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Menu Plan #181

 

Meal planning is essential to eating healthy, keeping the grocery bill down, and maintaining your sanity throughout a workweek.   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 busy weekend, I try to plan simple or crockpot meals.   


Meal Prep Plan


Defrost Turkey

Cut Vegetables

Cranberry-Pineapple Relish



NOTE- 

1- Click on the picture and get a link to a post sharing the recipe. 

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


Breakfast Options: 

Bagels

Cereal

Yogurt

(Recipe Linked)


Monday


Shrimp Casserole- Day 2

(Recipe Linked)

Salad


Tuesday

Baked Shrimp

Cole Slaw


Wednesday 

Burgers

Fries

Vegetable Sticks w/ Dip


Thursday 

Turkey

Stuffing

Roasted Asparagus

Cranberry Sauce

(Recipe Linked)

Pumpkin Roll 


Friday

Turkey Soup

Garlic Bread

Salad


The Poultry Stock used to make the 

Soup Is linked below


Saturday

Leftovers 


Sunday

Lo Mein

(Recipe Linked)

Salad

Wontons


This week’s rough plan: 


M- Baked Chicken

T- Pasta

W- Mexican Corn Chowder

Th- Turkey w/ Gravy 

Fri- Pizza

Sat- Enchiladas 

Sun- Bratwurst  


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


If you are interested in last week’s Menu Plan, the link is below. 


What is your meal plan for this week?


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