Are you ready for some football!?!? February is the month for the Super Bowl! Football not quite your thing? That’s okay – February also have Valentine’s Day! That not your thing either? Well, how about Ash Wednesday? President’s Day? Academy Awards? Leap Day? If nothing else, February 22nd is National Margarita day! Hopefully, one of those things will get you celebrating!
Speaking of celebrating, how’s your menu planning going this year? Well? Not so well? Fall off the planning wagon? February is also a great month to pick yourself up and get back at it. Don’t worry about being perfect at it – no one is. But every little bit helps! Here’s a good menu to get you started!
What if I don’t cook every night?
Awesome! I don’t either – we often have leftovers 2-3 night/week. Just take this basic plan, cut out some meals and make leftovers part of your plan!
What if I don’t want a particular meal on a specific night?
Awesome! Just take this basic plan and swap meals around.
What if I want to see the Excel version?
Awesome! You can download it here.
What if I don’t eat beef? Or chicken? Or pork?
Awesome! Just take this basic plan, remove the foods you won’t eat and put in foods you will eat.
What if I don’t know how to make that meal?
Awesome! Included are the links for the recipe that I usually use.
What if we always have pizza on Friday nights?
Awesome! (Can I come over?) Just remove my Friday meals and put in pizza.
What if I want to plan for more than just dinner?
Awesome! Feel free to print this out, write out breakfast & lunch meals. Or you can edit it in Excel and make it your own!
What if I don’t like your recipe?
Awesome! Use which ever recipe you normally use and just use this basic plan as a suggestion.
What if I have my own monthly menu plan?
Awesome! Care to share it? Share it down below in the comments so that we all can see it and be inspired!
What’s cool about this menu plan?
I tried to have a variety of meals each week – some beef, some chicken, and some pastas. That way you won’t get too bored. There are also plenty of ways to save time when using this menu plan. Examples: When prepping chicken at the beginning of the month, make enough for the other recipes and freeze it for future use. When making ground beef, brown 2-3 times the normal amount and freeze that. It makes it super quick to pull meals together!
Also this month starts Lent. For those that are Catholic and don’t eat meat on Fridays, I used meat-less meals on Fridays. For those that do eat meat, feel free to modify the recipe to include chicken, pork or beef – whatever seems great!
Recipes in this menu plan:
Hot Ham & Cheese
Pancakes
Fajitas
Oven Drumsticks
Beef Stew
Texas Hash
Sloppy Joes
Jambalaya
Chicken Noodle Soup
Bow Tie Fiesta
Chicken Tacos
Lemon Garlic Salmon
Italian Sausage With Bow Tie Pasta
French Onion Burgers
Slow Cooker Barbeque Beef Sandwiches
Taco Soup
Tex Mex Chicken Casserole
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Baked Quesadillas
Chicken Enchiladas
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Parmesan Baked Pork Chops
Chicken Stir Fry
Pepperoni Roll
Baked Potato Soup and Paninis
Baked Teriyaki Chicken
Creamy Chicken Pockets
Ham & Bean Soup
Jayme is a wife to 1 and a mother to three little boys (soon to be 4 this summer!). She coupons, but isn’t super extreme about it. She price matches and loves it! While she likes to cook, she’s in the stage of life where simple is usually better! She never knows how many hands she’ll have free at dinner time! You can find her at No Regrets Living.
