I went grocery shopping today and decided to actually do some cooking and prep for the week. I find that when I get home from work I'm often too tired to cook much, and by the end of the week, I find that I haven't used most of what I bought and have to throw stuff out.
Today I decided to make my sandwiches ahead of time and freeze them. Lunch meat and mustard on a bun wrapped in foil wrap freezes and thaws very well. It's easy to just grab a wrapped sandwich out of the freezer the night before when I'm prepping my lunch.
I also made some tomato bisque soup which I froze into individual servings for easy lunches.
I always struggle with breakfast during the week. As a result of typically take a Glucerna meal replacement of oatmeal to work. And when I get tired of that, I end up buying something. So tonight I got a head start on breakfast so that I can have something varied.
1. Sliced some bagels so they are ready to use.
2. Cooked and froze some sliced bacon so that I can pull some out the night before
3. tomorrow I plan on making some hard boiled eggs
4. tomorrow I plan on making a pot of steel cut oats and freezing it into individual servings; again for easy grabbing. Just add fruit and milk.
Plus I put on a slow cooker of chicken thighs and veggies. I don't plan on thickening it, but it will be a stew/soup that I will be freezing into servings tomorrow. So that will be easy to grab for dinners.
Tomorrow I plan on making some taco meat and freezing it into meals so that I can thaw for taco dinners or taco salads.
Breakfasts this week and next will be varied as planned:
1. Steel cut oats with either berries or banana
2. Bagel and cream cheese with tomato slices and fruit
3. Bagel and cream, hard boiled egg and bacon and fruit
4. Raisin bread (not homemade), egg and bacon and fruit
I also want to make some beef barley soup, but I think I'll do that on Wednesday.
Today I decided to make my sandwiches ahead of time and freeze them. Lunch meat and mustard on a bun wrapped in foil wrap freezes and thaws very well. It's easy to just grab a wrapped sandwich out of the freezer the night before when I'm prepping my lunch.
I also made some tomato bisque soup which I froze into individual servings for easy lunches.
I always struggle with breakfast during the week. As a result of typically take a Glucerna meal replacement of oatmeal to work. And when I get tired of that, I end up buying something. So tonight I got a head start on breakfast so that I can have something varied.
1. Sliced some bagels so they are ready to use.
2. Cooked and froze some sliced bacon so that I can pull some out the night before
3. tomorrow I plan on making some hard boiled eggs
4. tomorrow I plan on making a pot of steel cut oats and freezing it into individual servings; again for easy grabbing. Just add fruit and milk.
Plus I put on a slow cooker of chicken thighs and veggies. I don't plan on thickening it, but it will be a stew/soup that I will be freezing into servings tomorrow. So that will be easy to grab for dinners.
Tomorrow I plan on making some taco meat and freezing it into meals so that I can thaw for taco dinners or taco salads.
Breakfasts this week and next will be varied as planned:
1. Steel cut oats with either berries or banana
2. Bagel and cream cheese with tomato slices and fruit
3. Bagel and cream, hard boiled egg and bacon and fruit
4. Raisin bread (not homemade), egg and bacon and fruit
I also want to make some beef barley soup, but I think I'll do that on Wednesday.