Menu Plan Monday: Week of April 9, 2012

Not So Successful Freezer Asset Week

One of the best reasons to participate in once a month cooking is to build up a plethora of freezer assets (prepared or ready to cook meals) to have available to make your daily meal prep easier.  The additional benefit is that you will have several meals stocked away in case of emergencies such as sickness, busy schedules or other unforeseen circumstances.  Unfortunately, building up freezer assets takes a while when one of these emergencies interrupts a once a month (or twice a month) cooking session, which is exactly what happened this month.

I've been struggling with a kidney stone which means a lot of pain, and a lot of sleep due to the pain medication.  Given this, almost none of my cooking session went as planned, and instead of two weeks of freezer meals that are quick and easy to prepare, I have a few parts of some meals that will help with nightly dinners, but not really fill the plate for a whole week, especially because it's a lot of big batch cooking which means we'd have to eat the same thing every day that week.

So, we're now stuck having to cook every day this week, which is not terribly desirable considering that I started full-time training for a new job today so I'm completely exhausted by the time I get home.  I'm trying to double up on prep to get a head start on some of these meals, but most of them will be prepared daily.

Monday: Cheddar Burgers, green beans, starch side
Tuesday: Bruschetta Chicken Bake, broccoli
Wednesday: Cheesy Beef Stuffed Shells, salad, breadsticks
Thursday: Ten-Spice Chicken, couscous, peas
Friday: Shredded Pork Taquitos, black beans and rice
Saturday: Take Out (Bi-weekly shopping day and cooking session prep)
Sunday: Slow-Cooker Beef Stew, home-baked French bread

I'm still working on getting the links for all the recipes added.  They'll be up by next week's post.  For more menu plans and recipes, visit Menu Plan Monday @ www.orgjunkie.com.

Have a great week, everyone!