Groceries, Deviations, Leftovers, and Proposed Meal Guide for Week of 1/14/13

I've decided on an on-again-off-again cooking schedule. Every other week I will cook. In between will be leftovers, prepared meals, and 30-minutes-or-less meals. I have a few unhealthy meals planned, but I will try to modify these in the future.

Actual Weekend Meals - I deviated from my intended schedule as of Friday night.

Friday

• Dinner - McDonalds (yuck!)

Saturday

• Breakfast - Sausage, eggs, and grits
• Lunch - Toast and cookies (ugh!)
• Dinner - Thai food (beef and broccoli in peanut sauce)

Sunday

• Breakfast - Sausage, eggs, and biscuits
• Lunch - Biscuit...??? (I don't remember! probably junk food)
• Dinner - Homemade sub sandwiches

So obviously the weekend was shot. I tried to get back on track at the very end so that I could start the next week off right. Here are the foods left over that will push into this week.

Leftovers

• 4 red potatoes
• 2 sweet potatoes
• edamame and cooked red potatoes
• 3 servings of minestrone (frozen)
• sausage
• onions
• bell peppers
• beef medallions

In hindsight, I probably should have planned out my meals before shopping for groceries. I excluded baby food for our son.

Grocery List (publix)

• Sandwich meat (turkey and beef)
• tortillas
• shredded lettuce
• 4 yogurt cups
• 4 bananas
• 1 mixed fruit bowl
• 2 bowls chili
• 2 bowls minestrone
• 1 large potato salad
• 1 large baked beans
• frozen beef patties
• 2 bags frozen vegetables (microwavable in bag)
• 2 bags frozen veggies and potatoes (microwavable in bag)
• Orange juice
• grapefruit juice
• mixed juice (100% natural)
• hummus
• gluten-free rosemary and olive oil crackers (my favorite!)
• frozen breakfast sandwiches (for hubby)

And here's the Meal plan. I'm only going two days out this time. Any further and I find the schedule too restricting and difficult to follow with leftovers and prepared foods. I will probably purchase a rotisserie and do chicken, veggies, and potatoes for dinner one day, then chicken salad sandwiches another.

Monday

Breakfast - Yogurt and trail mix (frozen breakfast sandwich for hubby)

Lunch - Leftover sub (me and hubby

Dinner - Chili and potato salad (for hubby), and Leftover edamame and potatoes with crackers and hummus.

Tuesday

Breakfast - Banana and trail mix

Lunch - Minestrone soup (prepackaged...I'm kind of going through a minestrone phase), (wrap for hubby)

Dinner - Sausage potato bake - 30 minute meal

Not sure if there will be leftovers from the sausage potato bake. If not, I will cook the sweet potatoes as a side dish. Also, since the onions and bell peppers are pre-chopped, in the future I will just buy ground turkey and throw those veggies in the patties. That will cut down on the sodium content and other preservatives (and random ingredients I can't pronounce) that are in the frozen prepackaged patties.  I also need to buy REAL butter! Trying to avoid margarine and spreads in the future.