In order to keep meal planning simple I'm going to make a schedule so I don't have to think to hard when I sit down to do meal planning. In other words- what I am doing now isn't working lol.
My new simplistic meal planner will include:
--one day a week where we don't eat meat (stuffed bell peppers, whole wheat pasta, veggie strir fry, etc.)
--one day where I mostly make chicken or turkey meals,
--a day where we eat our leftovers,
--a day where we make ethnic foods (which will include tacos, curry, etc.),
--a day where we try to add in fish (mostly salmon if we can afford that once a week), (it will be fun to experiment with different glazes and coatings)
--a day to break out the crockpot,
--and a day where I make a simple meal and focus more on the dessert than on the main dish. We will only have desert once a week- and the goal will to make the desert on the low cal, low sugar side, but all recipes will be considered lol. This will give me a chance to try some fun baking recipes, and will give the family something to look forward to. Once or twice a month I'd like to make a brand new recipe too.We'd like to really our limit of red meat and foods with white flour so that isn't on the plan, but of course we will have to throw them in every once in while
This is the schedule I am thinking of...
Meatless Monday
Poultry Tuesday
What's Left Wednesday
Ethnic Thursday
Fishy Friday
Slow Cooker Saturday
Simple and Sweet Sunday
Hopefully this well help fill in my meal plan, and I can continue to work on getting organized (which is a full time endeavor for me). I'm also hoping that a simpler meal plan will make grocery list making easier too. We shall see!
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