Menu Plan for a Week With Appointments

Brussel sprouts leaves in the late winter
garden in my growing zone can be sliced
 thin and sautéed, then steamed as a side dish.

I have a couple of days this week with afternoon appointments. So I've had to think of meals I could make ahead or with less time. 

Tuesday afternoon I have a less-than-pleasant dental appointment. It's not the next "big" appointment, but I will likely feel wrung out by the time it's over. I'll still have to make dinner when I come home. Here's my plan. I made a soup today, Monday, that I can heat and serve along with garlic toast with minimal effort on Tuesday. 

Thursday, again I'll be out of the house for several hours in the afternoon and will need something quick to make. I have a tub of extra firm tofu in the fridge that I can work with. Tofu is great for quick meals, as it only needs heating through, no lengthy cooking. I'm thinking about how to prepare it. Rice takes a while to cook, so perhaps noodles, like a lo mein. I can add fresh and frozen vegetables at near the last minute. What would you fix using tofu as the base and if limited in preparation time?

Here's the meal plan for the week.

Monday (daughter's night)
Beef and vegetable stir fry over brown rice

Tuesday (my dental appt day)
Hummus soup
Garlic toast

Wednesday (other daughter's night)
Meatloaf
Mashed potatoes

Canned green beans

Tomato and cucumber salad

Thursday (other busy afternoon)

Tofu-based meal, lo mein perhaps?

Friday
Pepperoni, olive, and green pepper pizza

Sautéed Brussel sprout greens, onion, and garlic

Spiced apple chunks

Weekend Dinners:

Vegetarian enchiladas with chunks of fresh tomatoes and avocados one night and a leftover meal the other

Other meals and snacks:

Later on the week I'll bake something for the family. Right now, we're working on a pumpkin snack cake that I baked yesterday afternoon. Hopefully that will last for snacking through most of tomorrow. They rest of the meals will be catch as catch can for everyone. I won't have time or energy to prepare stuff ahead for our household. Some weeks just have to be that way, I guess. But still I feel a little bit guilty not doing more for the bunch, simply because I have other stuff going on.