First, a review of how July Week 4 turned out. These were my options:
Brunch: Leftover ravioli ✔, cereal ✔, French toast ✔, muffins (if cool enough to bake), tortillas with spicy onion sambol
Dinners:- Shrimp curry (from freezer), rice, sauteed/curried cabbage✔; Baked battered fish fillets (frozen) with sauteed zucchini, leftover sweet potato hash, and corn✔; Omelet curry, rice, leftover sauteed cabbage, leftover zucchini, chutney; Fried rice; Leftovers and madeovers! ✔
This is how it worked out:
Monday: Left over ravioli (brunch), shrimp curry, sauteed curried cabbage, rice, zucchini chutney
Tuesday: French toast, bacon, grapes (brunch), baked battered fish fillets, sauteed zucchini, leftover sweet potato hash, corn; ice cream!
Wednesday: Stomach complained! Saltine crackers, lemon lime soda, an apple eaten half at a time, a small bowl of dry cornflakes
Thursday: Cup of tea and two saltines for breakfast; rice and dhal curry for lunch; cup of tea in the afternoon, rice, dhal curry, and leftover sauteed curried cabbage for dinner.
Friday: Cup of tea and two saltine crackers for breakfast; more crackers and grapes for lunch; rice, dhal curry, cabbage, and some shrimp curry for dinner; mango for dessert. Dry cereal and cheese toast for snacks.
Saturday: Dry cereal (breakfast), rice, dhal, cabbage, shrimp curry leftovers (lunch); scrambled egg (dinner); mango and cookies for snacks
Sunday: Apple slices and peanut butter (brunch); Sri Lankan snack mix and cookies at tea time; omelet with leftover corn and zucchini (dinner); freshly made passionfruit lemonade to drink
On to August, Week 1:
Brunches: Milk rice with fish curry and seeni sambol, etc., cereal, scrambled eggs, waffles
Dinners:
- Rice, fish curry, beetroot curry, cabbage thel dala
- Tortilla with leftover fish curry
- Shirataki noodles, stir fried with vegetables and sausage
- Rice with ground turkey mixture from freezer
- Leftovers
I have made this meal plan based on what I have on hand. I will probably need to put in an order for groceries, next week, however, because I need bread, fresh fruits, and some vegetables.
How about you? Did you make a meal plan last week? If so, did you follow it? Are you making a meal plan for this week?
You did well with your meal plan and you couldn't help being ill when food is the last thing you want. It's a new month now but I do remember you've already dipped into your food budget but we have to buy the essentials. I still have plenty in my freezer so will be having a rummage to see what's there before I place my next grocery order.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen. I think I managed to keep to the meal plan as much as possible, last week, given that I had an upset tummy, midweek.
DeleteYes, I did dip into my August grocery budget in July! In fact, I more than dipped into it! LOL! But, I will carry over deficits just as I carry over any excess or, if necessary, I'll cover it with savings.
It's always a good idea to see what you have in the freezer and cupboards before ordering groceries. :)
Sounds good.
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Thank you, Regine. Hope you are feeling well.
DeleteYour food for this week looks very good. I'd never heard of cabbage thel dala so I looked it up. That sounds very good.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debra. I usually refer to the cabbage thel dala as sauteed cabbage in my blog. It's my favorite way to eat cabbage. :)
DeleteWe were discussing breakfast with the family while eating scrambled eggs and toast, and I told them that my friend in California sometimes has cooked mung beans with a spicy sambal ! I should have mentioned the milk rice, being the first of August.
ReplyDeleteI have returned to a recipe for chicken with homemade barbecue sauce for supper and it is in the oven. The rest of the meal is prepped and will come together soon before it is done.
I haven't made mung beans recently. Maybe I'll put it on the meal plan for next week. I tried to make only a little bit of milkrice, this morning, but, I realized after brunch that there's enough leftover for two more brunches!
DeleteYour chicken in barbecue sauce sounds delicious. Enjoy!
I'm making a list to restock the cupboards and freezer. I will need to think about batch cooking again soon but, as I think the Simply Cook kits will continue to feature in my meal planning I also need to check on the site to anticipate the other ingredients I'll require for those. At least it adds variety!
ReplyDeleteIt does sound like you'll have a lot of variety in your meals with the addition of the meal kits. I have forgotten if you get 3 or 4 choices each month, but, I believe you mentioned that each dish is enough for two servings? It's getting to be almost too hot to cook, over here! I prepared two vegetable side dishes this morning before it got too hot and put in the fridge for later!
DeleteYou sound organized and optimistic. Wishing you a successful August!
ReplyDeleteThank you DUTA! I would like to be organized and I hope I'm optimistic! Hope you have a love month ahead of you. :)
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