Meal Plans Dec 12th-18th

Weighing In: 249

Monday I weighed in at 250 so just 1 pound this week. Here's this week's meal plans with the grocery list at the bottom. Price Chopper is having a good meat sale this weekend.

Meals

Sat
Cereal(220) w/toast(100) & butter(35) -- 355
Mac & Cheese(180) & Apple(80) -- 260
Ham & Veggie Pasta(435) -- 435

Sun
Nutri-grain Bar(140), Toast(100) & butter(35) -- 275
Hot Dogs(215) w/chips(130) -- 345
Beef Mexicana(300) w/Pizza Bread(125) -- 425

Mon
Oatmeal(140) w/honey(44) & banana(80) -- 264
Sammich(230) w/Pringles(130) -- 360
Stuffed Bell Peppers(310) & jello fruit salad(150) -- 460

Tues
Cereal(220) w/toast(100) & butter(35) -- 355
Egg Salad Sammiches -- 460
Chicken Stroganoff(156) w/green beans(30) & cookies(100) -- 286

Wed
Oatmeal(140) w/honey(44) -- 184
Sammich(230) w/Pringles(130) -- 360
Cream of Veggie Soup(240) w/Pizza Bread(125) -- 490

Thurs
Cereal(220) w/toast(100) & butter(35) -- 355
Tuna Wraps(205) w/carrot(45) & ranch(15) -- 265
Leftovers Misc -- Unknown

Fri
Oatmeal(140) w/honey(44) -- 184
Hot Dogs(215) w/chips(130) -- 345
English Muffin Pizza 1.5 (195ea) w/jello fruit salad(150) -- 442

Extra
Grilled Cheese Sammich(250) & Chicken Noodle Soup(120) -- 370

Snacks
Fat Free Jello Pudding, chocolate & vanilla(80), Yogurt(110), Flavored rice cakes(50), Popcorn(140), Nutri-grain Bar(140), Crackers(120), Cheddar cheese snack(90), Cookie Pack(100)

Recipes

Ham & Veggie Pasta
From Taste of Home Tailgate Cookbook
2 cups cooked bite-sized mixed veggies like broccoli, carrots, peas
2 cups cooked spiral pasta
1/2 cup chopped, cooked ham
1/4 cup cubed cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onions
Dressing:
1/3 cup fat free mayo
1 tbl cider vinegar
1/2 tbl dijon mustard
1 minced clove of garlic
1/2 tsp dill weed
1/4 tsp pepper

In a large bowl combine veggies, pasta, ham, cheese and onions. In another bowl combine the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad and toss to coat.


Beef Mexicana
From The Starving Students' Cookbook
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 tbl onion powder or 1/4 onion sliced thin
1 tbl butter
1/2 lb ground beef or ground turkey
1/2 can whole kernel corn
1 8oz can of tomato sauce
salt, pepper to taste
splash of hot taco sauce to taste
handful of tortilla chips (topping)

In a skillet on medium heat, cook onion, garlic and butter until golden. Add beef/turkey. Stir and cook until done. Stir in all other ingredients except chips. Cover and cook 10 minutes. Crunch up tortilla chips and sprinkle on top just before serving.


Pepperoni Pizza Bread
From Gold Medal Bread Machine Recipes
3 cups flour
1/3 cup Mozzarella cheese
2 tbl sugar
1 1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 3/4 tsp yeast
1 cup + 2 tbl water
2/3 cup pepperoni

Carefully place all ingredients except pepperoni into bread machine pan. Add pepperoni at the raisin/nuts signal or 5-10 minutes before last kneading cycle ends. Select basic/white cycle and use medium or light crust color. Removed baked bread from pan and cool on wire rack.


Stuffed Bell Peppers
Modified, Original Recipe
2 large green bell peppers
1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
3 green onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 pound ground beef/turkey
1/2 can corn
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce, (1 cup), divided
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon salt, (optional)
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Cut out stem ends of bell peppers and discard. Scoop out seeds. Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a large pot and blanch the peppers until tender-crisp, about 1 minute. Drain and cool under cold running water. Set aside.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add turkey and cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, just until it loses its pink color, about 2 minutes. Drain the fat.

Transfer the turkey mixture to a medium bowl and mix in corn, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, parsley, salt (if using) and pepper. Stuff the peppers with the mixture and place them in a 2-quart casserole dish. Spoon the remaining 1/2 cup tomato sauce over the peppers. Cover and bake until the peppers are tender and the filling is heated through, 30 to 35 minutes.


