Meal Plans [week of 3/22]

[txngrl31]

Sunday: Chicken Stuffed Bell Peppers

Monday: Turkey Burgers with avocado, Sweet Potato Fries, and Broccoli Slaw Salad

Tuesday: Chipotle Salad: for some reason, I always pick up Chipotle after my OB appointment

Wednesday: Hangar Steak, Wild Rice or Baked Potatoes ( not sure on which one we will fix), Steamed Veggies and Salad

Thursday: Pizza Night

[leenziepops]

Monday : Kanga Bangas (sausages made from Kangaroo meat. Lean source of protein) with mash and steamed veggies
Tuesday : Mum's house hopefully
Wed: Homemade beef and veggie pasties that I froze up over the weekend. Garden salad.
Thursday: Sister's house
Friday: Take out or dine out.

[leenziepops]

Mar 22, 2015 19:13:58 GMT -5 pbubblegum said:

One day I will have my shit together and make a meal plan.

I really don't do much of a meal plan either - it's usually in my head! If I plan too much I end up having too much food in the fridge that doesn't get eaten if we get invited over for dinner with family. Or I have to decline because the fish/steak/chicken must get eaten today. 

[laurenlou83]

Monday: Grilled BBQ chicken and veggies
Tuesday: Tacos
Wednesday: Burgers on the grill, side of baby red potatoes
Thursday: Pork chops and green beans
Friday: Take out or out to dinner


Our weekly plan is always interchangeable depending on if something sounds better. We have a good stock of frozen meats/proteins on hand at all times, so it is easy to plan. We are big grillers and always will do some leftovers for lunches, too.

[turtletyme]

Roast beef with red potatoes and carrots, hot dogs, fish sandwiches. We are planning to get back to healthier eating after my DHs birthday in two weeks!

[lunalovegood]

Tonight - Hamburgers and asparagus
Monday - Stuffed bell peppers
Tuesday - Almond crusted chicken tenders and cucumbers
Wednesday - Southwest eggrolls and fresh guacamole
Thursday - Cajun grilled talapia and broccoli
Friday - Grilled pork chops and veggies

[Bluedaisy]

Sunday: Slow Cooker Beef Dip
Monday: Left over Beef Dip
Tuesday: Fish and Chips
Wednesday: DH has a dinner meeting so I'm on my own so it might be Subway
Thursday: Chicken Stir Fry
Friday: Chicken Stir Fry

[mrskblack11]

Options:
Steak and baked potatoes
Pan fried pork and asparagus

Then we have leftovers to eat up.

[veggiemo]

This is a bad week for a meal plan for us. Between work schedules and going out of town it's still up in the air. But I'll put what we have on the menu, not sure what on which days yet:

-Tortelini with pesto sauce
-Copy of a local deli sandwich: Swiss cheese, scallion cream cheese, tomato, cucumbers and sprouts on pumpernickel bread
-Egg rolls lunalovegood your southwest version sounds intriguing--recipe?
-Pad Thai

Love these threads. I'm always looking for new ideas so we don't get into ruts!

[lunalovegood]

Mar 22, 2015 21:15:09 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

This is a bad week for a meal plan for us. Between work schedules and going out of town it's still up in the air. But I'll put what we have on the menu, not sure what on which days yet:

-Tortelini with pesto sauce
-Copy of a local deli sandwich: Swiss cheese, scallion cream cheese, tomato, cucumbers and sprouts on pumpernickel bread
-Egg rolls lunalovegood your southwest version sounds intriguing--recipe?
-Pad Thai

Love these threads. I'm always looking for new ideas so we don't get into ruts!

This is what I am going to try www.emilybites.com/2012/06/southwestern-egg-rolls.html

[veggiemo]

lunalovegood thanks! I just showed the idea to H and he says he wanted to do something more Italian themed, like pizza toppings. But I'm gonna stash that one away for another day!

[kemdupuis]

Monday: Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday: Grilled steak and bruschetta, steamed asparagus
Wednesday: chicken and broccoli casserole (DH's fave).

I am headed out of town on Wed. So the casserole is mainly so DH has leftovers to eat until I am home on Sunday. I made a homemade veggie lasagna this weekend, so he'll have the leftovers from that, too.

I am looking forward to having my mom's pot roast, dad's pancakes, and hopefully my Grandma's homemade meatballs and sauce this week. Hoping to hit up a few of my favorite restaurants at home, too!

