Monday Meal Plan- Midterm Week

Monday Meal Plan.

Yikes.

The only way I will make it through this week is if I can make lots of plans.  I have a very loooong to-do list that I need to take care of before I can leave on Spring Break.  One of the items is to buy groceries, which, at this time, seems like a very daunting task.

I will survive!

This morning I woke up to a very lovely batch of split pea soup, magically cooked overnight in my slow cooker.  I love that thing!  Off to observe at the high school at 7:30 until I leave for class at 11:00, lunch will a breakfast of overnight oatmeal and fruit salad, I have to work on a course portfolio at school for a few hours, and be to work by 5:00.  Somewhere in there, I will buy some groceries.

Aldi’s was very good to me last week with a grocery total of $22.70, including a lot of nuts and fresh produce.  This week I will be shopping at Fareway because of their awesome sales on my favorite yogurt, frozen vegetables, and canned vegetables.

I’m keeping it simple this week with:

7 Breakfasts of: Overnight oatmeal, coffee (!), and fruit

14 other meals of:

• Cheesy rice with tuna and broccoli, not much different than last week, except I will be using rice with a flour/milk/cheese sauce using the shredded cheese that is on sale at Fareway this week.  Frozen broccoli also on sale, tuna and rice on hand.
• Split pea soup um, of course! It may seem like I eat this all of the time, but I actually didn’t have it last week.  I spent a good portion of my time dying in my bedroom, avoiding the kitchen so as not to infect my roommates, so my last week plan was shot to heck.  I have everything for this on hand, which is why I love this stuff.  It cooks overnight in my slow cooker, and all of the ingredients are fairly stable- carrots and onions keep forever (almost) so I don’t have to really plan for it.  But I am, because this is Meal Plan Monday after all.
• Cheesy rice with canned chili and broccoli, because my life is just that exciting.

Snacks will be fruit, almonds that are dirt cheap from Aldi’s, and string cheese.

Whew.

I can’t wait for next Monday’s meal plan, because there isn’t one!  Next week at this time I will be enjoying the company of Mom and her wonderful cooking, including her newest adventure in homemade yogurt.  Yum!

But first I have to make it through today.  And this week.

Here I go!

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Tagged as: Frugal Food, Meal Plan, Slow Cooker, Vegetarian