Saving Monday & Meal Planning 2011

Well today there was an accident and my old cheapie walmart $19 mdf board bookshelf fell over and broke.....well unfortunately it took out the hall light switch with it..... We fixed it for $.80 cents and 10 mins of DH's time. Thank you Home depot! But what about my bookshelf? Well I picked the 30 books I plan to read and those I need to return from my sister and put them in our tv stand in our bedroom. The rest will go into rubbermaid tubs since apparently our move south according to DH's company is January 2012 (I guess they didn't get started like they thought on the new building....it's now supposed to start in April or May this year). I have my Nook ereader anyway....and the library I'll be fine with the books stored.

For any new readers out there.....I am a cookbook addict....well any book...but I do collect cookbooks....(the old kind that your grandma's church put together.....those have the best recipes in my opinion). I like to read cookbook for inspiration and because those my great grandma left me when she passed have random notes throughout the pages. So I spent tonight looking through cookbooks (luckily my dad made me a beautiful cookbook bookshelf that is kept near the kitchen and within reach while cooking....it was not harmed in the previously mentioned bookshelf incident).  Looking through cookbooks always makes me want to meal plan. I recently went through the freezer and my pantry to see what I have in stock. I was very pleased with how few items I am actually short. I'll picking up the must haves this week and waiting for sales on the others.
Meal Plan:
Monday- BBQ pulled pork sandwich, cornbread muffins and spicy honey carrots
Tuesday-Scallops Charleston with my dad's fav side dish (barley, onion, mushrooms, and chicken broth in a casserole dish).
Wednesday- Pork Tenderloin with Red Pepper Sauce.
Thursday-Beef Stroganoff served over egg noodles (No yolks....they always have a sale once a month in my area).
Friday- Hawaiian Roni
Saturday- Whole roasted lemon/garlic chicken, homemade pasta, and cheesy garlic rolls.
Sunday-  Penne a la Betsy from Pioneer Woman (love her site and I was lucky to get her cookbook for super cheap. They did special hardcover holiday pack of it at Barnes and Noble, it went 50% off and I'm a member so I got 10% off, then I had 25% off coupon so I used that too....yes total was 85% off....I paid less than my cup of coffee I bought at the starbucks.) I religiously use her site but I like having some of the same recipes in a book......and my mom has borrowed it a few times.....