Making Menus

I have a friend who I have been talking to about making weekly meal plans together in an effort to keep our families from eating out as often as we do. Time is our biggest reason for not getting dinner made for our families. We both work helping our husbands and don't end up doing things that we need to get done at home, such as planning and making quality meals. Our goal is to come up with simple ideas that can be made with relatively few ingredients and in a short amount of time. Here is our first week's menu:
Day 1 - Stromboli
Day 2 - Meatloaf
Day 3 - Chicken Enchiladas
Day 4 - Chicken & Dumplings
Day 5 - Herb Chicken with broccoli

The recipes and processes are simple and good.
STROMBOLI
ingredients:
Frozen bread loaves (they come 3 to a package, so we made two stromboli loaves and one loaf of bread)
pizza sauce
pepperoni, beef, salami, canadian bacon or whatever other meat you want
mozzarella cheese, pepper jack
greeen onions
process:
allow dough to rise according to package directions, roll out the dough and put in the ingredients you have chosen. It was my first time to make this and I could have put more meat in than I did. Don't skimp on the meats. Bake according to bread directions. It is delicious. If you don't want to put sauce in the bread, you may use it to dip the finished product.

MEATLOAF
ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
1 can stewed tomatoes
2 eggs
1 package crackers, crumbled
you can also add for flavor: garlic, tabasco, green peppers
process:
mix all ingredients and bake at 350 for about 40 minutes. This makes great sandwiches the next day.

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
ingredients:
boneless chicken
cream of chicken soup
sour cream
green chilies
Mexican style shredded cheese
tortillas
process:
boil chicken and shredd. mix soup, sour cream and green chilies and add to the chicken. cover with shredded cheese. Bake at 350 until heated through. serve wrapped in warmed tortillas. can also be used as a dip for tortilla chips.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS
ingredients:
boneless chicken
white gravy (we used the white gravy packets)
buttermilk biscuits
process:
boil chicken and shredd (can be done the same time as the enchilada chicken!), mix with white gravy. cut biscuits into forths and add to chicken and gravy. Bake at 350 until biscuits are golden.

HERB CHICKEN WITH BROCCOLI
ingredients:
Boneless chicken breast
cream of chicken with herb soup
frozen broccoli
pasta of choice
process:
cook chicken on stovetop in tablespoon of oil. when chicken is white through, add soup and frozen broccoli. heat through.
serve over cooked pasta

Most of these meals provided leftovers for the next day's lunch. My family liked eating them and they are all simple to prepare. Hopefully this is something some of you can use! We will be working on another menu soon and I will try to post it when we do.