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| Fresh Jujubes (from daughter's friend's parents' tree) |
This was my September Week 2 Meal Plan/Options:
Brunches: Curried pork fried rice (Monday); French toast; waffles, tortillas with seeni sambol scrambled eggs and lunu miris; leftovers from dinners
Dinners: Rice and curries - curried pork, sauteed okra, sauteed moringa leaves, spicy sauteed potatoes (Monday); smoked sausage, spicy potato wedges, corn on the cob, and salad (Tuesday); sauteed salmon (from the freezer) with rice and vegetable curries green beans; leftovers; or something else (Chinese take out)!
Snacks/Desserts: Options include fresh fruit, homemade chocolate cookies (daughter baked), apple juice popsicles, and ice cream.
Monday:
Brunch: Curried pork fried rice
Dinner: Rice, curried pork, sauteed okra, sauteed moringa leaves, spicy sauteed potatoes,
Snacks/Dessert: Pears (me), watermelon (daughter), homemade chocolate cookies
Snacks/Dessert: Pears (me), watermelon (daughter), homemade chocolate cookies
Tuesday:
Brunch: Rice and leftover curries (daughter); leftover curried pork fried rice (me)
Dinner: Smoked sausage baked in the oven along side spicy potato wedges, corn on the cob, and salad
Snacks/Dessert: Apple juice popsicles; chocolate cookies
Snacks/Dessert: Apple juice popsicles; chocolate cookies
Wednesday:
Brunch: Smoked sausage and potato wedges (daughter); tortilla and seeni sambol (me)
Dinner: Smoked sausage and potato wedges (daughter - she really liked the smoked sausage, this time); leftover pork chop with onion and mushroom gravy, rice, and sauteed okra (me)
Snacks/Dessert: Chocolate cookie (me)
Snacks/Dessert: Chocolate cookie (me)
Thursday:
Brunch: Chinese take out
Dinner: Leftover Chinese food
Snacks/Dessert: Ice cream and cookies
Snacks/Dessert: Ice cream and cookies
Friday:
Brunch: Leftover Chinese food
Dinner: Salmon with rice (daughter) or baked potato (me)
Snacks/Dessert: Asian pears, blueberry cobbler with or without ice cream; cheese and crackers
Snacks/Dessert: Asian pears, blueberry cobbler with or without ice cream; cheese and crackers
Saturday:
Brunch: Toast and butter with seeni sambol on one half and peach jam on the other half (me; daughter went out with friends and enjoyed French and Cuban pastries)
Dinner: Leftover Chinese food (me; daughter had a potluck dinner with friends)
Snacks/Dessert: Asian pear, 1/4 chocolate cookie; dry cereal, jujubes, blueberry cobbler
Snacks/Dessert: Asian pear, 1/4 chocolate cookie; dry cereal, jujubes, blueberry cobbler
Sunday:
Brunch: Waffles with seeni sambol, bacon, and syrup
Dinner: Leftover Chinese food (daughter), rice, salmon, okra, cashew curry, tomato chutney, and moringa curry (me)
Snacks/Dessert: Asian pears, jujubes, blueberry cobbler; cheese and crackers (me)
Snacks/Dessert: Asian pears, jujubes, blueberry cobbler; cheese and crackers (me)
I think the meal plan options worked out quite well during September Week 2. There were some small adjustments, here and there, but, that's normal for me.
Moving on to Week 3, here are my meal plan options:
Brunches: Bagels with butter and/or cold cuts; sandwiches with cold cuts; salads; French toast; leftovers from dinners
Dinners: Fried rice; smoked sausage with spicy potato wedges and salad (requested by daughter who really liked the smoked sausage from last week); ground turkey keema curry with rice or ground turkey and pasta; "breakfast for dinner" scrambled eggs, bacon, fried potatoes; leftovers.
Snacks/Desserts: Options include fruit, cereal, yogurt, ice cream, cheese and crackers, popcorn, mango achcharu or pickle (under ripe mango, cut up and added to a mixture of white vinegar, salt, sugar, and chili powder; eaten as a snack). etc.
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| Mango Achcharu (Pickle) |
Are you meal planning this week? If so, what's on your meal plan for the week?
I've never had jujubes before or even seen them to buy. Some how I see a jujube tree ending up in your yard soon. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I do admit I saved a few of the seeds to see if I could get them to germinate! :D
DeleteI'm wishing for a fairy godmother to show up and cook for us for a week, but in the meantime I bought a frozen tourtiere which I love and that will do for tonight and some will be portioned and frozen for another time. I'm glad your daughter really enjoys the smoked sausage, as I notice you already enjoy it in stir fries fairly regularly.
ReplyDeleteOh, my daughter and I were talking about having a personal chef, just the other night! Wouldn't that be lovely? The frozen tourtiere sounds like a good alternative (and probably costs less than a personal chef!). Daughter prefers the smoked sausage cooked by itself (she's not a big fan of stir frys); I like stir frys as they enable me to get more vegetables into my diet and also, extend the sausage and cut down on the saltiness. :D
DeleteI've never heard of jujubes before. I'm off to Google them now :)
ReplyDeleteI've managed to achieve my meal planning goals for the last few weeks. It makes things much easier for me, especially Monday to Friday. Xx
They have an apple like texture, but, the taste is different.
DeleteWell done on your meal planning! Anything to help with the busy work days is a good thing, isn't it? :)
I don't know about jujubees either. Other than the candy when we were kids. Do you remember them?
ReplyDeleteWe did have a candy we called jujubes when I was a child - it was a little like a fruit gem, with a gelatin like center coated in sugar. In fact, I found a video online with directions how to make them and I think I might give it a try. :)
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