Guest guest Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I am *really* trying to do the whole weekly meal planning thing but I'm having troubles. Would anyone be willing to share what their sample meal plan would be?? ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I had problems with that, also, even when I was just dieting with m**t. Here is a website that has a weeks menu's with shopping list. http://www.chatelaine.com/foodrecipes/tools/mealplans/article jsp?content=20050705_122113_5948 Sue ---- Rachel Lucas 10/11/06 10:45:25 Meal Planning I am *really* trying to do the whole weekly meal planning thing but I'm having troubles. Would anyone be willing to share what their sample meal plan would be?? ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Ha! This will only take you to chatelaine's page. Then click on Food and Recipes and then Meal Plans. Sue ---- Sue 10/11/06 13:18:52 Re: Meal Planning I had problems with that, also, even when I was just dieting with m**t. Here is a website that has a weeks menu's with shopping list. http://www.chatelaine.com/foodrecipes/tools/mealplans/article jsp?content=20050705_122113_5948 Sue ---- Rachel Lucas 10/11/06 10:45:25 Meal Planning I am *really* trying to do the whole weekly meal planning thing but I'm having troubles. Would anyone be willing to share what their sample meal plan would be?? ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 ok, here is a sample of what mine would be for a given week for dinners. I base it around my daughter's activity schedule, LOL and cook more time consuming things on the weekends sometimes. Monday_ homemade mac and cheese, stewed tomatoes, and a couple of veggies, and some good bread. (sometimes in a pinch I use the boxed whole foods brand of mac and cheese and doctor it a bit with some parmesan Tuesday_ pierogies, a couple of veggies, and some good bread Wednesday_ take out pizza or Chinese ( ask your Chinese place if they can make you some General Tao's bean curd, mine did and then decided to put it on the menu!) Thursday_ vegetable stew, maybe PT's beefless stew in the recipe files ( with extra garlic), or another stew with some good bread Friday_ CB greens over rice , it is in the recipe files, and some pita bread. Saturday_ lasagna and ummmm some good bread ( I am fortunate to have an Italian Deli close by that makes it fresh daily) Sunday_ if it is Football season ( GO Eagles!) we are not hungry for too much of a dinner because of all the snacks during the game. If is not football day, or if it was an early game, or maybe if it is a late game I will have dinner during the game, and that would be chili, and some .... good bread, LOL there ya have it, a week in a life. hugs, Chanda - Rachel Lucas Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:08 AM Meal Planning I am *really* trying to do the whole weekly meal planning thing but I'm having troubles. Would anyone be willing to share what their sample meal plan would be?? ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hmmm, If I could do that, I wouldn't have wanted the pressure cooker.... LOL. It frequently hits me late at night that I haven't eaten dinner yet, and by then I really dont feel like " planning " anything! On 10/11/06, Rachel Lucas <mommytogavin wrote: > > Would anyone be willing to share what their sample meal plan would be?? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Well... that's what the meal planning is for, so you already know what you are having and don't have to think about it! LOL ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! Hmmm, If I could do that, I wouldn't have wanted the pressure cooker.... LOL. It frequently hits me late at night that I haven't eaten dinner yet, and by then I really dont feel like " planning " anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 planning is good, it takes stress off working moms. I hate it at 8 in the morning trying to think of what I am making tonight for dinner, LOL hugs, Chanda - Rachel Lucas Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:17 AM Re: Meal Planning Well... that's what the meal planning is for, so you already know what you are having and don't have to think about it! LOL ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! Hmmm, If I could do that, I wouldn't have wanted the pressure cooker.... LOL. It frequently hits me late at night that I haven't eaten dinner yet, and by then I really dont feel like " planning " anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 but that requires preplanning....and I am allergic to that!!!! hahahaha. On 10/12/06, Rachel Lucas <mommytogavin wrote: > > Well... that's what the meal planning is for, so you already know what > you are having and don't have to think about it! LOL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 My mother (who was amazing) planned her meals one month at a time. I can barely plan one day at a time. Of course my mom had 4 freezers and 2 refrigerators at her disposal. :-) I have been trying to plan a week at a time, but it's not working too well. I realized that it's because there's too much craziness going on at dinnertime and I don't have the time or energy to deal with cooking. Both kids have activities that require driving, particularly my eldest, who attends ballet class every day. So I am interested in recipes I can make ahead and reheat or just eat out of the fridge. Unfortunately it's not always obvious if some recipes are better the next day. (I always appreciate when a recipe indicates this.) Yesterday I made some minestrone for