Meal Planning: July Week 5 Review and August Week 1

July Week 5 meal plan options were planned with the knowledge that daughter was coming home on Friday night (August 1) and I had planned to order some groceries earlier that day to have half and half, etc., on hand for her morning coffee.  I also bought some chicken when I put in that grocery order and, as mentioned in my previous post, I had received additional free groceries when the store gave me another customer's groceries in addition to mine!

Thesewere my meal plan options for July Week 5:    

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

Here's how that turned out:

Monday:
Brunch: Cereal and milk
Dinner: Salmon and half a bread roll
Snacks/Desserts: Spicy sauteed potatoes; cream cheese coffee cake; lemonade

Tuesday:

Brunch: Cereal and milk
Dinner: Ramen noodles with beef pepper steak
Snack/Desserts: Spicy sauteed potatoes; Cherries

Ramen Noodles

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Cereal & milk

Lunch: Burrito
Dinner: Ramen soup with pepper steak

Snacks/Desserts: Strawberries, cherries 

Thursday:

Brunch: Doughnut!  (Picked up Dancer's meds from the pharmacy and the only available parking spot, after going around the parking lot twice, was right in front of the doughnut shop next door to the pharmacy and I felt obliged to buy a doughnut from them; I didn't need to have my arm twisted for that, though!  LOL.)
Dinner: Scrambled eggs, sliced bolillo roll toast
Snacks/Desserts: Hot cheetos, glass of chocolate milk which I froze partially to make a slushie/frozen milk

Friday: (August 1)
Brunch: Milkrice with lunu miris (sambol) and salmon
Dinner: Rice, salmon, broccoli (some of the free broccoli I received)
Snacks/Desserts: Chocolate, banana

Saturday:
Brunch: Leftover milkrice with lunu miris; toasted bagel with butter
Dinner: Chicken curry, rice, cucumber salad
Snacks/Desserts: Banana, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds

Sunday:

Breakfast: Bananas, half a toasted bagel, each, with butter
Late Lunch: (after 3 runs to the moving container to bring back boxes): Hamburgers (I had half a hamburger), fries, milkshakes
Dinner: Chicken curry sandwich and the other half of my hamburger (daughter); saltine crackers (me - my tummy complained about the milkshake) 

Snacks/Desserts: I had a peppermint candy; not sure what daughter had, if any

Obviously, I didn't keep to the meal, but, it worked out well enough.

On to August Week 1 Meal Plan Options:

Brunches: Toasted bagels with butter (Monday); Scrambled eggs and toast (Tuesday); French toast, Tuna salad sandwiches; Burritos; Waffles with bacon and blueberry compote; Cereal and milk; leftovers

Dinners:  Rice, leftover salmon, and broccoli (Monday); Rice, chicken curry, dhal, broccoli; Rice, beef pepper steak, sauteed vegetables;  Macaroni & cheese with tuna; Fried rice; Salads; Leftovers.

Snacks/Desserts:  Fruit (fresh/dried), Nuts, Bread pudding, Smoothies; Iced coffee; Cereal

Of course, we might go off plan, too!  

As always, I am grateful to have access to a variety and abundance of food, with the question being "What are we having for dinner?" as opposed to, "Are we having dinner?".  Not everyone is as blessed.

Are you making a meal plan this week?