The Meal Plan

In order to grocery shop more effectively, and make sure we always have healthy food in the house, we decided that the best way to go about this would be to make a weekly meal plan. We've agreed to meet up every Monday, my husband and I, and discuss what our week is going to look like. This includes any date nights we'd like to have, when I'm working, what obligations he may have, which bills are coming up, and what we're going to eat.

I've made an interchangeable seven-day calendar on a white board on our fridge so we can write in the new meals on a weekly basis. And then once a week we'll go grocery shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables, etc, so we can always have great, nutritious, fresh foods in the house! We're going to save money, eat out less, and get healthy faster. I can't wait!


Here's a basic example of what we've come up with (keep in mind, we're starting small. This is definitely not an ideal meal plan, but this is what we think will work for us.)

Monday
Half over already, so...
Supper: Tacos - Ground beef, seasoning, cheese, tortillas, veggies, glass of milk
Night snack: A slice of bread with peanut butter and banana, glass of milk

Tuesday
Breakfast: Activia yogurt and a piece of fruit
Lunch: A healthy sandwich and an applesauce, glass of milk
Afternoon snack: Spinach salad with slices of apple and nuts
Supper: 2 slices frozen pizza, veggies, glass of milk
Night snack: Frozen yogurt with frozen fruit

Wednesday
Breakfast: Activia yogurt and a piece of fruit
Lunch: A healthy sandwich and an applesauce, glass of milk
Afternoon snack: Cottage cheese with a cut up pear
Supper: (I eat at work) Leftovers from previous nights in healthy portions, glass of milk
Night snack: A slice of bread with peanut butter and banana, glass of milk

Thursday
Breakfast: Activia yogurt and a piece of fruit
Lunch: A healthy sandwich and an applesauce, glass of milk
Afternoon snack: Spinach salad with apple slices and nuts
Supper: (I eat at work) Leftovers from previous nights in healthy portions, glass of milk
Night snack: Frozen yogurt with frozen fruit

Friday
Breakfast: Activia yogurt and a piece of fruit
Lunch: A healthy sandwich and an applesauce, glass of milk
Afternoon snack: Cottage cheese with a cut up pear
Supper: (I eat at work) Leftovers from previous nights in healthy portions, glass of milk
Night snack: A slice of bread with peanut butter and banana, glass of milk

Saturday
Breakfast: Activia yogurt and a piece of fruit
Morning snack: (has to be on-the-go form, since I'm at work.) Granola bar and an applesauce
Lunch: (I eat at work) Healthy sandwich and an applesauce, glass of milk
Afternoon snack: (I eat at work) Spinach salad with apple slices and nuts
Supper: Lasagna with frozen vegetables and a glass of milk
Night snack: Frozen yogurt with frozen fruit

Sunday
Breakfast: Activia yogurt and a piece of fruit
Morning snack: (has to be on-the-go form, since I'm at work.) Granola bar and an applesauce
Lunch: (I eat at work.) Healthy sandwich and an applesauce, glass of milk
Afternoon snack: (I eat at work) Cottage cheese with a cut up pear
Supper: Matt's surprise DATE dinner! Yay!
Night snack: A slice of bread with peanut butter and banana, glass of milk

So, yeah! Lots of repeats so we can develop some healthy habits, all of the bread is whole grain and the yogurt is healthy and probiotic! The dinners are easy so we won't revert back to our laziness and refuse to prepare them, and it's all relatively inexpensive! We'll give this a try for a week, and I'll report back about how it worked out!

Makes me hungry!