Meal planning

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Registered: 07-14-2008
Meal planning
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Sat, 01-02-2010 - 6:14pm

Does anybody else do weekly meal planning. If you do, maybe you can post your current plan. Perhaps somebody else maybe able to use it or use some of it, and substitute to cater to their own choices. I will start.

Tonight -spaghetti, cut up raw vegetables and dinner rolls
Tomorrow -chilli
Monday -chicken marinated in balsamic vinegar salad dressing, brown rice, broccolli, salad
Tuesday -crockpot minestrone soup, grilled cheese sandwhiches
Wednesday -chicken wraps (made with Monday's left over chicken)

That's it for me this week. DH is off on Thursday so he will go grocery shopping on that day, and plan for the next few days.






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Registered: 07-14-2008
Sat, 01-02-2010 - 6:16pm

Copying Marie's from another post:

I have food for the week, and meals planned:

Sat - Chicken Pad Thai with rice

Sun - Chicken Marsala over bow tie pasta

Mon - Chinese Pork with garlic sauce, with veggies and boiled potatoes

Tues - we have a late business meeting, so the kids will make sloppy joes

Wed - Spaghetti

Thursday - Pork chops and mac and cheese

Friday - Fish, salmon with terryaki and honey, rice and green beans






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Registered: 09-16-2003
Sat, 01-02-2010 - 7:14pm

Before I had to move back home. We used to meal plan. It would usually look like this.

Sun - Chili or Stew
Mon - Chicken fingers, raw veggies
Tues - Eggs, Bacon, Hash browns and toast
Wed - Left overs from Sun
Thur - Ribs or steak, Steamed Veggies, Rice or potatoes
Fri - Spaghetti
Sat - Home made pizza

We would mix it up a bit, but this pretty much consisted of our meals during the week.

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Registered: 08-24-2007
Sat, 01-02-2010 - 9:15pm

I'm starting to, thanks to my New Year's resolution.

Kate


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Registered: 12-29-2008
Sat, 01-02-2010 - 9:23pm

We don't really operate on a rigid schedule for meals.

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Registered: 03-27-2005
Sun, 01-03-2010 - 11:25am

Sunday:

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Registered: 11-02-1999
Sun, 01-03-2010 - 11:44am

I planned ahead for two weeks this month, because I did an enormous grocery shop yesterday - but here's the plan just for this week (starting yesterday):

Saturday - Roasted chicken, brown rice & broccoli (make stock w/carcass)
Sunday - Chicken enchiladas w/rice, beans & salad (leftover roasted chicken)
Monday - Salmon cakes w/bean salad
Tuesday - Leftovers "pot luck" (clean out the fridge day!)
Wednesday - CROCKPOT Flank steak w/veggies
Thursday - Leftover flank steak over salad
Friday - CROCKPOT Coq au vin (breasts/thighs) w/spaghetti & veggies










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Registered: 08-04-2008
Sun, 01-03-2010 - 1:44pm

Wow that sounds good!




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Registered: 11-14-2008
Sun, 01-03-2010 - 4:10pm

We should do this weekly to stay focused!

Today: Sunday: Chicken leg caserole with fresh mushrooms and 1 cooking onion, cup and a half of rice, 3/4 to Cup milk, can of cream of chicken soup, seasoning salt and pepper. (will have left overs for lunch on Monday) 9x13 pan cooked with foil over top(this is a favorite)

Monday: Broiled Farmer sausage with bbq sauce, potato and a vege

Tuesday: two frozen pizzas as kid activities will leave no time to cook and I have one of my own activities in the evening so I won't be there. (there will likely be some left over for lunches)

Wed: Pork stir fry with rice with enough left over for lunches

Thursday: Chicken caesar salad and garlic toast(so simple and quick)

Friday: Chicken caesar salad and garlic toast(so simple and quick)

Saturday: I have the day off so I may cook a chicken, make gravy with potatoes and vegetables(I might make soup if I feel like it to freeze if there is any left over chicken)

*I need a new crock pot. I think mine bit the dust. When I get one I want to make a beef stew, and some chili!

If one of those falls through we will hot dogs LOL. I get cravings for hot dogs sometimes with fried onions


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Registered: 12-23-2008
Sun, 01-03-2010 - 4:14pm

I try to meal plan but 2 days out of the week my kids are with their dad and one or two weekends month they stay with him. It definately saves money.

When it is just me then I usually just make sandwich and salad or eat leftovers.

I also looooove to use my crock pot.

Monday - pork (crock pot) with mashed potatoes and biscuits
Tuesday - kids with dad -- sandwich for me or left overs
Wednesday stroganoff - with garlic bread
Thursday Kids favorite !!! I do this once a week at least taco mac (ground beef - taco seasoning - velveta shells and cheese mixed with salsa over nacho chips and topped with sour cream or guacamole)
Friday kids are with dad - I usually eat Taco Mac left overs(once a month,sometimes twice if there are 5 Friday's in the monty they stay the whole weekend and come home Monday from school)
Saturday - sloppy joes and tater rounds if kids are home - if not it's burritos or quesidilla's
Sunday - soup loving onion soup these days and fresh bread in the bread machine - today I am making tortilla soup

xoxo
Shannon

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Registered: 07-26-1999
Sun, 01-03-2010 - 6:41pm

I just finished my menu for the week:

tonight: chicken pockets

Monday: chicken quesodillas or chicken & noodles (w/leftover chicken from tonight)

Tuesday: hamburger helper

Wednesday: garlic chicken pasta w/ veggies

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: lasagna or spaghetti & garlic toast

Saturday: whole chicken & stuffing

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