Menu Planning Parents Weekend

Menu planning can be incredible when you have the liberty of letting your parents take you grocery shopping! It's essentially having the ability to splurge while someone else handles the bill--a great benefit of Parents' Weekend and having them visit campus!

For this week's planning, I did not include a full list or price tally since your parents would likely be picking up the tab, but you will need to go over the recipes to make sure that you have an complete list. Another benefit of this menu is that you will likely have multiple meals to either share or freeze for future use--make the most of this week!  You will be well-fed!

The Menu This Week
Total: 28 meals 
Cost: whatever your parents can spare

Sunday: 

• Orange Oatmeal Pancakes with Sliced Fruit with powdered sugar / 8 oz milk.
• Autumn Chili with Green Salad and Crusty Bread
• Cut up carrots and veggies for the rest of the week. Wash and store lettuce.
• Prep your roasted chicken
• Chicken Hoagies with Pepperoncini with Chips & Salsa
• Yoghurt with fresh fruit
• Save pancake batter 1/2 dry & 1/2 wet or 1/2 of the batter
• Prep your Tuna Fish 

Monday:

• 2 eggs with Toast / O. J. /  8 oz milk / 
• Tuna Fish Sandwich / Carrot sticks / Fruit / Granola Bars
• Avgolemono Soup with Crusty Bread  
• Triscuits with Cheese / Fruit
• Make Homemade Granola

Tuesday:

• Homemade Granola with Berries / 8 oz milk 
• Leftover Avgolemono Soup / Celery / Carrots / Granola Bar / Fruit
• Easy Meatloaf / Sweet Potato / Roasted Green Beans
• Freeze 2 thin hamburger patties for future Classic Diner Cheeseburger
• Save 6 slices of bacon 

Wednesday:

• 2-3 egg omelet with 2 Toasts / 2-3 slices Bacon / O. J. / 8 oz milk
• Leftover Meatloaf / 1/2 of sweet potato / Roasted Green Beans or make a meatloaf sandwich
• Carrots / Celery / Peppers / Fruit
• Leftover Autumn Chili with Cheesy Mushroom Toasts
• Fruit & Yoghurt

Thursday:

• Homemade Granola with Berries & Milk
• PB & J Sandwich with carrots / fruit
• Seared Pork Chops / Roasted Greek Potatoes with Roasted Garlic Dip
• Celery / Carrots / Leftover Garlic Dip
• Make up second 1/2 of pancake batter
• Save at least 1-2 pork chops for PLs Cuban Sandwiches

Friday:

• Orange Oatmeal Pancakes with Sliced Fruit with powdered sugar / 8 oz milk.
• PL's Cuban Sandwiches / Chips & Salsa / Carrots
• Classic Diner Cheeseburger / Chili-Lime Pepper Salad
• Yoghurt with fruit

Saturday:

• Plan next weeks menu and budget
• English Muffin with cheddar, egg, bacon / 8 oz milk
• Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup / Veggies
• Out for night (Take only Cash $20-30 from not having to buy groceries this week)