Feeling Productive

 So this week my meal plan was meatless all week.  I actually made it through the week following the menu minus yesterday but finished it off today.

  I had the ingredients on hand Monday but had to go to the store and pick up the rest of the weeks ingredients.  Spent $85 on the weeks dinners!

  All the meals were delicious and worthy of being kept in the recipe files.  Some  definitely need to be doubled or have a side added to it but most of them were filling!  If you see any meals of interest you can find the recipes here.

Monday

Bean burritos.  This was a nice easy and fast Monday meal.  

 Tuesday

This pizza was our favorite for the week.  I had never had Naan bread and adding just a few toppings over a pesto sauce was so easy.  This may become a lunch on the weekends AND my picky son even liked it.

 Wednesday

I like to use my spiralizer but I don't use it enough.  I also like shrimp and need to find more recipes to use them in.

 Thursday

Spinach filled lasagna.  I used to think making lasagna was a chore but, the filling was easy enough to assemble while the pasta cooked; so no complaints there!

 Saturday

Finally to end the week was a quinoa dish.  I have made quinoa in place of meat in a taco dish before and really like the flavors.  This dish had pinto beans in it too and all the flavors were great.

I surprisingly didn't hear any complaints at meatless day after day this week.  That was nice.  It could be that a complaint really wasn't worth it.  Dinner hot and ready on the table is worth it no matter what, right?

Well I hope you had a healthy and filling week and I haven't thought about my menuplan yet but, am excited for whatever it is.  What are your plans for next week?

Weekly Summary

  As we finish the week off I reflect on the good bad and ugly.  I'm going to keep it real.  I don't live in a bubble there is always a little bit of all.  I wish there was all good and no bad or ugly but that is not reality.  I do appreciate when there is more good then bad but there's rarely a all good week!

  So we finished great with our meal plans.

 We had our vegetarian meal on Monday.

Crockpot meal number one on Tuesday.

 Crockpot meal number two on Wednesday.

 We did eat out for my daughters birthday.

Then indulged in cake she made from start to finish.

  Tonight due to my diligence in cooking meals every night has provided me with a day off as there are plenty of leftovers to be eaten.  So the salmon will be moved to a later date but the egg plant needs to be eaten.  Operation no waste in full effect.

 Next week's menu is being finished up.

Have a great weekend!