[wink568]

DH is in charge of meal planning this week since he didn't get home until my bedtime on Sunday so we didn't get a chance to talk it through... But I have an idea:

Monday: Southwest Veggie Eggrolls, since we have everything but the wrappers

Tuesday: Probably take out because we have our hospital tour and won't have time to cook

Wednesday: Something involving chicken breast

Thursday: Salads, maybe Paninis

Friday: Driving to Michigan to visit the family, so take out on the road. We're on a roll this week

[tulips114]

Last night was smoked ribs, Mac & cheese, green beans

Tonight is French dips and sweet potato fries, bumped from last week

Rest of week-
Bourbon chicken, rice & stir fry veggies
Tacos
Spaghetti
Some kind of baked chicken, broccoli and another side

[junch817]

Can I ask without coming across as rude how many of these meals are for families with young kids? My daughter eats what we give her, or doesn't eat. It works for us, however, I stay away from a lot of things I'd like to cook because I know she doesn't like it. I feel like we are having the same few meals over and over again. Maybe we can mark meals as kid-friendly if it's a meal you know your kid eats?

[erbear]

Monday: Shells with pesto and broccoli (H made dinner!)
Tuesday: Salisbury steak with scalloped potatoes and green beans
Wednesday: Going to an event and eating pizza there
Thursday: Meeting my mentee and eating at Panera (likely a BBQ chicken flatbread and a side salad with an apple!)

I have a TON of chicken and ground beef right now...MIL bought us about 12 pounds of chicken and 10 pounds of ground beef from Costco this weekend. I need to figure out a dish with those. I was thinking ground beef tacos on Friday, since we're both usually beat by the end of the week and they're easy enough!

I'd like to cook some chicken in my crock pot, shred it, and make chicken-almond-strawberry salads, too, since I have 4 lbs of strawberries!

[bendherova]

DH will be gone wed-friday, and DS1 and I head OOT on Thursday returning Monday, so only 3 meals this week.

Mon: Turkey-apple quesadillas with butternut squash soup

Tues: turkey meatballs with quinoa
Wed: roasted chicken with green beans. (the intention here being the leftovers will feed DH for the weekend)

junch817, I'm feeding a 4yr old. He'll eat one item I've planned in each meal. (quesadillas tonight, mbs tomorrow and chicken on wed). We do ask him to try the accompaniments each night too.

[maddib]

Mar 22, 2015 19:13:58 GMT -5 pbubblegum said:

One day I will have my shit together and make a meal plan.

This!! I haven't made a meal in I don't know how long now.... It's bad and I feel guilty as hell!!

[junch817]

bendherova tell me about those turkey apple quesadillas.

[bendherova]

Mar 23, 2015 19:54:21 GMT -5 junch817 said:

bendherova tell me about those turkey apple quesadillas.

I have been trying to find my original inspiration recipe, but can't.

I use whatever tortillas we have on hand- usually some sort of whole grain, 2 slices of deli turkey, quarter of an apple that's been diced, yellow mustard and shredded cheese. (DS's fave is colby jack)

Put a tortilla in a sm frying pan, spread your desired
amt of mustard on it, add cheese, then apples, then turkey slices, then more cheese then the second tortilla. i flip them when the bottom layer of cheese is melted.

[veggiemo]

Mar 23, 2015 17:16:41 GMT -5 junch817 said:

Can I ask without coming across as rude how many of these meals are for families with young kids? My daughter eats what we give her, or doesn't eat. It works for us, however, I stay away from a lot of things I'd like to cook because I know she doesn't like it. I feel like we are having the same few meals over and over again. Maybe we can mark meals as kid-friendly if it's a meal you know your kid eats?

I'm not sure which recipes you are referring to but I'll tell you what I do. If the actual item isn't kid friendly, for instance the veggie and cheese sandwiches? I will offer him cut up cucumbers, tomatoes and cheese, and give him a piece of the bread to just eat. He's happy with that. He doesn't always eat a ton of the main dish, but he always eats the veggie and fruit that's offered. Later in the evening if he's hungry again he gets offered a yogurt or cheese stick. My kid eats most things but doesn't eat a ton of it, so he's usually satisfied with just a little taste of everything. The only change I've made in my cooking is I used to add hot pepper flake and/or cayenne pepper to everything and now I have to watch the heat level. Otherwise, I make all the same stuff and he seems to be fine with it. If not, he will eat a bigger breakfast in the morning.