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Meal Planning

February 6th, 2012 at 08:34 pm

DH has really been a dear with helping me with meal planning since he got home. It is so much easier when I've got support in place and someone to do half the work. Tonight's dinner is teriyaki beef skewers with leftover stir-fry vegetables and various other leftovers. I have some corn and some potatoes and some broccoli that all need using up so they'll go on the table as well. DH cut up the flank steak while I mixed the marinade and inventoried the fridge for leftovers.

I've got some milk that is about to hit the sell-by date and there is no way we will drink it in time, and some sour cream that has, so tomorrow we will be making baked potato soup for dinner. I have all the ingredients for it, so not even a last minute run to the store. And chicken and a new batch of cole slaw will round it out.

Then I think chicken enchiladas and rice on Wednesday to use up the leftover chicken. I'll add some sort of green vegetable. Maybe green beans.

Thursday I am not sure about. Maybe pork chops and fried potatoes and salad. The pork chops are getting close to when they don't want to keep in the freezer any longer, so that would be a good thing to use up.

I'm thinking about potroast for Friday since I am going to be busy during our usual meal prep time. If DH will remember to put them in since I'll be away from the house, we can have baked sweet potatoes, too. And then finish off the cole slaw.

Saturday I am hoping to slip away for the afternoon with DH so we can go out to dinner alone as a birthday present to me. My birthday isn't until the 12th, but he leaves that evening. We'll celebrate with the kids on Sunday, but I'd just like it to be me and DH on Saturday. I have $45 worth of Outback gift cards from Christmas time, which should cover things or most of things. I usually only eat an appetizer (kookaburra wings and celery sticks) there as my meal and add a baked potato and side of mixed veggies.

It is nice having the whole week planned out in advance so that I don't have to worry about what we are going to do at the last mintue.

1 Responses to “Meal Planning”

  1. Penny Saver Says:
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    Your meal plan sounds delicious! Great job on incorporating things you have on hand so they don't go to waste. Early wishes for a very Happy Birthday.

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