Menu Plan- Monday 16th

I make three versions of dinner every night: a toddler version for our 19 month old, a “regular” version for my husband (aka Mr Meat and Potatoes) and a vegetarian version for myself. I don’t enjoy cooking as much as I enjoy baking so we have fresh baked goods and dessert every week! Here is this week’s plan:

Monday:
Crock Pot Swiss Chicken Casserole with brown rice
Toddler: Chicken with sauteed carrots
Veggie: Brown Rice with sauteed carrots

Tuesday:
Lasagna with Texas Toast and green salad (this has no meat in it)
Toddler: Broccoli & Cheese Nuggets with plain green salad

Wednesday:
Garlic Chicken, Veggie and Penne Pasta
Toddler: same with very light sauce
Vegetarian: Green Salad with Cheddar Cheese Muffins and chutney
(Muffins also serve as a snack all week)

Thursday:
Sliced Steak with Texas Toast (marinade steak, grill and slice it thinly, then fan on top of Texas Toast), Corn
Toddler: steak and corn
Vegetarian: Tomato Soup and Texas Toast

Friday:
Quesadillas– cheese, chicken, salsa, sour cream
Toddler: cheese, chicken, corn and black beans
Veggie: Black beans, corn, cheese, salsa, sour cream

Saturday:
Hamburgers with Worcestershire Sauce, Mozzarella and red peppers, green beans
Toddler: Turkey burger chopped with a little melted cheese and red peppers, green beans
Veggie: Same but substitute Boca Burger

Sunday: Leftovers

Desserts:

Chocolate Chip Blondies
Chocolate Snatcheroos (a version of a rice krispy treat with cocoa krispies and peanut butter)
Lemon pudding parfait- layered with whip cream, crumbled graham cracker and frozen berries (note if you have the Beech Nut coupons for $1/1 you can also use the banana cookies instead of graham crackers. These are roughly 1.40 a box at Walmart).

You will notice I am using as much from my stockpile as possible. I have purchased a lot of frozen veggies with the freezer promo at Safeway, 2 boxes of Texas Toast from the same promotion, using up Jello from the Kraft free wyb coupons that were out a few months ago, using some cocoa krispies we got free a few months ago during a cereal promo at Raleys, using peanut butter we got for .39 at Walgreens, and substituting Bliss chocolates we got for free at Walgreens for chocolate chips. Also using a cranberry chutney as a topping for cheddar muffins. Chutney is something I used for leftover turkey sandwiches during the holidays and have a little left. Crockpot Swiss Chicken will use up the last box of stuffing I also have from the holidays.