Meal Plan 3/19-3/25

Monday
Breakfast: Southwest Scramble
Lunch: Turkey Burgers with vegetables
Dinner: Chicken Apple with vegetables
Tuesday
Breakfast: Southwest Scramble
Lunch: Chicken Fajitas
Dinner: Grilled Steak with vegetables
Wednesday
Breakfast: Omelet Muffins
Lunch: Fast Shrimp/Hot Dog (H doesn't like shrimp)
Dinner: Chicken Fajitas
Thursday
Breakfast: Omelet Muffins
Lunch: Fast Shrimp/Peanut Butter and Jelly
Dinner: Taco Salad (this is one of my favorite Paleo recipes)
Friday
Breakfast: Frittata
Lunch: Taco Salad
Dinner: Grilled Pork Chops with vegetables
Saturday
Breakfast: Frittata
Lunch: Grilled Pork Chops with vegetables
Dinner: Turkey Burgers with vegetables
Sunday
Breakfast: Leftovers or bacon and eggs
Lunch: Turkey Burgers
Dinner: Pork Roast

Meal Plan 2/27 through 3/4

Oh boy it is seriously exciting to see that I am posting a menu that includes part of March! That means we are slowly getting closer to having S home with us again. YIPPEE!! We still have a while to go but have to enjoy the little things right?
Monday
B: Breakfast Smoothie
L: Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo
D: Taco Salad
Tuesday
B: Eggs and Bacon
L: Taco Salad
D: Omega Meatballs with Broccoli and Asparagus
Wednesday
B: Breakfast Smoothie
L: Omega Meatballs
D: Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo
Thursday
B: Frittata
L: Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo
D: Steak Stir Fry
Friday
B: Breakfast Smoothie
L: Steak Stir Fry
D: Turkey Burgers
Saturday
B: Frittata
L: Turkey Burgers
D: Pork Roast
Sunday
B: Omelet
L&D: Pork Roast

Meal Plan 2/20 through 2/26

Monday
Breakfast: Omelet Muffins
Lunch: Shrimp Salad
Dinner: Leftover Pork Chops

Tuesday
Breakfast: Frittata
Lunch: Pork Chop with Asparagus
Dinner: Creamy Chicken Tomato Soup

Wednesday
Breakfast: Omelet Muffin
Lunch: Creamy Chicken Tomato Soup
Dinner: Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo

Thursday
Breakfast: Frittata
Lunch: Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo
Dinner: Creamy Chicken and Tomato Soup

Friday
Breakfast: Fried Egg and Fruit
Lunch: Steak with Bok Choy
Dinner: Zucchini and Ground Beef

Saturday
Breakfast: Frittata
Lunch: Zucchini and Ground Beef
Dinner: Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Sunday
Breakfast: Omelete
Dinner: Free Meal

Menu 10/10 through 10/16

As you can see this week we have Monday night football game as well as a Sunday night football game. So we will be spending two nights at Buffalo Wild Wings this week. I am again sharing all of our meals because I find myself referring to my blog whenever I am trying to remember what I had intended for us to eat. :) This week am trying a new recipe, which I will share Tuesday, that actually will cover several meals. I can't wait to try it! 

Monday

                B: Toaster Strudel/Oatmeal

                L: BLT’s with chips

                D: BDubs

Tuesday

                B: Eggs with Bacon

                L: Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork Sandwich with veggies and chips

                D: Turkey Salads

Wednesday

                B: Oatmeal

                L: Beef Stew

                D: Pulled Pork Sandwich/Tuna Salad

Thursday

                B: Eggs with Bacon

                L: Pulled Pork Nachos with black beans and corn

                D: PB&J/Turkey Salad

Friday

                B: Oatmeal

                L: Beef Stew

                D: Tacos

Saturday

                B: Pancakes

                L: Turkey Sandwiches, Chips and Fruit

                D: Frozen Pizza

Sunday

                B: Cinnamon Rolls

                L: Tacos

                D: Bdubs

Menu 10/3 through 10/9

I forgot to post this earlier....
Monday: Burritos from Chipotle
Tuesday: Tomato Pasta with veggies and garlic bread
Wednesday: Potato Soup
Thursday: Comfort Meatballs with mashed potatoes and veggies
Friday: Potato Soup/Tacos
Saturday: Leftovers/Comfort Meatballs with mashed potatoes and veggies
Sunday: BLT's with chips and fruit/Frozen Pizza

This week as you can tell is all about comfort food. Fall is my favorite time of year and we are just starting to maybe see signs of fall here in Nevada. I miss the midwestern falls I grew up with so I am making a lot of comfort food to make up for it.

