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Large Family Good Eats – Menu Planning

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I am keeping it simple this week…

Monday  - Basic Spaghetti

Tuesday - Homemade Pizza

Wednesday – Chicken, rice, and veggies

Thursday - Leftovers

Friday –  Chicken Stew

What are you cooking this week?

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Large Family Good Eats – Recipe Sources

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Do you have a large family?

We have a large family. We have five children and visiting grandparents to feed most nights. That works out to roughly 9 people on any given night for dinner and sometimes through out the day. We have allergies in the family too (dairy, egg, and nuts). I have made it my mission to transform recipes to be free of our daughter’s allergens and still not break the budget.

As I set out to plan my menu for the week, I decided it was high time to gather a collection of resources for recipes. These recipe places were selected because of their “large family or crowd” appeal, not because of the lack of allergens (just a caution to you if you have allergies).

If you have  a large family (whatever that means to you) or you need to cook for a crowd, check out these amazing links.

What is your favorite “large” recipe? Please share…

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Menu Plan Monday

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It’s time for Menu Plan Monday again.

Our family does not eat eggs, dairy, nuts, or mushrooms due to allergies.

I am only including my breakfast and dinner this week because we usually just wing our lunches.

Here are my breakfasts (with fruit):

  • Monday –  Leftovers from yesterday morning
  • Tuesday – muffins
  • Wednesday – breakfast skillet (onions, bacon, peppers, potatoes)
  • Thursday – oatmeal
  • Friday- Baking Powder Biscuits and pepperoni
  • Saturday – pancakes
  • Sunday – pancakes

Here are my dinners for this week (with vegetables):

  • Monday – beef stew pie with Biscuit Topping
  • Tuesday – pizza night
  • Wednesday – pasta
  • Thursday – leftovers
  • Friday – roast beef dinner with all the fixings
  • Saturday – pork roast with all the fixings
  • Sunday – shepherds pie

This is my third week to link up with Menu Plan Monday. I am really enjoying it. We grocery shop once a month. I am already working on next month’s menu ideas and grocery list. Everyone is loving the pizza night. Most of us like the roast beef dinners (one kid doesn’t). Those things will definitely be on next month’s menu. We will continue rotating the pork and chicken. We have all decided that we would like to try cola chicken (I am looking for a recipe). I have already decided that Mexican needs to be added to the list and possibly Chinese just to give us more variety.

If you have any creative ideas that would feed 9 people and fit our allergy requirements (mentioned above), I would love to hear from you.

So what are you eating this week?

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