I am terrible with meal planning as well!!! I don't even know what is for dinner tonight. We will decide later. Right now I'm just avoiding cleaning...
Chicken spaghetti tonight (one of my favorites). Tomorrow is baked chili cheese dogs, and Thursday will be Big Red ribs in the crock pot. DH and I will be back in the hometown this weekend for Mother's Day, so no weekend cooking for me!!! His sister's do all the hard work, and I bring the dinner rolls
@vlagrl29@sprkls8506 DH and I both only get paid once a month, so I plan our entire month's worth of meals in advance of shopping. Otherwise our grocery budget would be shot! That being said, we unfortunately don't get to eat a lot of fresh veggies, so the frozen section has become my friend. I do try to keep some cash out for the fruit stand during the summer months though.
Um whatever is leftover in the fridge. I'm not that great with planning. I cook usually on the wknds and it's leftovers or winging it for the rest of the week
do your dhs cook? Just wondering
***TW*** Me: 36 DH:35 Married: 7/10/2016 TTC#1 - May 2016 BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016 BFP 5/5/2017 - CP IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161 Adam Born on 3/18/18
Jealous. He screwed up spaghetti a couple months ago. It took him an hour to make spaghetti and heat up meatballs last night. He asked if it counts as cooking. I said no. I defrosted the meatballs that I made. He boiled noodles.
***TW*** Me: 36 DH:35 Married: 7/10/2016 TTC#1 - May 2016 BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016 BFP 5/5/2017 - CP IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161 Adam Born on 3/18/18
Lol. I hate cooking. We do not prepare ahead either. My DH cooks whatever meat we are having because he wants to grill it. I just take care of sides. I do make dishes like chili, lasagna, casseroles. I'd much rather bake. I'd also prefer to eat just sweets lol. We will probably have pasta. I dont think we have meat thawed. My DS only eats pancakes and waffles so I just buy those frozen by the ton. He eats at daycare but not at home. His fruits and veggies only come from a purée pouch.
@Mack2342 your DS sounds like my DD!!! She gets a little chocolate milk every morning (so I can get her probiotic in her), and I make her breakfast to take to school. Then she eats two snacks and a lunch at school. They tell me she eats all of it, no matter what it is. So I try to make the same things at home. Nothing. It's a battle to get her to eat at home. I think she just wants to eat with her friends.
We are big meal planners around here And also get SunBasket so actually now they meal plan for me!
Tonight we are having a lemongrass turkey salad (so good!) I think this week we have the following meals coming: korean beef skewers with apple cabbage slaw spicy red salmon with basil and lime jamaican jerk spiced pork with blueberry salad
We eat at my parents once a week and get take out or pull meat from our freezer for the other days.
I also made some chicken breasts to make salads for lunch for the week and a big sausage and veggie fritatta to have for breakfast for the week.
**** TW - kids and loss mentioned **** ~~ married 8.11.07 ~~ DD1 1.16.11 ~~ DD2 1.3.14 ~~ ~~ BFP3 12.22.15 MMC 2.29.16 @ 13 weeks ~~ ~~ 2 D&Cs (3.1.16 and 3.10.16) for MMC ~~ BFP4 10.27.16 MMC 1.23.17 @ 16 weeks ~~ D&E 1.26.17 ~~
Tonight we are having seared chicken with creamy couscous and tomorrow is salmon with a roasted potato salad. Those two meals are part of our Blue Apron meals. We are on week two of their service and we love it! Since it's just the two of us, it actually saves us a lot of money on wasted ingredients.
DH does cook but only like 3 things. While I appreciate that he always offers to cook, I'm really sick of the food that he can make. Lol.
We tried pizza on the grill but scorched the bottom. I was so hungry I ended up eating the toppings and delicious fresh mozzarella off of the top. I have no shame. Lol
@SP128 yes we did try pizza on the grill- it's good but a little tricky. My husband loves to BBQ but we don't have a good outdoor place at our new apartment
sprkls8506
I also prefer baking to cooking. Last
night I made a pound cake for the pizza party thing at work today.
@SP128 Pizza on a grill sounds like a recipe for disaster. I have no grace and I’m sure I’d probably end
up with a ginormous mess if I tried that.
Therapy tonight, so probably having some dippy eggs and
chocolate milk. Our chickens are producing
eggs like crazy, so this meal is now an easy go-to staple.
