Excited as I am for the Meatless Meals Freezer Cooking Challenge, I’ve not done one thing to prepare for it. We’ve been at soccer games all weekend long with not an extra moment to spare in the kitchen. In fact, I’m barely scraping meals together. Sunday lunch today was none other than tuna salad on tortillas (with mixed greens stuffed in), eaten in the five minutes we had between church and a soccer game. Shin guards and cleats were flying, let me tell you.
My goal is to (sleep and) hit the challenge hard on Monday morning, then just do a little at a time throughout the week. Since the plan is to cook for this week’s meals along with making extra for the freezer, you’ll see many of the challenge meals sprinkled throughout my menu plan.
If you need a new easy meal idea, I recommend Italian Cream Cheese Chicken. :)
Sunday, May 4
Strawberry shortcake
Tuna salad on tortillas, mixed greens, sweet peppers, raspberries
Small group – grilled hot dogs and brats, potato salad and other sides people bring
Monday, May 5
Peanut butter pancakes, scrambled eggs, bananas
Bean and cheese burritos, fresh pineapple, sweet peppers
Meatless spaghetti pie (recipe in {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook), tossed salad, green beans
Tuesday, May 6
Crock pot breakfast casserole, creamy orange cooler
Baked mac and cheese cups (recipe in {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook), peas, fruit and kefir smoothies with spinach tossed in
Lasagna casserole, tossed salad, roasted asparagus, honey glazed carrots
Wednesday, May 7
Strawberry cream muffins, fried eggs
Calzones, pineapple mango smoothies, cucumbers with ranch
Italian cream cheese chicken, tossed salad, steamed broccoli and carrots
Thursday, May 8
Oatmeal breakfast bars, raspberries
Hamburger sauerkraut dip with chips, kiwi, blackberries
Orange chicken, baked potatoes, green beans, tossed salad
Friday, May 9
Poptarts, blueberries
Chicken tacos, tomatoes and lettuce, olives, cantaloupe
Chili mac, tossed salad, peas
Saturday, May 10
Cheesy scrambled eggs, pears
Leftovers
Grilled barbeque chicken, creamy coleslaw, cucumbers and carrots with ranch, watermelon
Have you used the grill yet this season?
This whole menu looks delicious!!!
Just wanted to tell you that your Italian Cream Cheese Chicken is one of our families all time favorites! Seriously, we all love it! There are 7 of us so finding something we all like is hard sometimes! :)
We’ve used our grill many times already this season! Just yesterday we did roasted potatoes on the grill and some naan to go with our homemade hummus! Yum!
Mmmm your menu looks yummy!!! I will have to try the Italian Cream Cheese Chicken… it looks and sounds so good! This is probably a silly question with an obvious answer, but when you say cream, what are you referring too? :)
Thank you!
Cream is just regular table cream you can buy in the dairy section at your grocery store. :)