2 posts tagged “menu plan monday”
Today was a busy day. Joseph was a happy go lucky baby, but did want lots of mommy time. Aside from that, I vacumed the floor (several times, chasing cracker crumbs), I managed to mop, I finished up our Christmas card list, and finished a newsletter for our womens group. With all that lining up, I could easily forget about dinner were it not for... my trusted menuplan. I make it either saturday or sunday and on monday, everything is ready for a brandnew week. That way, I can look at the plan the day before to see if I need to defrost something and there is not the 'It's five o clock, what's for dinner, emergency". By five o clock, my brain usually is giving up on functioning. THis is this weeks menu plan:
Monday:Chili con carne (home made last week, frozen and just heating up), with a green salad with pine nuts and parmesan/ ranch/ pepper dressing.
Tuesday: Turkey mignonette with vegetable stir fry
Wednesday: cherries with meatballs (a Flemmish favorite)
Thursday: Stuffed pasta and a salad
Friday: I eat alone, since my husband needs to go out to dinner for work, so it probably will just be left overs or some soup.
Saturday: we eat out
Sunday: pizza
Alternative: pasta carbonara
I always like to have one alternative meal on the list in case I just don't feel like eating what is on the menu. Usually it's something that's easy to make and that we both like quite a bit.
Time for me to post my menu again. I keep up with the menu's, even if I forget to post them most of the time. Being pregnant poses me with a dilemma every week. How to find nutritious meal that are quick and easy to make? I'm tired so often by the end of the day that I just prefer to take it easy. On the other hand, I do want to have a nice dinner with my husband in the evening. And if I am tired now, what will it be once the baby is here? Or once there are more babies? Best get in the habit now and build a repertoire of healthy, easy to make recipes.
This week is a bit of an exception. Like all weeks, monday (or whatever shopping day I have) is the day in which I forget about nutritious and go for convenient. Monday is the day for pizza mostly. Today though, I have a strange hotdog craving, so hotdogs for dinner it is. Tuesday we have company, but the pasta carbonara is a dish I often make for just myself and my husband anyhow. The rest of the week looks pretty normal. I hope you enjoy!
Menu
Monday:
easy meal: pizza or hotdog
Tuesday:
pasta carbonara with a salad
Wednesday
chili con carne with couscous
Thursday:
vegetable stir fry with vegetarian nuggets
Friday:
Spinach/ potato mash with fish and remoulade sauce
Saturday:
hamburgers with bell pepper sauce and pasta
Sunday:
eat out
