Menus for the week

[Anonymous]

Monday - "make your own pizza" with Pillsbury dough, boiled & chopped mild Italian sausage, Classico olive and mushroom marinara sauce, shredded mozzarella and chopped olives, basil. Kids LOVE making it and are usually full before we bake the finished pizza.
Tuesday - Spaghetti using leftover sausages
Wednesday - BBQ steak, steamed whole artichokes with melted butter (and mayo for Mommy) for dipping, boiled potato, boiled carrots.
Thurs - chicken baked in mushroom soup/cream/bleck pepper, rice and brocoli.
Friday - leftovers, maybe one of us goes out with friends, and the other has frozen eggplant parmesan and feeds the kids
Sat & Sun - baked chicken, pork tenderloin, or most likely BBQ pork ribs. Daddy likes working the grill when he has time. Sometimes we improvise with frozen meatballs or nuggets, or do Vietnamese or Japanese takeout.
Mon - Quesadillas with black beans, cheese, sour cream, salsa etc. served with chips and guac.

[Anonymous]

We used to cook everything from scratch, but then we had a baby and got (at home) night jobs for extra cash, so now everything is about balancing frugality and convenience. Each week we make a big pot of beans of some sort and then use that (cheap) throughout the week. Sunday is our "splurge" day where we cook a complicated long meal and don't freak out about the prices. We also usually leave Saturday up in the air (read: takeout). Because we're so busy, almost every week looks exactly the same, but we trade up on the days. When I write "salad" what I mean is prepackaged salad put on a plate with oil and vinegar. Here's so far:

Mon - beans and rice with cheese and tortilla chips
Tues - chicken Italian sausage with peppers and onions and rice and white beans
Wed - Pasta with turkey, broccoli, white beans, and pesto and salad
Thurs - Salad with Italitan seasoned Shrimp, veggies, and white beans
Fri - Frozen Pizza and salad
Sat - ?
Sun - pork chops with roasted fall veggies and salad