Make sure you read the introduction prior to reading this post.
This week I used the same formula as weeks 1-3 and got the same result. Again, as expected, breakfast and lunch are virtually the same and dinner is where we get the most variety. However, the variety with dinner does help spice up lunches a bit, which is especially nice since we are not big on deli meats for sandwiches.
Without further ado, Week 4’s menu:
Breakfast: yogurt, cereal, bagels, oatmeal, toast, eggs and waffles/pancakes (I always plan to make one of these on the weekends but we usually wind up eating cereal instead). OJ and milk to drink.
Lunch: leftovers, peanut butter soup, vegetable noodle soup, peanut butter, tuna or egg salad sandwiches, chips, carrots and fruit. I also bought one can of lentil soup, just in case. I am glad that my daughter’s daycare feeds her lunch not only because it is helping us save some money right now but because I know she gets a lot of variety in her meals.
Dinner: tortilla soup with quesedillas, fajita salad, baked ziti with homemade garlic bread and salad, szechuan chicken and vegetables with rice, speedy chicken cacciatore and mexicali turkey skillet casserole. These are all pretty complete meals, except for the baked ziti, so no sides are necessary.
Snacks: corn chips, tortilla chips, fruit (frozen and fruit cups as well as fresh pears, apples, oranges, bananas), crackers, carrots, animal crackers for my daughter’s afterschool snack, snack size cups of yogurt and ice cream
Drinks: OJ, milk (regular for the family, soy for me), pink lemonade, water, apple juice (for my daughter) and hot chocolate.
Note: I would like to thank my Weight Watchers cookbooks for providing almost all of the recipes for this week, as well as week 2 and 3.
