Meal Plan Oct 27-Nov 2

The book fair ended up being 2 days late, so it got extended 2 days.  More easy meals and another busy weekend means very little meal prep going on. 

Breakfasts:  Cereal or breakfast biscuits, bananas. 

Meals this week:

-Fish tacos and salad
-Baked chicken thighs with maple onion sauce from Aldi, brussels sprouts, baked potatoes

Wed/Thurs was dreary and rainy. We were out of chicken thighs so I threw a bean soup in the crockpot in the morning.  It was definitely a bean soup kinda day.  Came out yummy.  

Lunches will be cold lunches/leftovers. Next Sunday I hope to be back to my normal meal prepping self.

Meal Plan for Oct 20-26

It’s book fair week, which means I’ll be coming home completely exhausted every day. So very simple meal plan since I won’t be able to eat a normal lunch and won’t have the energy to cook dinner.

Breakfast: cereal or biscuits w/ banana.

Lunches: Whatever cold stuff I find that I think I can eat with one hand (probably PB&J, fruit, snacks). G is taking some pasta leftovers we had in the freezer.

Dinners:
Sun -Tuesday: Homemade pizza with salad
Wed: out
Thurs - Fri: Rotisserie chicken from Costco, carrots, potatoes. If G can’t get to Costco I’ll throw some pork in the IP.

Meal Plan Oct 13-19

This week:

Breakfasts: Kate’s Apple Snack cake  from the Baked Alaska cookbook

Lunches/Dinners:
Chef John’s Black Lentil soup - I added some kale we needed to use up.
Roast chicken with root veg (carrots, potato, sweet potato, onion)
Pulled pork sandwiches or tacos with salad
Possibly Pizza this weekend, haven’t gotten that far.

Also: Homemade bread with the soup, and apple crisp for dessert. We have a lot of apples from the orchard!

What I'm Reading - Summer/Fall 2019

This summer I re-read the Harry Potter series, which I haven't read since the final movie was released years ago.  I'd forgotten how much I loved it, especially the later books. 

I'm also trying to finish the Divergent series, but Allegiant isn't holding my interest as much as the other two.  Eh.  This is one of those books where the protagonist is so very not like me in any way and I think I have a hard time relating to them. 

My friend back home started an online book club.  They picked the first book the other day, it's entitled Let's Pretend This Never Happened. Supposed to be very funny. 

Meal Plan Oct 6-12

Pretty busy weekend, so didn’t cook as much as we normally do. Plus with my birthday we ate out a couple times and therefore have leftovers that need to get eaten. Meals this week:

Breakfasts: Him-Banana Granola Muffins, Me-Yogurt with granola

Lunch: Leftovers, cold lunches. (Sandwiches, apples with PB or chocolate hummus, cheese and crackers, whatever.)

Dinners: Zuppa Toscana

I have Wednesday off so if I feel the need I will cook something then. My emergency meal is still the southwest quinoa, but I’ve been lucky and haven’t had to use it yet.

Meal Plan for Sept 29-Oct 5

Meals this week, in no particular order:

Breakfasts: Sausage & potato o’brien egg bake, maybe banana granola muffins for the hubs if I can find the time/energy

Lunches/dinners:
-Beef and barley soup (made with homemade stock!)
-Caprese pasta with salad
-Pork chops with green veg (green beans and/or broccoli) and probably garlic bread or rolls. 

Wednesday is my birthday, so I am assuming we will go out to dinner at some point, but hubs has to work late Wed, Fri and Sat, so not sure when.

Meal Plan Sept 22-28

-Rotisserie chicken or BBQ chicken w/ potato salad & veg 
-Chana masala (aka chickpea curry) w/ rice 
-Pork with apple salsa over rice

Meal Plan - Sept 16-21

Weekend: Homemade Pizza (BBQ chicken)
Lunches: Chicken Noodle Soup
Dinner: Beef & Lentil Sloppy Joes w/ salad

Meal Plan - Sept 9-15

It was starting to feel like fall!  I wasn't sure what to cook so George, as he usually does, took his cue from sports. The Giants were playing the Cowboys, and therefore I made a big pot of chili. 

Sunday George spent the day at home while I went off with my girlfriends to the Sheep and Wool festival.  I told him to season the chicken however he wanted, and he even made a side dish!  Hopefully now that he's home more often he will cook a little more. 

Breakfasts:  Nature valley biscuits, banana

Lunches:  3 Bean Chili 

Dinners:  Greek lemon chicken, lemon potatoes Sunday, then cauli-tater mash, roasted brussels for me, carrots for G

Saturday the 15th we had homemade pizza night!  I made some chicken in the instant pot to put on the pizza, and used the rest for soup. 

Meal Plan for Sept 1-7

It’s September! Back to school this week. Meal prepped all afternoon.

Breakfasts: Crustless Broccoli Quiche, and toast. Cereal for the husband, as he avoids broccoli when possible.

Lunches/Dinners:

Roasted Tomato Soup, will probably add some tortellini in it and/or have with grilled cheese sandwiches 
Greek meatball pitas 
Sweet potato black bean enchiladas and green salad.

Wednesday is our wedding anniversary. We already went out to dinner for that last night, so I don’t think we’ll go again but I might do something special…just not sure what yet!

Ideas for next week: 

Meatloaf? Or Chicken?  Cauli-tator mash, roasted brussels sprouts. 

Greek pasta salad (use up feta cheese) 

Pizza