15+ Meal Ideas for Menu Planning

The Happy Housewife is hosting Menu Planning 101 at her blog this month. Her first challenge was to come up with your top 15 meals that your family enjoys. I missed being able to link up to that post so I decided to show you what I do when coming up with meal ideas.

I recently compiled all of our favorite meals to one list and printed it for my Home Management Binder. I also like to use the websites like allrecipes.com and recipezaar.com when I'm needing to use certain ingredients for a meal. Here is my meal ideas master list.

Tacos

Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Fajitas (chicken, beef or mixed)

Nachos (chicken or beef)

Poppy Seed Chicken
Taco salads

Pineapple Chicken
Enchiladas (chicken or cheese)

Creamy Chicken Noodle
Mexican Chicken

Fish Sticks/Fillets
Mexican Spaghetti

Shrimp
Chow Mein

Red beans and Rice w/ Polish Sausage
Fried Rice

Chicken Noodle Soup

Loaded Baked Potato

Vegetable Beef Soup

Tuna/Salmon Patties
Cheesy Potato Soup

Crock pot Chicken w/ Honey Mustard Sauce

Chicken Tortilla Soup
Beef Stew

Chicken and Rice
Chili

Chicken and Dressing
Spaghetti

Grilled Chicken Breast
Lasagna

Breaded Chicken Tenders
Parmesan Chicken

Chicken Nuggets
Pizza

Meatloaf
Chicken Alfredo

Ravioli (cheese or beef)
Chicken Tetrazzini

Sloppy Joes
Salisbury Steaks

Cube Steak
Steak

Beef BBQ
Hamburgers

Brisket
Roast

Ribs
Baked Ham

Turkey Roast
Pork Tenderloin

Turkey/Chicken Pot Pie
Sub Sandwiches

Breakfast/Waffles/Pancakes
Beans and Cornbread

Beef Stroganoff
Grilled Chicken Salad

BBQ Chicken
BBQ Pork

Chicken and Dumplings

Oven Fried Chicken

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