Breakfast/Brunch: French toast (again), pancakes/waffles, ham sandwiches, scrambled egg with toast or fried potatoes, cereal and milk.
Dinners: Rice with leftover chicken curry with sauteed zucchini and/or green beans and/or cucumber salad (enough for two meals; Monday and Tuesday?), spaghetti with meat sauce and zucchini (enough for at least two, maybe three meals; Wednesday - Friday?), tomato soup and ham sandwiches (Saturday?), pot roast beef made into a stew (Sunday?)
Snacks/desserts: Fresh fruits (grapes, strawberries, apples, oranges), the last piece of banana bread, yogurt, cereal, snack crackers, maybe apple pie?
This is how it worked out:
Monday:
Brunch: Ham sandwich, orange
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, sauteed zucchini and tomato
Snacks: Tea cookies (with afternoon tea), peach yogurt
Tuesday:
Brunch: Uppuma (semolina sauteed with butter, curry leaves, dried chilies, peanuts, salt, etc.)
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, tomato chutney, cucumber salad
Snacks: grapes, cereal with milk
Wednesday:
Brunch: Leftover uppuma
Dinner: Spaghetti with meat and grated vegetable (zucchini and carrots) sauce
Snacks: Chocolate cake!
Thursday:
Brunch: Spaghetti with sauce, banana bread
Dinner: Spaghetti with sauce, again!
Snacks: Chocolate cake; cheese snack crackers, orange
Friday:
Brunch: Ham sandwich
Dinner: Spaghetti with sauce
Snacks: Banana bread, cheese snack crackers
Saturday:
Brunch: Milk rice and the last of the chicken curry
Dinner: Sesame ginger shrimp gyoza (potstickers)
Snacks: Ham sandwich, tres leches cake
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| Tres Leches Cake |
Sunday:
Brunch: Spaghetti with sauce
Dinner: Sesame ginger shrimp gyoza (potstickers)
Snacks: Tres leches cake, cereal, orange
I am quite happy with the way the week's meals worked out. I cooked some of the dishes I had listed as options, prepared a couple of others that I hadn't listed, and really, really enjoyed the convenience of having a big container of spaghetti sauce ready in the fridge! There's just enough of the spaghetti sauce left for one small serving.
That brings us to Week 5.
Breakfast/Brunch: Cereal and milk, French toast, pancakes/waffles, ham sandwiches, scrambled egg with fried potatoes, spaghetti with sauce, milk rice with fish curry and/or spicy onion sambol
Dinners: Chicken (baked or broiled) with baked or mashed potatoes and broccoli; pot roast beef made into a stew; fish curry with rice and sauteed green beans and lentils; smoked sausage stir fry with rice or noodles
Snacks/desserts: Fresh fruits, yogurt, cereal, cake, maybe muffins?
Obviously, I've already started on Week 5 with Monday's meals:
Monday:
Breakfast: Cereal with milk
Lunch: Spaghetti with sauce
Dinner: Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast
Snacks: Orange
Let's see how this week turns out! Anyone else making meal plans for the week?
I have listed meal ideas and am in the process of creating shopping lists and booking deliveries. I received a £10 voucher to spend at Iceland so will use it to stock up on some frozen roasting joints, probably chicken and pork.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are well organized when it comes to meal planning, Eileen. How nice to have received a voucher that you can use towards stocking up. :)
DeleteBy the way, did you make the cucumber and cashew curry and what was your opinion of it?
I liked the flavour and cashews but didn't really like the cucumber. I didn't hate it and would eat it if it was put in front of me but I doubt I will make it again or if I do, will substitute the cucumber for something else.
DeleteI don't like cooked cucumber that much, myself. But, maybe zucchini might be a good substitute (if you like zucchini).
DeleteNo meal plans for the week exactly, but we do have some squash and tomatoes to use.
ReplyDeleteSquash and tomatoes from your garden? Sounds delicious! Which reminds me, I've another ripe tomato to pick! :)
DeleteYou are so organized with your meals. I mainly eat fruit, salads, and leftover dinners for lunch. Right now that's turkey tacos and guacomole. (since I have an abundance of avocados at the moment.)
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't feel that I am all that organized when it comes to meals (I make one or two dishes and eat it for several meals), but, thank you! Yum! Avocados! From your garden?
DeleteExcellent planning, Bless! I usually have an idea of what we will be eating over the next few days, but often don't decide until the day arrives exactly what we will be having on that specific day. It sometimes depends on whether we have leftovers that need using up.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eloise. I tried planning a specific meal on a specific day, but, that didn't quite work out for me! Often, I didn't feel like cooking what I had planned (or, cooking, at all!) or eating that particular dish! Having the options/meal possibilities work out better for me. Since I am the only person I have to please, there's no problem if I change my mind! :)
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