WFD 8/7

[Bluedaisy]

Sun/Mon-shake and bake chicken with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies
Tues/Wed-grilled wraps
Thurs/Frid- Property and veggie stir fry with rice
Sat grilled hot dogs

[txngrl31]

Thanks ladies! Your menus sound delish!

carrots, thanks for including the links! I'm saving them now.

Bluedaisy, what's property and veggie stir fry?

So, I saw this after my grocery store trip, but I'm bookmarking for next week.

Sun: slow cooker lemon pepper chicken over zucchini noodles and steamed asparagus

Mon: stuffed pepper casserole
www.skinnymom.com/skinny-stuffed-pepper-casserole/

Tues: veggie enchiladas

Wed: turkey burgers and sweet potato fries

Thurs: pizza night

Fri: out

[txngrl31]

@wwprestige, what's the recipe for enchilada bean casserole? And where's your girls trip to??

[Bluedaisy]

txngrl31 it's a terrible autocorrect that was supposed to be pork lol

[erbear]

In no particular order...
Steak with baked potatoes and cheesy broccoli
Skillet lasagna
Baked crispy chicken and mac
Cheesy kielbasa pasta
Breakfast for dinner (waffles, turkey sausage, bacon, fruit)
Homemade Pizza

[billyhorrible]

S/M: Yosemite
T: Dinner on the road
W: pork stir fry
R: chicken Verde tamales
F: green curry with shrimp
S: Chinese duck and veggies

[erbear]

Aug 7, 2016 14:20:02 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Aug 7, 2016 14:17:54 GMT -5 erbear said:

In no particular order...
Steak with baked potatoes and cheesy broccoli
Skillet lasagna
Baked crispy chicken and mac
Cheesy kielbasa pasta
Breakfast for dinner (waffles, turkey sausage, bacon, fruit)
Homemade Pizza

I'm intrigued by the chicken and Mac. If I google that I should be able to find the recipe?
Eta: oh wait maybe I read it wrong. I thought it was a casserole but now I'm thinking its chicken with a side of Mac? Lol oops

That's exactly what it is! You can always shred chicken in your Mac. I've done that before - I'll make homemade Mac, shred the chicken in, and toss in some buffalo sauce.

[jillywilly]

Everyone's meals are making me jealous this week. We've packed 99% of our kitchen, so our week looks like this:

Tonight: went out with friends
Tomorrow: beef brisket from one of those pre-made dinner packages, scalloped potatoes from a box, and broccoli from a bag.
Tuesday: grilled chicken sandwiches, chips, and fruit
Wednesday: lasagna from the freezer from last week
Thursday: we're moving into my parents, so the win here is my moms cooking
Friday: no clue

[kemdupuis]

Sun: roasted lemon pepper chicken, Brussels sprouts with pecans and cranberries, rice pilaf

Mon: marinated steak, grilled asparagus with Parmesan, oven roasted potatoes

Tues: Dijon crusted porkchops, sweet corn, sautéed fresh green beans, apple and pear sauce

Weds: DH will be out of town. Leftovers for me.

Thurs: pasta with sweet Italian sausage and homemade red sauce, garlic loaf

Fri: homemade pizza with tomatoes, garlic, spinach and mozz

Sat: out

[jessila]

I've realized that I really need to step up my meal planning during the school year. The weeks I had a plan last year went more smoothly and involved less pizza than those that didn't.
I've made a preliminary list of things that I make semi-regularly and divided them by prep/cook time.
So ladies who rock at planning, any tips? Should I make a spreadsheet or am I thinking too much into this? How do you decide what you're having? How far in advance do you plan?

[sabrinaml]

Sun: spaghetti, green beans and garlic toast
Mon: BLTs, grilled zucchini/yellow squash
Tues: cheese/potato perogies sautéed with bacon and onion, salad, yellow beans
Wed: dinner with my mom (crockpot Italian beef)
Thurs: leftover Italian beef
Friday: dinner at In-laws
Saturday: probably chicken & salmon on the grill, undecided on sides

[jillywilly]

Aug 8, 2016 7:12:49 GMT -5 jessila said:

I've realized that I really need to step up my meal planning during the school year. The weeks I had a plan last year went more smoothly and involved less pizza than those that didn't.
I've made a preliminary list of things that I make semi-regularly and divided them by prep/cook time.
So ladies who rock at planning, any tips? Should I make a spreadsheet or am I thinking too much into this? How do you decide what you're having? How far in advance do you plan?

I do two main types of meal planning: 

Once every two months or so, I go through my Pinterest boards, find some freezer meals or recipes that could easily be converted to freezer meals (ideally the type you put in a bag and then dump into a crock pot). I normally aim for around 10-12 meals worth of recipes. Then I do a huge Sam's Club/grocery shop for ingredients, invite MIL over for an afternoon to entertain DS, and H and I just go nuts in the kitchen chopping, dividing, and freezing. It's a ton of work, but so worth it, because then I've got at least one meal a week for the next couple months where I have literally just dump it in a crock pot before going to work, and then dinner is maybe just boiling some pasta or whatever to go with it. 

On a weekly basis, I go through my grocery store's ad to see what meat is on sale, figure out if there's anything I need to use up, look at our schedule for the week, and then come up with a game plan from there. I have two files of recipes I use relatively regularly, so I'll pull whatever ones I decide to use that week, and then write my grocery list from that. No spreadsheets involved here. I normally keep one day as leftovers/take-out/go out as kind of a "flex" day for when life happens. 

[mrsmonogrammed]

Sunday- "tacos" and Mexican cauliflower rice. It was delicious!! Made with tomatoes my neighbor grew-



Mon- Grilled chicken, roasted potato rounds, and green beans

Tuesday- deconstructed fajitas with cilantro lime cauliflower rice

Wednesday- pot roast, carrots, and red potatoes

Thursday- (new recipe) "sloppy joes" on sweet potato rounds "buns" with broccoli

Friday- steaks on the grill, baked potatoes, and grilled asparagus

And that's all I've got planned so far:)

[veggiemo]

Sunday: Wet Burritos. My cousin from out west said she had no idea what these were so I'll explain in case this is strictly regional. You just make a burrito with whatever you want (we did refried black beans, onions, black olives, chopped tomatoes, cheese, jalapeno and cilantro) then you cover them in red enchilada sauce and bake. They were SO. GOOD.


Monday: Out

Tuesday: Pasta with roasted veggies

Wednesday: Baked veggie quinoa

Thursday: Sandwiches with fresh mozzarella and pesto

Friday: Almond Butter Tofu noodle bowls: minimalistbaker.com/thai-noodle-bowls-almond-butter-tofu/

Saturday: Homemade stuffed pizza.

[mrsdee1982]

veggiemo, Out West from where? In California, if you order a burrito at a Mexican place, chances are it's coming out to you wet unless you specify otherwise.

[mrsdee1982]

All I've got so far for the week is the broccoli cheese soup and tuna melts I didn't get around to making last week and Swedish meatballs with noodles.

[veggiemo]

Aug 8, 2016 12:19:08 GMT -5 mrsdee1982 said:

veggiemo , Out West from where? In California, if you order a burrito at a Mexican place, chances are it's coming out to you wet unless you specify otherwise.

Arizona. I told her what it was and she said "oh, we call those enchiladas". But it's still not an enchilada. Where I am the majority of the mexican restaurants say you can have the burrito wet or regular AKA with our without sauce.