Meal Plan Monday

LokiLahve · May 2014

What yummy things are you ladies cooking up this week?
Side note: I really want to make a board like the one above for my kitchen!

nnikki10 · May 2014

Umm I love that board. But at my house it would be a lot of " fend for yourself".

Mon: Tacos
Tues: French Dip and tater tots
Wed: Oriental chicken salad
Thurs: Fend for yourself
Fri: Eat out

NikkiD522 · May 2014

That is a super cute board! We had a chalkboard paint square in our kitchen that I tried to use for meal planning.. then we got crap chalk markers and we are permanently having tacos, spaghetti, and chicken ....

Anyhow... this week is kinda crazy - they all are, actually.. so I'm stealing Nikki's idea for tonight.. and plan to steal everyone else's throughout the day

Monday: Tacos

Tuesday: no idea

Wednesday: no idea

Thursday: no idea

Friday: no idea

ludali · May 2014

DH is starting a new job this week (although he's home today just doing their paperwork and compliance training) - the new job is about an hour each way, so I'm making a couple meals that will give us at least 2 nights of that 1 meal. But since he's home today...

Monday = hamburgers, salt & pepper fries, broccoli tortellini salad

Tuesday = spinach and turkey sausage ziti

Wednesday = chicken taco soup

Thursday = leftover ziti

Friday = leftover soup

Saturday = takeout!

So yeah...I'm being lazy this week. :-)

V&G101808 · May 2014

Here's what I've got written down tentatively for this week:

Monday: Asian turkey meatballs with lime sesame dipping sauce over whole wheat pasta
(left over recipe from last week that I didn't get around to making)

Tuesday: Tandoori Chicken Burgers with sweet potato fries

Wednesday: Arroz con pollo

Thursday: Cajun Chicken Pasta

Friday: Eat out.

Saturday: Cook out @ friend’s house, I’m bringing shrimp kabobs, avocado potato salad & shrimp ceviche

EDIT: And I just now decided that I'm also going to bring dirt pudding for dessert It's usually implied that I bring dessert to these things and that'll be perfect for a BBQ!

Sunday: Eat out.

TrueBeliever925 · May 2014

V&G101808 said:

Here's what I've got written down tentatively for this week:
Monday: Asian turkey meatballs with lime sesame dipping sauce over whole wheat pasta
(left over recipe from last week that I didn't get around to making)
Tuesday: Tandoori Chicken Burgers with sweet potato fries
Wednesday: Arroz con pollo
Thursday: Cajun Chicken Pasta
Friday: Eat out.
Saturday: Cook out @ friend’s house, I’m bringing shrimp kabobs, avocado potato salad & shrimp ceviche
EDIT: And I just now decided that I'm also going to bring dirt pudding for dessert It's usually implied that I bring dessert to these things and that'll be perfect for a BBQ!
Sunday: Eat out.

I love how you throw the Spanish in there.

Sounds so much better than just chicken with rice! Haha.

V&G101808 · May 2014

lol @ truebeliever925 when it's made moms way it has to be written in Spanish! :P

ludali · May 2014

V&G101808 said:

lol @ truebeliever925 when it's made moms way it has to be written in Spanish! :P

I'd love to know the recipe/secrets behind it! :-)

V&G101808 · May 2014

ludali said:

V&G101808 said:

lol @ truebeliever925 when it's made moms way it has to be written in Spanish! :P

I'd love to know the recipe/secrets behind it! :-)

@ludali: The very base of the flavor comes from the sofrito. Don't bother buying the pre-made crap, it sucks. I always make my own - just throw all the herbs/veggies into the blender and voila! I freeze it into icecube trays and use 1 or 2 cubes per recipe. It's the basis for most Puerto Rican foods and a MUST have in my freezer/fridge.

This is pretty similar to how I make mine: https://www.elboricua.com/sofrito.html

ludali · May 2014

@v&g yumso!! Thanks for the tip!!!!

LokiLahve · May 2014

**throws my list out the window**

If anyone needs me, I'll be over at V&G's house for dinner.

Snowbird7 · May 2014

ludali said:

V&G101808 said:

lol @ truebeliever925 when it's made moms way it has to be written in Spanish! :P

I'd love to know the recipe/secrets behind it! :-)

Tequila?

Seriously, that sounds de-lish! You ladies are so good at planning meals. I start planning dinner at 5:25 p.m.

courtneykid · May 2014

I failed miserably this week at meal planning.

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JaymeMac · May 2014

V&G101808 said:
Here's what I've got written down tentatively for this week:
Monday: Asian turkey
meatballs with lime sesame dipping sauce over whole wheat pasta
(left over recipe from last week that I didn't get around to making)

Tuesday: Tandoori
Chicken Burgers with sweet potato fries

Wednesday: Arroz con pollo

Thursday: Cajun Chicken Pasta

Friday: Eat out.

Saturday: Cook out @ friend’s house, I’m bringing shrimp
kabobs, avocado potato salad & shrimp ceviche
EDIT: And I just now decided that I'm also going to bring dirt pudding for dessert It's usually implied that I bring dessert to these things and that'll be perfect for a BBQ!

Sunday: Eat out.

Mándame arroz con pollo!!

janneann1127 · May 2014

I'm terrible at meal planning and considering signing up for one of those meal plan deals where they send you a grocery list and your meals for the week.

Monday: open face burgers, artichoke, and maybe sweet potato
Tuesday: BBQ chicken, corn on the cob, and sautéed broccoli
Weds: Cabernet pot roast (from TJ) cooked in the crock pot
Thurs & Fri: it's supposed to be hotter than the surface of the sun here and we have no air. I doubt any cooking will be accomplished.

Jlhkandme830 · May 2014

As much as I want to be great at meal planning.. I suck at it!

We're trying this tonight - One Pot Wonder Chicken Lo Mein

Cocolamo1 · May 2014

I subscribe to an online meal-planning service, which generates a grocery list for meals. MH grocery shopped yesterday since it was Mother's Day, but could not find many things on the list. I don't think I have the ingredients for a complete meal. Thanks DH!

janneann1127 · May 2014

@Cocolamo1 - which service do you use? Someone on here mentioned one and I can't remember the name but I've seen one called emeals.com too. Do you recommend yours? I need kid-friendly foods.
ETA: It was called the Fresh 20. Thinking of signing up but not sure.

Cocolamo1 · May 2014

@janneann1127‌ I do use emeals.com and love it. There are quite a few options for types of meals, so I have experimented to meet my kids needs. I have a 3 & 5 year old as well. I found a groupon, so it was only $29 for the year.

I have also used shrinkingonabudget.com and like it as well. They actually give you ideas of how to adapt for kids. I switch back and forth depending on the menus for the week!

janneann1127 · May 2014

Cocolamo1 said:

@janneann1127‌ I do use emeals.com and love it. There are quite a few options for types of meals, so I have experimented to meet my kids needs. I have a 3 & 5 year old as well. I found a groupon, so it was only $29 for the year. I have also used shrinkingonabudget.com and like it as well. They actually give you ideas of how to adapt for kids. I switch back and forth depending on the menus for the week!

Interesting. I will have to look into it. Trying to figure out if we will actually follow it. :-)

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