Meal planning - July 14 - 19, 2020

I am off a day with the menu planning this week because I didn't get to the store yesterday. Since we had ordered pizza on a whim one one last week, I still had a meal left, so that is what we ate. I was tired, so was more than happy to put off the meal planning and grocery shopping.

Tuesday, July 14

Meatball sandwiches
     J. was late at work tonight, so I did a cheat dinner and used frozen meatballs and jarred sauce. I cook for J., so when he is not here, my motivation is low.
Sauteed zucchini
     These zucchini were left over from last week, because we had a bunch of green beans from the garden which needed eating. The zucchini needed to be eaten so it didn't go bad.

Wednesday, July 15

Green chicken curry
     A stand-by that I chose because we once again have a lot of green beans from the garden.
Jasmine rice
Dumplings

Thursday, July 16

Homemade hamburger helper
     Easy and I had most of the ingredients on hand
Salad
     I hope I can continue to eek out the lettuce from the garden

Friday, July 17

Grilled chicken
     I had a bunch of frozen chicken thighs in the freezer
Sauteed Swiss chard
     There is a bunch of chard in the garden that needs to be used
Homemade wheat rolls
     From dough I have in the freezer

Saturday, July 18

Sausage risotto
     This was a request from various children. I have sausage in the freezer and lots of arborio rice from the good sale I found a couple of weeks ago.
Salad

Sunday, July 19

Onion, bacon, and goat cheese pasta
     A favorite, and I still have goat cheese in the freezer from the wholesale order
Salad

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