March

Here we are on the 3rd day of March and I haven't really gotten into my goal for this month yet.  I have sort of started on it but not thoroughly.
While I am still going to work on digging into the Word, and continue to be intentional about my sugar intake, I want to be intentional about my cooking.
With couponing, the idea is you stock up on stuff while it is on sale and plan meals accordingly.  I have been stocking up but I still by regular groceries for some things instead of going into my "stash" to shop.  Obviously, things have a limited shelf life so I need to be better about rotating it through and I need to be better about using my freezer stuff b/c come June, we will start adding berries to our freezer and it really needs to be cleaned by then.  That means I need to start being better about eating the food that is in there.
Plus, my kids seem to have gotten pickier if that is even remotely possible.  Making meals has become not a fun thing as my kids turn their noses up at most things.  My son is pretty good about trying stuff and he will actually eat beef which is nice.  My middle girl will try stuff and eat some of it but not everything.  My youngest however, now has a repertoire of about 5 foods and this includes pizza, quesadillas, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, and plain chicken.  So you can see my frustration and lack of joy when it comes to cooking. 
But, I my goal for this month is to meal plan.  To have things ready so I am not scrambling at 5:00 to figure out what to eat.  I also plan to involve my kids more in the hope that they will be more willing to try stuff.  Basically I just need to get organized.
So here is my meal plan for this week (and yes I know it is thursday but thought I would put stuff out there in case anyone wants recipes or to give you ideas)
Monday: Garlic chicken with broccoli and brown rice - this is a yummy weight watchers recipe that is super easy and so good.  I had forgotten about it (another reason to be organized with menu planning)
Tuesday: leftovers for hubby and I, the kids had noodles with either red sauce or Zesty Italian
Wednesday: beef tacos
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: crockpot pot roast with potatoes and carrots
            I am also making sausage biscuits for a shower saturday morning
Saturday: the kids are gone so we will be eating out :-)
Sunday: the main meal will be planned for next week but I need an Irish dish for a church potluck so if anybody has any suggestions, I am open to them.

I know we have a lot of leftovers.  That is something I am thinking about changing and if I can get organized I will.  But on the days I work, it is really hard to come home and cook so I usually make extra when I cook on Sundays and Tuesdays (for mondays and wednesdays -friday we have people over so that varies but if I am cooking, I try to do it on thursday)
Hopefully I will post next weeks meals on Sunday.  One thing my family did was sit down and make a list of foods we want for this month.  Another way to get the kids involved and make them feel they have input.
Happy March everyone!