Monday Crispy Fillet of Fish (tilapia) Mashed potatoes (yukon gold potatoes) String beans Tuesday Chicken with Black Bean Sauce Rice (brown rice) Broccoli Wednesday Ground Turkey Enchiladas w/ spinach and all the fix-ins (lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream) Thursday Pasta (any suggestions???) Shopping List: (I’m pretty good on ingredients so it shouldn’t be big) tilapia cream of wheat (for fish) tarter sauce potatoes string
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Each week I’ve been making a plan, but things come up and it’s been hard to stick to my menu exactly. I still find it to be very helpful to have an idea what I’m making and if it doesn’t work out for that week, I can push it forward to the next week. We’re eating pretty simple this week. Here’s the menu: Monday
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Happy Monday, everyone! Here is my meal plan for the week. I am trying to work around what I have in the house, for the most part, and only buying minimal ingredients such as fresh produce at the supermarket. Monday Apricot chicken Asparagus Potato pancakes Tuesday Chicken quesadillas Salad (lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado) Corn Wednesday Spinach quiche Butternut squash soup Thursday Asian-style Tilapia Mashed
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I’m trying to use up the stuff in my fridge this week. You know how you buy stuff and it kinda just sits there forever?!? Yeah, well that is my fridge, freezer and pantry. I’ve noticed that since I started trying all these new recipes out that I just keep going to the grocery store and spending A LOT of money on ingredients that
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Monday Terryaki Chicken Fried Rice Asian Salad Tuesday Shrimp Scampi w/ Angel Hair Pasta Caeser Salad Wednesday Chicken Dijon Sauteed Zucchini French Bread Thursday  Tuna Nicoise Friday Spaghetti and Meatballs Iceberg Wedge Salad What’s cooking at your house this week?
This week we have some family stuff going on so I’m not sure how many nights I will be cooking. Just in case, I planned out four meals. I know I placed them under specific days, but that’s just for convenience sake. The first three are the ones I will make first and the last is only if we’re home…. Monday Spinach and Cheddar
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I’m a little late at making my plan this week due to the holiday weekend. However, I did work on it and finally got if finished. Here is the plan for this week: Monday Labor day BBQÂ Â (it’s not at our house so I’m not sure of the menu) Tuesday pasta salad Wednesday chicken cacciatore green salad crusty bread Thursday black bean casserole
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I’ve made a realistic goal for myself and that is to plan 4 nights of cooking per week. The other 3 nights we either go out, get take out, eat leftovers, or just whatever is around the house. This is what works for us. I usually do our menu plan on Sundays, compile a shopping list and go to the grocery store on Monday
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Monday oven fried chicken spinach with garlic and pine nuts baked sweet potato chunks Tuesday chicken taco salad with cilantro-ranch dressing Wednesday strawberry chicken salad with mixed greens and walnuts Thursday turkey bolognese over rigatoni steamed broccoli Friday pizza salad Weekend take out or out to dinner
I’m enjoying sticking to my meal plan for the week. It makes life much easier. I create my menu over the weekend and write out my shopping list so I can go to the grocery store on Monday mornings. I have decided to only plan 4 meals per week for a while and see how that goes. The 5th day will be something simple,
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