Hey hey! These weeks go by way too fast. Seriously, I need a day between Saturday and Sunday to get everything done. I do my best to stay productive but I either run out of time or energy before my todo list is complete. Today I woke up ready to go and thought for sure I would crush my todo list but here I am at 5:00pm and I still have 3 blog posts to write, cooking that needs to be done, and OMG if you saw the mountain of laundry I have upstairs! But I did work out! Gold star for mommy!
Here’s the plan for the rest of the night… laundry will get done before I go to bed because it’s overtaking my upstairs. Blog posts will wait until tomorrow. And…considering we have to eat I guess I will finish cooking. Ha! Cooking isn’t too bad since I made Italian beef in the slow cooker and just needed to boil some red potatoes and cook the “steam in bag” broccoli. If there’s one thing I learned in the last few years as a master meal prepper (just made that up) is I must have easy in my arsenal. Meaning there’s no shame in “steam in bag” anything.
Alright, let’s get right to my meal plan.
Breakfast
Make-ahead tips
- I made 2 smoothies today. I drank one and will save the other for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will make more smoothies for the rest of the week. If I get sick of smoothies I can eat some blueberry banana steel cut oats I have in the freezer.
Lunch
Make-ahead tips
- I made a big bowl of this salad today and plan to eat the whole week. I never get bored of this salad.
Dinner
Slow Cooker Italian Beef (We will eat this for two days. One with potatoes and one in wraps)
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili
Honey Garlic Shrimp – new recipe that I’m testing for the 3rd week in a row. I will eat this with broccoli.
Make-ahead tips
- Beef was made today.
- Chili was made 2 weeks ago and is in the freezer
- Shrimp will be made tomorrow.
Snacks
Hard-boiled eggs
Make-ahead tips
- I made the energy balls last week and they are still going strong in the refrigerator. I plan to put them in the freezer just in case.
- I made eggs today
SchoolSpeecher says
I just signed up for the free trial at Plan to Eat but can’t find you? How do I do that?
Thanks!
Dawn says
Tammy,
Recently started following you and Plan to Eat. A couple of questions on Plan to Eat you might be able to answer. If you are planning on making muffins on Monday and using them on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, do you need to put the recipe on each day or just the one time you are making it? I don’t want to end up with ingredients for 36 muffins!
Second, I can see your menus when I type in organizingyourselfskinny but I can’t view them in Plan to Eat. What am I missing?
So excited for both you and Plan to Eat as I begin my weight loss journey. Thanks!!
Tammy Kresge says
Hi there! You just need to put it in once for the correct amount of ingredients on your grocery list. I put it in everyday just so I can show what I’m eating all week. Then I adjust the amounts in the grocery list. You need to drag my menus onto your planner. So if you go to the bottom left where it says friends menu just click on my username and drag the menu you want to look at. Hope that helps.
Kim says
You probably get this question allot but where do you get the containers in the freezer picture?
Tammy Kresge says
I get those off amazon. Type in meal prep containers and there will be a huge selection.
Kendra says
What size container do you se for the oatmeal?
Tammy Kresge says
I use 16 ounce mason jars.
Edwin Madison says
Tammy, this is just an awesome post.
I have already shared it with my wife and we plan to stick to it for the next week.
Thumbs up for the nice work.
Eddy.