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Meal Planning for the Week and Some Gardening

May 28th, 2012 at 08:43 pm

So I sat down and figured out the food for the week, based on what I already have in the house. Except the corn. I will need to buy more corn, but they have been having sales left and right. I also need to buy some bananas, but I think that is it, so my grocery spending should be minimal. I may need to buy milk mid-week, also, but otherwise I think I'm good. So maybe I will spend $25. Which is good as I am intending to spend $300 on sustainable beef, chicken, and pork on Saturday.

Oh, my lettuces are big enough for me to start harvesting leaves, so I think I am done with buying lettuce for the next month or so until the plants bolt. And my heirloom brandywine tomato plant shot up during the three day heatwave. It almost doubled in size. It's started setting blossoms. I need to plant a few more things now. Cucumbers, green onions, and green beans. Just need to do it.

I have pizza dough rising for dinner tonight, have shredded up a 2 pound block of mozzarella cheese, and have prepared garlic butter. I am feeling particularly domestic diva-ish this week with all of this baking and whatnot. Later tonight I am going to make up some homemade turkey corn dog. DS likes to eat a corndog after school to tide him over until dinner. Actually, I might make corn puppies instead, as I don't think we have any sticks. Anyway, here is the food plan for the week.

Monday:
Pizza with ham, pepperoni, yellow onions, red peppers, mozzarella cheese, a sprinkling of cheddar. I will also make my homemade pizza sauce, which basically consists of half a can of organic tomato sauce sprinkled with basil, oregano, marjoram, and thyme.
Homemade bread, toasted, with homemade garlic butter
Leftover organic broccoli/cauliflower
Organic strawberries

Tuesday:
Tropical Chicken Stir-Fry (carrots, snow peas, bean sprouts, celery)
Rice

Wednesday:
Spaghetti with homemade sauce (I have some in the freezer)
Three cheese garlic meatballs
Homemade bread, toasted, with homemade garlic butter
Organic salad

Thursday:
Organic, pasture raised roasted duck
Roasted potatoes and carrots
Green beans
Organic bananas

Friday:
Organic, pasture-raised beef Ribeye steaks
Homemade buns
Organic Broccoli/Cauliflower
Cantaloupe

Saturday:
Fried Chicken
Fried potaotes
Leftover organic broccoli/cauliflower
Pineapple

Sunday:
Organic, pasture-raised beef chuck roast
Organic mashed potatoes with beef gravy
Green beans
Whatever fruit needs to be eaten up

Posted in Cutting Expenses, Gardening Organically, Meal Planning | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Meal Planning for the Week and Some Gardening”

  1. patientsaver Says:
    May 29th, 2012 at 01:09 am 1338253764
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    I put in 2 heirloom tomato plants today; not that i had the room, but i just discoverd a local grower and i thought $3 each was a pretty good deal. One is Earliana and other, i forget now. something dwarf, ithink.

  2. Looking Forward Says:
    May 29th, 2012 at 01:30 am 1338255011
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    Everything sounds yummy!

  3. crazyliblady Says:
    June 5th, 2012 at 02:56 pm 1338908199
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    Tropical chicken stir fry sounds delightful and uses bean sprouts, one of my new favorite foods. Do you use a recipe or just wing it?

  4. crazyliblady Says:
    June 5th, 2012 at 02:57 pm 1338908277
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    Hi, patientsaver. I put in heirloom tomatoes here, too. They were $1.29 at the local farm supply store. I was thrilled because I was expecting a much higher price.

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