Following the meal plan

K, here's the thing. I try to follow the meal plan. I made quesadillas last night and had so much leftover I had another one for lunch today. And I switched the stir fry for tonight and it was SUPER yummy. (break: I just threw a bunch of ingredients in a marinade for the chicken and then cooked up some broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, yellow peppers, red onions and pineapple chunks. All over a BIG bed of rice. yummy! And so pretty with every color of the rainbow! Love it!)
So I have leftover rice from tonights adventure- and I still have yellow pepper left and I still haven't cooked up the ground turkey in the fridge SO instead of doing the follow dinner tomorrow night I'm doing stuffed peppers!


I'm gonna mix up the rice with some salsa, corn, and red onion and the ground beef. Saute it all together while the yellow pepper is roasting in the oven. (YUM! It matters!) Then throw the mixture in the middle of the cooked pepper- top it with some of that Monterey jack cheese I gotta use up, and throw it in the oven to melt the cheese. 


That uses up the rest of the pepper and the rice. Gotta do something w/ the rest of the turkey and the cheese (how hard can that be?). 


I have leftover stir fry for lunch tomorrow.  So the sandwich for today got boosted and the lean cuisine meal for tomorrow can wait! 


OH! And I have like 2 stalks of broccoli left, about an 1/8 of a carrot and bits of pieces of red onion that I chopped but didn't want to put in the stir fry. Of course I don't want to throw it away. I figured now is the time to a trick I've heard of for so long and never tried. Puree the leftover veggies and mix it into the spaghetti sauce. More veggies, more sauce, no waste. I just hope it tastes good so it's a win/win/win. 

I have ravioli in the fridge that I'm waiting till Fri to cook. (Next on the list...haha) and so we will try the spag sauce trick then. 


Still gotta use:
mushrooms (I do have a plan- I guess I'll cook these on Sat)
chicken (I have a plan on this too- red beans and rice burrito. This will use some tortillas too)
tortillas*
the rest of the ground turkey
All my fruit: mango, peach, strawberries


I don't want to waste a single thing!!

Meal Plan and Meal Plan Update

K well, I forgot to put the chicken in the crockpot this morning so I didn't make what I'd planned. Instead we got some fried chicken (I know, so bad, but I had a craving!) and it only cost about $10. Not the best but not the worst really. Plus it was a ton of food and it was yummy!
Wednesday I didn't make texas rice skillet, but I did make dinner, I made Potatoes and Sausage, which used up more of stuff from the freezer, as is my goal. And I worked late on thursday so I didn't have to worry about that. Then last night I made my spaghetti as planned and felt very proud of myself.
It's a progress.
Next week:

Sunday: chili and chips
Monday: Sausage and red beans and rice
Tuesday: Italian chx in the crockpot and salad.
Wednesday: 'unstuffed' peppers
Thursday: Teriyaki chx - I think this is my last try!
Friday: Stuffed chx breasts
Saturday: Honey dump chicken

Not entirely sure what sides I'm going to pair with what. It will kind of depend on what needs to be eaten.

update

So I realized I don't have all the ingredients for tomorrow nights dinner so I'm changing it.
I have SO much food in the freezer I'm going to use some of that.
Monday: Spaghetti with garlic bread from freezer and veggie mix from freezer
Tuesday: Frozen pizza and garden salad (still)
Wednesday: fish fillets, tater tots, corn (all from freezer!)
Thursday:  Teriyaki chx from freezer, rice, and Asian veg mix from freezer
Friday and Saturday- at my parents house

Hopefully I stick to this and it clears up more space in the freezer.
Plus for lunch I'll have
pot stickers
popcorn chicken
and 2 frozen meals like the healthy choice meals
Should be good to go!

Meal Plan Update

This week did not go AT ALL like I planned. I had to go to the dr on Tuesday and have an procedure that pretty much wiped me out for the rest of the week. They said it wouldn't hurt. They LIED! I've been pretty much bed ridden all week and did not want to cook anything. So I didn't.
I can't quite remember Tuesday night, let alone what we ate.
Wednesday Russ made the orange chicken! What a good guy.
Thursday- Russ went to a friends and another friend brought me ravioli.
Friday- I worked late (yep in pain)
Saturday- We went to Red Lobster. I know, I know we should have eaten at home (would've saved a lot of $) but I still just couldn't bring myself to. We did have a coupon tho)

Next week should be better. It'll be a crazy week but at least I know it'll be crazy.
Plus Russ and I stopped by the grocery store.
Red Baron Pizzas were on sale for 2.50 each and Dryers for 2.50. I had a 1.00Q for 2 pizzas and a 1.00Q for 1 pint of ice cream. Pretty good deals. Pizzas make quick (maybe not super healthy but...) dinners or easy lunches when Russ and I are both home, like this afternoon.

Meal Plan Update

So I said I was going to be more vigilant about my meal plans and give a report. Okay here goes.
Monday I did really good. I make the greek chicken, green salad and we ate the left over rolls.
I switched Tuesday for Wednesday so that day I did make the quesadillas. Russ wasn't too sold so he ate some soup.
Thursday Russ worked really late so he grabbed a burger. Can't remember what I noshed on.
Friday Russ got paid and we were feeling 'splurgy' so we went to Chili's.
Tonight I have leftover meatballs in the fridge that need to be used. The other meals will wait for next week.