MC #1: D&C Oct 23, 2015 (7.5 weeks) MC #2: July 1, 2016 (5.5 weeks) MC #3: October 17, 2016 (CP) RE #1: RPL testing November 2016-January 2017 MC #4: Feb. 28, 2017 (CP) RE #2: Additional RPL testing March-November 2017 MC #5: January 2019 (6.5 weeks)
RE #3: More testing 2023. Egg Retrieval Sept/Oct 2023, 2 good embryos after PGT-A testing. Surgery for endometriosis January 2024 Lupron Depo March 2024. Benched 3 months. Hopefully FET after that.
I'm another prepper! (weekly). Last night we had cauliflower cheese crock pot soup with popovers, tonight I have a mexican casserole to pop in the oven, tomorrow chicken/broccoli/cheese turnovers, and Thurs probably mexican casserole again. We always keep some frozen chicken around so if needed we can just defrost and marinate/grill it with some Rice-a-Roni or something (our "what are we having for dinner tonight" meal).
As you can guess, I my carbs , hee hee.
ETA: I did fish tacos last week for the first time with homemade coleslaw (was trying to use up a 1/2 cabbage)....SO going into the rotation!
You preppers are so organized. I'm a disorganized mess but no one has starved yet. Any veggie spiralers out there. I'm intrigued but don't need another gadget to clutter up my precious real estate cabinet space
***TW*** Me: 36 DH:35 Married: 7/10/2016 TTC#1 - May 2016 BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016 BFP 5/5/2017 - CP IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161 Adam Born on 3/18/18
I am a meal planner. Cajun fish tacos with homemade jalapeno coleslaw tonight, steak with roasted red potatoes and artichokes tomorrow night, kielbasa sausage with bell peppers and rice on Thursday night, Ahi tuna melts on Friday night. Saturday night we will eat out and Sunday we are making marinated lamb chops and pistachio crusted salmon for mother's day.
I am a huge planner! Every Wednesday DS and I go grocery shopping. I make a weekly meal plan. Make the grocery list and off we go. I also only shop at Aldi for groceries!
Baby #1: BFP on 10/12/2011, EDD 6/24/2012
Born: 6/16/2012 Boy!
Baby #2: BFP on 11/11/2016, EDD 7/25/2017 - MC 1/2/2017
I am terrible at meal planning to, but I fell in love with home chef so they do it all except cook! @ladipale is sunbasket a meal delivery or just planning?
FYI: I used the darker part of the leeks and when I pulsed in the blender I got a bit of a greenish cast to the soup....learn from my mistake, use the white part of the leek!!
@Chawk17 - its meal delivery - like Home Chef. We've tried Blue Apron, Plated and have landed on Sun Basket mostly because they offer Paleo options. We aren't strictly paleo but try to minimize carbs so it works for us.
**** TW - kids and loss mentioned **** ~~ married 8.11.07 ~~ DD1 1.16.11 ~~ DD2 1.3.14 ~~ ~~ BFP3 12.22.15 MMC 2.29.16 @ 13 weeks ~~ ~~ 2 D&Cs (3.1.16 and 3.10.16) for MMC ~~ BFP4 10.27.16 MMC 1.23.17 @ 16 weeks ~~ D&E 1.26.17 ~~
@amberruka
I also need said recipe so thanks for posting!
MC #1: D&C Oct 23, 2015 (7.5 weeks) MC #2: July 1, 2016 (5.5 weeks) MC #3: October 17, 2016 (CP) RE #1: RPL testing November 2016-January 2017 MC #4: Feb. 28, 2017 (CP) RE #2: Additional RPL testing March-November 2017 MC #5: January 2019 (6.5 weeks)
RE #3: More testing 2023. Egg Retrieval Sept/Oct 2023, 2 good embryos after PGT-A testing. Surgery for endometriosis January 2024 Lupron Depo March 2024. Benched 3 months. Hopefully FET after that.
@Mack2342 I'm just excited you know what dippy eggs are.
