Did you ever have one of those weeks when nothing seems to go your way? That was last week for me. When things get out of control and the unexpected happens, I am glad I have meals that are prepped and will come together easily. Not only that, even though the components are ready, sometimes you have to go off the plan to make it even easier. That was also last week for me. I try not to make things worse by guilting myself about eating out and off diet when things go awry. I’m going to look at it more as comfort food; kind of like a mental health day.
The Menu
Monday – Freezer Meal: Asian Chicken, Starch- Resistant Rice, Green Beans, Broccoli
Tuesday – Keto Steak Fingers, Fried Eggplant
Wednesday – Mushroom Swiss Patty Melts, Zesty Pesto Pasta Salad (starch-resistant version), Leftover Fried Eggplant
Thursday – Popeyes Fried Chicken because my tire blew out while running errands. It was a Popeye’s kind of day.
Friday – Leftovers
Saturday – Chicken Gnocchi, Lemony Green Beans
Sunday – Cajun Shrimp Boil Small Batch
Breakfast – Overnight Green Chile Breakfast Enchiladas, Sausage and Eggs
Lunch – Leftovers, Creamy Tomato Basil Soup and Grilled Cheese
Snacks – Catalina Crunch Snack Mix, Blistered Shishito Peppers and Dip, Decadent Keto Peanut Butter Pie
Thawing
Freezer Meal: Asian Chicken
Shredded Chicken – Chicken Gnocchi
Shrimp – Cajun Shrimp Boil
Ground turkey sausage – Overnight Breakfast Enchiladas
Cubed Steak – Steak Fingers
Smoked Sausage – Cajun Shrimp Boil
Sausages – Breakfast
Chopping
Celery – Chicken Gnocchi
Onion – Chicken Gnocchi, Creamy Tomato Soup
Carrots – Chicken Gnocchi, Creamy Tomato Soup
Slicing
Slice Mushrooms – Mushroom Swiss Patty Melts
Slice Onions – Mushroom Swiss Patty Melts
Preparing
Trim Green Beans – Lemony Green Beans
Cut Cubed Steak in Strips – Steak Fingers
Make rice – Side Dish for Asian Chicken
Boil Pasta – Spicy Pesto Pasta Salad
Make Scrambled Eggs – Overnight Breakfast Enchiladas
Making Ahead
Mushroom Swiss Patty Melts
Spicy Pesto Pasta Salad
Overnight Green Chile Breakfast Enchiladas
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Decadent Keto Peanut Butter Pie
Food Preservation and Kitchen Tasks
Dehydrated onions, radishes, green peppers and strawberries
Deep-cleaned the kitchen refrigerator
Put away and prepared groceries
Freeze-dried some items in the freezer
