Meal Plan Options: October Week 4 Review and November Week 1

Tuesday Brunch: Omelet, Fried Diced Potatoes, Bacon

These were my meal plan options for the last week in October:

Brunches:  Scrambled eggs and toast or fried potatoes; Waffles, Hot pockets; Boiled mung beans, milkrice (on Sunday, November 1st); Fried rice; leftovers

Dinners:  Chicken curry with vegetable rice (rice cooked with mixed vegetables and chicken bouillon); Tortillas and chicken curry; Breakfast for Dinner (scrambled eggs, bacon, fried potatoes or toast); Chicken and vegetable soup; leftovers

Snacks/Desserts: Fresh fruit; Yogurt; Ice cream; Chips, crackers, popcorn, cookies, etc.

Here's how that worked out:

Monday:

Brunch: Leftover Chinese food

Dinner: Vegetable Rice and Chicken Curry

Snacks/Dessert:  Popcorn, dates

Tuesday:

Brunch:  Omelet, fried diced potatoes, bacon, calamondin-ade 

Dinner: Hot pockets baked in the air fryer

Snacks/Dessert: Graham crackers, dates

Wednesday Brunch:Tortilla with Eggs and Lunu Miris

Wednesday:

Brunch: Tortillas coated with with beaten eggs and lunu miris stirred into the eggs; calamondin-ade

Dinner: Leftovers: Rice, chicken curry, breadfruit curry, stir-fried kale, peach chutney

Snacks/Dessert:  Strawberries with chocolate hazelnut spread; dates

Wednesday Dinner: Leftover Rice and Curries

Thursday Dinner: Rice, Hot Dogs, Cucumber Salad

Thursday:

Brunch: Leftover Chinese food (me); I think daughter skipped brunch as she was having back to back meetings all day

Dinner: Rice, hot dogs, cucumber salad

Snacks/Dessert: Apple slices sauteed with butter, sugar, and ground cinnamon

Sauteed Apple Slices

Friday:

Brunch: Cold cuts sandwich (me), leftover Chinese food and cucumber salad (daughter)

Dinner: "Breakfast for Dinner": Scrambled eggs, toast, bacon

Snacks/Dessert:  Hot cheetos (daughter), chocolate covered dried cherries

Saturday Brunch: Waffles and Seeni Sambol

Saturday:

Brunch: Waffles with seeni sambol and/or bacon and syrup

Dinner: Fried rice

Snacks/Dessert:  Popcorn, chocolate covered cherries

Saturday Dinner: Fried Rice

Sunday: November 1

Brunch: Milkrice with seeni sambol and jaggery

Dinner: Rice, teriyaki chicken, and sauteed broccoli (me); Rice, chicken curry, and broccoli (daughter)

Snacks/Dessert: Chocolate covered cherries, dates, cereal

Sunday Dinner: Rice, Teriyaki Chicken, Broccoli

I didn't quite stay on plan, but, it worked out well enough.  

Moving on to November, I cooked a tray of chicken drumsticks, last night, in two different ways; half was sauteed with onions and teriyaki sauce, ginger, garlic, etc., and the other half was made into a chicken curry.  I'm calling it my weekly meal prep!  A good number of our dinners this week will be based on these chicken dishes with the addition of rice and vegetables.  

Here are the meal plan options for the 1st week of November:

Brunches:  Scrambled eggs and toast or fried potatoes; Bagels; Sandwiches (cold cuts and/or egg salad); Pancakes or French toast (or both!); Leftovers

Dinners:  Rice, chicken curry, and vegetables; Rice, teriyaki chicken, and vegetables; Tortillas and chicken curry; Breakfast for Dinner (scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, fried potatoes or toast);  Fried rice; Hot pockets; leftovers

Snacks/Desserts: Fresh fruit/fruit salad; Yogurt/cottage cheese; Pumpkin cinnamon rolls (compliments of daughter's friend A)

I am hoping to keep to my meal plan options, this week.  

As always, I am grateful for:

- Having the option of planning what to eat
- Having access to a variety of food
- Fresh eggs from our two hens
- Fresh produce from our garden
- Generous friends who share what they bake with us

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