MC #1: D&C Oct 23, 2015 (7.5 weeks) MC #2: July 1, 2016 (5.5 weeks) MC #3: October 17, 2016 (CP) RE #1: RPL testing November 2016-January 2017 MC #4: Feb. 28, 2017 (CP) RE #2: Additional RPL testing March-November 2017 MC #5: January 2019 (6.5 weeks)
RE #3: More testing 2023. Egg Retrieval Sept/Oct 2023, 2 good embryos after PGT-A testing. Surgery for endometriosis January 2024 Lupron Depo March 2024. Benched 3 months. Hopefully FET after that.
@ladipale I'll have to look into sunbasket. My husband and I did a year of strict paleo when we did cross fit, but it got exhausting thinking/finding ideas. Sunbasket sounds perfect.
Re: Taco Tuesday (WFD?)
TTC: 3/23/2013, BFP: 2/28/2014, EDD: 11/6/2014, ADD: 11/7/2014
TTC: 2/1/2016, BFP: 3/4/2017, EDD: 11/11/2017, No HB @ 8 weeks, MC: 4/8/2017
TTC: 5/24/2017, BFP: 4/14/2018, EDD: 12/22/2018
TTC: 3/23/2013, BFP: 2/28/2014, EDD: 11/6/2014, ADD: 11/7/2014
TTC: 2/1/2016, BFP: 3/4/2017, EDD: 11/11/2017, No HB @ 8 weeks, MC: 4/8/2017
TTC: 5/24/2017, BFP: 4/14/2018, EDD: 12/22/2018
do your dhs cook? Just wondering
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
Adam Born on 3/18/18
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
Adam Born on 3/18/18
my DH loves to cook. He complains I don't cook enough- but then when I do cook he complains its not good enough. So I avoid it.
Tonight we're having pizza! We make our own dough and it's so yummy. It's our go to easy meal.
We don't usually plan ahead. We have a super tinny fridge so we buy food every 2-3 days and just get whatever is on sale.
@jchpg ever try grilled pizza ? We haven't done it in awhile. Takes practice
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
Adam Born on 3/18/18
TTC: 3/23/2013, BFP: 2/28/2014, EDD: 11/6/2014, ADD: 11/7/2014
TTC: 2/1/2016, BFP: 3/4/2017, EDD: 11/11/2017, No HB @ 8 weeks, MC: 4/8/2017
TTC: 5/24/2017, BFP: 4/14/2018, EDD: 12/22/2018
Tonight we are having a lemongrass turkey salad (so good!)
I think this week we have the following meals coming:
korean beef skewers with apple cabbage slaw
spicy red salmon with basil and lime
jamaican jerk spiced pork with blueberry salad
We eat at my parents once a week and get take out or pull meat from our freezer for the other days.
I also made some chicken breasts to make salads for lunch for the week and a big sausage and veggie fritatta to have for breakfast for the week.
~~ married 8.11.07
~~ DD1 1.16.11 ~~ DD2 1.3.14 ~~
~~ BFP3 12.22.15 MMC 2.29.16 @ 13 weeks ~~
~~ 2 D&Cs (3.1.16 and 3.10.16) for MMC
~~ BFP4 10.27.16 MMC 1.23.17 @ 16 weeks ~~ D&E 1.26.17 ~~
DH does cook but only like 3 things. While I appreciate that he always offers to cook, I'm really sick of the food that he can make. Lol.
We tried pizza on the grill but scorched the bottom. I was so hungry I ended up eating the toppings and delicious fresh mozzarella off of the top. I have no shame. Lol
sprkls8506 I also prefer baking to cooking. Last night I made a pound cake for the pizza party thing at work today.
@SP128 Pizza on a grill sounds like a recipe for disaster. I have no grace and I’m sure I’d probably end up with a ginormous mess if I tried that.
Therapy tonight, so probably having some dippy eggs and chocolate milk. Our chickens are producing eggs like crazy, so this meal is now an easy go-to staple.
MC #1: D&C Oct 23, 2015 (7.5 weeks)
MC #2: July 1, 2016 (5.5 weeks)
MC #3: October 17, 2016 (CP)
RE #1: RPL testing November 2016-January 2017
MC #4: Feb. 28, 2017 (CP)
RE #2: Additional RPL testing March-November 2017
MC #5: January 2019 (6.5 weeks)
RE #3: More testing 2023.
Egg Retrieval Sept/Oct 2023, 2 good embryos after PGT-A testing.
Surgery for endometriosis January 2024
Lupron Depo March 2024. Benched 3 months. Hopefully FET after that.