Menu 9/26 through 10/2

Dinners
Monday: Loose Meat Burgers with French Fries and Veggies
Tuesday: Butternut Squash Soup
Wednesday: Tomato Pasta
Thursday: Steak Fajitas with Black Beans and Corn
Friday: Barbeque Chicken with Baked Sweet Potatoes and Veggies
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: BLTs with Chips and Fruit

Again I am working to keep myself on an extremely tight grocery budget. My goal this week is to keep it under $40! I don't really need a lot but do have to buy organic milk and that gets expensive. My grocery list includes: tortillas, frozen corn, eggs, turkey bacon, turkey lunch meat, peanut butter, milk (skim and 2%) and chips.
We are also going to try consuming more real foods for our snacks. I am not sure S and H will love this but rather than something process for snacks we are going to try fruits, veggies or home baked goodies. I am hoping we can adjust to this change because I know it is better for us and will make it easier for me to reach my grocery budget goal.
I am also going to try to cook some of these meals ahead of time or at least get some of the prep work done early. As I have mentioned S works swing shift so our dinner meal is actually served at lunch. A few days a week we hit the gym in the morning before lunch and I find we often pick up Subway or Chipotle on those days rather than come home and hurry through preparing a meal. So this week I am going to try to prepare a bit in advance on these days so that hopefully we can avoid the fast food places.

Menu 9/19 through 9/25

Here is our weekly menu, again I am shopping from my pantry when coming up with a meal plan. It worked great last week and I am hoping for the same results this week! I have decided to just share our main meals instead of all 3 because our breakfasts and dinners get pretty boring especially since I am drinking green smoothies for my meals.
Monday: HH6 Monthly Challenge
Tuesday: Skinny Sloppy Joes with veggies and chips
Wednesday: Butternut Squash Soup
Thursday: Skinny Sloppy Joes with veggies and chips
Friday: Faijta Steak Skillet with black beans and corn
Saturday: BLTs with fruit and chips
Sunday: Steak with Baked Sweet Potatoes and Veggies

Menu 9/12 through 9/18

This week I shopped in my pantry and made my meal plans entirely off of what I already have in the kitchen. I will share my grocery list for this week after I post our menu.
Monday
Breakfast: PB & J Toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Hamburgers with chips and fruit
Dinner: Salad with turkey/Green smoothie
Tuesday
Breakfast: Eggs with toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Meatloaf with sweet potatoes and veggies
Dinner: PB&J with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Chef Miserly Beefy Mac with veggies
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Thursday
Breakfast: PB&J Toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Meatloaf with sweet potatoes and veggies
Dinner: Tuna Sandwich with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Friday
Breakfast: Eggs with toast/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Chef Miserly Beefy Mac with veggies
Dinner: Free Night
Saturday
Breakfast: Egg in Hole/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich with chips and fruit/Green Smoothie
Dinner: Quesadillas
Sunday
Breakfast & Lunch: Buffalo Wild Wings
Dinner: Chef Miserly Beefy Mac with veggies

My grocery list: milk, bottle water, cereal, spinach, and ice cream.

I hope to be able to stick with this meal plan all week, I find it is easy to get off track sometimes especially when we are eating leftovers. Have a great week!

Snacks/Desserts 9/5 through 9/11

I am going to try something different this week, S and I always have a snack after he gets home from work. It is our time and we like to unwind watching some television and eating a snack. I haven't been buying a lot of snack type foods for a couple of reasons, 1) a lot of snacky type foods are high in processed junk and 2) I love to snack so if we have snacks on hand I WILL snack.
This week I am going to try to plan a couple of snacks I can make over the weekend and have on hand for the week. Now the hard part will be keeping S, H, and I out of the snacks. :)
So I am thinking of making the following for our weekly snacks:
Monster Cookies with milk
Corn Tortilla Chips with Salsa
Air Popped Popcorn (this one I will make the night we decide to eat)
Applesauce Brownies
I am looking forward to trying out these recipes and seeing if I can keep my hands out of the "cookie jar" so to speak and not snack too much. I will let you know how it goes!

