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So here's the menu. Now remember you don't have to follow it day by day it isn't carved in stone, but if you use day 30 recipe on day 18 you will have the ingredients for day 18 on hand so don't forget to make that meal one day. I always had a couple of quick meal stuff on hand so if time was running short you could still whip something up. Poppa's favorite was Au gratin Potatoes from a box with polish sausage or smoked sausage on top. I always added a little finely chopped onion to the box when I mixed it up and then lay your sausage on top and bake til done. Serve with a salad and you've got a good fast meal. Your favorite macaroni and cheese is another one to have on hand.

If you make a menu taking into account what you have in your pantry, freezer or where ever you stash stuff, your grocery bill will be a lot less for the month than going out and buying from meal to meal. One you will eat better because you won't be buying those high calorie, salt processed food and you will be cooking good wholesome food.

In another post I will try to give you a list of things you should have in your pantry at all times.

Here's my quick foods to have on hand: Boxed Au gratin Potatoes, Mac & Cheese, mashed potatoes, cream of mushroom soup. I also like to have at least in the winter time biscuits and cookies from the dairy case. Smoked Sausage or Polish Sausage, individual frozen chicken breasts, ground beef. I also like to buy an original rotassiery chicken once in a while. Depending on how many in your family will determine on how many meals you get. For the two of us I usually serve the leg/thigh when I get home with it hot with instant potatoes and package gravy. I then use the breast for salad, sandwiches, or enchilada's. The rest I cook down and it makes a great batch of soup or you could use this for a pot pie. It has always been a joke on how many meals can you get out of a chicken. Give it a try it's kind of fun. Also, remember most of us eat way too much meat per serving. A serving of meat is the size of a deck of cards.