Menu Planning

Monday: tortellini with alfredo sauce and a garden salad (meatless!)
Tuesday: Chicken oreganato with snap peas and tomato slices
Wednesday I work late
Thursday: pineapple chicken kabobs with rice.
Friday: Easy dump and go chicken with noodles and whatever veggies need to be eaten.
Saturday I work late.

And I think I've devised a plan as to how to motivate me to follow my meal plan. Defrost meat in advance. If the meats defrosted then if I don't cook it, it'll go to waste and meat is expensive so I really wont want to waste it. You know? So I can take out my chicken drumsticks on Monday so they'll be defrosted on Tuesday and I'll also take out my chicken breasts of the kabobs as they need to defrost so I can cube them and then they need to marinate. So on Wednesday they'll be ready and I won't be able to put it off and give myself an excuse not to cook. A big part of my problem (besides my awful kitchen) is that it will take So Long. When I think that I'll have to defrost chicken, prepare something and then cook it for like an hour...I get exhausted just thinking about it. So if at least one step is done, maybe I'll be more inclined.
It went pretty well last week. I made 4 of my planned dishes- bbq chicken sandwiches, teriyaki burgers, steak salad and chicken and stuffing. I think that's a record for me!

Meal Planning

I make plans every week and honestly, I don't follow them too well. I mix up the days a lot and only make about 50% of the things I plan. So this week, I'm really going to try and follow it all the way!

Sunday: Potstickers and snow peas
Monday: shrimp spinach salad w/ garlic bread
Tuesday: BLT's and chips
Wednesday: BBQ chicken sandwiches and veggie sticks
Thursday: Pineapple chicken kabobs and rice
Friday: Stroganoff and green salad
Saturday: Nachos (the recipe from Cook this not that)

Meal Planning Monday

(It technically is Monday, but I figured I wouldn't have time for this tomorrow, so tonight it is.)
Monday I work late. Russ can fend for himself.
Tuesday: Dinner with mom.
Wednesday: BBQ chx sandwiches, corn, tomato slices
Thursday: Hamburger Helper, zucchini
Friday: Chicken potstickers with snow peas
Saturday: fish sticks, rice, salad

Meal Planning Monday

This week is going to be really crazy/busy. Then Christmas. So I'm going to try and make really simple meals this week.
Tonight: Chili dogs and salad
Tuesday: Honey ginger pork chops (from freezer) with rice and veggie sticks
Wednesday: Linguine with alfredo sauce and chicken. garlic bread (and probably more salad)
Thursday: Not sure if I'll be here or gone yet, plans are still tentative.
Friday: Off to California for Christmas
Saturday: Still in CA

Meal Planning Conundrum

So I try and plan meals for the week and then when it comes down to it, I don't want to cook/eat what I've planned. Like last night, I got home from work at 6:00 and just didn't want to use any of the energy I had left cooking. I usually try to plan around this, but I guess I had more hope for Monday. I ended up making Top ramen and Russ has a bagel. but hey, it was cheap. Today I did make Parmesan Garlic chicken which was super easy and everything was right on hand. (I ended up eating before I went to my mom's and we had dessert together.) So that wasn't the plan either. Do you just make a plan and stick to it, no matter if you don't want to eat that today? I'm really bad about that. I need to make my master menu plan, but I also need to make a list of quick and easy recipes that I can switch out in a pinch. Tomorrow, I had planned to make chili but now I think I'm going to cook Enchilada bake. But we'll see what really happens tomorrow!

Menu Plans

I always plan on all these fancy dinners to make and when it comes right down to it, I never wanna cook! I'm gonna keep trying though. Here's this week's plan.

Sunday: Asian Beef patties with Ramen noodle salad.
Monday: I work 3-11 (so I'm off the hook for cooking dinner)
Tuesday: Dinner at my moms
Wednesday: Work 3-11
Thursday: Pork chops with a parm chive sauce. Mashed potatoes and salald.
Friday: French Toast
Saturday:20 Garlic slow cooker chicken. Rice and zucchini.

I'll post about how well the meals turn out and how much they approx cost in my efforts to save. And don't be surprised to see that my plans have changed and I've made something else!