Meal Plan

So it's time to get my butt back into gear with meal plans and counting calories. After a relaxing day off work yesterday, I was able to find the time last night to sit down and create a meal plan and a grocery list for Whole Foods.

I like to make my meal plans as just a list of meals and not plan what day each meal is going to be. That way I can just pick a meal at based on how much time and energy I have...or what I feel in the mood for. So here is what my list looked like for this week.

Meal Plan


Breakfast:
  -eggs
  -waffles
  -pancakes
  -Blueberry Scones
  -Smoothies
  -Mini Tofu Frittatas
  -Oatmeal

Lunch:
  -Kale with Peanut Dressing
  -Curried Chickpea Cakes
  -Amy's Organic Canned Soup (available at Costco, come out to $1.70/can)
  -Roasted Veggies and tri-colored quinoa
  -Marinated Tempeh and Veggie Skewers
  -Thai Crunch salad with Teriyaki tofu
  -Leftovers!

Dinner:
  -Kale and white bean soup with grilled cheese sandwiches
  -Baked Sandwiches
  -Taco Salads
  -Homemade Pizza
  -BBQ Chicken and Cornbread
  -Salad Bar
  -Leftovers!

Snacks:
  -Banana Bread
  -Baked Oatmeal Squares
  -Chewy Energy Bars

The breakfast and lunch ideas are all vegetarian, the dinners are made with meat, since that's the meal I cook for the family, (Charles usually makes his own lunches), but the dinner ideas are easy enough to substitute tofu or other meatless products with.

My goal is to post recipes each day from the meals I prepared the previous day so you should start seeing those in a couple days.

Now hopefully with my busy schedule I can find the time to actually cook and bake these meals.!