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My goal for this week was to create an affordable and simple meal plan. I’ve been trying to use up many items that I already had on hand, thus keeping my grocery bill down this month. Chances are you will already have many of the items needed in your pantry too.
***My meal plans are always FREE and available to print at any time. All breakfasts, lunches, and snacks are portioned for one unless otherwise noted. All dinners are portioned for 6.***
Here’s what we will be eating this week:
Monday:
B – 1/2 c. Dannon Vanilla 000 yogurt mixed with a diced apple and cinnamon with water to drink (E)
L – large salad topped with (2) hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese and Ranch dressing with water to drink (S)
S – celery and peanut butter with Cider Pop to drink (S)
D – Zuppa Toscana Soup with water to drink (S) pg. 86 in Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook ***I’m making a half batch of the soup and omitting the okra since I didn’t have any on hand.
Tuesday:
B – Pint Oat Jars with water to drink (E) pg. 343 in Trim Healthy Table ***This makes 3 jars.
L – Just Like Cambell’s Tomato Soup with fresh veggies on the side and water to drink (S) pg. 112 in Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook
S – (1) hard-boiled egg with fresh veggies on the side and Cider Pop to drink (S)
D – Burrito Bowl – Refried Beans, lettuce, salsa, onion and a dollop of plain greek yogurt with water to drink (E) ***I use dry beans when I make the refried beans, but feel free to use canned beans. Make sure you reserve the liquid in the cans.
Wednesday:
B – leftover Pint Oat Jar with water to drink (E)
L – large salad topped with (2) hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese and Ranch dressing with water to drink (S)
S – Snickers Hot Cocoa (S)
D – Cowboy Grub with water to drink (E) pg. 59 in Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook ***I’m making a half batch of the recipe.
Thursday:
B – leftover Pint Oat Jar with water to drink (E)
L – Cheese Quesadilla made with a low-carb tortilla shell and fresh veggies on the side with water to drink (S)
S – celery and peanut butter with Cider Pop to drink (S)
D – Hearty Two Bean and Lentil Chili with water to drink (E)
Friday:
B – (2) scrambled eggs cooked in butter with cheddar cheese on top and Peppermint tea to drink (S)
L – leftover Hearty Two Bean and Lentil Chili with water to drink (E)
S – Peanut Butter Milkshake (S)
D – Pizza Casserole with fresh veggies on the side with Zevia Cola to drink (S) pg. 327 in the original THM book
Saturday:
B – 1/2 c. Dannon Vanilla 000 yogurt mixed with 2 T. of peanut butter with water to drink (S)
L – Sriracha Egg Salad with fresh veggies on the side with Cider Pop to drink (S) ***I’m making a double batch.
S – One wedge of Light Laughing Cow Cheese spread on celery with a small handful of almonds and Cider Pop to drink (S)
D – Spaghetti with meat sauce and a small side salad with Ranch dressing (S) ***I’m serving mine over zucchini noodles made with this gadget, the rest of my family will use regular pasta. Regular pasta is NOT on the shopping list.
Sunday:
B – 1/2 c. Dannon Vanilla 000 yogurt mixed with a diced apple and cinnamon with water to drink (E)
L – Taco Pie with lettuce on the side and water to drink (S) pg. 119 in Trim Healthy Table
S – One wedge of Light Laughing Cow Cheese spread on celery, a clementine and Cider Pop to drink (FP)
D – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup with water to drink (E)
I have a question about the vegetti: will it spiralize chunks of zucchini or do they have to be round? I get huge zucchini from my garden and they are too seedy to work on my kitchen aid spiralizer and it doesn’t work to deseed them and spiralize just the outsides.
It works better of it is round, but I have done chunks and it worked ok. The noodles sometimes break while you’re doing the peeling, but I usually end up cutting mine anyhow.
Glad to have you back! I especially love your snacks and lunch ideas 🙂
Do any of your meal plans have recipes that aren’t in the cookbook? I don’t have the cookbook yet, but would like to start the plan. If you happen to know of any weeks like that off of the top of your head, I would appreciate it. Thanks@