I haven't done a meals' post in a while. I spent some time this morning menu planning for this coming week. In February, I find we are in use-it-up mode with regards to everything in the freezer. So here's our coming week in meals, should all go according to plan.
Dinners
Monday
Bean burgers w/ cheese slices, mustard sauce using some honey mustard lingering in the fridge
Roma tomato slices
Steamed carrots
Choice of instant mashed potatoes or leftover cooked rice
Mixed frozen fruit crisp
Bean burgers w/ cheese slices, mustard sauce using some honey mustard lingering in the fridge
Roma tomato slices
Steamed carrots
Choice of instant mashed potatoes or leftover cooked rice
Mixed frozen fruit crisp
My two daughters cook dinner for us on Monday and Wednesday. This is part of how they contribute to the household. In recent weeks, they've been teaming up on Mondays and making double what is needed for one meal and serve mostly leftovers on Wednesday. They call this effort "twinner."
I help in the menu planning for their meals, guiding them in what's available to use or in need of using. This week, we have leftover cooked pinto beans and leftover cooked rice. I also helped with the dessert today. I made a mixed fruit crisp, using 3 different fruits from the freezer, apples, blackberries, and rhubarb.
Tuesday
Beef stew w/carrots, peas, onions, frozen garden greens, barley, and beef
Cole slaw
Banana muffins
There are two almost black bananas sitting on the kitchen counter. Those will go into muffins for this night's dinner. I'll also be using random garden greens that I find in the freezer in the stew, along with the other ingredients. Cole slaw because cabbage is one of our cheap veggies.
Wednesday (the second half of twinner)
Bean burgers w/ cheese, any remaining mustard sauce
Apple wedges
Steamed carrots
Bean burgers w/ cheese, any remaining mustard sauce
Apple wedges
Steamed carrots
Leftover rice or potatoes
Thursday
Chicken shepherd's pie, using carrots, onions, frozen celery, frozen garden greens, frozen peas topped with mashed potatoes
Friday
Pepperoni pizza
Broccoli
Tomato and cucumber slices
Spiced fig applesauce
The weekend dinners will consist of one vegetarian Mexican night, with refried beans, cheese, rice, salsa, avocado, tomatoes, and corn tortilla chips and one leftovers night, using what ever is left in the fridge.
Lunches
Curried pumpkin-peanut butter soup pot, using some frozen pumpkin puree
Cream of frozen garden greens soup pot
Cabbage patch soup pot, using canned tomatoes, cabbage, frozen garden greens, onions, garlic, and TVP
Assorted breads and other leftovers
Breakfasts
Breakfasts are a get-your-own sort of thing in our house. My husband likes to cook himself some meat and have toast with it. I alternate between toast, egg, turkey bacon and a bowl of bran flakes and stewed dried fruit. There's also peanut butter granola in a jar on the counter, and there will be lots of leftovers, including leftover fruit crisp and leftover banana muffins.
What's your plan for this next week's meals? Do you plan ahead a week or plan one day at a time?
