Happy
Sunday! This is week seven (7) of sharing my weekly dinner plans since launching The Skinnytaste Meal Planner. I’ve had such positive feedback from all of you that I will be doing this every Sunday.
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I mentioned last week I started tracking my points on Weight Watchers again and it’s been going great. They’ve invited me to be a part of something very special but it’s all top secret so I can’t talk about it yet… but all good things are coming soon!
I
usually do all my food shopping on Sundays, but you can do what works
best for you. Leftovers are often eaten the next day if the meal is
large or packed up for everyone’s lunch. If you would like to see some of the previous weeks, here they are:
Dinner Plan Week 1
Dinner Plan Week 2
Dinner Plan Week 3
Dinner Plan Week 4
Dinner Plan Week 5
Dinner Plan Week 6
Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 7)
This makes a lot, I will freeze the extra for another night.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Produce:
- 4 sweet potatoes (medium)
- 2 small spaghetti squash
- 1 red bell pepper
- red onion
- fresh cilantro
- scallions
- 2 yellow onions
- 1 carrot
- 3 stalk celery
- Cremini mushrooms (8oz sliced)
- 2 medium potatoes
- 1 lb butternut squash
- 1/4c shallots, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2c baby spinach
Grocery:
- Olive oil
- 2 cans black beans
- Mild or spice salsa
- Canned diced tomatoes with mild green chilies (14.4 oz)
- Chicken broth (14.4 oz)
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes (I prefer Tuttorosso)
- White wine (1/4c) optional
- 1/4c flour
- 2c turkey stock
- Turkey Better n Boullion (1t or more to taste)
- 10oz pasta
Herbs/spices:
- taco seasoning
- paprika
- cumin
- Kosher salt
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Cayenne pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- black pepper
- fresh parsley
- 4 sage leaves
Meats
- 1 1/2lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1lb 95% lean beef
- cooked turkey breast (16 oz) 11oz (4 links) spicy chicken Italian sausage
Dairy
- Greek yogurt (FF) or light sour cream
- Reduced fat Mexican cheese blend (1/2c)
- Butter (1t)
- fat free milk (4c)
Frozen
- Frozen corn (8oz)
- Frozen peas and carrots (8oz)
Made the Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken for last night's dinner. It is so good.
Awesome, we love it 🙂
Cool! I'm a Weight Watcher and I've recommended this website many times at my meetings. Can't wait to see what you'll be doing.
Thank you Bess!
Gina – this looks great! It is usually so hard to meal plan around a big holiday such as Thanksgiving so I really appreciate your use of leftovers the next day. How much of your meals do you prepare in advance?
Wonderful, because I am home I don't often prepare in advance, but when I am going out of town I make a few meals on weekends for the family to heat up.
Gina, I love the weekly plans. Sometimes I can only make 1 or 2 of the items on your weekly plan, but I love that you introduce me to recipes I wouldn't have picked out myself. For example, tonight I made the pasta with butternut sauce and spicy sausage. It was truly decadent and rich, but was so fast and easy without lots of ingedients!
Thanks Lindsay, I am so happy you tried something you wouldn't have chosen! We love that dish 🙂
Gina, This is fantastic! Thank you so very much! What are your typical breakfasts and lunches?
Lately I'm on a smoothie kick or hard boiled eggs. Lunch is usually leftovers or something new I am creating.
Thank you so much!
My Pleasure!
I love your crockpot meals!
Here's my plan for the week:
http://www.livehalffullblog.com/2015/11/22/weekly-meals-1122/
Thanks for sharing!
I mention your recipes at my WW meeting. Hopefully, they're going to get onboard with you!!
Thank you!