Meal Plan Monday: Jan 10, 2011 (Batch Cooking Too)

On January 10, 2011 by Tricia

I definitely prefer the writing out my menu plan in advance instead of what we had the previous week. I thought as a food blogger that plan would work well because then I could link to recipes I created. Not so much. 🙂 It usually lent itself to not having much of a plan at all which isn’t good for anyone. I did find that I cooked a few more recipes from the internet than I had intended though. I had a play date at my house and I always feel a bit of pressure to make something good. (I don’t want to let my reputation slide.) And I was testing out a few things for future menus. I also made some meals to take to a few families because it seems everyone I know is popping out babies these days! (Not a bad thing, just definitely need a freezer full of meals to keep up.) We also picked up our pork from the National Pork Board which meant that we had to use it up or freeze it. I wanted to do a little of both. So I made the below with some of it. Here are the items that I made last week that I wasn’t expecting to make:

• Our Best Bites Fried Rice – Yum!
• Organic Raspberry Kiwi Acai Smoothies (I’m adapting these and will post the recipe soon) – they were SO good and so addicting. I immediately went out to buy supplies to make more.
• Bacon-Wrapped Pork Chops with Garlic Mustard Butter with Homemade Mac & Cheese and peas
• Cheeseburger Boat and Broccoli & Cheese Twice Baked Potatoes which I took to Jenny for dinner one evening.

**And don’t forget the Creating Your Perfect Cleaning Schedule Ebook Giveaway going on through the 1/11/11!

Menu Plan Monday

And here is what we have on the agenda this week. In addition to these items, I am going to do some batch cooking each day to try to get ahead on all these meals I need to make to take to others. Each day I have chosen one item to mass cook and freeze. Monday – Slow Cooker Chicken Stew with Peppers & Pineapples, rice, eggrolls (We didn’t get to this meal).

Batch cooking – spaghetti O’s for the kiddos (will share recipe soon)

Tuesday – Macaroni Chicken Bake, salad, easy garlic bread – also didn’t get to this last week

Batch cooking – boneless chicken for a variety of meals

Wednesday – Our Best Bites Fried Rice – Yep, it was so good I am taking it to a church gathering this week!

Batch cooking – none, off at a coffee shop working on this here blog 🙂

Thursday – leftovers

Batch cooking – Toddler French Toast Sticks

Friday – Chili Cincinnati Style – over noodles and loaded with cheese and onions!

Batch cooking – baking potatoes and making another variation on the Twice Baked Potatoes

Saturday – Brunch – Bagel Egg Sandwiches, fruit, yogurt

Dinner – Beef Stroganoff, egg noodles, green beans

Sunday – Lunch – leftovers

Dinner – Marinated Steak with Broccoli & Cheese Twice Baked Potatoes and a salad

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