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Meal Plan Hints & Sample
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Lunch
Lunch Hint:
recreate dinners
into yummy
leftovers to cut
down on cooking
and food bill.
 
 
Lunch Hint:
While enjoying
your leftovers,
throw dinner in the
crock-pot for later!
 
 
Lunch Hint:
Sundays are a great
day to invite friends
for lunch. Plan a  
potluck or take
turns at each
other's homes
once a month.
Dinner
Dinner Hint: Try
to cook large
dinners and create
leftovers for lunch
the following day.
 
Dinner Hint: Plan
a night out for
dinner with the
family on days with
a busy schedule.
 
Dinner Hint:
Double the recipe
on a casserole and
save the extra in
the freezer for
'one of those days'
 
Dinner Hint:
Serve rice or 'quick
to heat' vegetable
when preparing a
difficult main dish.
Dessert
Dessert Hint:
Stick with 1 or 2
homemade desserts
a week. If you go
through them
quickly have ice
cream or fruit bars
available.
 
Dessert Hint:
Never try to tackle
a complicated
dinner and dessert
in the same evening.
 
 
If you
benefited from
these hints,
contact Barbra
for more Food
Management
ideas!
 
Sample Meal Plan
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Lunch
leftovers
sandwiches, chips &
fruit
Taco Salad (family
recipe book)
leftovers
sandwiches,
pretzels & raw
veggies
Pasta & Bagged
Salad
leftovers
Dinner
Spinach Strawberry
Salad (CL 396) /
Chicken Wild Rice
Soup
Buffalo Burgers /
Unfried French
fries (K  Wint 07) /
Pineapple Slaw (CL
400)
Tomato & Spinach
Pasta (K Wint 07)
Salmon / Rice /
Green Beans
Baja Fish Tacos
(family recipe book)
Thai Thai Restaurant
Beef Stroganoff
(crock pot meal)
Dessert
Leftover Dessert
or Fresh Fruit
Decadent Triple
Layer Mud Pie
(Kraft Wint 07)
Leftover Dessert
or Fresh Fruit
Leftover Dessert
or Fresh Fruit
Banana Pudding (CL
169)
Leftover Dessert
or Fresh Fruit
Ice Cream or
Frozen Fruit Bars
 
CL - Cooking Light Magazine       K - Kraft Magazine    (list recipe book & page# under recipe for easy locating)
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