Meal Plan Monday #4

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It’s hard to believe that I’m already a month into these posts.  I’m finding it easier to plan and make meals as a single mom.  Our plans do seem to change a lot, but when you’re a single mom with a three year old (as of today!) you often have to go with the flow.  For the most part we’ve stuck to the plan which is half the battle right?  Having leftovers has been going quite well too.  It is so nice to not have to make an entire meal every day.

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While I don’t think we eat bad, I know that Nick and I could eat a bit better.  With that in mind my goal this week was to start adding more fruits and vegetables into our meal plans.  I’ll admit I’ve not always been good at this, so I know it’s going to take some work.  I think I can make it happen though. This week is going to be a bit of a lazy meal plan week due to all of the things we’ve got going on.  Nick’s birthday has a lot to do with it too.  We’ve got his birthday meal tonight and his birthday party on Saturday.  I really don’t mind having an easy week though.  Of course I’ll probably wish it wasn’t an easy week after I’m all done with Nick’s birthday party!  Those are always exhausting!

Meal Plan – Week of April 21, 2014

Monday – Nick’s Birthday Dinner!  Most likely we’ll end up at McDonald’s.  Not terribly exciting, but there aren’t many places Nick will eat at.

Tuesday – Cordon Bleu, Corn, and Pear Slices

Wednesday – Left over Crockpot Apricot Chicken and Pillsbury Grands

Thursday – Leftover Taco Pie

Friday – Chicken Nuggets, Baked Sweet Potato, and Grapes

Saturday – Nick’s Birthday Party!  We’re doing pizza, salads, and of course cake.  For his Car’s Birthday Party last year we did a Taco Bar that was awesome, but it was a ton of work.  This year we decided to go an easier route.

Sunday – ??? I honestly have no clue what we’ll do for dinner this night.  We’re going to see Thomas the Train during the day, so we’ll probably have lunch out.  Dinner maybe something easy like cereal.  It’ll just depend on what we end up doing for lunch. Do you know of any good recipes for a single mom? I’d love to hear them!

More Meal Plans

Check out these other great blogs that share weekly meal plans for more great ideas!

Play 2 Learn With Sarah – You’ll not only find a lot of great ideas here, but you’ll find many gluten free ones!

Carrie Elle – Lots of good meal ideas, with adaptations for young kids. Plus Carrie includes some free printables to help you out!

I’m an Organizing Junkie – You’ll find lots of great meal plans here. The weekly post there also contains a linky that gives you tons of weekly meal plans to check out.

Mommy in SPORTS – Here you’ll find lots of great kid friendly meals from a mom that has little time to cook.