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March 2018 Moms
amylonghorn
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Meal Plan Monday - New Year's Edition
amylonghorn
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Reviving this thread for the New Year - I always enjoy seeing other people's meals and getting ideas from you ladies!!
Share your meal plan for this week.
GTKY: What is your go-to when you don't feel like cooking? Could be fast food, PB and J sandwiches, whatever!!
Share your meal plan for this week.
GTKY: What is your go-to when you don't feel like cooking? Could be fast food, PB and J sandwiches, whatever!!
Re: Meal Plan Monday - New Year's Edition
Tuesday - Enchiladas verdes (Skinnytaste) and rice
Wednesday - Giant Turkey Meatball (Skinnytaste), green beans, mashed potatoes
Thursday - Popcorn chicken and mac and cheese
Friday - Dinner at in-laws
GTKY: I'm a sucker for a deal, so I like Chicken Express #1 meals on Mondays for $5.50 or Rosa's Cafe Taco Tuesday plates for $5. Sometimes I even plan to have those meals!!! Otherwise we like Taco Bell Cravings Boxes which are cheap, easy, and so bad for you - although, they've changed the box contents up a bit and I prefer the old version...why mess with a good thing?! GOSH
As far as when I don’t feel like cooking, generally fast food! Usually a burger place or somewhere I can get chicken tenders at.
bacon, almond flour pancakes, blueberry sauce, sausage gravy and biscuits, cheesy potatoes... hopefully this will be brunch and between this and leftovers from last night I won't be cooking dinner.
- Beef short ribs, brown rice, veggies
- burgers and fries
thats as far as I got so far... I went overboard on holiday food shopping so I am hoping to keep grocery shopping to a minimum this week.
It's not planned out day by day, but so far this week we'll be having...
Instant Pot meals: chili, broccoli cheddar soup, pot roast with veggies
Chicken breasts with mashed potatoes and instant pot garlic green beans
Tuna melts on sourdough
I got the instant pot for Christmas and I'm kind of addicted already. Super easy to use and I love that I don't have to actively attend to dinner.
GTKY: We do a lot of sandwiches when DH and I don't feel like cooking, occasionally we'll do a KFC bucket meal... kinda like home cooked food but without all the work, lol. DH stops by Hy-vee on his way home from work once a month or so for their $5 take and bake pizzas, too.
Heres my favorite Mac and cheese recipe and I use green lentil pasta to up the protein and cut some carbs- https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/pressure-cooker-macaroni-and-cheese/
Broccoli cheddar soup: https://wondermomwannabe.com/instant-pot-broccoli-cheese-soup/
Garlic butter green beans: https://www.soulfullymade.com/instant-pot-garlic-butter-green-beans/
Brussel sprouts (even the toddler liked these): https://www.momnoms.net/blog/instant-pot-brussels-sprouts?rq=Brussels
Old fashioned pot roast: https://breadboozebacon.com/instant-pot-old-fashioned-pot-roast/
For chili, I just used my normal chili recipe and added 1/2 c beef broth.
This is on my list to try, too -
Low carb loaded cauliflower soup: https://kalynskitchen.com/instant-pot-low-carb-loaded-cauliflower-soup/
@megpeg I haven't tried pizza yet, I figured it would be bad for my numbers.
I sucked it up and paid for a year’s worth of a meal planning/grocery list service. I would spend way more per week with Hello Fresh or something like that and I just need to jumpstart my menu planning and doing better about grocery shopping. It took me two hours yesterday total to customize a meal plan ((I added sides and veggies)), make a grocery list, add coupons to my Smiths card and do an online order. And it was longer adding coupons than planning meals.