Last week’s meal plan (and how it went):
- Monday
- Lunch: Leftover pasta from Sunday dinner. Done!
- Dinner: Pork chops, bean sprouts, bok choy and rice (enough for Tuesday lunch) Nope. Roommate brought us food for Tuesday’s lunch so I decided to make something that wouldn’t give us leftovers. I made Wednesday night dinner instead: tilapia, bok choy, pea sprouts and rice.
- Tuesday
- Lunch: Leftover Monday dinner. Nope. Eating the Pad See Ew that roommate brought us. Thanks roomie!
- Dinner: Special dinner because it’s Valentine’s Day – not sure what yet. I’ll see what looks good at the supermarket today. I’m thinking some sort of steak, corn and…something. Nope. Decided to postpone V-day dinner until Wednesday night due to some gaming we do on Tuesday nights. Made Monday night’s meal: Pork chops, bean sprouts, pea sprouts and rice (needed all fast veggies because I only had about 15 minutes to cook because of gaming night).
- Wednesday
- Lunch: It’s a coworker’s birthday so we’re ordering from a Japanese restaurant. Done! Had Katsudon bowl.
- Dinner: Breaded tilapia filets, bok choy, corn and rice (vegetables may vary depending what is still good in my fridge) Nope. We were going to cook vday dinner but decided to splurge instead. We went to The Boiling Crab (it was our first time there) and it was delicious!
- Thursday
- Lunch: Subway (6″). I need to finish the fish on Wednesday (before it goes bad) and it’s not enough for lunch. Nope. Had leftovers from Tuesday night dinner: pork chops, bean sprouts, pea sprouts and rice. (I purposely made enough on Tuesday night for our dinner and lunches.
- Dinner: Ground pork, bok choy and corn (enough for G’s lunch on Friday). Done!
- Friday
- Lunch: Subway (6″ – I always get a footlong and then split it between two days). Nope. Had leftover from Wednesday’s lunch (Katsudon bowl) + some corn & bok choy from Thursday night.
- Dinner: Eating out! I don’t think I’ll be able to resist at this point. Done! Had pork chop with spicy salt, mushroom/tofu dish, and sweet and sour pork spare ribs from Chinese cafe.
- Saturday
- Lunch: Visited my mom and she made me food! Fried rice mmm.
- Dinner: Prosciutto pizza (ate out)
- Sunday
- Lunch: G made steak, eggs and hash browns. Delicious!
- Dinner: Sushi mmmm. Also had green tea tempura ice cream for dessert.
Cost of groceries for the week: $30 (this was more expensive than usual because I bought 2 ribeye steaks)
Cost of eating out for the week: $48
I’m apparently not great at following through on my meal plan – but I did manage to bring lunch every day except for Wednesday! That’s a success to me.
This week’s meal plan:
- Monday
- Lunch: Potstickers
- Dinner: Pork spare ribs, bok choy, pea sprouts and rice
- Tuesday
- Lunch: Chinese cafe leftovers
- Dinner: Slow cooked pork butt, bean sprouts, corn and rice
- Wednesday
- Lunch: Leftover pizza
- Dinner: Pork chops, gai lan, and rice
- Thursday
- Lunch: Leftover Tuesday night dinner
- Dinner: Tilapia, bok choy, pea sprouts and rice
- Friday
- Lunch: Leftover Thursday night dinner
- Dinner: Potstickers
Grocery list:
- Tilapia (1 bag)
- Bok choy (1 bunch)
- Pea sprouts (1 bag)
- Bean sprouts (enough for 4 meals)
- Pork butt (1 piece)
- Pork chops (2)
- Ground pork (2 lbs)
- Sausage (for breakfast burritos)
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anexactinglife
/ February 20, 2012I like that you include both lunch and dinner meal plans. Like you, I make extra for some dinners, to have for lunches or another day that week.
youngprofessionalfinances
/ February 22, 2012It’s so convenient to make extra – if I didn’t do that, I’d never bring my lunch!
Michelle
/ February 20, 2012I agree with the other comment, I need to make a lunch plan as well!
youngprofessionalfinances
/ February 22, 2012Initially, I was just going to make a dinner plan but it helps so much to plan for lunches!