How Do You Feel About Meal Plans?

Well, how DO you feel about meal plans?

Personally I LOVE to meal plan. Yes it takes some time and Yes it can be difficult but I love knowing a whole weeks worth of meals a head of time! I get almost all of my recipes/ideas from Pinterest! What a great place to research recipes! Of course I do have to do some googling on ingredients a lot because I need to know the sugar/carb count but that's ok. It's kind of fun learning about different ingredients!

I make my meal plan and shop only for what is on my list! It makes grocery shopping so much easier and actually saves money! By  not throwing in random things and only buying what is on my list I can budget easily and shop eve easier!

I also eat my leftovers for lunch the next day!

Here is my plan for this week. Sorry it's a little late!

Breakfast for me this week every day is 2 scrambled eggs and 2 pieces of turkey bacon.
Snacks this week-AM snack-sugar free jello cup. PM snack is cheddar cheese, salami and boiled egg.

NOW onto dinner!

Monday-I had a Mexican zuccini beef skillet.  This is one of my MOST favorite go to meals! It's done in about 20 minutes! I top mine with a little cheese, taco sauce and sour cream. You can also serve it over brown rice.
Here's the recipe: Low carb zuccini beef skillet

Tuesday- I had Cream cheese chicken with bacon and green beans. This is a favorite but takes some time. It's better if you use big chicken breasts and pound them a little bit thinner so that you can really wrap the cream cheese up in there. And who doesn't like bacon?!
Here's the recipe: Cream cheese chicken wrapped in bacon

Wednesday- I had Broiled garlic chicken thighs with fresh green beans. This was REALLY good. The recipe calls for soy sauce but I didn't have any so I used teriyaki sauce and it was still good. Be aware, using your broiler causes smoke because the sauce splatters when cooking. I also bought bone in chicken thighs and removed the bones myself because they were $0.49/lb at Aldi. Next time I'll pay more for boneless LOL
Here's the recipe:Garlic broiled chicken thighs

Thursday- I am having steak with onions and mushrooms. I'd love to grill my steak but my grill is out of commission right now. Instead I'll sear it in my cast iron skillet(which I LOVE) and then broil it until done. I sautee the mushrooms and onions with some minced garlic and olive oil and voila!

Friday- I am having a Philly cheese steak foil packets! I'll let you know how this is when I write my next meal plan post! I am eliminating the potato to keep this pretty low carb.
Here is the recipe: Philly cheese steak packets

Saturday-I'm having chicken taco burgers! Chicken TACO BURGERS! I'll let you know how this is when I post my next meal plan but who doesn't love chicken and tacos!
Here's the recipe: Chicken Taco Burgers

So there ya have it. A nice healthy meal plan to keep me on track to get my diabetes under control and lose more weight!

So far I've stuck to it! Except for today.... We had a pot luck so I ate a lot of veggies, a tiny spoon of noodles, a few wheat thin crackers, a rice crispy treat and some apple snickers salad! I did pretty good if I do say so myself!

Would you like me to share my meal plans every week?  Maybe you and your family can be inspired and eat some of the same things I do!