Meal Planning for week of November 2

Last week was a relative meal planning success! A quick recap of the first meal plan: I followed for Monday and Tuesday (except no time for cucumber salad – just cut up cucumbers and carrots and served with hummus), switched Wednesday and Thursday, and had Japanese takeout for dinner on Friday. We had so much leftovers from Thursday and Friday night, we ate leftovers for both Saturday and Sunday night. I made the chili yesterday (Sunday) night and totally forgot about the cornbread. And no creamy mushroom spaghetti – will have to do it another day soon.

Once I have our meal plan in place, it wasn’t too hard to follow – it’s the getting the plan set up that drives me bonkers. I bought a ton of meat this weekend, which I generally don’t do but I went to a new local Chinese/ Asian supermarket and bought what was on sale and froze it (which is a great tip to save money).

With S leaving for Las Vegas tomorrow, I’m on my own until Saturday morning so I usually keep it simple and toddler-friendly (B is Picky with a capital “P”) so I can keep my sanity.

This is the plan for this week:

Monday

• Chili – recipe from last week (I will post my adapted recipe tomorrow).
• Garlic bread or rice

Tuesday

• Egg fried rice with steamed broccoli

Wednesday

• Take out: Chicken tenders and wedge fries (from Superstore) with fresh veggies

Thursday

• Pasta with clam sauce by Julie from Table for two with baby spinach

Friday

• Indian take out

Saturday

• Oxtail ragu from The Kitchn with pasta
• Salad

Sunday

• Macaroni and cheese by Ree from The Pioneer Woman Cooks
• Veggies as a side (can’t think that far in advance and will buy what’s on special in next week’s flyer)

Thanks to everyone who gave me ideas –  I do appreciate it and have incorporated some above and will do more in future plans. Have a great week!