Menu Plan

Last week's menu plan was an awesome success.  I didn't always eat everything in order, but we stuck to the plan and stayed with in budget.  This week was a huge pork sale at the grocery store.  Pork was half price, so I bought a huge 7 pound loin, and a roaster to make pulled pork out of.  We're not typically such heavy pork eaters, but the deal was too good to pass up.  We decided to cut up the big 7 pound loin into 3 pieces, roughly 2 and a quarter pounds each.  That boils down to just about 8 bucks a meal for meat for a family of four.

Let's hope we can do it again!


Monday: Shepherd's Pie

Tuesday: Pulled Pork, with a side salad

Wednesday: Cubed steak with capers (we didn't get to it last week), sautéd mushrooms

Thursday: Garlic Balsamic Pork Loin, with roasted carrots (I want sweet potatoes, but I can't just yet!)

Friday: Leftovers!

Saturday: Citrus Pork Tenderloin

Sunday: Leftovers!


Shopping List:
1 pound of ground beef
carton of eggs
celery
Pork, pork, and more pork


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Meal Plan -- New Years!

I hope everyone's had a wonderful holiday season so far.  It's back to the grind this week.  We're done stuffing ourselves full of stuff we normally wouldn't eat.  We're back to trying our very best to keep our weekly food budget under $120, or even under $100...all while being grain free.

Here is our plan for the week:

Monday: Baked chicken with Roasted Winter Vegetables

Tuesday: Roasted Cauliflower Soup with buttered biscuits

Wednesday: Paleo Turkey Hash

Thursday: Deer Chili (with leftover biscuits!)

Friday: Butterflied leg of lamb with leftover winter vegetables

Saturday: Cubed Steak with Caper Sauce and buttered cauliflower

Sunday: Leftovers/Breakfast


I'm adding a shopping list, which strangely doesn't coordinate with this list of recipes for the week.  Most of the meals we picked this week are of meats and things already in our fridge.  I will post the amount of money spent this week on food, and any extra money will go to buy meats on sale which I will also list.

Shopping List:
Eggs
Capers
Milk
Romain Lettuce
Cauliflower
tomato paste
parsnips
bacon
American Cheese
Hot dogs

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Menu Plan

Last week we forgot to list our menu plan, but we had one.  We went over budget too.  Man we suck at this.  We've extended our budget this week to $120 bucks.

The financial hits don't stop coming, seriously.  We had our oil topped off in our house this week.  That was $500!!  I had to get new glasses, that was $400 bucks!  Hubs car is now making noise, that will be who in GODS name knows how much but we just don't have it.  *sigh*

The kids are at grandma's until Tuesday, so the major meals we'll begin on Tuesday.  Also, chicken is on sale this week at the store, it's not organic, but this week...it will have to do.

Here's our dinner list:


Monday: Solo dinner for me, Rack of lamb (I know it sounds glamorous but seriously it's less than 1/4 a pound of meat.  It's been sitting in our fridge for a few months,  a freebie from our meat CSA we had over the summer.)

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie

Wednesday: Chicken Fajita Burritos

Thursday: Deer Stew

Friday: Italian Sausage and Spaghetti Squash

Saturday: Party at friend's house, yay!!

Sunday: Roast Chicken and Veggies


Recipes of note:  I found a Venison Bulgogi recipe that looks amazing, and I'd like to tweak it to make it primal. I haven't had Bulgogi in YEARS, but I love it. Traditionally it's served on lettuce, so I can swap out the buns...but I need to think on the rice and soy, see if I can sub something else.

Menu Plan Monday

We've run smack into the wall when it comes to money and our budget.  We are looking everywhere to tighten our belt loops so we don't drown.  One way of doing this is organizing all of our spending including food.

Things we're not willing to compromise on right now is eating organically and primally.  We've set a budget of $100 each week for a primal family of four.  We're doing this by stocking up on things that are on sale, using what we have and ignoring last minute cravings for specific food, and sticking to the plan.

This week, we spent about 60 bucks to fill in the spaces for what we didn't already have.  It's easy to do though the week after thanksgiving.  Our lunches will be leftover turkey, and a turkey stew I made on Sunday.  Dinners will be the variety listed below. :)


Monday: Turkey Stew, left over Turkey
Tuesday: Taco Salad
Wednesday: Morrocan Lamb Meatballs
Thursday: Breakfast
Friday: Bratwurst and cooked carrots
Saturday: Butterly Lamb
Sunday: Leftovers

All meals will have a salad.  Here's my favorite link of home made dressing!

Some of this weeks snacks will include:
Primal Almond Butter Pumpkin Brownies
Banana Bread

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Menu Plan

Hubs is doing great on his final stretch of his 21 day challenge. He'll be finished this Saturday, and can move into phase two. He's lost about 15 pounds in these two weeks...makes me kind of sick honestly. I don't think I lost 15 pounds in two weeks. In his two weeks, I've lost 2 pounds...but then again, I've been at this for months. The last few pounds is the hardest.

Mike has also gotten to the point where he's skipping meals.  Lunch will often be a handful of nuts, or a protein shake.  As suggested in the primal diet, 3 square meals are not always happening.  We eat when we're hungry, and if we're not hungry...we just don't eat.  Dinner is the fun meal, we get creative and try new recipes.  On the weekends, we experiment with breakfast and since beginning on Saturday hubs won't be on the 21 day challenge any more we can try some sweeter things.

Monday:
Breakfast: Eggs and diced ham
Lunch: Protein/Electrolyte Shake
Dinner: Steak and Mushrooms

Tuesday:
Lunch: Chicken Salad
Dinner: Out--  Daughter has an audition this night!!

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Walnut Porridge
Dinner: Pulled Pork

Thursday:
Breakfast: Primal Cereal
Lunch:
Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie

Friday:
Dinner: Primal Chili

Saturday:
Breakfast: Vanilla Pancakes
Dinner: Out!!

Sunday:
Dinner: Chicken Tikka Masala

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