Meal Plan Monday

stlmegs

Anybody?  

stlmegs

I'm gonna try this one more time and see if there's any takers.  

Monday-Baked chicken, mixed veggies, cous cous
Tuesday-My husbands birthday, we have a baby dr. appt, and kindergarten registration, so probably his choice of dinner out
Wednesday-Chicken broccoli alfredo skillet
Thursday-Shrimp stir fry
Friday-Naan pizzas and salad
Saturday-Long overdue date night!
Sunday-Bacon wrapped pork medallions, green beans, salad

ckmb_1250

Made baked lemon pepper salmon last night to top on salads, and Yukon gold fries on the side. Made a ton of extra fries to reheat throw on my lunch salads this week - made a huge Italian salad with cabbage, spinach, butter lettuce (can we eat romaine yet?!), cucumbers, red peppers, & black olives. I'll portion of out for lunches and add nutritional yeast/Italian dressing, maybe a little salami.

For snacks I've been digging these Millie's sipping broths, like tea but savory, and they good for mixing in Vital Proteins collagen. Also Larabars and fruit have been a go to snack - I am NOT normally a fruit person so this is weird for me!

Made a big pan of chicken meatballs from a recipe I have - ground chicken, diced carrots, soy sauce, ginger/cilantro/basil. Also made a coconut curry sauce to add to them with rice and arugula for a couple of nights this week, and will use the meatballs for pasta the other two nights - got jarred marinara and will add coconut milk for a creamy sauce + penne rice noodles.

i dont plan out to the weekend, so this is just Mon - Thurs 

stlmegs

@ckmb_knottie that all sounds yummy!  Especially that sandwhich!

ETA Salad, not sandwich.  Also, I spelled sandwich wrong.  I am WINNING Monday. 

runsomewhere

Monday- I have no idea, probably take out since I feel like crap and have zero energy to do anything productive.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- whatever is coming from Sun Basket, I don't remember what I picked but I know that all 3 meals sounded yummy so I'm excited. 

This might not qualify as a "meal plan" after all. 

amdftw

Monday - Baked or pan fried (haven't decided) chicken tenders, spinach Parmesan zucchini noodles
Tuesday - Greek Skillet (ground hamburger or turkey w/ onions, orzo, tomato sauce, cinnamon, oregano, and feta cheese)
Wednesday - Balsamic pork medallions & summer squash noodles (not sure how I'm preparing them yet)

Thursday & Friday I'll be out of town so I got DH easy dinner stuff to make for him & DS (bagel bites, chicken patties for chicken burgers, mac & cheese, etc.)

I got the veggie noodle maker for Christmas (it's an attachment to my Kitchen Aid) and this week will be my first time using it.  I'm a little worried that DS won't eat the noodles.  He LOVES zucchini and summer squash normally but I'm thinking that since he's 4 and picky the noodle shape will throw him off.  Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

amdftw

@runsomewhere That qualifies as a plan to me!

runsomewhere

@amdftw I make zoodles and other veggie noodles often and my daughter loves them, especially with a little olive oil and garlic. Quick tip, after you spiralize toss the "noodles" with a little salt and let sit in a strainer for a few minutes then squeeze the moisture out with a paper towel before cooking. I found that these steps make them so much more flavorful and keep them from getting super soggy. 

stlmegs

@amdftw that all sounds awesome.  I do ground turkey a lot in a mexican skillet, but I love the sound of that greek skillet.  I am going to have to try that soon! Do you think spinach and/or kalamata olives would be good in it also?

@runsomewhere I am excited to hear what you think about Sun Basket. Let us know what you make and how it turns out! 

morethanamama

This week's meal plan is to clean out the fridge and the freezer.  We've been eating out a bunch this past week so I want to save a bit and also eat some of the stuff that we froze. I'm out of town for lunch tomorrow and Wednesday so I plan on going on a healthy grocery haul on Thursday!

Tonight we're having gyros and veggie soup.
Tomorrow night we'll probably do bean and cheese burritos and finish the veggie soup:)

hillbillywife

Everyone eats so healthy! Lol. I have a lot more meat and potatoey type meals because I have to appease the masses.

M-Grilled cheese and tomato soup.

T- Mississippi style roast, roasted potatoes, salad

W- chicken Alfredo, broccoli, garlic bread (salad if we have some still) 

Th- Tator tot Casserole and a vegetable of some sort

F- Steak Chili and corn bread

S- Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, veggie

S- Crockpot Mac and cheese, chicken patty sandwiches, veggies. 

Im hoping I can eliminate the tator tot casserole and replace it with a date night but that’s improbable. 

runsomewhere

@hillbillywife what is Mississippi style roast? Your Tuesday dinner sounds perfect for a cold, rainy day.

4deep

This looks like a yummy recipe for kids.... 
https://www.facebook.com/FoodNetwork/videos/10155663991761727/?hc_ref=ARQIHcrkvRdBZCHxgV7v7PJUhY9xfhzwCg1hiAkKgnJZ6aERn6oFe8U8jT3t3trxPbU 

stlmegs

@hillbillywife I’m coming over for dinner tomorrow and Wednesday! 

@4deep that does look like a good kid friendly meal, and not too tough to put together!!

hillbillywife

Here’s the link for the recipe for that roast!

https://www.tablefortwoblog.com/mississippi-roast/

I’m not sure what makes it “Mississippian” but it’s tasty. I don’t put the peppers in because I don’t really like peppers that aren’t bell lol. 

The chicken Alfredo is my all time favorite ever. But it is absolutely not healthy in the slightest. 

noideawhatshesdoing

DH is cooking all the meals this week. Except yesterday because we resorted to take out because of a time crunch.

Monday-take out
Tuesday-Mabo tofu and rice
Wednesday- pasilla peppers stuffed with seafood
Thursday-jambalaya
Friday- fish, sweet potato, broccoli
Saturday-dinner with my mom at my fav place
Sunday- rice, sauteed kale with sesame, pork stir fry

wildtot

Everything sounds so good but we tend to fail a meal preps
@runsomewhere how do you like the sun basket? We’ve thought about doing something like this but it can get expensive.

runsomewhere

@wildtot I just posted about it in the what I'm eating thread. I guess it would have been a better fit here.

While we liked the meals so far I did cancel the membership. After your first order it's close to $80 a week for 3 meals and I would have had to love it more to want to spend that. I think we might try hello fresh.