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| Milk Rice with Lunu Miris (left) and Seeni Sambol (right) |
These were my meal planning options for October Week 1 (which included the last two days of September, as well):
October Meal Plan Options: Week 1
Brunches: Leftovers (lots of bits and pieces from which to choose)✓, milkrice and seeni sambol/jaggery/sugar (Wednesday; October 1)✓; cold cuts sandwiches✓; cereal and milk✓
Dinners: Rice and chicken curry and vegetables✓; pasta with ground turkey✓; ground turkey "cottage pie"; pork chops with rice✓/pasta/potatoes and vegetables, if I manage to make it to the Tuesday only sale at the Armenian store (pork chops are on sale again for $1.99/lb.), or something else!
Snacks/Desserts: Fresh fruit,✓ granola bars, cereal✓, crackers✓, Sri Lankan sweets and snacks✓!
The big question was, will I stick to the meal plan or go off of it, again?
And here's the answer to that:
Monday:
Brunch: Assorted leftovers
Dinner: Ground turkey cooked with onions, a grated carrot, a cubed potato, some cut up snowpea pods, tomatoes, and seasonings, with pasta.
Snacks/Desserts: Sri Lankan sweets, the last of the milk bread, etc.
Tuesday:
Brunch: Toasted half a bagel each
Dinner: "Burrito" with a warmed up tortilla, ground turkey mixture, fresh corn, avocado, and lettuce (daughter) followed by pasta with ground turkey mixture
Dinner: "Burrito" with a warmed up tortilla, ground turkey mixture, fresh corn, avocado, and lettuce (daughter) followed by pasta with ground turkey mixture
Snacks/Desserts: Sri Lankan sweets and murukku snack mix, strawberries
Wednesday:
Brunch: Milkrice with seeni sambol and lunu miris (me); with sugar (daughter); and M who was tending to the garden had his milkrice with lunu miris.
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, sauteed curried okra (from the garden), tomato chutney, cashew curry
Snacks/Desserts: Asian pears, Sri Lankan sweets, Lemon Puff cookies (me); ginger biscuits (daughter); cereal with milk (me)
Thursday:
Brunch: Milkrice with chicken curry (me); with seeni sambol (daughter)
Dinner: Leftover biriyani rice and chicken (me); rice and chicken curry with okra (daughter)
Snacks/Desserts: Sri Lankan sweets and snack mixes; Lemon Puff cookies (me), Strawberries
Friday:
Brunch: Piece of chicken curry and a frozen meal (Teriyaki chicken and pineapple with rice) (daughter); I didn't eat brunch
Dinner: Pasta with the last of the ground turkey mixture
Snacks/Desserts: Strawberries, Sri Lankan sweets and snack mixture
Saturday:
Brunch: Turkey cold cuts sandwiches, chips, flavored water
Dinner: Hamburgers and fries,
Snacks/Desserts: Asian pears, ice cream cones
Sunday:
Brunch: Toast and peach jam (me); bagel sandwich with cold cuts, avocado, etc. (daughter)
Dinner: Rice and pork chops (I did buy the pork chops on Tuesday; I bought 8 pork chops, sauteed them all with onions, tomatoes, soy sauce, etc., to eat over the up-coming week)
Snacks/Desserts: Kalu dodol (a traditional Sri Lankan sweet made with coconut milk, rice flour, and jaggery); murukku snack mix
I think, all in all, it was a fairly good week of following the meal plan, more or less.
On to October Week 2 Options:
Brunches: Scrambled eggs (with lunu miris), bacon, toast, orange juice; Uppuma (Indian style cream of wheat/semolina, cooked with curry leaves, dried red chilies, roasted peanuts, etc.); Toast with peanut butter and bananas; Cold cuts sandwiches, Pancakes or Waffles with bacon and syrup/blueberry compote; leftovers from dinners
Dinners: Rice, chicken curry, dhal curry, ala thel dala (spicy sauteed potatoes), okra, cucumber salad, tomato chutney (Monday's dinner). Pork chops with rice or potatoes, and vegetables, Mac & Cheese with tuna and salad, Leftovers
Snacks/Desserts: Fruit, Sri Lankan sweets and snacks, maybe another bread pudding?
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| Monday Brunch |
Monday:
Brunch: Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, dhal, spicy sauteed potatoes, cucumber salad, tomato chutney
Snacks/Desserts: Sri Lankan sweets and snacks; bananas
Tuesday:
Brunch: Uppuma (Indian style cream of wheat/semolina)
Dinner: Leftovers - rice, chicken curry, dhal, spicy sauteed potatoes, okra, cucumber salad, chutney
Snacks/Desserts: Sri Lankan sweets and snack mix; bananas
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| Uppuma |
Are you meal planning, too? If so, are you keeping to the meal plan? Or, do you allow some flexibility when you plan?
We don't have a plan, so flexibility is the name of the game. :)
ReplyDeleteJune, I think your way might be better! Especially since I tend to go off the plan quite regularly! The meal plan options are just that - a list of meals I could make - or not! :)
DeleteI haven't seen a lemon puff cookie in years. I'm thinking that they are not sold in Canada, but I will take a look next time I am in the big store.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have lemon puff cookies in the regular supermarkets here, either, same with cream crackers, but, some of the Asian grocery stores and the Sri Lankan store carry them. I always stock up on them when I see them. :)
DeleteYour brunch looks delicious! And I love rice! Very good that you do meal plans!
ReplyDeleteI live alone so I don't really make a meal plan. I go by what I feel in the mood to eat, (I do my best to eat healthy), and whatever I purchase at the grocery store that is on special at a good price.
Thank you, Linda. Rice is a staple for us and we eat it several times a week. :) I made a list of meal plan options even when I was alone. It helps me remember what I have in the fridge and freezer. I, too, usually buy what is on sale that week, but, sometimes freeze it to cook later. :)
DeleteI like having the options.
ReplyDeleteI like a meal plan. Not a rigid one, but meal ideas for the week. I can do one shop to make sure I have everything needed. Some meals take a lot of work, some are really quick and depending on how I feel that day is what I pick for the day. It's working out well as when I plan meals I take less trips out and less money spent.
Meal plan options or ideas for the week seem to work best for me, too. Partly because I don't always want to cook a given meal on a given day. The options let me cook once and eat for several days and that's not a problem because we don't mind leftovers. Getting all the ingredients needed for the week in one shopping trip does help cut down on the number of grocery shopping trips we need to make, doesn't it?
DeleteYou always have a healthy and delicious balance in your meals. I'm happy to report that I've managed to stay on my plan for the last few weeks. Main shop at the weekends, top-up shop (for fresh fruit) midweek. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules; I try. Well done on your meal planning and staying on the plan. A weekly shop at the weekend and a mid-week top up sounds like a good way to make sure you have everything you need on hand. :)
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