Meal Plan Monday #12

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I’m happy to report that I did a good job of following my meal plan again this week.  On the flip side they didn’t all go so well for me.  Two meals in one week that require a lot of chopping of fresh veggies when you have arthritis in your hand is not a good idea!  I have no clue what I was thinking!  Needless to say I’ve been in some pain this weekend.  Plus so many fresh veggies didn’t really agree with me.  I thought my stomach was doing better, but I guess that was a little too much.

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Last Wednesday I tried out the Chicken Ranch Pasta Salad.  Now I’m a huge Ranch fan, so I was really excited about trying this.  The recipe, which made a ton, didn’t actually call for a lot of dressing.  You also mixed it with a lot of Parmesan Cheese, so it wasn’t very creamy.  I ended up adding more ranch so it went farther.  If I made it again though I would add more Ranch and less cheese.  The flavor of the salad was good, and I loved that I was getting so many good veggies from it (even though my stomach didn’t agree with me).  Next time I think I’ll try cooking the veggies before mixing them in so they’re easier for me to digest.  The recipe said you could saute them first if you wanted, but I like the flavor of them raw and I wanted some crunch in the salad.  It was good though, and it will stretch far to give me a lot of meals.

This week is all about leftovers.  I wanted to try a new recipe on Wednesday to review again, but I have so many leftovers that I have got to eat them up or they’re going to go bad.  That’s the thing about being a single mom with a little one that doesn’t eat the same food for dinner.  The recipes that you find online really go far.  Luckily I don’t mind leftovers, and I’m looking forward to a week that requires little cooking.  I’ll still have a recipe review for you next week though because I haven’t reviewed the Party Veggie Pizza yet.

Meal Plan – Week of June 16, 2014

Monday – Leftover Cheesy Pumpkin Shells with Bacon and Grands

Tuesday – Leftover Party Veggie Pizza

Wednesday – Leftover Chick en Ranch Pasta Salad and Grands

Thursday – Breakfast for Dinner – Leftover waffles

Friday – Pillsbury Grands! Mini Pizzas

Saturday – Spaghetti and Grands

Sunday – Dinner at Mom’s

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.

For lots of great easy dinner ideas follow my Menu for a Month recipe board on Pinterest. It’s full of a lot of great dinner ideas that aren’t too hard to make!