I am a bit burnt out on cooking. I'll share my plan with you and I actually have lots and lots of leftovers in the freezer so it's not really a big deal that if I don't cook because I have stuff in the freezer.
I cooked less and less as my morning sickness ampted up and didn't cook what so ever for a while. Then I started cooking a bit here and there until 2 weeks ago where I have been cooking from scratch at least 2 meals a day and often more.
Here is the meal plan:
Dinners, I picked 6 genres plus leftovers night then 4 main dishes in each.
For snack I picked 14 things that I knew we could repeat happily.
I cooked less and less as my morning sickness ampted up and didn't cook what so ever for a while. Then I started cooking a bit here and there until 2 weeks ago where I have been cooking from scratch at least 2 meals a day and often more.
Here is the meal plan:
Dinners, I picked 6 genres plus leftovers night then 4 main dishes in each.
American, burgers, pot pie, BBQ,
roast
Italian, pizza, red
sauce, white sauce, pasta e fagoli
Mexican, burritos, enchiladas,
fajitas, nachos
Indian, chickpeas, tikka, rajmah
chawwal, queema
Leftovers
Soup night chicken noodle, Tuscan
bean soup, veggie lentil dumpling, pumpkin shrimp
Fish, curry, creamed tuna, lemon pepper fillets,
fish tacos
Lunches, I did the same basic thing.
Soup and sandwiches
Tomato and grilled cheese
Bbq
and dry veg soup
PB&J
and potato soup
BLT
and minestrone
Hand pies
beef
hand pie
mushroom
hand pie
chicken
and kale hand pie
lentil
hand pie
Mac and cheese
With
black beans and carrots
With
TVP and corn
With
bacon and green beans
Texmex
Fried rice
Veg
Shrimp
TVP
pineapple
Wrap sandwiches and crudités
Tomato and cheese
Creamy
avocado and white bean
PB
and sunflower seeds
Hummus
and grilled veg
Left overs
Stuffed veg
Cheese
stuffed tomatoes
Cabbage
rolls
Curried
lentil stuffed squash
Blackbean
stuffed sweet potato
Snacks
1) Nuts
2) Fruits
3) Muffins
4) Pretzels
5) Popcorn
6) Granola
bars
7) Trail
mix
8) Applesauce
9) Cheese
ball and crackers
10)
Chili con queso
11) Pinwheels
12) Bean
dip and corn chips
13) Cheese
carrots and crackers
14) Pumpkin
butter and crusty bread
I did the same with sweets as snacks and knew both could be saved if we didn't do them at all or didn't want a second time in the month.
Sweets
1)
Pecan pie
2)
Cookies
3)
Cake
4)
Stewed apples
5)
Pumpkin bread
6)
Pear crisp
7)
Bread pudding
8)
Chocolate mousse
9)
Fruit cake
10)
Apple turnovers
11)
Cream puffs
12)
Carmel apples
13)
Nut brittle
14)
Spice cake
Because we really prefer variety and I prefer spontaneity talk to my husband about what choices are left out of the week genre wise and then we decide on what main dish to serve. The only problem is I am tired after 17 days of cooking 2 or more full meals a day, exceptions being leftovers.