Magic Meal Planner

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

Weekend

Do the shopping.

Prep for week: Make chicken stock & a pot of vegetable soup for a dinner & lunches this week

Sunday prep for next day: Put beans in to soak, cook cabbage

Monday

In the a.m.: Rinse soaked beans and put with ham in the crock pot with enough water to cover about 1 inch. Cook all day on medium.

Brown beans in crock pot w/ ham
Stewed tomatoes
Boiled Cabbage

Notes: Freeze left over beans for future use; already cooked beans will save a lot of time next time you need them in a recipe

Prep for next day: Dethaw meat

Tuesday

Hamburgers
Vegetable soup

Wednesday

Fish Chowder
Fresh spinach sauted in butter

Prep for next day: Assemble ziti and put in fridge

Thursday

Baked Ziti
Salad w/ homemade dressing

Notes: Double the recipe and make 2 pans of ziti and freeze one for the next time you need a quick meal

Friday

Barbecue chicken thighs
Corn on the cob
Sauted green beans w/ garlic & onions