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Meal Planning--Dinners

January 3rd, 2017 at 01:59 am

I've gotten out of the habit of meal planning and it is making it very hard to stay organized right now with things, so it has gone back on the agenda as a must do. I am trying to make use of everything I have on hand as much as possible this week. We pulled some meat from the freezer and then I went through all the frozen veg/fruit and the home canned fruit and veg, and then what was in the fridge and made a list. From that list I pulled together my meal plan for the week.

The grocery bill has been getting a bit too high and I need to get it down. While I was down with the severely sprained ankle we were buying more convenience foods and that needs to stop now. It may not be completely healed, but I am cooking even if I have to pull up a chair to do it because it still hurts to stand on it too long. Walking is fine, just more than five minutes of standing without moving makes it ache. So cooking it is.

We have some fresh greens in the low tunnels hoops over the garden, mostly lettuce, spinach, kale, and chard, but a lot of that gets eaten at lunch time. I am trying to cook enough at dinner so that there are leftovers for the next day's lunch for DH and DS. I think I will do up a big breakfast bake casserole to cover a few breakfasts as well, since we have a lot of duck eggs now that the ducks have ramped back up to laying 4 eggs a day.

This is what I've figured out for this week, though I may swap some days around if the whim takes me.

Monday:
Pork chops
Green beans (home canned)
Applesauce (home canned)

Tuesday:
Beef pot roast
Sweet potatoes
Broccoli (frozen)
Oranges

Wednesday:
Pork ribs with a glaze made from apricot jelly (home canned), honey (melting down some that crystalized), garlic, and soy sauce
Ginger rice
Salad--lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, carrots, red onion, dressing of choice
Apples

Thursday:
Meatloaf--hamburger, ground rabbit, onions, carrots, cheddar cheese, duck eggs, Parmesan cheese, Romano cheese, oat meal
Fried potatoes
Pears (home canned)

Friday:
Chicken and Herb Tortellini with homemade pesto
Broccoli
Oranges

Saturday:
Beef stew--beef (home canned), carrots (home canned), potatoes (home canned), parsnips (home canned)
Green beans (home canned)
Oranges

Sunday:
Homemade pizza--ham (frozen, diced, leftovers from the holiday), sausage (homemade), onions, mozzarella, cheddar, Parmesan, and Romano cheeses, garlic butter parsley sauce for mine and homemade pizza sauce (canned) for everyone else
Salad--lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, carrots, red onions, dressing of choice
Pears (home canned)

4 Responses to “Meal Planning--Dinners”

  1. ThriftoRama Says:
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    Funny. I went through the pantries and freezers today too! I cleaned and organized and finally started cooking and planning. Everything gets derailed for me in December. It feels nice to be back on track.

    You've also reminded me I need to make and use hoops next fall/winter on some of my raised garden beds. I'm not using them to the fullest if I let them go unused in winter!

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Thrift-- It is so worth making the hoops. I only had one last year, plus a couple of umbrella mini-greenhouses, but it was enough for me to have kale, chard, and lettuce all winter. This year I've got four hoop house/low tunnels on my beds and I've got radishes and carrots and herbs as well as the other stuff this year. Not basil, though. It won't tolerate the cold even with the greenhouse plastic.

  3. creditcardfree Says:
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    Yummy! I made a plan for the week, and did incorporate some things that we needed to use up. I just remembered I have a whole chicken in the freezer to use, so I'll make a plan for that next week.

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Sounds like you're taking concrete steps t reduce your grocry bill.

    When we plant our garden, I'll have to look into hoops.

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