Monday, August 31, 2020

Meal Plans: August Week 4 and September Week 1

These were my meal plan options for August Week 4:


Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch:  Leftover pancakes and bacon (Monday), scrambled egg and fried potatoes, uppuma (Indian style semolina), tuna salad on crackers, boiled cassava with spicy onion sambol, coconut flat bread (roti).

Dinners:  Leftover Armenian kebabs dish with potato (baked or mashed) and cabbage slaw; ground beef keema curry, lentils (dhal), and curried green beans served with rice; chicken curry with sauteed cabbage and rice; paratha with chicken curry; some kind of pasta or noodle dish.

Snacks/desserts:  Fresh fruits (oranges, apples), canned fruits, crackers, cereal, cookies, peanuts, etc.


On Monday, I asked neighbor S to pick up a loaf of sliced bread for me when she was out grocery shopping, as I was out of bread; she did that and I was able to enjoy sandwiches during the week.  I also cooked a ground beef keema curry on Monday, a chicken curry and sauteed curried cabbage on Wednesday, and made egg salad on Wednesday.  These formed the majority of my meals,during August week 4.  

Here is how it turned out:  

Monday:
Brunch: Leftover pancakes and bacon, with syrup
Dinner: Ground beef keema curry and sauteed curried green beans (from the freezer) with rice
Snacks/Dessert: Apple, cookie (Tim Tam)
 
Tuesday:
Brunch: Ground beef keema curry sandwich 
Dinner: Leftover kebab dish with rice
Snacks/Dessert: Apple, cookie 

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Egg salad sandwich, peach lemonade
Lunch: Potstickers
Dinner: Chicken curry, sauteed curried green beans, rice
Snacks/Dessert: Orange, cookie

Thursday:
Brunch: Egg salad sandwich
Dinner: Chicken curry, sauteed curried cabbage, rice 
Snacks/Dessert: Orange, cookie
Late Night Snack: Slice of bread with chicken curry gravy

Friday:
Brunch: Egg salad sandwich
Dinner: Chicken curry, sauteed curried cabbage, rice 
Snacks/Dessert: Orange, dry cereal (late night snack)

Saturday:
Brunch: Paratha, keema curry
Dinner: Chicken curry, sauteed curried cabbage, rice
Snacks/Dessert:  Orange, muffins

Sunday:
Brunch: Muffin  
Dinner: Paratha and onion sambol
Snacks: Orange, muffin (had one after dinner as well as the one for breakfast)

I am considering this week as the first week of September although, today (Monday) is the last day of August.  I am starting out the week without any leftovers in the fridge, which has to be a first!  I put some chicken drumsticks to thaw on Saturday; hopefully, they will be thawed enough to cook, this evening.

These are my meal plan options for the first week in September (including the last day of August).

September Meal Plan Options:

Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch:  Milk rice with spicy onion sambol and/or fish curry (Tuesday, Sept. 1), muffins, scrambled egg and fried potatoes, uppuma (Indian style semolina/cream of wheat), tuna salad sandwiches, boiled cassava with spicy onion sambol, coconut flat bread (roti).

Dinners:  Chicken drumsticks with stirfried vegetables and rice or noodles;  fish curry with rice, green beans or cabbage; coconut flat bread (roti) with fish curry; leftovers.

Snacks/desserts:  Fresh fruits (oranges, apples), canned fruits, muffins, crackers, cereal, cookies, etc.


I didn't do any grocery shopping in August (other than the loaf of bread I asked neighbor S to pick up for me).  I will probably put in a grocery order for curb-side pick up during the first week in September.  But, this week's meal options are based on what I have on hand, in the freezer and pantry.

What are your meal plans for the week?

6 comments:

  1. Everything sounds delicious! Definitely have to use up those leftover, waste not want not :)

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    1. Thank you, Martha. I have no problems with eating leftovers. :)

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  2. You always have such exotic meals! I need to up my game and do something special but it is probably not going to happen.

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    1. Some of your meals sound pretty exotic to me! Pizza with peaches comes to mind. :)

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  3. Because of the bulk cooking I rarely have leftovers which is a shame as there's lots of tasty possibilities to be made from leftovers. Maybe I can work around the lunches to have some - can't think how or what, but I love a challenge!

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    1. My leftovers are a little like the second and third servings you get from your bulk cooking. I cook a little extra (4 chicken drumsticks, last night, for example, and more than just one serving of noodles) and then, keep that in the fridge (instead of freezing it) and have it for at least a couple of meals. It just means I only have to plan and cook two or three dinners each week, because there will be leftovers for the other days.

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