Hearty Chicken Stroganoff
Modified From Grandma's Kitchen Treasured Family Recipes
1 cup cooked wide noodles
6 tbl flour, divided
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 chicken breasts, lightly pounded & cut in half lengthwise
2 tbl butter, divided
3 med mushrooms, quartered (I'm excluding this)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup white cooking wine
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup fat free sour cream
1 tsp ketchup

Mix 4 tbl flour with salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat. Heat 1 tbl butter in large skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken in the butter until just browned on both sides 6-8 minutes total. Add mushrooms and onion. Cook, stirring often, 4 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken and veggies from pan, leaving the juices. Add cooking wine and let boil for 1 min. Add remaining flour and butter and the dry mustard. Mix well then gradually stir in broth. Cook, stirring frequently for 3 minutes. Stir in sour cream and ketchup. Return chicken and veggies to pan. Cook, stirring until heated through but do not boil. Place noodles on serving platter, spoon chicken mixture over the noodles.


Cream of Veggie Soup
Modified From Taste of Home Tailgate Cookbook
1/2 cup chopped ham
3 tbl onion powder or 1/2 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup skim milk
1 cup half&half cream
1 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2.5 cups cooked mixed veggies such as broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

In a large pot over high heat, saute onion in butter until tender, add flour and stir until bubbly. Gradually add chicken broth then cook and stir until thickened about 5-7 minutes. Stir in milk, cream, basil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Add veggies reduce heat to medium-low and cook gently until heated through and thickened, about 10-15 minutes.


English Muffin Pizza
4 english muffins, sliced in half
8 tbl pizza sauce
8 tbl mozzerella cheese
16 slices of turkey pepperoni

Preheat oven to 350. On each slice of muffin put 1 tbl pizza sauce, 1 tbl cheese and 4 slices of pepperoni. Place on a cookie sheet and bake 5-10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.


Grocery List
Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything. Still new at this. x.x

List:
--Meats--
Ground beef or turkey 1lb
Deli Meat
Chicken Breasts (2 needed for this week)
Oscar Meyer Fat Free Turkey Wieners
Farmland Ham (2 4oz slices for this week)

--Baked Goods--
Sliva's Flour tortillas -medium
Save Hot Dog Buns
Save Wheat Bread
Thomas Smart Start English Muffins

--Boxed/Canned--
Ronzoni Rotini Whole Wheat Pasta
Kraft Whole Grain Mac & Cheese
Tortilla Chips
Pringles Low Fat Original
Starkist Tuna Creations (Teryaki this week)
Best Choice Whole Kernel Corn
Best Choice Tomato Sauce 8oz x2
Taco Bell Salsa
Swanson Broth (Can) Chicken Broth x2
Jello (any flavor) 1 box
Best Choice Fruit Cocktail
Best Choice Pizza Sauce
Best Choice Wide Egg Noodles

--Refrigerated--
Skim Milk
Yoplait Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt
6-pack Eggs
Best Choice Part-Skim Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Best Choice Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Belfonte Half&Half Cream
Hormel Turkey Pepperoni
Fat Free Sour Cream

--Frozen--
Old Orchard Misc Juice x4
Mixed Veggies x2

--Produce--
Bananas
Green Onions
Bell Peppers x2
Mushrooms medium x3

--Staples--
Country Crock Light Margarine
Kraft Fat Free Mayo
Cider Vinegar
Dijon Mustard
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Dill Weed
Onion Powder
Hot Sauce
Yeast
Oregano
Garlic Salt
Sugar
Flour
Parsley
Canola Oil
White Cooking Wine
Dry Mustard
Ketchup
Basil

--Snacks--
Crackers
Nutri-grain bar
Fat Free Jello Pudding
Flavored rice cakes
Popcorn
Nutri-grain Bar
Crackers
Cheddar cheese snack
100 Calorie Cookie Packs

Price Chopper Ads
Fat Free Jello Pudding 12 pack 2/$6
100 Calorie Nabisco Cookies 2/$5
Shredded Cheese 1.99 ea
Farmland Ham Buy One Get One
Swanson's Broth Chicken Broth (can) 0.99 ea
Yoplait Yogurt 10/$5
Belfonte Half&Half Cream 1.29ea