Meal Planning

I've started meal planning. Rather than just having an idea of what I'm going to make for dinner everyday, I've really been giving it thought. I plan out the entree as well as a side dish and I'm trying a bunch of new recipes found on Pinterest. I enjoy cooking, however, I'm not really good at it. I figure this is a way to learn.. and I have a pretty good guinea pig who will eat mostly anything.

Here's what we did last week:

 

Hot Dogs and Baked Beans

 Since I don't eat meat, I had "Protein Links". They were surprising reallllly good and tasted ALOT like what I remember hot dogs to be like hah an easy yummy dinner.

Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups & Baked Zucchini

Found both these recipes on Pinterest. I actually made the lasagna roll ups the night before and then put them in the oven when we were ready to eat them. Saved a ton of time. The only problem was, I had to share the oven with the zucchini so they didn't get all golden brown. 

Roll Ups Recipe <> Zucchini Recipe

Stir Fry & Egg Rolls

Took the easy route and bought a bag of frozen stir fry vegetables and just followed the instructions. The egg rolls on the other hand were a Pinterest recipe! I made them a little different then the recipe and I think that that's what makes the recipe so great, you can use whatever you have and make it to your liking. anddd now I have a bunch of egg roll wraps to experiment with.

Egg Roll Recipe

It was a yummy week for sure. I definitly recommend meal planning. I felt like we were eating healthier, anddd I had leftovers to bring to work for lunch the next day which I am very much a fan of.. lunch gets so expensive!