Mathis Meal Plan

Mathis Meal Plan

Week of: May 27th - June 2nd

Monday: Braided pizza and salad
Bacon, mushroom and bell pepper on the inside, yummy! I use the Trader Joes whole wheat pizza dough. Make sure you full your calzone ON the pan you plan to cook it in...learned that the hard way.

Tuesday: Corn Chowder with Garlic Toast
Corn isn't yet in season, so I'm making this with frozen organic corn. I'll also be using my own vegetable stock.

Wednesday: Veggie Bake with wild rice
Beets, potatoes, red onion, carrots. Tossed in spices and oil and baked. YUM!
With a side of wild rice.

Thursday: Quinoa broccoli casserole
I'm going to do a very simplified version of this recipe, and take out the mayo... weird and gross.

Friday: Mexican Pizza
I'll be doing this one vegetarian, replacing the ground turkey with a premade seitan that does really well as a ground meat replacement.

Saturday: Southwest Salad
I'm using dry beans and soaking them the night before instead of canned, they are SO much cheaper than buying canned.
 
Sunday: Philly Chicken Sandwiches with Carrot fries and Zucchini chips
A slow cooker meal, very excited for this one!
I'm also trying carrot and zucchini chips for the first time - I hope they turn out!

 Shopping for the week

I was asked by a friend, to write a blog entry with my shopping list, so here is a ramble about my shopping list methods and this week as an example:

In my kitchen I have two frames. One with the days of the week for my meal plan, and one that I keep an ongoing shopping list on, with condiments and other extra items that aren't on the meal plan.

This week that list had dried parsley, Himalayan pink salt, mayo and sesame seeds.

Right after I make my meal plan on Sunday evening, I look down the week and make my shopping list. Starting with Monday I open the recipe and write down any items I don't have. On items that I know I'm going to need to buy more than one of I put an asterisk so I remember when I'm shopping.

This week my list looked like this:
Mushrooms
Frozen corn
Potatoes *
Celery
Beets
Broccoli *
Carrots *
Red Onion
Cream of Broccoli soup
Cheddar Cheese
Chives
Cherry Tomatoes
Black Beans
Avocados *
Cilantro
Limes
Chicken
Bell Peppers
Zucchini
Dried Parsley
Himalayan Pink Salt
Mayo
Sesame Seeds.

I also added eggs, orange juice, oranges, apples, and cherries for breakfasts and snacks.

The rest of the ingredients we already had. I try to pick recipes that contain a lot of ingredients we already have. When I'm shopping I buy extra portions here and there so that we always have a back supply of items that I can base my next week's meals off of.

I try to plan my week's meals with an underlying theme to help stretch our grocery budget.
I try to use similar ingredients throughout the week, and using the same items in different ways.

I'm already planning next week's Greek theme! *drool*