Meal Planning, 1/20-1/26

English: Chef Pepín Slow Cooker (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As part of my foodie resolutions for 2013, I thought I would post whenever I manage to do actual meal planning or freezer cooking. This should keep me accountable to myself for making progress on this goal, and help me remember past plans, what worked and what didn’t, and what I can replicate in other weeks of the year. I also think keeping better track of what I make for the family will help me see patterns (what works for us, what usually doesn’t) and track changes I want to make.

For this week, here’s what I’m making:

Breakfast:

Double batch of pumpkin muffins, possibly adding chocolate chips

Lunches:

Sophie and Lucy: mini pizzas and potato/chocolate chip cookies (I’ll pack myself cookies too, most likely)
Jackie: baked potato soup, modified by adding some chopped/steamed broccoli
Husband is welcome to share my soup, but will probably make himself rice and beans or pack leftovers

Dinner:

Sunday: Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork sandwiches
Monday: Chicken and Rice Casserole
Tuesday: Chicken-Spinach Pasta Bake, subbing ground turkey for chicken and fresh for frozen spinach, as suggested in the comments
Wednesday: leftovers
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: Homemade Pizza

To go with meals/lunches: Cheddar Biscuits, though I make them with Colby-Jack cheese instead

Notes:

With this meal plan, I’m taking advantage of Monday being a holiday to make something with a little more cooking time, and planning for no cooking on Wednesday and Thursday, which are the longest days of the week due to Lucy’s art and ballet classes. The slow cooker pork BBQ sandwiches should make a good gameday dinner, since there’s a big playoff football game, and also keep the oven free so I can get a lot of the baking and/or soup making done. Three of the dinner recipes are new, as well as the soup recipe, while all others are ones I’ve tried and liked before.