Meal Plan Monday: Recovery Edition

On October 3, 2011 by Tricia

Upon reading the title you might just jump to thinking that I am recovering because we had a menu launch this weekend which is ALWAYS a bit hectic.

By the way, I hope you have checked out our October freezer cooking menus, they are full of fall favorites your family is sure to love! And with a menu for every eating style, diet, whole foods, traditional, gluten free dairy free, and vegetarian, you really can’t go wrong.

The real reason it was hectic around here is that I (Tricia) had a bit of an outpatient surgery on Friday and spent the weekend resting in bed. Now I knew it was coming so I did what any good freezer cook would do, I filled the freezer!

It was a bit crazy and I questioned if I was going to secretly be on that show about people who have babies when they don’t know they are pregnant as my cooking resembled that of a 9 month pregnant nester! Alas, I am not.

At any rate, I made up a slew of meals because I just wasn’t sure how long I would be down and out and I didn’t want my family to be without great meals. Here is what I ended up cooking up for the week (and beyond).

Freezer Cooking List

• 6 pounds of ground beef, portioned into 1 lb packages (cooked in the slow cooker)
• 2 Johnny Marzettis
• 2 Beef Stroganoffs
• 2 Taco Soups
• 8 pounds of chicken cooked in the slow cooker, portioned into 1 lb packages
• 4 pounds of chicken, diced raw, portioned into 1 lb packages for easy use with stir-fry meals
• 1 Chicken Broccoli Casserole
• 2 homemade pizzas using Kelly’s pizza dough recipe
• Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
• French Toast Sticks
• Blueberry Pancakes

So you can see why it appeared that I might be nesting? Gee whiz! In my defense, I wasn’t planning on the chicken items but our favorite butcher had them at a price I couldn’t pass up, so I didn’t.

Anyhoo, our week of meals is going to be easy peasy now, wouldn’t you say?

Menu Plan Monday

Monday –

• Toddler Lunch – Fish Sticks, California vegetables, applesauce
• Dinner – Chicken Broccoli Casserole, green salad

Tuesday –

• Toddler Lunch – Macaroni & Cheese, green beans, apple slices
• Dinner – leftovers

Wednesday –

• Toddler Lunch – Chicken Fingers, cheese sticks, grapes
• Dinner – Beef Stroganoff, green beans, easy garlic bread

Thursday –

• Toddler Lunch – PB&J packed lunch
• Dinner – Slow Cooker Soup – haven’t decided yet – which is your favorite?

Friday –

• Dinner – Dinner with family

Saturday –

• Lunch – leftovers
• Dinner – Slow Cooker Chicken Stew, rice, pot stickers

Sunday –

• Lunch – Lunch with Church Family
• Dinner – Oven Fried Chicken, special potatoes

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