Meal Planning & New Recipes

I designated this morning as official meal planning time. I did some searching on Cooking Light to come up with a few new recipes. Also went to Pinterest and plan to actually prepare some of the healthy recipes I have pinned! What a novel idea.

Trying new recipes is something I hope will help me not get bored with the foods that I am eating. I know that portion control will be super important for me to enjoy some of these casseroles and potatoes cooked with real butter. (slurp) And I will have to exercise much restraint in "sprinkling the cheese on top of them before baking. The recipe never seems like it calls for enough cheese on top to me. :)

Here are some of the new things I'm going to try. Looks like a major carb-fest but I will be eating these things with lots of leafy greens. I think I can...I think I can....

Baked Pasta w/ Spinach & Lemon 



Ham & Gruyere Gratin 


Baked Cheese Sticks


BBQ Potatoes  Super excited to try these!

Baked Chicken Tacos 


Here's my tentative meal plan for the rest of the week. Hope this helps me stay on track. I'm headed to the grocery store today. Planning, planning, planning!


Tuesday
cereal
grilled chicken salad
bbq pork on wheat bun, cowboy potatoes

Wednesday
oatmeal
bbq pork pizza/salad
chili

Thursday
egg muffin
chili
baked pasta with spinach/grilled chicken

Friday
toast/pb/banana
leftover pasta
Ham Gruyere Gratin/salad

Saturday
egg muffin
lettuce wraps
grilled chicken, salad, baked cheese sticks

Sunday
cereal
Au Gratin/salad
chicken taquitos/chili (take to Lifeline group)

Monday
oatmeal
lettuce wraps (leftover)
grilled chicken salad

This is the week to return to my beloved tracker. I haven't decided if I am going to post it on my blog or in Facebook page yet, but posting it somewhere everyday will definitely keep me accountable.

That's all for now...