Monday, July 28, 2025

July Week 4 Meal Plan Options Review and July Week 5 Meal Plan Options

These were the meal plan options for July Week 4:  

Brunches: Egg salad sandwiches; tuna salad on crackers or toast; uppuma (again; I enjoyed it when I made it earlier); burritos (from the freezer); waffles or pancakes; leftovers

Dinners: Rice and curries (salmon curry, dhal, moringa curry, tomato chutney); fried rice; hamburger patty with salad and corn; ramen noodles/soup; leftovers.

Snacks/Desserts: Fruit, crackers with peanut butter, yogurt and granola, dry cereal, chocolate cake

And here's how that worked out:

Monday:
Brunch: Tuna sandwich
Dinner : Rice and the last of the jalapeno chicken
Snacks/Desserts: Strawberries, cereal (dry), chocolate

Tuesday:
Brunch: Uppuma
Dinner: Egg salad sandwich
Snacks/Desserts: Cherries, toast and butter, cereal(dry)

Wednesday:
Brunch: Uppuma
Dinner: Egg salad on toast
Snacks/Desserts: Strawberries, peanut butter and crackers

Thursday:
Brunch: Bread, butter, and banana
Dinner: Beef steak and bread
Snacks/Desserts:  Chocolate milk, cream cheese coffee cake

Friday:
Brunch: Bread and beef steak sandwich
Dinner: Bread and butter
Snacks/Desserts: Cream cheese coffee cake

Saturday:
Brunch: Bread and butter, banana
Dinner: Pork fried rice
Snacks/Desserts: Cream cheese coffee cake

Sunday:
Brunch: Cream cheese coffee cake
Dinner: Rice, salmon, tomato chutney
Snacks: Nectarine/chocolate

I went completely off the meal plan after I went grocery shopping on Thursday!  But, that's okay.  

Moving on to the last week of July - daughter comes home on Friday night and I plan to order some groceries earlier that day to have half and half, etc., on hand for her morning coffee.  I have salmon already cooked and frozen for Friday night's dinner and there will be leftovers for at least one other meal.  I will also need to buy more chicken and meat, depending on the grocery ads and what's on sale.

These are my meal plan options:.  

Brunches: Bolillo roll sandwiches - fillings of tuna salad, egg salad or scrambled eggs, or canned corned beef; milkrice on Friday (August 1), leftover milkrice, cereal and milk

Dinners: Rice and salmon with tomato chutney, broccoli or sauteed beans; rice and chicken curry with dhal and beets; beef pepper steak with vegetables and rice; Breakfast for dinner (?), ramen noodles soup; leftovers; maybe patties if I feel up to making them, or something different!

Snacks/Desserts: Fruit, bread pudding, cereal, crackers and peanut butter, granola bars, cake, yogurt

As always, I am grateful for:
- Having enough and plenty to eat
- Having a variety of food to eat
- Having a choice of what to eat
- Refrigerators and freezers to help preserve the food


How about you?  Will you be making a meal plan this week?
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12 comments:

  1. Linda's Relaxing LairJuly 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM

    I really like your meal plan 😋 ☺️

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  2. SharonJuly 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM

    Looks like a lovely selection of food as always.
    I have made a meal plan for this week. We'll see how it works out! I'm trying to spend a minimal amount of money and use up some freezer bits.

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    1. BlessJuly 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM

      Thank you, Sharon. Well done making the meal plan; hope you are able to keep to the plan and achieve your goal of keeping the spending to a minimum. :)

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  3. Anne in the kitchenJuly 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM

    I love it when I have to look up something you have planned, though I have looked up uppuma several time. I do not like cream of wheat but I think I might like your more savory and toasted version.

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    1. BlessJuly 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM

      I don't like cream of wheat made with milk like oatmeal, myself. But, I do like the Indian way of making it, which is usually made with semolina. Give it a try and see if you like it. :)

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  4. Live and LearnJuly 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM

    Some day I'm going to make a meal plan and then promptly not follow it because I know me. :)

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    1. BlessJuly 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM

      LOL, you do just that, June. It won't be much different than what I do because I still don't follow my meal plan even when I make one! :D

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  5. BushladyJuly 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM

    I have frozen cooked chicken breasts which will be for sandwiches later in the week, and I have frozen fish and frozen pork chops but I didn't feel like thawing anything today. However, I decided to use a can of chick peas and make falafel patties in hamburger buns. The mixture is resting and they will have to be baked later but the AC is on.

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    1. BlessJuly 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM

      Sounds like you have made a bit of meal prep to make it easier later in the week. Can the falafel be cooked in a frying pan on the stove? Although, I suppose it is easier to bake them and if you have the A/C on, it should be fine. :)

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  6. 56stepsAugust 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM

    Your meal plan looks good and you have your ducks in a row for your new addition - not really new but you know what I mean ;)

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    1. BlessAugust 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM

      Thank you, Debra. We went off the plan quite a bit, but, that was OK, too. :)

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