Meal Planning

Planning a week's worth of meals is one of my least favorite things to do, and therefore, I don't do it very often!  I'm really trying to change that bad habit.  So, I've decided to give myself a deadline and share my tentative meal plan for each week here.  It's a big undertaking!  I don't know about you, but I tend to make meal decisions based on how I feel, how stressed or busy I am, or what I'm "in the mood for."  But, I feel that some of my stress will be reduced if I don't have to worry about what I'm having every meal...it will be all laid out and pretty in a chart for me to reference.  So, without further ado, here is my meal plan:

I'm not sure how well you can see this lovely screen shot of my meal plan (click on it to enlarge), but it's all there, along with references to some new recipes I'm going to try out this week!  I'm still a bit of a loss on the "Snackies!" section, but I have an e-book on healthy snacky foods that I may need to break down and try out this weekend.

Now, I'm curious to see how well I stick to this plan.  I think if I can assemble the Shepherd's Pie this weekend so it's ready to go on Monday night, I should be in pretty good shape.  I may need to do some soup cooking this weekend, as I've been eating a LOT of soup out of my freezer recently, and it's getting a little sparse!  To this plan, I still need to add my prep activities and additional cooking in order to replenish my freezer supply. However, I am way too tired at the moment to get that accomplished!  Happy meal planning to all, and to all a good night! :)