Meal Plan Monday 10/17

FYI I rarely stick to these, but it helps give me ideas at least :)

Monday: Thai chicken satay & mango avocado salad

Tuesday: Caprese quinoa

Wednesday: Honey mustard grilled chicken & spicy green beans

Thursday: Turkey burgers

Friday: Homemade pizza

Saturday: Chicken spaghetti (never made this last week)

Sunday: Pepperoncini beef sandwiches

Meal Plan Monday 10/10

Monday: Chipotle-esque burrito bowls with cilantro lime rice, Cuban black beans and salsa chicken

Tuesday: Beer cheese soup

Wednesday: Pasta with meatballs left over from our housewarming party

Thursday: Pulled pork left over from our housewarming party

Friday: Chicken spaghetti

Saturday: Chili

Sunday: Out with friends

Meal Plan Monday 9/26

I finally have time to plan meals around our Farm Fresh To You delivery, which is nice. I'm sad to say that some items have gone to waste in past weeks when I just didn't have time to cook a new meal, but I have plans for each item we received on Friday.

Sunday (Last night - I'm including it because it was super yummy): Goat cheese & arugula over penne

Monday: Homemade pizza

Tuesday: Turkey burgers & rosemary zucchini sticks

Wednesday: Tilapia & Moroccan carrots

Thursday: Out with friends at Chicago Fire

Friday: Not sure yet

Saturday: Family BBQ

Sunday: Housewarming party!

Meal Plan Monday 8/1

August already?! Housewarming party planning time!

Monday: Out (Groupon that's about to expire!)

Tuesday: Thai style BBQ chicken (We just had this last night but I made a double batch) with summer squash bake

Wednesday: Turkey burgers

Thursday: Chicken salad (Been craving this...)

Friday: Chicken spaghetti (Apparently I'm all about chicken this week)

Saturday: Out (BBQ at our friends' house - I'm planning to bring broccoli salad)

Sunday: Sausage potato burritos OR spicy garlic lime chicken with spicy green beans... it's a lot of chicken but it sounds good and I'm loving those green beans! I think when you crave veggies you have to take advantage.

Meal Plan Monday 7/11

I can get back into this now that moving is over!

Monday: Pasta bolognese ( <--- This recipe from Brie was so good last time! I'm going to add even more veggies this time and leave out the pepperoni. I actually should post my recipe soon since I've changed it so much)

Tuesday: Out, or whatever hubby wants (it's his birthday!)

Wednesday: Turkey burgers

Thursday: Veggie lasagna with spinach and mushrooms

Friday: Chicken spaghetti

Saturday: Pepperoncini beef sandwiches

Sunday: Creamy Italian crockpot chicken

Meal Plan Monday 6/20

Monday: Homemade pizza (we never ended up having this last week. Well, I made the dough and had a little for lunch, but never for dinner)

Tuesday: Fish tacos (baked tilapia) with mango avocado salsa

Wednesday: I have a whole chicken in the freezer that I'll cook in the crockpot. And macaroni salad sounds really good right now so I'll make this one with it :)

Thursday: Chicken enchiladas verde with the leftover chicken from Wednesday, with black bean and corn salad

Friday: Not sure... leftovers or out

Saturday: Out - we're going to a wedding

Sunday: Pasta puttanesca or veggie lasagna. I can't decide this far ahead right now!

Meal Plan Monday 6/13

Monday: Sausage potato burritos that we didn't have last night

Tuesday: Homemade pizza (pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, green onions and whatever other veggies I find on Pioneer Woman's dough recipe)

Wednesday: Pasta bolognese Dinner at a friend's house

Thursday: Out with friends (it's my birthday!)

Friday: Homemade pizza again Pasta bolognese

Saturday: Out for my birthday again

Sunday: Maybe out with family for Fathers Day? If not we'll have homemade pizza again.

Meal Plan Monday 6/6

This is probably a super lame post to a lot of people... but I don't have much to say, okay!

For the past few months I've been meal planning each week and it helps a lot to cut down on wasted food. I basically just buy the ingredients we need (which saves money and random grocery store wandering) and then I don't end up staring at the fridge after work saying "There's nothing to eat even though I went shopping yesterday!" That used to happen far too often.

I've also noticed that since I've done this we eat a lot more fresh food - meat, veggies, etc. - and not much processed crap.

I'm going to start sharing Meal Plan Monday and I'll include links to recipes whenever possible.

Monday: Fish tacos (baked tilapia) with mango avocado salsa

Tuesday: Turkey burgers and baked fries

Wednesday: Veggie lasagna (with spinach and mushrooms)

Thursday: Leftover turkey burgers

Friday: Summer corn salad

Saturday: Out with friends

Sunday: What I call sausage potato burritos - a tortilla wrapped up with potato, Jennie O turkey sausage and BBQ sauce