Lots of meals with sweet potatoes this week, I got 4 bags for only $.99/ea at Aldi! I will be incorporating lots of sweet potato variations into my prep day this week too!
Well, this week I have lots of plans to start pulling together my menu items for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I will also begin making our homemade gifts for teachers and friends. A few of the homemade items we will be making are things like Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread, Sugar Cookies, Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix and more! Recipes for these will come this Tuesday and Wednesday while I will be hosting a “Christmas Prep Cooking Day” here. You can chat with me throughout the day via Twitter (#bakingday) and Facebook, and update us on what you are planning and preparing.
Have you started planning for your holiday meals? What are you making and what are your yummy recipes? I would love to hear your plans, and I am sure other readers would too! Inspire us with your ideas. Leave them in a comment below or leave a link to your blog post.
*Welcome! For those of you who are new to Meal Planning, go to my “Meal Planning” tab here to help you out while you are getting started – lots of great resources.
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Meal Plan for the week of November 30th:
Sunday:
(Lunch) Hashbrown potatoes, chive and cheese eggs, sausage patties, whole wheat toast, fruit
(Dinner) Grilled Salmon Pasta (salmon, sugar snap peas, red peppers, lemon sauce), garlic bread
Monday: Stir Fry Beef ($1 at Kroger last week!) w/ orange & yellow peppers, broccoli, brown rice
Tuesday (Baking Day!): Crockpot Herbed Pork, baked sweet potatoes, spinach salad, whole wheat rolls
Wednesday(Baking Day!): Pork Fried Rice (extra rice & pork from Tues), and spinach salad
Thursday: Grilled Chicken Sandwich, green salad, sweet n’ spicy sweet potatoes
Friday: Ribeye (from freezer), baked potato, salad, garlic toast
Saturday: Grilled Mahi Sandwiches, sweet potato fries, salad
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Lunches:
Tuna Sandwiches
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, sliced apples
PB&J, sliced apples
Leftovers – stir fry, Pork Quesadillas (chutney, pork, Monterrey jack cheese), salmon pasta
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Breakfast:
freezer waffles w/ frozen strawberries
strawberry smoothie, whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter
cereal, whole wheat toast w/ jelly
breakfast burrito (egg, cheese, & salsa)
egg sandwich w/ cheese, fruit
oatmeal, whole wheat toast, sliced apples
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Snacks:
homemade popcorn or mini-pouches
smoothies
apples w/ peanut butter
applesauce
go-gurts
string cheese
cheese slices on crackers
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:: Check out more menu planning ideas here.
What meals are you planning this week? Any tips on how to easily meal plan? Whether or not you posted your meal plan for the week, please take a moment to leave your ideas in a comment. Let’s help each other out in sticking to our budgets!
