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Re: Meal Planning for the week
Sunday - DH made an AMAZING but labor intensive Spanish beef stew
Monday - Ravioli & pesto
Tuesday - Hamburger rice and beans
Wednesday - out
Thursday - out
Friday - Chicken enchiladas
Saturday??
I'm really proud I even managed to make it to the store this weekend. Tonight we're doing stuffed pork chops and then I got a bunch of easy things like tortellini and stir fry stuff for the other nights.
Sunday: cordon blue...had spaghetti instead
Monday: spaghetti...having tacos
Tuesday: tacos or enchiladas...chicken with the MIL
Wednesday: breakfast...should still be on for this
Thursday: chicken spaghetti....probably going to do pork chops instead
Friday: i forget....maybe cordon blue
This is my 2nd month of listing out meals for each day. It has been a HUGE help. As you can see, i don't always stick exactly to the list, but it helps so much with shopping and just having that idea already planned out. I mix things around if we have change of plans. It has also diminished our eating out.
I guess I better start working on February's plan.
I've been really trying to stick to my meal plan too - and I planned for 2 weeks. Week 2 got shuffled around b/c I was late one night, DH had a meeting after work, etc. and we had a crap load of leftovers from MIL - so we basically ate those. So. ... now we're basically on week 3 of one shopping trip and other than milk and bananas, we haven't gone back to the store. I'm soo excited.
I see how easily the budget goes off the rails - DH wanted to make a stew yesterday (that was delicious) but we had almost none of the ingredients at home - so he probably spent ~60 on ingredients plus random stuff at the store. I decided I'm just going to count that towards our "entertainment" budget. LOL
It's easy to just buy dinner but if you have it somewhat planned out, it doesn't make it so painful going home to make that dinner. As you said, you can shuffle things around when needed or things come up and sometimes it extends the planning and really cuts down on the grocery spending. We didn't end up at the store last week, but I surely made up for it this week. I also purchased a few things that I normally wouldn't have that weren't cheap. My next goal is to try to meal plan out of what's in the house, to clean out the freezer.
I finally got so tired of coming home exhausted and trying to figure out what to make for dinner so this has been a lifesaver for me the past 2 months.
Crap. I was so busy this weekend, that we didn't do one.
Sunday - DD's party - ground turkey with onions & spices, red chili beans with onions and spices, refried beans, cheesy rice with jalapenos and cilantro, cheesy rice with onions, molasses cornbread, cheesy cornbread, vanilla cupcakes and chocolate cake.
Tonight - left overs
Tuesday (?) - Lasagna (our friends are going to cook)
Wednesday - probably left overs, still, or savory pancakes made with onions, garlic, mushrooms and corn)
Thursday - something with broccoli
Friday - pizza?
This week will be a little off because we have friends staying with us temporarily while they find a new place to live. Their neighbors rowhouse caught fire and theirs sustained heavy smoke and water damage, so it is unlivable.
Sunday: Dinner at inlaws
Monday: Leftover spaghetti from Saturday night
Tuesday: Drip beef sandwiches (I have that in the crockpot now so I can refridgerate it tonight and skim the fat off tomorrow. They are YUMMY!)
Wednesday: I'm going out for Indian food
Thursday: Mexican skillet. Basically you take ground turkey or beef, brown and drain it. Put back into skillet and add one can of Rotel (don't drain), a half a cup of uncooked rice, taco seasoning, a can of rinsed black beans and a cup or so of frozen corn. Cook until the rice is done. It's so good and only uses one pan! We'll eat it on fajitas, nachos or tacos.
That's all I have for the week. I need to go to the grocery store!
Sunday: We had dinner with our neighbors, and we had a huge spread of food, pizza, wings, beer bread, veggies, you name we probably had it.
Tonight: Salmon and green beans.
Tuesday: Spaghetti and turkey meatballs w/a salad
Wednesday: Leftovers and I'll probably do some seared sea scallops.
Thursday: Pizza night.
Friday: I'll be out with my mom, so DH/DD will fend for themselves.
Saturday: I may fix up some some baked ziti and freeze half.
I try to leave the list out and the recipe since DH gets home first and this makes it easier for him to get it started (not that it always happens, but it NEVER would if there wasn't a plan)
Mon- Baked chicken and a vegetable
Tues- Pork chops and a vegetable
Wed- Carrot soup and leftovers
Thurs- Lasagne and salad
Fri- steak subs and a vegetable
Sunday: We grazed over lots of football snacks all afternoon/evening.
Monday: Grilled cheese and tomato soup (I need to hit the store)
Tuesday: Dinner at FILs
Wednesday: Crock Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu
Thursday: Spinach Salad with grilled shrimp and garlic toast
Friday: California BLTs, roasted broccoli and brown rice
Saturday: Sloppy Turkey Buffalo Joes, grilled zucchini and squash
Sunday: Chicken and Dumplings
Someone's getting a little brother!
We are in pantry/freezer clean out mode.
Tonight we are having citrus glazed chicken stir-fry in honor of the Chinese New Year!
Tomorrow I will probably make beef chili. I put a frozen lb. of 93% lean ground beef in the fridge yesterday, so I need to cook it tomorrow. I will make a loaf of bread and steam the broccoli that needs to be used up.
Wed- Chili from Tuesday and probably make rice or pasta to go along with.
Haven't further than that- we have some frozen salmon, so I should use that somehow.
Sunday: we had chicken sausages and mac n cheese
Monday: sweet potato chili
Tuesday: sweet potato chili (I made a lot of it)
Wednesday: chicken pesto stuffed shells
Thursday: cheesy chicken and broccoli gratin
Friday: its always a free for all, I don't plan Fridays dinner but we'll have leftovers if we have it, frozen pizza or take out
Saturday: tbd
Monday: spaghetti and homemade meatballs
Tuesday: out with DH's work
Rest of the week: lemon chicken soup with orzo, chicken finger tacos, confetti chili, chicken edamame chowder, tuna noodle casserole
5 cats. 1 baby.
5 cats. 1 baby.
Working FT, getting the beebee, going home and then having to decide dinner was enough to make me want to poke my eyeballs out. It was a constant fight with DH about "what's for dinner"...he never helped with suggestions and I was just exhausted from having to decide at the last minute every night.
I take a calendar and write a different meal each day. I surely don't stick to it perfectly, but it has eliminated so much stress of "what's for dinner". If anything, it gives me a bunch of ideas to toss around and move around.
This week is so insane that I don't even know. I haven't even gone grocery shopping for the week yet.
Last night: We had nothing in the house, so I boiled some brown basmati rice, made a mozzarella sauce, and then topped it with leftover chicken, green beans, and spinach.
Tonight: I have to go grocery shopping, but I think it will be a zucchini lasagna.
Wednesday: Girls happy hour at Rocco's pizza in Annapolis
Thursday: PSU alumni association board meeting at Paladar
Friday: Friends coming over, I think I'm going to make some dips and appetizers, maybe a good soup in the crockpot with some french bread.
Saturday: Work dinner at a new place in Gambrills, Roundz gourmet market.
So, basically, tonight is the only night I'm having a normal dinner.
~ Kelsey Jean ~
Cooking with Crouton: A Food Blog
Sunday- homemade pizza
Monday- DH made a chicken, broccoli and rice stir fry
Tuesday- Cheeseburger Mac and a veggie
Wednesday- Santa Fe Chicken
Thursday- Fish, veggies and sweet potato
Friday- out with friends
Saturday- not sure yet
Sunday- Thinking about Turkey Chili