Meal Plan not-Monday 8/12

kyrwyn

So it's not Monday, but I do my meal planning/shopping/prepping etc on the weekend when I have time and then hope we stick to the plan throughout the week.  You ladies had some awesome ideas last time, so I'm hoping no one minds a new meal planning thread.

Saturday: Burgers, corn, roasted potato & yogurt salad
Sunday: Roast chicken with stuffing and green beans (because I'm suddenly craving Tgiving in August)
Monday: Leftovers / make stock
Tuesday: Chicken risotto with mushrooms and caramelized onions
Wednesday: Japanese curry with chicken, potato, and peas
Thursday: Game night with friends (potluck)
Friday: Leftovers or take out, and failing that chicken soup with barley

Today I'm knocking out a bunch of prep work so the rest of the week will go easier.

kaylawing

@kyrwyn your meals sound tasty!  I feel like I've been so lazy with dinners lately.

 Saturday: chicken wraps, corn, and baby potato salad
Sunday: grilled summer pizza and Cesar salad
Monday: grilled sausage with broccoli cheese twice baked potatoes
Tuesday: BLTs with sweet potato fries
Wednesday: Gniocchi and salad. 

Thats as as far as I've gotten. I usually shop on Thursday or Friday so hopefully this will get us through until then. 

eazybreezy225

Sunday: home made pizza
Monday: chicken enchiladas 
Tuesday: lasagna & breadsticks
Wednesday: left overs
Thursday: SIL birthday dinner @ restaurant
Friday: french dip sandwiches (a favorite)
Saturday: grilled steaks & homemade fries

dkizz82

Saturday: cheeseburger sliders
Sunday: leftovers cause DH is working
Monday: lasagna soup
tuesday: poppyseed chicken and Mac n cheese 
Wednesday: spaghetti 
Thursday: grilled chicken and veggies
friday: out to eat  

ameliabedelia-2

I am very impressed with all this meal planning. I used to be so good about it, but these days I can hardly make it through the work day, let alone cook. This is my normal week......

Monday: pizza
Tuesday: leftover pizza
Wednesday: breakfast.....because all I have is eggs and pancake mix
Thursday: I hope you ate a late lunch, no dinner tonight. Scavenge if you're starving. 
Friday: my husband will grill something because he's sick of garbage all week

failuretofly

@ameliabedelia-2 hahaha I like your style. That used to be my life until I realized how much food we were wasting because we werent planning. 

I haven't written mine and am writing it as I go here, probably going to steal a few ideas from you guys! haha

Monday: Rotisserie chicken and salad 
Tuesday: Out for dinner for friends going away party
Wednesday: Leftover chicken into risotto, maybe I'll be ambitious enough to make my own stock
Thursday: Hot Dogs & raw chopped veg (kiddo loves HDs, I like to indulge him :P)
Friday: Nachos with baked beans, avocado, green onion, tomatoes and cheddar
Saturday: Grilled pork chops with grilled onion & feta green beans and baked potatoes
Sunday: Leftovers or take out

Thanks for the motivation to actually plan a decent week! lol

kyrwyn

@kvacmak I let the crock pot make stock when I'm feeling lazy/unambitious. In fact, my crock pot will be making stock while I'm at work on Monday.  

@ameliabedelia-2 I think we've had that exact meal plan for months at a time.  Except take out not pizza, because my stomach can't do pizza.

failuretofly

@kyrwyn
 good call on crockpot stock. Maybe I'll just throw mine in the IP for the day!

Also... have you guys heard of the Instant Pot?! It's my new favourite thing in the world!

katiegeminimoon

I don't usually assign meals to days, but here is this weeks list:

Smoked sausage skillet pasta
Pork chops, baked potatoes, squash
Chicken legs and corn
Freezer skillet meal and garlic bread
Kielbasa, red potatoes, green beans, onions crock pot meal

threatlevelmidnight

Oven fried chicken with mashed potatoes and asparagus 
Chicken alfredo
Sour cream noodle bake
Tacos
Baked chicken with corn

Tennis11785

Monday - Carne Asada tacos
Tuesday - I've got a meeting after work that comes with dinner
Wednesday - Grilled chicken, sweet potato gnocchi and string beans
Thursday - TBD

eazybreezy225

We waste a lot of food at our house too if we don't meal plan. We also eat drive-thru a lot more and that adds up. I have more energy now to cook a variety of meals but in the early days of my pregnancy and probably again towards the end, we rely heavily on our crock pot... just throw it all in to the pot before lunch, turn on and bam... 6-8 hours later dinner is served. No eating out and no complaints from kids or DH.

katiegeminimoon

@kvacmak I love my IP! I need to figure out some more recipes for it! Also, thanks for bringing it up and reminding me I can make my crock pot meal in it, because let's be honest, I will probably forget to put it on in the morning

kaylawing

@kvacmak and @ktcakes87 maybe I need to look into this instapot thing. I almost always forget to put food in the crock pot only to be frustrated later that we don't have dinner as planned. Are there lots of recipes for it? Any favorites? 

katiegeminimoon

@kaylawing definitely look into one! Pinterest has TONS of recipes and apparently most crock pot recipes can be converted! 

threatlevelmidnight

eazybreezy225 said:

We waste a lot of food at our house too if we don't meal plan. We also eat drive-thru a lot more and that adds up. I have more energy now to cook a variety of meals but in the early days of my pregnancy and probably again towards the end, we rely heavily on our crock pot... just throw it all in to the pot before lunch, turn on and bam... 6-8 hours later dinner is served. No eating out and no complaints from kids or DH.

I could honestly live off of crockpot food. It's  so easy and always good!

Kirss

Last week was such a crap food feast, (pizza, Chinese, Mexican, all take out so good but so bad) hopefully this week it's totally different. 

Tonight : Parm chicken foil packets w/ zucc and a big salad. 
T -  Chicken Lombardy w/ pasta and salad. 
W -  @eazybreezy225 French dip seems like a good choice, thanks! 
Th - Salisbury steak or cheesy hamburger pasta (so healthy, I know ) 
F- Chicken and broccoli or leftovers 
Sat - Omgosh there better be leftovers. 
Sun - Grad party at delicious Italian restaurant 

cait5413

My meal planning has been awful lately! At least I know what we're eating tomorrow:
Mon: Fish and zucchini gratin (neither turned out great--sigh. I've made the fish recipe before, but I think I did something wrong this time)
Tues: Tacos! (And I just realized I forgot to get sour cream or yogurt. DH doesn't eat it so he won't care, but I'll be sad. Maybe I can grab some on the way home tomorrow)
Weds: possibly taco leftovers. Maybe I'll make taco ring to mix it up. I'll just need some crescent rolls
Thurs: likely to be ravioli and sauce because I will be getting home late
Friday: ??? DH and I want to try to have a date night this weekend, but DD has been sick, so I haven't lined up a babysitter yet. 

That's as far as I've gotten.