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| Wild Asparagus Fronds |
This was my list of meal plan options for July Week 1 (June 29-July 5)
Brunches/Lunches: Bagels; Egg salad sandwiches; Tortillas with eggs and lunu miris; Milkrice with seeni sambol; French toast/Waffles/Pancakes; leftovers, toast
Dinners: Ground beef keema curry with rice and vegetables; Chicken curry with rice and vegetables; Tortillas with either ground beef or chicken curry; Macaroni & Cheese Fettuccini Alfredo Pasta (boxed mix) with tuna (or hamburger patties from the freezer; or, maybe hot dogs for 4th of July (if they go on sale, later this week, for a 4th of July dinner) Shrimp curry; Salmon steaks with asparagus fronds
Snacks/Desserts: Oranges, bananas, mandarins, flan, patties, apple pie? papaya, cherries, nectarines, white peaches, plums, apples, fruit salad, brownies, cookies
Here is how that worked out:
Monday:
Breakfast: Bagel & cream cheese
Lunch: Rice, ground beef keema curry, sauteed curried green beans, cucumber salad, kale mallung:
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| Monday Lunch |
Dinner: Boxed fettuccini pasta mix with frozen green peas added and a hambutger patty:
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| Monday Dinner |
Dessert/Snacks: Chocolate chip cookies; bananas, oranges
Tuesday:
Brunch: Bagel with butter
Dinner: Rice and leftover curries (keema curry, green beans, kale) with freshly cooked dhal
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| Tuesday Dinner |
Dessert/Snacks: Bananas, oranges, cookies
Wednesday:
Brunch: Milkrice with seeni sambol
Dinner: Rice and leftover curries (ground beef keema curry, dhal, green beans)
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| Wednesday Dinner |
Dessert/Snacks: Bananas, chocolate chip cookies
Thursday:
Brunch: Banana
Dinner: Rice, shrimp curry, leftover green beans
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| Thursday Dinner |
Dessert/Snacks: Cherries, dates, bananas, cookies
Friday:
Brunch: Leftover milkrice and ground beef keema curry
Dinner: Rice, shrimp curry, dhal with spinach added to it:
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| Friday Dinner |
Dessert/Snacks: Brownies, cherries
Saturday:
Brunch: Banana, toast
Dinner: Rice and salmon cooked with onions, tomato, and asparagus leaves:
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| Salmon with Asparagus Leaves |
Dessert/Snacks: Brownies, papaya, cherries
Sunday:
Brunch: Toast with butter and pineapple jam (me); leftover milkrice (daughter)
Dinner: Rice, ground beef keema curry, Persian cucumber salad with Japanese seasonings (shiokoshiou)
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| Sunday Dinner |
Dessert/Snacks: Fruit salad (papaya, white peaches, nectarines, apples, cherries); the last of the brownies
Well, that worked out well enough, I think. I went off plan after buying groceries, but, it was fine.
I am grateful for:
- The availability of food and bargains at the grocery store
- Homegrown tomatoes
- M sharing some new and interesting ingredients
- M sharing some new and interesting ingredients
- Convenience foods (boxed mixes, frozen foods, etc.) in moderation
- Some treats
- Some treats
It's time to make a meal plan for July Week 2. I am having a sciatica flare up which started on Sunday so, this week's meal plan might have to be mostly leftovers and whatever is easiest for daughter to cook until I feel better and can stand for more than two minutes without pain.
Brunches/Lunches: Egg salad or tuna salad sandwiches; toast with peanut butter; fruit, tortillas with seeni sambol
Dinners: Rice with salmon and broccoli, rice with salmon and green beans, boxed mac & cheese with tuna, Chicken curry with rice and cucumber salad, leftovers.
Snacks/Desserts: Fruits/fruit salad
As always, meal plan options will be subject to change, especially if I order groceries towards the end of the week.
How about you? Did you make a meal plan last week? Are you making a meal plan this week?
Oh, no. I hope your sciatica gets better. In the meantime, there’s nothing wrong with sandwiches and fruit for the week.😋
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. You are right, nothing wrong with sandwiches and fruit. Or something on toast for dinner - we had scrambled eggs and toast for dinner, tonight. :)
DeleteYour meals sound 😋 good. Here in Montreal sometimes people order a bagel 🥯 with lox and cream cheese. Lox is a term for smoked salmon.
ReplyDeleteThank ❤️ 😊 you so much for sharing.
Thank you, Linda. Yes, lox and cream cheese on bagels is quite popular here, too, I believe. But, I prefer just cream cheese or butter and my daughter doesn't like cream cheese (or any cheese in general), so she only puts butter on her bagels. Or, she'll put cold cuts on a bagel and make a sandwich with it. :)
DeleteYes, not everyone likes lox. I love salmon! :) I have had a bagel with just cream cheese as well. It all depends on what I feel in the mood for. :)
DeleteIt's a blessing to be able to eat what we like and feel like eating, isn't it? :)
DeleteI'm sorry to hear that you're suffering with sciatica. It can be incredibly painful and debilitating, so I hope you soon improve.
ReplyDeleteAll your meals looks so delicious. Xx
Thank you, Jules. I'm hoping the pain will subside soon.
DeleteTrying to comment again! All your meals sound good.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you are not bound by your original plan, but can alter your meals when necessary.
I'm sorry if you've been experiencing difficulty commenting on my blog, Anne.
DeleteI could never keep to a proper meal plan, although I've tried. I do better with meal plan options. It's a list of meals I could make with what I have on hand; but, since I make my meal plans before I see the new grocery ads, things are subject to change. :)
Lots of lovely leftover meals here. And creative salads
ReplyDeleteThat sounds wonderful Angela. I like your creative salads. :)
DeleteI'm distracted from the lovely photos of food, by your beautiful filet crochet tablecloth. Filet crochet is my favourite to see and on rare occasions to do!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. The crocheted tablecloth is one that my mother did. My grandmother, too, did filet crochet; in fact, it was the only type of crochet she knew to do and I have two tablecloths that she made.
DeleteSorry to hear that you are suffering with a sciatica flare up, and I hope you are feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteI like your way of meal planning. I think it's something I could make work for myself. I just need to get myself organised! xx
Thank you, Eileen. I'm still not over it and I'm getting tired of not being able to do things.
DeleteI like the flexibility of having meal plan options. It works well for us, especially since we don't mind leftovers. I hope it's something that can work for you, too.
I just came back to add....I am so sorry you are dealing with Sciatica! I have a friend who has Scoliosis, and her back is hunched over and she experiences a lot of pain. My heart goes out to you! My friend will be 76 this year, I will be 70. I pray that your pain subsides.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. I'm so sorry to hear about the pain your friend is experiencing. I have some stuff going on with my spine and that is probably what is causing the sciatica flare ups. This getting old stuff is not all what it's cracked up to be, is it? I'm 70, myself.
DeleteOh no! I do hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteThe meals all look so wonderful. You always have such a good variety of food.
Thank you, Sharon. I, too, hope I'll feel better, soon.
DeleteThe meals turned out really well, last week. This week, we are mostly eating leftovers and daughter took out a package of chicken curry from the freezer and cooked some vegetables, so, it's working out well.