For a while now I have wanted to be better about us eating at home. One of our biggest expenses by far has been us eating out. We really do like going out, but I want to change that. I want us eating better (at least smaller quantities) and I would love us to save some money too. Well I think the best way for us to be better about eating at home is meal planning. If I plan our meals ahead of time there is no easy out for us to just go out when we can’t decide what to make or feel lazy. So I am posting this weeks meal plan.
Monday:
- Breakfast – Cereal and Bagels
- Lunch – PB&J for Tara and leftover Turkey Salad Sandwich for Me
- Dinner – One Pan Taco Dinner with Sun Chips for Sam and I and try to see if Tara will try it, otherwise Chicken Nuggets for her (we are trying to get her to try more, but it is a slow process)
Tuesday:
- Breakfast – Pancakes and Fruit
- Lunch – Leftovers for me and a Grilled Cheese for Tara
- Dinner – Raviolis and marinara sauce with Biscuits for Sam and I and PB&J for Tara (she doesn’t like pasta 🙁 )
Wednesday:
- Breakfast – Cereal and Bagels and Fruit
- Lunch – PB&J or Lunchmeat Sandwiches and Fruit
- Dinner – Turkey burgers and Sun Chips
Thursday:
- Breakfast – Scrambled Eggs and Toast (we are going to try to get Tara to eat scrambled eggs)
- Lunch – PB&J or Tuna Sandwiches and Fruit
- Dinner – Crescent Dogs
Friday:
- Breakfast – Smoothie and toast
- Lunch – Out (Norah has her 4 month doctor’s appointment late that morning)
- Dinner – Out (Our one dinner out for the week)
Saturday
- Breakfast – Nutella Croissants (going to try it without crushed hazelnuts and sugar first)
- Lunch – Mac and Cheese (going to try to introduce pasta to Tara again since she loves cheese but I have a feeling it won’t work 🙁 )
- Dinner – Crockpot Indian Curry with Rice for Sam and I (I have been really wanting to try this recipe) and Chicken Nuggets for Tara
So that is the plan thus far. Normally I plan to plan Sunday through Saturday. We shall see how it goes. As you can see our limitation is our picky eater. She is a very stubborn kid so it is a slow process to get her to try new things.