Magic Meal Planner

Click the ‘Recipes’ category to find cooking instructions for items in the menus below.

Saturday, August 25

Do the shopping. Eat out.

Prep for next day: put beef in red wine to marinate, chop vegis for stew

Sunday, August 26

Crock Pot Beef Stew

Prep for next day: soak rice & beans overnight in whey water

Prep for work week: chop vegetables and freeze, cook chicken stock & freeze, cut up chicken & freeze, make homemade mayonaise, use chicken from stock to make chicken salad for lunches.

Monday, August 27

Jamaican-style beans, rice, kielbasa in crock pot

Prep for next day: Put meat in fridge to dethaw

Tuesday, August 28

Hamburgers
Cucumbers/ tomatoes/ onions w/ homemade vinegrette (olive oil + balsamic vinegar + a little sugar)
Garlic/rosemary roasted potatoes

Wednesday, August 29

Fish Sticks/ fish fillets
Sauted green beans w/ garlic & onions
Mashed potatoes

Prep for next day: Put chicken & 1 quart stock in fridge to dethaw

Thursday, August 30

In the a.m.: Chop cabbage and place in crock pot, pour chicken stock over.  Start crock pot and cook on low all day.

Rosemary fried chicken
Fried apples w/ sugar & cinnamon
Crockpot cabbage

Prep for next day: Make salad dressing, put meat in fridge to dethaw

Friday, August 31

Spaghetti w/ parmesan
Tossed salad w/ homemade dressing
Toasted garlic bread