My Week in Meals 2-23-09

Like many people, conserving is on my mind and I think about it as I make my weekly meal plan. My family has something against leftovers. Even Colin told me (in a very snotty tone) the other day when I tried to serve him leftovers for lunch, "Mom, I don't eat leftovers." So I try and save things before they become leftovers. For example my meatballs recipe makes twice as much as we can eat, but I do a full batch and then, just after frying them, before they go in the oven, I place half of them in a 8x8 pan, cover tightly and place in the freezer. Next time we want meatballs, I'll just pull them out and bake them. Same thing with the White Bean Chicken Chili and Taco meat. We eat a little and the rest go in freezer bags and then into the freezer. By the time we eat them again my kids have forgotten that they are technically "leftovers." This week, after eating our fill of roast chicken, I shredded the rest of the meat and used it in the White Bean Chicken Chili. And I bought one bag of spinach to use three different ways: 2 salads and sauteed in garlic and olive oil with salt, pepper and a little lemon juice at the end. And we really miss New York pizza. Two Fat Guys across town has pretty good NY style pizza, but closer to home we loove Little Caesars. We eat it a lot.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack
Monday	Cereal	PB&J Chips Celery	Pasta & Meatballs Garlic Bread	Grapes
Tuesday	Eggs & Toast	Ham sandwich Carrots Chips	Roast Chicken Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Spinach, Apple, Bacon Salad	Bananas
Wednesday	Cereal	PB&J Granola bar Celery	Soft Tacos	Fruit leather
Thursday	Yogurt, Toast, Grapefruit	Turkey sandwich Apple Celery w/ pb	White Bean Chicken Chili Homemade Bread Spinach and Orange Salad	Cheese & crackers
Friday	Pancakes	Turkey sandwich Chips Raisins	Little Caesars Pizza Crazy Bread with Sauce	Snicker-doodles
Saturday	Cereal	Mac n’ cheese	Salmon on the Grill Sauteed Spinach Potato Gallete