Hey everyone! I’m sooooo sorry for not posting a meal plan last week. Last week was insane and I was not ready for it. My kids and I spent the beginning of the week school shopping and organizing for back to school. That was a feat in itself and I still have more to do. Then later in the week was my birthday and it was celebration central from Thursday to Sunday. Unfortunately, I didn’t end my birthday weekend on a high note because I had a very disgusting garage/garbage disaster that I will have nightmares about for a long time. To gross to mention here so I will just say by the end of Sunday I was in no mood to cook or prep anything. Good thing I still have food in the freezer to fall back on.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about meal prep over the years it’s this…STOCK YOUR FREEZER WHEN YOU CAN! It never hurts to make a couple extra things for the freezer when you have the time and energy because I guarantee that you will feel very happy on weeks you get bombarded with life and have zero time or energy to even make a bowl of cereal. Trust me on this one.
Okay let’s get right to my meal plan because I lots of blogging work to do today.
**I’ve been a “how-to” video making queen the last couple months. So if I have a video that goes with a recipe I will share it below.
Breakfast
Slow Cooker Blueberry Banana Steel Cut Oatmeal
Make-ahead tips
- I made the oatmeal a few weeks ago and froze into individual portions. I used these glass containers for that.
Lunch
Make-ahead tips
- I made the quinoa last week and will put the salad together today.
Dinner
Turkey Zucchini Meatloaf with Feta – new recipe
Turkey Zucchini Meatballs – new recipe
Tacos
*both zucchini recipes will be posted this week.
Make-ahead tips
- I made both zucchini recipes a couple weeks ago and froze using these meal prep containers.
Snacks
hard-boiled eggs
raw almonds
small smoothies
Make-ahead tips
- I will make the smoothies 3 a time and store in the refrigerator using mason jars.
- hard-boiled eggs will be made today.
Stephanie says
Though now that I said that – I can’t find her most recent plans. Only older ones. But that is where I can at least see some!
Laurie says
Now that I’ve had a chance to dive into it, I see that her menus are sorted alphabetically by name. Her most recent ones start with OYS. . .
Hey Tammy, here’s an idea: How about naming your menus with numbers that will sort numerically. For example: 2016-08-22, etc. The most recent will be on the bottom, but at least they will be in order. Thanks for all your ideas!
Laurie says
I’m so confused, and I’ve asked this question before. I’ve been following you on Plan to Eat for more than a year, and I’m only able to see your recipes. The only menu / calendar I can ever see is my own. What is the trick for seeing your menus?
Stephanie says
Laurie – It took me FOREVER to find them as well. I’m not sure if you will see this message, but go to “Plan”, then go to “Menu”. There is an area there that says “Your Friends Menus” and you just click on that and find her.
It seriously took me almost a year to find that.
Laurie says
Holy Cow, Stephanie! That worked! I think I had never seen this section because I have several “menus” planned and so I had to scroll way down past them. THANK YOU!!!
I guess I do have to actually slide the OYS menus onto my calendar, which makes it a little crazy, but at least I can see them! THANKS AGAIN!