Meal Planning: How'd We Do?

Our first week of meal planning is going very well! Want to see?

Here's our original plan. Not surprisingly, we've made a few tweaks. Such is life.

Why oh why did we wait so long to make a batch of overnight oatmeal. This stuff is so good. And incredibly filling.

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I've loved having leftover for lunch most days. I don't know about you, but I'm definitely fan of a warm meal over a sandwich that's been sitting in the fridge since 8 am.

And dinner? Let's see.

Sunday - Pulled chicken sliders. Although the original plan was veggie burgers, we had friends over Saturday night for tacos and apparently I have no idea how to guesstimate the amount of food I need. We had enough chicken to feed another 10 people....whoops! But it sure made Sunday dinner and Monday lunch easy!

Monday - Whole wheat pasta, spinach, shallots, apple chicken sausage (our absolute fav chicken sausage flavor)

Tuesday - Turkey meatloaf with sundried tomatoes, spinach, & feta.

Wednesday - Thai Chicken Quinoa bowl. This was fantastic! Thanks Cait for instagramming a photo of this! I then stalked Cait's pinterest page and found the recipe. The joys of social media. :)

And because it was so pretty to photograph.....

love my camera

So far so good. J will be having leftovers tonight while I'm out with friends. And tomorrow night will be another home cooked meal. Soo looking forward to it.

Oh - and is it bad that home cooked meals tend to include a glass of red wine? Nightly.... good for the heart, right?

If you have any new recipes you think I should add to our weekly meal plan, please send them my way! Looking forward to some more home cooking.

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Meal Planning

I've been inspired this week. I want to start planning out more meals each week and maybe even prep a few this weekend if the time allows. We seem to go through cycles over here. A few weeks in a row of grocery shopping regulary, bringing breakfast & lunch to work, eating in dinner. And then we get busy. And we don't get to the grocery store, which only leads to eating out often or making something quick, which tends to be unhealthy (hello Anne's Mac n Cheese). Eating out is heavy, on both the wallet and the calories. And saving on both of these items is a plus!

So here we go. The meals I'll be shopping for and making next week are as follows:

Breakfast: Overnight oats, welcome back into my life! Instant oatmeal is getting real boring after eating it daily for the past few months.

Lunch: Turkey wraps, salad, leftovers

Dinner:

Sunday - Veggie Burgers (these sound amazing. I must try them)

via A Cup of Jo

Monday - Turkey Meatloaf (how did I forget about this recipe) with an arugula salad

Tuesday - Apple chicken sausage, whole wheat pasta, spinach

Wednesday - Thai Chicken Quinoa Bowl (a friend pinned this and it looks awesome)

via How Sweet It Is

Thursday - Leftover turkey meatloaf for J. I'll be out with gfs.

Friday - Homemade pizza

Thank you to those of you who've recently blogged about meal planning, eating in, etc (here and here). Just the inspiration I needed. I'm looking forward to trying out a few new recipes this week, bringing back a few favorites we haven't had in forever, and overall, just eating some delicious, nutritious meals. 

Of the recipes above, which sounds most appealing to you? I'll make sure to let you know how it is!

Happy Friday!

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