Menu Planning #172

Meal planning is essential to eating healthy, keeping the grocery bill down and maintaining your sanity throughout a work week. In addition to meal planning, I try to meal prep as much as possible over the weekend. This helps to lower my stress during the week. However, if we have a particularly busy weekend, I try to plan simple or crockpot meals.

Meal Prep Plan

Hard Boiled Eggs

Zucchini Chocolate Muffins

Cut Raw Vegetables

Vegetable Dip

NOTE- Although all prices were correct at the time of the blog posting, the current cost of preparation of these dishes may be higher due to inflation and/or location.

Breakfast Options:

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Yogurt

Cereal

Hard Boiled Eggs

Zucchini Chocolate Muffins

Weak June 15-20

Monday

Bratwurst

Salad

Vegetable w/ dips

Tuesday

Street Tacos

Salad

Chips w/ Salsa

Wednesday

Sandwiches

Salad

Fruit

Thursday

Pasta

Salad

Bread

Friday

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Pizza

Saturday

Chicken Stir Fry

Rice

Sunday

Grilled Steak

Monday/ Tuesday (6/21-6/22)

Steak Salad

Wednesday

Chicken Wings

Vegetable w/ Dip

Salad

Thursday

Pasta

Salad

Garlic Bread

Friday

Pizza

Mushrooms

Vegetable Sticks w/ dip

Saturday

Hamburgers

French Fries

Coleslaw

Vegetable Sticks w/ dip

Sunday

Cod

Rice

Broccoli

Salad

This week’s rough plan:

M- Cheesesteaks

T- Street Tacos

W- Shrimp Lemon Basil Pasta *

Th- Bratwurst

Fri- Pizza

Sat- Chicken Vegetable Kabobs

Sun- 4th of July Party- Bring dessert

* Indicate that the recipe is a new one for our family.

What is your family having this week for dinner?

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