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meal planning for next week
is anyone participating? I'm finishing up my grocery list for next week's meal plan.
tonight: we're going out to eat (YAY!!)
tomorrow: we're having leftovers for lunch (from this week's meals) and then I'm going to make a SkinnyTaste chicken/cheese/broccoli bake. we'll have leftovers from that to snack on Sunday night and lunch on Monday.
Sunday: lunch at my parents' house, dinner will be leftover casserole.
Monday: green chicken enchiladas, ST yellow latin rice, frijoles rancheros
Tuesday: ST skillet cajun flounder (but with tilapia, it's on sale), leftover rice, mini corn cobs or another veggie (we had them 2x this week, don't want to burn out). also, probably a salad.
Wednesday: confetti chicken pasta, roasted green beans (on sale for 77 cents a pound).
Thursday: ST crockpot Santa Fe Chicken with leftover rice.
Friday: we'll probably go out.
Saturday: EveryDay Real Food crockpot corned beef and cabbage with potatoes. for St. Patrick's Day, you know?? hope it's good.
tonight: we're going out to eat (YAY!!)
tomorrow: we're having leftovers for lunch (from this week's meals) and then I'm going to make a SkinnyTaste chicken/cheese/broccoli bake. we'll have leftovers from that to snack on Sunday night and lunch on Monday.
Sunday: lunch at my parents' house, dinner will be leftover casserole.
Monday: green chicken enchiladas, ST yellow latin rice, frijoles rancheros
Tuesday: ST skillet cajun flounder (but with tilapia, it's on sale), leftover rice, mini corn cobs or another veggie (we had them 2x this week, don't want to burn out). also, probably a salad.
Wednesday: confetti chicken pasta, roasted green beans (on sale for 77 cents a pound).
Thursday: ST crockpot Santa Fe Chicken with leftover rice.
Friday: we'll probably go out.
Saturday: EveryDay Real Food crockpot corned beef and cabbage with potatoes. for St. Patrick's Day, you know?? hope it's good.
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Re: meal planning for next week
tomorrow: Zuppa Toscana with a Salad and French Bread- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/super-delicious-zuppa-toscana/detail.aspx
Sunday: We're going up to Cripple Creek- so we are going to throw this in the corck pot before we go- Irish Stout Stew- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beef-and-irish-stout-stew/detail.aspx
Monday: The weather is supposed to be wonderful! Andrew and I are going to cook cheeseburgers!
Tuesday: We're going to roast an entire chicken and try to not butcher it like we did with the engagement chicken.
Wednesday: CrockPot Lasagna- Crazy, No? http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-lasagna-21706
Thursday: Corckpot ribs with white beans
the beef and Irish stew sounds wonderful too.
I did, however, organize my shopping list into weekly trips to try to save money though. I make sure to get different veggies, meats, fruits, etc. each week to keep variety and it's better than going to the store once a month and getting down to bare cupboards. I can also stick to the list and hopefully save some money. I've just started and already put $15 into savings because I didn't need to spend as much as I thought. I think it will help me stick to foods that we should buy rather than foods I love to buy but don't need (Nutella). I'm even sewing a little case to keep my lists and calculator in. Some day I hope to get into couponing and meal planning, but I'm taking baby steps, lol.
Tonight: Saucy Southwest Sandwiches (making double so FI has leftovers for tomorrow)
Saturday: Nada. I'll be down the hill at work from 8 am to 8 am Sunday
Sunday: All in One Pork Chop Bake and a salad. Got the recipe from Pinterest and I need something easy
Monday: our e-sesh is that day at 2:30-dusk so I wanted to throw something in the crockpot. Trying another Pinterest recipes - Crock Pot Hawaiian BBQ Chicken and rice. Gonna add veggies to it as well and there should be enough for FI to have leftovers Tuesday-Wednesday
Tuesday/Wednesday: Nada. Down the hill fork work until Thursday
Thursday: Family dinner out (I think)
Friday: No idea. Probably something simple - spaghetti & meatballs and a salad I guess
[QUOTE]of course! a couple coworkers actually pay for a service to plan their meals and write out their grocery list. $50 a WEEK. what?? I told them I could do that, PLUS tell them the local sales and coupons available. it's weird, but I love meal planning. it's fun for me. I'd totally do it for you. seriously. :)
Posted by CocoBellaF[/QUOTE]
You should totally charge people like $20 a week to do that!! They would definitely do it! I wouldn't need you to come up with anything special for me. I can just copy what you are going to make for yourself for the week, lol. FI eats anything except hard boiled eggs, so he's easy to please and I think everything you make sounds so delicious. I told FI that I was going to copy you and eventually work on planning meals myself. He said it sounds awesome to him, lol.
copy all you want! send me anything good you find, too. I love to try new things.
[QUOTE]of course! <strong> a couple coworkers actually pay for a service to plan their meals and write out their grocery list. $50 a WEEK. what?? </strong> I told them I could do that, PLUS tell them the local sales and coupons available. it's weird, but I love meal planning. it's fun for me. I'd totally do it for you. seriously. :)
Posted by CocoBellaF[/QUOTE]
Um some weeks our entire grocery bill is $50! (average is probably $60/wk). Unless they can get my weekly grocery bill under $10, not paying $50/week for meal planning. That is INSANE!<div>
</div><div>BF does our grocery shopping on Mondays and I usually don't make our menu/list until then, but I can play along</div><div>
</div><div>Friday- Mexican night- quesedillas and fresh strawberry margaritas (mine will be a virgin though, cuz I've been sick all week).</div><div>
</div><div>Saturday- fresh pasta (beef ravioli), with tomato sauce and sauteed veggies.</div><div>
</div><div>Sunday- Pizza (home made)</div><div>
</div><div>Monday - I work late so no idea what BF will have, I'll be having left over pizza.</div><div>
</div><div>Tuesday- stir fry</div><div>
</div><div>Wednsday- leftover stir fry</div><div>
</div><div>Thursday - roast chicken and mashed potatoes (I have the day off so I am going to make a nice meal).</div><div>
</div><div>Friday - going to a local italian restaurant for BF's friend's birthday.</div><div>
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[QUOTE]I don't know of anyone who would want that service, besides those 2 coworkers. but it would be fun! copy all you want! send me anything good you find, too. I love to try new things.
Posted by CocoBellaF[/QUOTE]
Awesome! I'll share something if I try it and it comes out good! I have a hard time with following recipes though. I like to substitute as I cook and taste and add and all that kinds of stuff. It usually works out pretty good, but then when I try to recommend someone else to try the recipe, they follow it as it's written and it might not be exactly what I cooked and then I feel bad if they make it and don't like it, lol.