Weekly Meal Plan: 2/27-3/4

Last week’s meal plan (and how it went):

• Monday 
  • Lunch: Potstickers – Done!
  • Dinner: Pork spare ribs, bok choy, pea sprouts and rice – Done! Except I used corn instead of pea sprouts because I bought extra bok choy this week since it was on sale (and didn’t buy pea sprouts).
• Tuesday
  • Lunch: Chinese cafe leftovers – Nope. I brought it but work provided breakfast today so I was too full to eat lunch – so I just ate a little more of the free breakfast instead.
  • Dinner: Slow cooked pork butt, bean sprouts, corn and rice – Done! Except I used pork belly instead of pork butt because it was on sale and they didn’t have anymore pork butt anyway. I also used bok choy and a mix of corn and snap peas.
• Wednesday 
  • Lunch: Leftover pizza – Nope. Chinese cafe leftovers I was supposed to eat on Tuesday. 
  • Dinner: Pork chops, gai lan, and rice – Nope. We still had leftover pork belly so I made the same dinner as Tuesday night. I’m proud of this because I was so close to going to In ‘N Out – my guilty pleasure.
• Thursday 
  • Lunch: Leftover Tuesday night dinner – Nope. Brought the leftover pizza. 
  • Dinner: Tilapia, bok choy, pea sprouts and rice – Nope. Had In N Out. Whoops.
• Friday
  • Lunch: Leftover Thursday night dinner – Nope. Leftover Wednesday night dinner.
  • Dinner: Potstickers – Done!
• Saturday
  • Lunch: New York style pizza
  • Dinner: Garlic shrimp pasta at Grand Lux in Vegas
• Sunday
  • Lunch: Patty melt, chili cheese fries and a shake
  • Dinner:  Mozzarella sticks from Jack in the Box (quick snack when we were driving home because we had a late lunch)

We had a spur of the moment Vegas trip so Saturday and Sunday were very unplanned. However, G paid for my dinner Saturday night which cut down costs considerably – although I paid for our other 3 meals. Still, for Vegas, this is very little money to spend on food. I’m happy with this! 

This week’s meal plan:

•  Pork butt (1 piece)
• Pea sprouts (1 bag)
• Ground pork (2 pounds)
• Green beans (1 bag)
• Bok choy (1 bundle)
• Green onion (1 bundle)
• Sweet Thai chili sauce (I use this as dipping sauce for the potstickers)

I have leftover groceries from last week (hence Monday’s dinner) so I shouldn’t need to buy that much. Last week was more expensive because I bought the ingredients for the breakfast burritos which are actually working out really well. I’m hoping not to spend that much on food this week.