The first week of my menu planning was what I would consider a success. I managed to make meals and snacks for both Tuesday and Wednesday. The baked oatmeal muffins I made sustained me the whole week, and I even had enough to share with my room mate too, for his breakfast. I would heat up 2 or 3 (depending on the size, b/c I learned that they don't rise much) and a glass of milk, and I was good till well into the afternoon (when I would wake up, given my odd schedule). I didn't need to make the lassi or banana sushi on Thursday, I had yummy breakfast muffins.
This week I wasn't on top of things as much as I was last week (we spent the weekend out of town visiting J's family), but tonight I think I have managed to pull together a menu for the week. I originally thought of making more breakfast muffins, but I might just do an English muffin with peanut butter. I love them toasted with a glass of milk. I don't know if I will have time tomorrow to go shopping, as well as make a weeks worth of breakfast, and make lunch for work.
But the overall goal of saving cash is really being accomplished. I have now realized that not only is it saving me money by not ordering out at work, but it is also saving me money at the grocery store. I am really trying to incorporate items I already have in the pantry, freezer, or fridge. You might notice that I have had a quinoa recipe both weeks, it is because I have a big bag of it in my pantry. I am having to adapt some of the recipes so that I am not making a bunch and then they end up going to waste. Luckily there aren't a lot of things my room mate won't eat, and he is happy to eat leftovers.
I didn't want to get confused about what recipes to use, since I plan to keep this (hopefully) going more than just a few weeks. The board with my past recipes can be found here. While the board with the recipes for the current week are here.
Anycrap, no fancy pictures of food today.
<3 nik
This week I wasn't on top of things as much as I was last week (we spent the weekend out of town visiting J's family), but tonight I think I have managed to pull together a menu for the week. I originally thought of making more breakfast muffins, but I might just do an English muffin with peanut butter. I love them toasted with a glass of milk. I don't know if I will have time tomorrow to go shopping, as well as make a weeks worth of breakfast, and make lunch for work.
But the overall goal of saving cash is really being accomplished. I have now realized that not only is it saving me money by not ordering out at work, but it is also saving me money at the grocery store. I am really trying to incorporate items I already have in the pantry, freezer, or fridge. You might notice that I have had a quinoa recipe both weeks, it is because I have a big bag of it in my pantry. I am having to adapt some of the recipes so that I am not making a bunch and then they end up going to waste. Luckily there aren't a lot of things my room mate won't eat, and he is happy to eat leftovers.
I didn't want to get confused about what recipes to use, since I plan to keep this (hopefully) going more than just a few weeks. The board with my past recipes can be found here. While the board with the recipes for the current week are here.
Anycrap, no fancy pictures of food today.
<3 nik
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