Meal Plans? Week of 4/1-4/7

[Brooke]

Do you plan menus for the week for dinner? What is on yours this week?

[Brooke]

I'm not a big meal planner. I'll get a bug up my butt to do it once every few months. We're not big on cooking. But the last two weeks we have. At least half the nights. That's a HUGE change for us. I hate cooking and we either have "make your own stuff" night or eat out.

Anyhoo - this week, we have a menu planned for 5 nights. I even went to the grocery store and bought according to that plan. Eric is going to cook 2 meals and I'm going to cook 3. We'll see how long that lasts. LOL Here are the meals we're planning for the week. I'm not sure which day will be what, we'll figure that out the day before.

Chicken Roll-Ups: Grilled chicken, ranch dressing, crumbled bacon, lettuce and cheese all rolled up into a large tortilla - Served with chips

Sloppy Joe - Served with corn and fries

Baked Ziti with ground beef, garlic bread & salad

Corned Beef Sandwiches - toasted with melted swiss, served with chips and possibly French Onion Soup

Baked Parmesan Chicken served with corn/pea mixture and rolls


I'm also planning on making lunches each night for the next day. Hopefully I'll actually stick to it. ;)

[Desirae]

:clap You go Brooke! :D

WE're having leftovers tonight.
Tuesday~ beef roast, mashed potatoes and a veggie.
WEdnesday- the boys will have leftovers and I'll eat at church
Thursday~ butter chicken over rice (new recipe for us)
Friday~ tilapia, rice and a veggie
Saturday~ pizza
Sunday~ For breakfast ~ eggs and pancakes before church.
For dinner ~ turkey, cheesey potatoes, asparagus, rolls, a salad, deviled eggs and who knows what else.:giggle I will probably make a couple pies too... probably apple and out-of-this-world pies.

[Renita]

oh you know I am such a menu planner, it is pathetic. On the menu for this week is and in no particular order....

beef tostadas, spanish rice, corn/peas
smoked turkey sausage w/potatoes & onions, green beans
tilapia, rice, veggie
homemade chicken pizzas w/all the fixings
honey curry chicken, potatoes or rice, veggie
lasagna, caesar salad, 5 cheese bread

I didn't have time to hit up supertarget this past weekend, so I am going with what we have in the fridge/cupboards...but I definitely have to plan or I would be a lost soul when it comes to dinnertime.

I also sort of have to plan lunch too for DH & the girls.....or at least make sure stuff is there for them to eat. LOL

[Shana]

Dude, all I know at this point is that I'm eating dinner :lmao

[Desirae]

:lmao Shana, you're a trip! :D

[Beka]

well last night i did David a vegetable chilli from scratch (he's back on his big time dieting) so tonight the remainder of that will be blended to make a spicy pasta vegatable sauce for on some wholegrain pasta for David, not sure what i shall be doing the kids and myself- maybe some homemade potato wedges and a pizza? Not sure yet.

I tend to buy my grocery with an aim for cooking X meals in a week, i don't really plan to X nights but i like to know what i have could make X y or z

And Brooke- the English woman in me HAS to ask what a ziti is? LOL describe this strange exotic sounding very unenglish thing

[Desirae]

:giggle Beka, I love you reason for editing!
Baked ziti is just a tube pasta like penne mixed with spaghetti or marinara sauce, pour it into a baking dish, cover with mozzarella cheese and bake.:) You can also mix into riccota cheese or meats or veggies in with the pasta.

Let me see if I can find a recipe.... Here (http://www.recipezaar.com/35282) you go. :)

[Jejune]

I buy my week's groceries on Saturday, but I get my box of veggies from the farm on Wednesdays, so I've been winging it. However, I got the list of what will be in my box on Monday, so I suppose I could make some sort of plan. Tonight's plan is soup, to use up the carcass from the roast chicken and also all of last week's veggies - I still have a lot of leeks and cilantro and yellow carrots, so I think I can make a nice tomato/chicken soup.

I'll look over the list of what is to come and let you know what I'm making.

OK, I am looking at the list, and it sounds gooood.

So, for now, my tentative meal plans are as follows:

Wednesday: Pasta with broccoli and parsley cooked lightly in olive oil with garlic and a little salt, and a spinach salad
Thursday: Marinated vegetable salad with hardboiled eggs
Friday: Pasta sauce with mushrooms and some kind of pasta - spinach salad
Saturday: Turkey soup with lots of veggies

[Beka]

hmmm- i may have to make some of this ziti now i know what it is LOl thanks for that!