Menu 9/3 through 9/11

Monday- Happy Labor Day!
Breakfast: Leftover Donuts (We are going on a VERY early morning fishing trip)
Lunch: ? We will be on the boat and probably won't get around to lunch. Just snacks or the Marina Grill
Dinner: Whole Chicken in the Crock Pot with Brown Rice and Veggies
Tuesday
Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce
Dinner: Chicken Salad Sandwich/Green Smoothie
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Barbeque Chicken with Baked Potatoes and Veggies
Dinner: Spaghetti/Green Smoothie
Thursday
Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs/Green Smoothie
Lunch: Teriyaki Salmon with Brown Rice and Veggies (Sauce from Healthy Meals for Less)
Dinner: PB&J with Chips/Green Smoothie
Friday
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Pork Chop Supreme with Veggies
Dinner: Free Meal
Saturday
Breakfast: Egg in a Hole/Green Smoothie
Lunch: BLTs with chips and fruit
Dinner: Cheeseburgers with French Fries and Veggies
Sunday
Breakfast & Lunch: Its GAME DAY! During Football Season we visit our local Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Chicago Bears play. Most games start at 10am so we just eat at Bdubs.
Dinner: Turkey and Cheese Omelets

Menu 8/29 through 9/4

Every week I work very hard to keep my grocery budget (excluding my Bountiful Baskets purchase and the Grassroots purchase I recently shared) at $50 or less. Mrs. Seamonster got me showed me its possible so every week that is the goal I strive for. I really only have $38 to $40 a week for groceries since I do spend anywhere from $10-$12 on milk. We only drink organic and its pricey. H loves his milk.
This week I am challenging myself a bit further and going to try to spend even less. I have quite a bit stocked up in the pantry and freezer so I am going to try to prepare meals that need minimal ingredients (that I don't I already have on hand). In reality I should be shopping like this on a weekly basis so this will become a weekly challenge.
Monday
Breakfast: Oatmeal/Smoothie
Lunch: Black Bean Chili (we skipped it from last weeks menu)
Dinner: Red Beans and Rice Burritos/Smoothie (S said he thought the RB&R would be good in a burrito so we shall see)
Tuesday
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs with cheese and turkey/Smoothie
Lunch: Tuna Noodle Casserole
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich/Smoothie
Wednesday
Breakfast: Pancakes/Smoothie
Lunch: Pot Roast with carrots and potatoes
Dinner: Peanut Butter and Jelly/Smoothie
Thursday
Breakfast: Egg in a Hole/Smoothie
Lunch: Tuna Noodle Casserole
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich/Smoothie
Friday
Breakfast: Eggs and Bacon/Smoothie
Lunch: Chicken Enchiladas
Dinner: Free Night
Saturday
Breakfast: French Toast
Lunch: Tuna Sandwich/Smoothie
Dinner: Pot Roast
Sunday
Breakfast: Baked Donuts
Lunch: BLT/Smoothie
Dinner: Chicken Enchiladas

Menu 8/22 through 8/28

I have been slacking lately on keeping this blog up to date. I will work on staying up to date from now on. My husband works an odd schedule so our main meals are often lunch instead of dinner. I have also started replacing 2 of my meals a day with a homemade Green Smoothie so my menu is a little strange.
Monday
Breakfast: Eggs and Bacon (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: Red Beans and Rice (Meatless)
Dinner: Tuna Sandwich (Husband), Homemade Chicken Nuggets (son), and Green Smoothie (me)
Tuesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: Chili Potatoes
Dinner: Peanut butter and Jelly (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Wednesday
Breakfast: Pancakes (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: Red Beans and Rice (Meatless)
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Thursday
Breakfast: Eggs and Bacon (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: Spaghetti with Shrimp sauce
Dinner: Tuna Sandwich (Husband), Fruit Salad (son), and Green Smoothie (me)
Friday
Breakfast: Oatmeal (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Dinner: Free Night
Saturday
Breakfast: Pancakes (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: Black Bean Chili
Dinner: Spaghetti with Shrimp Sauce
Sunday
Breakfast: French Toast (Husband and son) and Green Smoothie (me)
Lunch: BLTs
Dinner: Chicken Tacos

Meal Plan 6/13-6/19

This week is kind of strange and though I do have a meal plan it is nothing special. So I am not going to share it but I do have next week's plan completed already and thought I would go ahead and share it with you instead.

Monday: Blackened Catfish with Mashed Potatoes and Green Peas
Tuesday: Spaghetti with Mushroom Sauce, Garlic Bread, and Green Beans
Wednesday: Turkey Taco Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes, and Green Peas
Thursday: Homemade Vegetable Pizza with Garlic Bread
Friday: Grilled Steak, Asparagus, and Mashed Potatoes
Saturday: Lemon Pepper Tilapia Brown Rice, and Green Beans
Sunday: Fiberific Chicken Fingers, French Fries, and a vegetable

I will try to share recipes throughout the week as I make things since I typically tweek the recipes a bit. This will be my first week trying to stick to my weekly meal plan. I am not a huge fan of fish but my husband is so I know he will enjoy the extra fish on the menu.