What's Happening in the Kitchen?

I rarely report back what we had have for meals in the week, mostly because I forget. But this week I actually tracked what we ate and what we have going into the following week

Here was the plan:

• Sunday-leftover pork loin, sliced thin in gravy with rice, corn, and crescent rolls
• Monday-Homemade breaded Italian Chicken strips with  parmesan potato wedges 
• Tuesday- Crock Pot three cheese pasta prima vera
• Wednesday- Rice and bean burritos/ bowls with pepper jack cheese
• Thursday- Chicken stir fry vegetables and broccoli rice
• Friday- Leftovers or a take and bake pizza (new shop)
• Saturday- Leftovers or Take and Bake pizza depending on what we did Friday

And here's what we ate:

• Sunday-leftover pork loin and mac and cheese for DH, made a veggie curry and rice for DD1 and myself
• Monday-Crock Pot three cheese pasta prima vera, salad
• Tuesday- Pork loin sliced with BBQ ( to finish it up), rice an broccoli side dish
• Wednesday- Rice and bean burritos/ bowls with pepper jack cheese
• Thursday- DH was hungry for pulled BBQ chicken, so made two large breasts, shredded and added $7 to my  spending by buying buns, tator tots, and sauce. It was pretty good though.
• Friday- I went a different route home so didn't swing into Aldi, but instead stopped at Papa Murphy's, used a $5 off coupon for a family size  pizza. Leftover will be eaten by DH Sunday.
• Saturday- We really didn't have much for leftovers as we were eating for lunches. I wasn't feeling well so DH reheated the leftover chicken and tots from Thursday. 

There was so much more pork loin left from the previous Thursday-more than I thought, so we got two meals out of it. I would have liked to try the egg roll in a bowl, but it would have meant a trip to the store, plus I didn't master the darn pot yet. DH was really hungry for mac and cheese on Sunday, and I was in the mood for curry and since DD1 was going to come over for the game and try and help me figure out the Instapot, I had a perfect reason to make a batch-which meant  two lunches left even after sending a couple portions home with her. I now there are rules for leftovers and I'm sure I pushed it with the pork, at five days between Thursday the 7th and Tuesday the 12th, but it was fine. What are your rules?

Plans this week include

• Sunday-Fall birthday meal at Sister-in-laws, bringing a green salad and a jello salad 
• Monday- breaded chicken, stove top stuffing, mashed potatoes, and corn (specifically to have two meals of leftovers for DH, lunch and a supper)
• Tuesday- I'm travelling so DH will be fend for himself from leftovers or choice of frozen options-pizza, sliders, pot pie, Hot pocket, or Chimichanga
• Wednesday- DH, fend for himself
• Thursday- DH, fend for himself
• Friday- leftovers from Monday if DH didn't eat, or Chicken lo Mein and egg rolls
• Saturday- probably a pasta dish

Not the healthiest but I also bought a bag of salad for him to round out any of the frozen meals. There is also a portion of soup in the freezer, deli meats, cheese, and tortillas for wraps. I also prepared a couple chicken breasts and sliced them for easy meals. I don't know what he might eat for lunches and what for supper, but I bought many options on Friday in my weekly stop. so hopefully he'll feel like he has options.