I've been needing to get this down forever , and now I finally did it. That's one step down, now I just need to implement it.
Just thought I'd share it here, feel free to critique it and see if I'm missing out on anything. I try to eat in a NT sort of way. I chose this type of plan so it is predictable, yet it can always be different meals and new things.
Weekly Meal Plans
Monday- Poultry Day
Tuesday- Soup Day
Wednesday- Vegetarian Day
Thursday- Cultural Day
Friday- Throw it all together Day
Saturday- Free Day
Sunday- Easy Day
M- Poultry
Meals for this day will most likely be roasted chicken, make gravy with the drippings, then have potatoes or rice and a steamed veggie.
Then de-bone chicken for leftovers and use the bones to simmer stock overnight.
T- Soup
Soup night will be made from the chicken stock, any leftover chicken, and vegetables and
whatever else sounds good. There are lots of good soup recipes out there to try.
W- Vegetarian
Ideas and recipes are endless for this night, but I'm sure we will mostly have a green salad and I'll have soaked beans the night before, and maybe rice or another grain, and a steamed veggie. Or maybe lentils or eggplant stuff.
Th- Culture-
For us this will mean Mexican or Japanese night, mainly. Ground beef will likely be used this night, or fish occasionally. And the leftover beans from the night before will probably get mashed up for refried beans. Occasionally homemade tortillas for tacos, burritoes, enchiladas, mole, chile etc. I also like to try different Japanese recipes occasionally.
F- Throw it all together-
This night I was thinking would be one dish meal nights. Like casseroles, or homemade pizza, or just leftovers. Anything goes.
S- Free to choose day-
This night can be leftovers, lunch meals, breakfast meals, new recipes meals, eating out, another anything goes night.
Sunday- Easy, simple day-
This is the crockpot day! If I can find a good pastured source of roast beef, I'd like to do a one pot meal in the crock pot so I can just put it all in before church and it will be done.
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Breakfasts--
most days will be the soaked 5-grain hot cereal or oatmeal. Some days will be free-range eggs. Saturday mornings, either waffles or pancakes made with sourdough starter.
Lunches-
Either leftovers, miso soup, salad, or sandwiches with leftover meats.
Snacks-
Fruit, smoothies, yogurt, kefir, raw veggies and dips, wholegrain sourdough toast, nuts/seeds.
Desserts-
wholegrain sourdough, flourless, or sprouted wheat cookies, cakes, muffins. Raw cream icecream, custards, fruit pies or other fruit desserts.
3-6 days a week- start the morning off with fresh wheatgrass or veggie/apple juice combo.
We also take cod liver oil or fish oil in the summer. And I have some homemade saurkraut on hand.
I'll make sourdough bread on Mondays or Tuesdays.
Weekly Meal Plans
Monday- Poultry Day
Tuesday- Soup Day
Wednesday- Vegetarian Day
Thursday- Cultural Day
Friday- Throw it all together Day
Saturday- Free Day
Sunday- Easy Day
M- Poultry
Meals for this day will most likely be roasted chicken, make gravy with the drippings, then have potatoes or rice and a steamed veggie.
Then de-bone chicken for leftovers and use the bones to simmer stock overnight.
T- Soup
Soup night will be made from the chicken stock, any leftover chicken, and vegetables and
whatever else sounds good. There are lots of good soup recipes out there to try.
W- Vegetarian
Ideas and recipes are endless for this night, but I'm sure we will mostly have a green salad and I'll have soaked beans the night before, and maybe rice or another grain, and a steamed veggie. Or maybe lentils or eggplant stuff.
Th- Culture-
For us this will mean Mexican or Japanese night, mainly. Ground beef will likely be used this night, or fish occasionally. And the leftover beans from the night before will probably get mashed up for refried beans. Occasionally homemade tortillas for tacos, burritoes, enchiladas, mole, chile etc. I also like to try different Japanese recipes occasionally.
F- Throw it all together-
This night I was thinking would be one dish meal nights. Like casseroles, or homemade pizza, or just leftovers. Anything goes.
S- Free to choose day-
This night can be leftovers, lunch meals, breakfast meals, new recipes meals, eating out, another anything goes night.
Sunday- Easy, simple day-
This is the crockpot day! If I can find a good pastured source of roast beef, I'd like to do a one pot meal in the crock pot so I can just put it all in before church and it will be done.
~~~~~~~~~
Breakfasts--
most days will be the soaked 5-grain hot cereal or oatmeal. Some days will be free-range eggs. Saturday mornings, either waffles or pancakes made with sourdough starter.
Lunches-
Either leftovers, miso soup, salad, or sandwiches with leftover meats.
Snacks-
Fruit, smoothies, yogurt, kefir, raw veggies and dips, wholegrain sourdough toast, nuts/seeds.
Desserts-
wholegrain sourdough, flourless, or sprouted wheat cookies, cakes, muffins. Raw cream icecream, custards, fruit pies or other fruit desserts.
3-6 days a week- start the morning off with fresh wheatgrass or veggie/apple juice combo.
We also take cod liver oil or fish oil in the summer. And I have some homemade saurkraut on hand.
I'll make sourdough bread on Mondays or Tuesdays.