Toni’s Week

We have another birthday week. This time I am attempting a Star Wars cake. It looks pretty manageable, but after the sliding castle I don’t want to be over confident. Our birthday boy lucked out, as I have three doctor’s appointments this week so he is getting a special night out for pizza. Since I am now on modified bed rest I hope our menu will be easy enough for dh and the kids to handle in the evenings. I am so glad I made a bulk shopping trip at the beginning of the month, the only things needed from the store are dairy and produce which will make shopping quick and easy.

Breakfast

Cereal, Oatmeal, Biscuits and smoothies, French Toast, Pancakes

Lunch

Trying to keep it simple this week, so it will be sandwiches and fruit. Possibly some muffins if I am feeling up to it.

Dinners
Bean and Ham Soup, crusty bread
Out for pizza
Steak and rice with veggies
Salmon Turnovers
Chicken Pot Pie
Shredded Beef Tacos

30 Days of Meals

Whole Wheat Pizza x 4
Shepherd’s Pie x 2
Tacos x 2
Chicken Pot Pie x 2
Pink Pasta
Spaghetti
Salmon Turnovers x 2
Bean and Ham Soup
Mexican Chicken Skillet
Chicken legs
Meatloaf
Quesadillas
Fettucini Alfredo
Chicken Tetrazinni
Tuna Casserole
Venison steak
Salisbury steak
Wet burritos
Shredded Beef Tacos
Steak and rice

Joy’s Week

I haven’t been cooking a lot lately, but this week is going to be different! I have four meals on deck this week, none of which I’ve ever made before.

With help from Zesty Cook, I made some basil pesto this afternoon which I plan to use for two different meals this week. (I’ve never used fresh basil before, and the pesto smells so good. If it tastes as good as it smells, I’ll post the recipe that I ended up using.) For the Monday meal I was planning to use 2 cups of fresh mushrooms, but since my girls are going to be gone that night, I’m going to cut down the size of the recipe and save the mushrooms for the next day’s meal.

M: Chicken, Basil and Mushroom Fettucini with salad and rolls. Prep: The basil pesto is already made and in the fridge. I’ll thaw the rolls and a double portion of the chicken tomorrow and cut it up so it’s ready to cook as soon as my lessons are done. The extra cooked chicken will be used for Thursday’s meal.

T: Ground Beef Stroganoff, green beens, and rolls. Prep: The ground beef is already cooked and in the freezer. I’ll thaw the rolls and the beef, chop the onion, and set out the other ingredients so that it shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes to prepare after my lessons.

W: No time to cook or eat a sit-down meal so we’ll be yo-yoing.

T: Chicken, Basil, and Spinach Quesadillas and corn. Prep: The pesto is already made, and the chicken will already be cooked, so it’ll basically be a matter of heating things up and throwing the quesadillas on the griddle.

F: Braised Pork Chops in Sweet Apple Mustard, Baked Potato Wedges with Thyme, and salad. Prep: Thaw the pork chops and cut and prep the potatoes before my lessons.

S & S: This will be a free for all since I’m sure I won’t want to cook anything.

Kate’s Week

Our monthly grocery shopping trip has gotten a little off schedule and we’ve been shopping a bit later in the month. Our trip this month was on Friday, so I have lots of freezer cooking planned for this week. Last month I didn’t get as many full meals in the freezer as I like to have, so I’m planning to remedy that. I also snagged a few great deals on markdown produce, so I’ll prep all of that and get it in the freezer.

Wednesday is Gracie’s birthday, so we’ll be celebrating it simply at lunch time. That way Eric will be home to celebrate with us. Over the weekend, we will be doing the big celebration for her birthday in conjunction with my father-in-law’s birthday party. I’m not entirely sure of the meal plans for that day, or what I’ll be making other then the BEST birthday cake ever, so my weekend meals are up in the air right now.

Breakfast

• M - Fruit-filled crepes (double crepes for freezer)
• T - Chocolate chip muffins (double for freezer) & smoothies
• W - Pancakes (triple for freezer)
• Th - Bacon & cheese bread (double for freezer) & bananas
• F- Apple-spiced oatmeal
• S - Cheesy scrambled eggs & toast
• Su - TBD

Lunch

• M - Hard-boiled eggs, cheese & crackers, peaches
• T - Turkey sandwiches, applesauce
• W - Peanut butter wontons w/ strawberry jam dip, yogurt parfait, carrot sticks
• Th - Tuna pasta salad, apples
• F - Grilled cheese, oranges
• S & Su - TBD

Dinner

• M - General Tso’s chicken and stir-fried veggies over brown rice (Make extra to chop up and freeze for wonton/egg roll stuffing)
• T -Spaghetti pie, green beans (Handle all the ground beef for the month - 1 batch meatloaf cups, 1 batch meatballs, 1 Mexican lasagna, 1 pkg. sloppy joe meat, 8 pkgs. browned ground beef w/onions)
• W - White chicken chili (Thicken 1/3 and make green chicken enchiladas for freezer)
• Th - Mexican black bean rice bowls (double and use extra beans for wet burritos for freezer)
• F - Ham & cheesy potato casserole, oven-roasted broccoli, make birthday cake
• S & Su - TBD

For hundreds more menu plans, visit Organizing Junkie.

Bookmark It

Hide Sites