Weekly Meal Plan #20

February 27 - March 5

Welcome back, everyone!  This past week has been long and exhausting, but we all survived, right?  I can't believe that this is meal plan #20!  In honor of it being #20, I'm going to create this weeks meal plan using several favorite meals from the past 20 meal plans.  Well...at least they are some of my favorites and DH's favorites.  I really hope they are some of your favorites, too!  I know...a lot of them are creamy dishes.  You can always reduce calories by using skim or 1% milk!  Have a fabulous week! 

Sunday -  Creamy Zucchini Linguini  
Monday - French Onion Chicken 
Tuesday - Cream Cheese Potato Soup 
Wednesday - Easy Bisquick Chicken Pot Pie 
Thursday - Broccoli-Sausage Pasta 
Friday - P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps 
Saturday - Creamy Garlic Penne Pasta 

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The Grocery List

1 large zucchini
1 bunch fresh parsley
3 large potatoes
2 medium onions
1 large head of broccoli
8 oz of mushrooms
1 head of iceberg lettuce
Garlic
1 pkg frozen vegetables
1 can water chestnuts
2 1/2 lb chicken breasts
1 pkg smoked sausage
2 pkgs of penne pasta
1 pkg linguini pasta
French's Fried Onions
Bisquick reduced-fat baking mix
1 can cream of chicken soup
64oz chicken broth
Parmesan cheese
8oz cream cheese
Flour
Milk
Eggs
Butter
Mustard



*Check the P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipes for the ingredients to the sauces you will need.  I did not include all of those ingredients because if you've made this before (or some other dishes) most likely you will have most of the ingredients necessary! :-)

Bye-week!

Hello Friends!  This week coming up is a crazy week where I actually won't be cooking several nights, so I'm taking a week off of meal planning.  I'll still be planning for the couple meals I'm doing, just not a full week.  We'll be back to normal next week, February 27th-March 5th!  Here's some yummy Dark Chocolate Chuck Bread Pudding from Skinny Taste to get you through!

Weekly Meal Plan #19

February 13 - February 19

I am sooooo excited for this week's meal plan!  I discovered a new blog: Skinny Taste.  The blogger, Gina, offers "skinny recipes" and she organizes them not only by dish type, or ingredients, but Weight Watcher Points!  I've been browsing her blog all week and it has me drooling every time.  I think that is a good sign, because healthy dishes don't normally have me drooling just by the sight of them.  So, I decided this weeks plan will be composed of all meals from this blog.  Enjoy!

Sunday - Lighter Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Monday - Arroz Con Pollo, Lightened Up
Tuesday - Shrimp Quesadillas with Tomato Avocado Salsa
Wednesday - Turkey Stuffed Zucchini
Thursday - Chicken Enchiladas
Friday - Shepard's Pie, Lightened Up
Saturday - Low Fat Baked Ziti with Spinach

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The Grocery List

3 medium onions
1 shallot
1 bunch of spinach
2 bunches of green onions
1 1/2 lbs of potatoes
1 small bell pepper
4 medium zucchini
2 tomatos
1 avocado
1 line
1 bunch of cilantro
1 celery stalk
8oz mushrooms
Garlic
1 package frozen mixed veggies
10 oz frozen spinach
8 skinless chicken thighs
2 skinless chicken breasts
1lb ground turkey
1lb lean ground beef
16 large shrimp
12 oz high fiber elbow pasta
1 lb high fiber ziti
2 packages of low carb, whole wheat, flour tortillas
Whole wheat bread crumbs
Long grain rice
1 packet Goya Sazon
1 packet of Goya Sazon Tropical
Adobo Powder
Chicken bouillon cubes
1 small can chipotle chilis in adobo sauce
2 cans tomato sauce
1 small can tomato paste
28 oz crushed tomatoes
Worcestershire sauce
Pam spray - butter flavored
Butter
Light Butter
Flour
Skim milk
64oz Fat Free Chicken Broth
1 small can of fat free beef broth
16 oz Sargento 2% reduced fat mild cheddar
16 oz shredded low fat mexican cheese
8 oz fat-free ricatto
8 oz part skim mozzarella
Sour cream
Parmesan cheese
White wine
Eggs

*Check for spices!!!

Weekly Meal Plan #18

February 5 - February 11
 
Hello fellow mayhem-ers!  What a crazy week, huh?  Well, you know what I mean if you've got 2-3 feet of snow piled up in from of your dwelling.  We teachers scored 2 snow days this week.  Being that I took a personal day on Monday, I only had a 2 day work week!  haha.  It was nice, but also got me antsy and anxious.  See-we are still waiting to hear back from the sellers of the house we bought on how they are going to respond to our home inspection requests.  We have a few semi-serious issues that need to be addressed.  With the snow, though, the letter from our attorney didn't get sent until Thursday, so it was a long week in which my brain kept brewing and brewing.  What it was brewing was not very sweet or yummy either....it was brewing the worst case scenario.  But, we did finally hear "something" on Friday.  The sellers are beginning to work on the issues on their end (from afar-they are out of town looking for new housing themselves).  It will be a few more days before we hear anything more as to the extent they are willing to address the issues we found, but at least we heard something.  It makes for a much more relaxing, less brain-brewing, weekend. 

This morning I slept in late and immediately sat down with my breakfast and coffee to work on this week's meal plan.  There are a couple new, yummy looking ones included, and of course, a couple repeats.  I'm especially interested to see how the Black-eyed Pea and Chorizo Soup turns out.  I'm a big fan of chorizo.  Mmmmmm.  Enjoy!

Sunday - Creamy Burrito Casserole
Monday - Shrimp Fritters
Tuesday - Turkey and Tomato Panini
Wednesday - Butternut Squash Orzotta
Thursday - Black-Eyed Pea and Chorizo Soup
Friday - Tater Tot Casserole
Saturday - Meatball Subs w/Caramelized Onions (See note below)

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Meatball Subs w/Caramelized Onions

I will not be making the meatballs from scratch.  Aldi has a Fit & Active brand of frozen turkey meatballs that I've been wanting to try, so I'll be getting these this week.  Therefore, I have not included the "meatball" ingredients to the grocery list.  If you want to make them from scratch, see the recipe! :-)

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The Grocery List

1 large tomato
2 medium onions
2 large onions
1 medium shallot
1 bunch green onions
1 small butternut squash (3/4 cup pureed)
1 bunch of cilantro
1 large lime
Garlic
Romaine lettuce
Fresh Basil
2 lbs ground beef or turkey
1 lb peeled/deveined cooked shrimp
1 lb chorizo
8 oz thin sliced deli turkey
8 oz whole wheat orzo
Flour tortillas
Whole wheat bread
Tortilla chips
4 sandwich rolls
1 can refried beans
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can fire-roasted tomatoes
1 can chipotle chiles
3 15oz cans black-eyes peas
16 oz cheddar cheese
8 oz pepper jack cheese
8 oz gruyere cheese
Parmesan cheese
8 oz container sour cream
Eggs
Flour
Honey
Lemon juice
White wine
Milk
1 small container plain yogurt
Seafood seasoning blend
Mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 32 oz containers chicken broth
18 oz tater tots
1 bag frozen meatballs