leftovers
29th – crockpot hamburger veggie soup, dinner rolls, salad
30th – lasagna

Comments

  1. MonicaApril 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    I always look forward to your menu post. It helps me fill in some of my blank spots. My family loves the recipes that I have used from your site. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    I always look forward to your menu posts too. I love that you seem to always have a bean or soup recipe that I can easily make vegetarian for my family & they are always met with smiles!

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  3. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    Hi,
    I love your monthly menus, question...do you have a standard menu plan for so many months and you just rotate it or do you think of all the meals at one time?

    Coleen

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  4. happy mommaApril 1, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Nice variety, I start out well with my menu planning, but I seem to get really behind and don't keep it up. It really does help when it comes to meal time to know ahead what your going to make. Thanks for the encouragement. God Bless

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  5. CrystalApril 1, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    You're welcome Monica and happy momma! :)

    Steph, glad you are ablet find recipes to use! I have several bean recipes on my site that would be very adaptable for meatless cooking.

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  6. CrystalApril 1, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Coleen, I don't typical rotate my menus. I may look at past menus to get some ideas if I feel I am lacking in creativity.. but usually I plan one meal at a time, taking into account busy days, home days, hubby's weekend and such..

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  7. UnknownApril 2, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    Thank you once again for doing this. It keeps me going to take the time to plan our month out also like this.

    I love your monthly menu calendar! I could make my own but I look forward to yours each month.

    Thanks again!

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  8. SharonRApril 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Thanks for sharing your menus. I also thank you for sharing your menu calendar! I have a menu calendar on my computer that is just a plain graph for the month, and one for the week. Yours is much cuter, so I went ahead and copied it!

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