#BitterHagPartyOf1
guysssss. Grilled pizza is amazing once it's mastered. I'm just not a master at it
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
Adam Born on 3/18/18
As you can guess, I my carbs , hee hee.
ETA: I did fish tacos last week for the first time with homemade coleslaw (was trying to use up a 1/2 cabbage)....SO going into the rotation!
CP 1/25/16 4.5 weeks, developed Graves' disease
@dpjennifer you have me intrigued as well with dippy eggs...
TTC: 3/23/2013, BFP: 2/28/2014, EDD: 11/6/2014, ADD: 11/7/2014
TTC: 2/1/2016, BFP: 3/4/2017, EDD: 11/11/2017, No HB @ 8 weeks, MC: 4/8/2017
TTC: 5/24/2017, BFP: 4/14/2018, EDD: 12/22/2018
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
Adam Born on 3/18/18
@amberruka cauliflower cheese soup sounds delicious!
Me: 40 DH: 47
Married: 10/2015
DSD: 17
BFP #1: 6/2/15, ectopic, metho 7/15
BFP #2: 12/4/15, cp 12/7/15
BFP #3: 8/5/16, MMC discovered 9/1, Misoprostol 9/19
BFP #4: 5/10/17, EDD 1/20/2018
Baby boy born January 12, 2018, 6 lbs 3.3 oz, 20.5 in.
Baby #1: BFP on 10/12/2011, EDD 6/24/2012 Born: 6/16/2012 Boy!
Baby #2: BFP on 11/11/2016, EDD 7/25/2017 - MC 1/2/2017
@ladipale is sunbasket a meal delivery or just planning?
https://realhousemoms.com/slow-cooker-cauliflower-cheese-soup/
FYI: I used the darker part of the leeks and when I pulsed in the blender I got a bit of a greenish cast to the soup....learn from my mistake, use the white part of the leek!!
CP 1/25/16 4.5 weeks, developed Graves' disease
~~ married 8.11.07
~~ DD1 1.16.11 ~~ DD2 1.3.14 ~~
~~ BFP3 12.22.15 MMC 2.29.16 @ 13 weeks ~~
~~ 2 D&Cs (3.1.16 and 3.10.16) for MMC
~~ BFP4 10.27.16 MMC 1.23.17 @ 16 weeks ~~ D&E 1.26.17 ~~
SP128 tlq0726 LOL. Dippy eggs are Sunny Side UP. It’s my western PA coming through.
Mack2342 You must be from Western PA somewhere!
@amberruka I also need said recipe so thanks for posting!
MC #1: D&C Oct 23, 2015 (7.5 weeks)
MC #2: July 1, 2016 (5.5 weeks)
MC #3: October 17, 2016 (CP)
RE #1: RPL testing November 2016-January 2017
MC #4: Feb. 28, 2017 (CP)
RE #2: Additional RPL testing March-November 2017
MC #5: January 2019 (6.5 weeks)
RE #3: More testing 2023.
Egg Retrieval Sept/Oct 2023, 2 good embryos after PGT-A testing.
Surgery for endometriosis January 2024
Lupron Depo March 2024. Benched 3 months. Hopefully FET after that.
#BitterHagPartyOf1
MC #1: D&C Oct 23, 2015 (7.5 weeks)
MC #2: July 1, 2016 (5.5 weeks)
MC #3: October 17, 2016 (CP)
RE #1: RPL testing November 2016-January 2017
MC #4: Feb. 28, 2017 (CP)
RE #2: Additional RPL testing March-November 2017
MC #5: January 2019 (6.5 weeks)
RE #3: More testing 2023.
Egg Retrieval Sept/Oct 2023, 2 good embryos after PGT-A testing.
Surgery for endometriosis January 2024
Lupron Depo March 2024. Benched 3 months. Hopefully FET after that.
#BitterHagPartyOf1
Sunbasket sounds perfect.
TTC: 3/23/2013, BFP: 2/28/2014, EDD: 11/6/2014, ADD: 11/7/2014
TTC: 2/1/2016, BFP: 3/4/2017, EDD: 11/11/2017, No HB @ 8 weeks, MC: 4/8/2017
TTC: 5/24/2017, BFP: 4/14/2018, EDD: 12/22/2018