Meal Plan Sunday - 7/31/2011

Here is what I will be making this week:

Breakfasts:
Cereal, Fruit, Milk - x 2
Oatmeal, Fruit, Milk - x 2
Pancakes, Fruitsmoothie - x 2
Rice pudding, Fruit

Lunches:
Veggie Soup - x 2
Beef Wrap
Green Salad
Toast w/Joghurt and Fruit
Rice, Beans, Scrambled Eggs
BBQ w/ Salad 

Dinners:
Rice, Chicken Stroganoff (w/  Mushrooms and Broccoli on the side)
Rice (leftover), Beans, Meat
Baked Potatoes, Meat, Steamed Veggies
Leftovers or BBQ
Rice, Beans, Meat
Tilapia, Rice, Steamed Veggies

Meal Plan Sunday - 7/24/2011

Here is what I have planned for meals for this week:

Breakfasts:

Oatmeal w/Fruit
Cereal w/Fruit
Toast, scrambled eggs
Homemade waffles, fruit-smoothie


Lunches:
Leftovers (x 3)
Toast w/ Peanut butter
Salad
Pasta Soup w/Veggies

Dinners: 
Baked Potatoes and Zucchini, Pork Ribs
Carrot-Rice, Beans, Chicken
Pasta, Side Salad, Chicken
Pasta with Veggie-Bolognese-Sauce
BBQ, Rice, Tomato-Green-Pepper-Vinaigrette
Leftovers
Leftovers






  
 
 

Meal Plan Sunday - 7/17/2011

Hi there. Here is our Meal Plan for this week. We'll have BBQ at a friend's house today. So besides a little something to bring there won't be any cooking today.

Enjoy your Sunday everyone!
Tomorrow I will share a cheery, little furniture re-do that I worked on over the weekend.
I also added a page, (which is still in-process) to the blog which shows pictures of my apartment. So feel free to take a look at my progress.

Meal Plan Sunday - 7/10/11

Here is my delayed meal plan for this week. Somehow grocery shopping got moved from Saturday to Sunday to Monday. So today early in the Morning I took the little one and went to Aldi to stock up on a few things.

They had very cheap Blueberries ($.79) per pack, so I got a few of those and froze most of them for later use. I also got strawberries and mangoes.

On Saturday evening I tried making a yest bread, but for some reason to this day dry yeast and I don't work together. Something I am doing wrong there.

Anyway, here is this week's menu:

Meal Plan Sunday - 7/3/2011

This week's meal plan includes some mango, some broccoli I got on sale, and a creation of baked oatmeal that I will try out sometime during the week:

Our camera gave up on us the other day, so until we get a new one, I will have to make the notebook camera work (sorry for a pretty bad picture quality).

Breakfasts:

• French Toast Casserole, Orange Juice
• Whole Wheat Cereal, Banana, Milk
• Baked Apple Oatmeal
• Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Banana Smoothie
• Oatmeal, Milk, Mango Slices
• Baked Apple Oatmeal
• Breakfast at Brazilian Bakery

Lunches:

• Sandwiches (with Peanut Butter, Jelly, or Ham & Cheese)
• Leftovers
• Fruit, Yogurt, Smoothies   

Dinners:

• Rice, Beans, Meat
• Beef Wraps, Salad
• Baked Fish, Steamed Broccoli, Rice 
• Mashed Potatoes (with veggies), Baked Chicken, Salad
• Rice, Beans, Meat
• Leftovers
• Veggie Pasta w/Mozzarella

Meal Plan Sunday - 6/26/2011

Here is my meal plan for the upcoming week:

Here is everything in a readable version:

Breakfasts:

• Oatmeal, Blueberries, Milk
• Whole Wheat Cereal, Banana, Milk
• Oatmeal, Blueberries, Milk
• Pancakes, Homemade Strawberry Jam, Smoothie
• Whole Wheat Cereal, Banana, Milk
• Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Smoothie
• Poundcake, Strawberries, Juice (*changed from above)

Lunches:

• Sandwich X 2
• Leftovers X 3

 Dinners:

•  Potato-Brokkoli-Gratin
• Rice, Beans, Baked Fish
• Leftovers
• Beef Wraps, Salad
• Rice, Beans, Chicken
• Leftovers
• Pork Lomb, Baked Veggies, Potatoes 

 

Meal Plan Sunday - 6/19/2011

After checking out what I have available in my cupboards this week, I created my meal plan for the next days:

This week, I will have a few items from my freezer, some seasonal veggies and the mandatory rice and beans dish. I am loving all the deals on fresh strawberries and blueberries and I am taking full advantage of those in forms of smoothies and adding them to our breakfasts and snacks.

Breakfasts:
Father's Day Breakfast at the Brazilian Bakery
Oatmeal with Blueberries
Fruit Smoothie with Toast
Oatmeal with Blueberries 
Wholewheat Cereal with Milk and Banana
Homemade Pancakes, Fruit Smoothies
French Toast Casserole (Leftover), Blueberries

Lunches:
Leftovers X 3
Sandwiches X 2

Dinners:
Rice, Beans, Steak from the BBQ
Pasta-Casserole, Salad   
Ground Beef Wrap, Salad
Rice, Beans, Meat/Tilapia
Veggie Soup, Garlic Bread
Rice, Tilapia, Baked Veggies
Leftovers/Takeout

Meal Plan Sunday - 6/12/2011

I started making meal plans in the beginning of 2011 and I very quickly learned what worked for our family and what didn't. Currently, we have 3 cooks in our household. That's right. There are three of us. Two of them are Brazilians (my husband and his brother) who would happily serve rice and beans EVERY SINGLE DAY. I mean, there is nothing bad with rice and beans, I actually like the food, but every day is just a little bit too much for my taste.
This was one thing to consider. The second one is simply that I can't plan meals and assign them to specific dates. Whoever comes home first at night makes dinner. It's as simple as that.
Therefore each week when I plan next week's meals, I have to consider that there will be a rice and beans dish at least twice. I also have to make flexible plans that enable me to adjust the plan as necessary.



Yesterday we stopped by our local Aldi and picked up mainly produce, fresh berries, and some fish and meat. They had strawberries for sale ($1.49 per pack) and blueberries (also $ 1.49 per pack). I stocked up on those. They had big packages of frozen Tilapia at $ 3.00 per pound. We had those fillets before and really liked them.

Anyway, here is this weeks menu:

And here is the legible version:
Breakfasts:
- Rice pudding with fresh cherries (Recipe to follow)

- Oatmeal with milk and blueberries
- Wholewheat cereal with milk and apple slices
- Melon-berry-smoothie, toast with homemade strawberry jam (I finally made a batch last week)
- Homemade waffles (from the freezer) with fruit
- Oatmeal with berries
- Scrambled eggs with toast, melon-berry-smoothie
Lunches:
- Peanut butter sandwiches, yogurt, fresh fruit ( x 2 )
- Leftovers and fresh fruit ( x 3)
Dinners:
- Pasta and veggie casserole with cheese
- Rice, beans and beef steaks ( x 2 )

- Pasta bolognese with veggies; side salad
- Wrap with ground beef, carrots and peppers; side salad
- Baked potato wedges, zucchini, mushrooms and baked chicken
- Leftovers
I will try to pick out one of my recipes each week and post pictures and instructions here. This should turn into a nice recipe file with time.