I am afraid that I have not been doing very well with meal planning, lately! Here it is, almost at the end of Week 3, and not only have I not reviewed my meal plan for Week 2, I have not made a proper meal plan for this week, either!
This was my meal plan for February Week 2 (2/8/25 - 2/14/25):
Lunches: Leftover pizza with salad (Saturday)✓, pancakes and sausages, scrambled eggs with bacon and fried potatoes (for dinner)✓. toast✓, boiled mung beans with sambol✓, tortillas with egg and sambol✓
Dinners: Pot roast with rice and vegetables (Saturday)✓, smoked sausage stir-fry with rice✓, chicken curry with rice and sauteed green beans. sauteed cabbage, and spicy sauteed potatoes; leftovers✓
Snacks: Fresh fruits, banana muffins, smoothies, tuna salad and crackers, Cheetos, etc.
Here's how it worked out:
Saturday:
Lunch: Leftover pizza with salad
Dinner: Pot roast with rice and vegetables
Sunday:
Breakfast: Tortillas with egg and sambol
Lunch: Pot roast sandwiches
Dinner: Smoked sausage stir fry with vegetables over rice
Monday:
Brunch: Toast (me); Jamaican style meat patty (daughter)
Dinner: Leftover pot roast with green beans and bread
Tuesday:
Brunch: Pot roast sandwiches
Dinner: Leftover smoked sausage stir fry and green beans, with rice
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Tortillas with seeni sambol
Lunch: Jamaican style meat patty (me); leftover stir fry and rice (daughter)
Dinner: Leftover pot roast with green peas and cucumber salad
Thursday:
Brunch: Boiled mung beans with lunu miris and sugar (daughter)
Tea: Jamaican style meat patty (daughter)
Dinner: "Breakfast for Dinner" - scrambled eggs, hash browns, salad
Friday:
Brunch: Jamaican style meat patty
Dinner: Cucumber salad and an assortment of Leftovers
I didn't make pancakes for brunch and I didn't make the planned chicken curry for dinner, and I thought I went off the meal plan quite a bit, but, upon review, I didn't do too badly.
In the meantime, February Week 3 February 15 - February 21) started and I got distracted by grocery shopping and going over budget and mending, so, didn't post a meal plan! Nevertheless, we have been enjoying some nice meals. Since they weren't exactly planned, I will simply list them:
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Lahmajoon |
Saturday:
Brunch: Homemade Lahmajoon made by neighbor S's mother
Dinner: Daughter shared her restaurant meal of salad, salmon in Dijon mustard sauce with vegetables and potatoes; tiramisu for dessert
Sunday:
Brunch: Leftover lahmajoon (and daughter had leftovers from her dinner the previous night)
Dinner: Salad, ham steak (leftover Thanksgiving ham from the freezer), and parmesan Pasta Roni (from a box in the pantry); I meant to add frozen green peas to it but forgot. Fresh blackberries for dessert.
Monday:
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Cassava and Lunu Miris |
Brunch: Cassava with lunu miris
Dinner: Salmon sauteed with onions and homegrown tomatoes, green beans, rice, tomato chutney; avocado pudding for dessert
Tuesday:
Brunch: Leftover ham steak and pasta roni (daughter); leftover cassava (me); fresh papaya
Dinner: Leftover (planned over) salmon, green beans, garbanzo beans, rice, tomato chutney; cucumber salad, mandarins
Snacks included peanut butter sandwiches
Wednesday:
Brunch: Leftover cassava (daughter); cheese sandwich (me)
Tea: Homemade potato fries
Dinner: Teriyaki pork chops, rice, broccoli, mandarins for dessert
Yes, I did buy the pork chops on sale for $1.99/lb. on Tuesday. I bought six pork chops and they weighed just over 3 lbs. I marinated and cooked two of the pork chops for Wednesday's dinner (but, each pork chop was so big that daughter and I shared one and there's one for another meal later in the week); the other four pork chops were frozen individually with a teriyaki marinade for later.
On the meal plan for the rest of this week:
Thursday:
Brunch: Pancakes with sausages and syrup or blueberry compote
Dinner: Salmon, rice, broccoli, tomato chutney, cucumber salad
Friday:
Brunch: Tortillas with eggs and lunu miris
Dinner: Pork chops with rice and Brussels sprouts and/or cauliflower
That is the plan and I think I can keep to the plan for the rest of this week! I think there will be chicken curry over the weekend.
Have you been meal planning this week?
You know the military saying - no plan survives contact with the enemy. You make good food and the changes seem to make the most of your food and cooking/prep time.
ReplyDeleteThose pork chops sound like really good value.
My meal plans are very flexible! My daughter doesn't want pancakes for brunch, today (Thursday) as she's having a migraine. So, she'll have toast or cereal when she is feeling better, and I'll have something similar.
DeleteI was happy to get the pork chops at that price. I will wait for a similar sale before I buy any more.
Plan or no plan, you didn't go hungry. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are right, June; we certainly didn't go hungry! And I'm very thankful for that. It's a blessing. :)
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