Menu Plan August 23 - 29th and Meal Planning

This coming week should be low key as far as the evenings go. Last week we had something going on every night, which made grocery shopping, house chores, baking, cooking extremely hard! We also picked up our Quarter of grass-fed beef this week! Mike tried the first steak last night, and it is DELICIOUS! We are so excited to try different cuts of this yummy, nutritious meat!

I plan all my meals out usually a month ahead, so here's to hoping I have the time to make these dishes every night! This weekend is busy with baseball games and parties, so I wont be doing much cooking, hopefully we can make the leftovers stretch!

Menu Plan: Week of August 23rd to August 29th

Monday:

Breakfast: Green Protein Smoothie (for Mike) & Oatmeal w/raisins (for me)
Lunch: Leftovers (for Mike) / Chicken Salad (for me!)
Dinner: Tomato Basil Chicken Salad w/Qunioa

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Green Protein Smoothie (for Mike) & Oatmeal w/raisins (for me)
Lunch: Leftovers (for Mike) / Chicken Salad (for me!)
Dinner: Homemade Meatballs & Sauce w/cornbread and veggie

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Green Protein Smoothie (for Mike) & Oatmeal w/raisins (for me)
Lunch: Leftovers (for Mike) / Chicken Salad (for me!)
Dinner:Quinoa & Black Bean Casserole w/salad and roll

Thursday:

Breakfast: Green Protein Smoothie (for Mike) & Oatmeal w/raisins (for me)
Lunch: Leftovers (for Mike) / Chicken Salad (for me!)
Dinner: CA Chicken w/brown rice and veggie

Friday:

Breakfast: Green Protein Smoothie (for Mike) & Oatmeal w/raisins (for me)
Lunch: Leftovers (for Mike) / Office Lunch (on Friday's our boss buys us lunch!)
Dinner: Mariner's Game!! (We will probably eat out or eat something quick!)

Saturday:

Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Mike has a "Fantasy Football" party to go to, and I have a birthday party!

Sunday:

Breakfast: Green Protein Smoothie (for Mike) & Oatmeal w/raisins (for me)
Lunch:Leftovers
Dinner: Crock Pot Meatloaf w/veggie and cornbread




If you notice a theme in my menu planning, that is because there is one!

One of my favorite bloggers, Passionate Homemaking recommended having "theme nights" for dinner based on the day of the week. I thought this was such a great way to organize and help plan our meals.

Here is an example of what my theme nights are:

Monday: Stir fry / Main Dish Salad
Tuesday: Main Dish Meat
Wednesday: Vegetarian
Thursday: Cultural
Friday: Pasta Dish
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Crock pot

Other ideas for theme nights are Mexican, Seafood, Finger-food, Soup, Italian, ect! I just catered to what I know my family likes! You can do the same! Get creative!