later this week. I used Christine's recipe from our files - we have 3 recipes but I had the ingredients for that one. :-) It was really a " clear our the fridge " recipe so I used different veggies than the recipe calls for - vidalia onions, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, carrots and corn. Also, earlier in the week I made some mini whole wheat pizza crusts - those are in the freezer for tonight. I also made some chocolate waffles (wanted to try an Alton Brown recipe) and those are also in the freezer for mornings. Finally, I made some whole wheat chocolate chip cookies for lunch and after school snacks. (A really great recipe that uses whole wheat and (optional) barley flour from the current King Arthur catalog.) The King Arthur folks have come out with a new Whole Grain Baking Cookbook and I've definitely put that on my Christmas list! (If you call following my girls around, holding the catalog, caressing it, and crooning how I want the cookbook, as " putting it on my list. " :-) ) I only have to feed the kids on Wednesday through Saturday, so I like to try and get things prepared on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Unfortunately my freezer is now full of waffles and pizza crust - no room for anything else! :-) Sharon PuterWitch wrote: > planning is good, it takes stress off working moms. I hate it at 8 in the morning trying to think of what I am making tonight for dinner, LO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Thank you Sue! ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! I had problems with that, also, even when I was just dieting with m**t. Here is a website that has a weeks menu's with shopping list. http://www.chatelaine.com/foodrecipes/tools/mealplans/article jsp?content=20050705_122113_5948 Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 LOL Do you like good bread? I am a sucker for bread too. Thanks for sharing your week! ) Rachel ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Also lots of Halloween shirts this month! ok, here is a sample of what mine would be for a given week for dinners. I base it around my daughter's activity schedule, LOL and cook more time consuming things on the weekends sometimes. and some .... good bread, LOL there ya have it, a week in a life. hugs, Chanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Dinner here is often whole wheat pasta with a jarred sauce (muir glen is my fave, though I bought some organic ragu at costco that isn't too bad) and some mozarella, some frozen broccoli and fruit for dessert. Extremely fast and healthy. On Sundays I make at least one rice cooker load of brown rice and refried beans (I used to make from scratch, now I used the instant). Dinner during the week will also often be burritos (whole wheat tortillas, beans, rice, cheese, salsa, avacado. I do a stirfry at least once a week with tofu and frozen veggies and a good cooking sauce (bombay vindaloo is my current fave), trader joes has great ones. If I'm using an Indian sauce, I'll throw in paneer, too. The whole thing gets served over rice. All-new Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 LOL, well it sounds like you are doing well! hugs, Chanda - Sharon Zakhour Friday, October 13, 2006 9:03 AM Re: Meal Planning My mother (who was amazing) planned her meals one month at a time. I can barely plan one day at a time. Of course my mom had 4 freezers and 2 refrigerators at her disposal. :-) I have been trying to plan a week at a time, but it's not working too well. I realized that it's because there's too much craziness going on at dinnertime and I don't have the time or energy to deal with cooking. Both kids have activities that require driving, particularly my eldest, who attends ballet class every day. So I am interested in recipes I can make ahead and reheat or just eat out of the fridge. Unfortunately it's not always obvious if some recipes are better the next day. (I always appreciate when a recipe indicates this.) Yesterday I made some minestrone for later this week. I used Christine's recipe from our files - we have 3 recipes but I had the ingredients for that one. :-) It was really a " clear our the fridge " recipe so I used different veggies than the recipe calls for - vidalia onions, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, carrots and corn. Also, earlier in the week I made some mini whole wheat pizza crusts - those are in the freezer for tonight. I also made some chocolate waffles (wanted to try an Alton Brown recipe) and those are also in the freezer for mornings. Finally, I made some whole wheat chocolate chip cookies for lunch and after school snacks. (A really great recipe that uses whole wheat and (optional) barley flour from the current King Arthur catalog.) The King Arthur folks have come out with a new Whole Grain Baking Cookbook and I've definitely put that on my Christmas list! (If you call following my girls around, holding the catalog, caressing it, and crooning how I want the cookbook, as " putting it on my list. " :-) ) I only have to feed the kids on Wednesday through Saturday, so I like to try and get things prepared on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Unfortunately my freezer is now full of waffles and pizza crust - no room for anything else! :-) Sharon PuterWitch wrote: > planning is good, it takes stress off working moms. I hate it at 8 in the morning trying to think of what I am making tonight for dinner, LO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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