Menu for One

This week my goal is to work on my food blogging as an empty-nester.

Every week I create a menu of meals. I have done this for years. It helps with the, "I don't know what to cook" mental block on week nights. I don't usually stick to the actual plan for each day; I mix it around or eat something else as the week unfolds. But making the menu, helps with making my grocery list so that I can get all my food shopping done in one trip. I live too far out of town to make a quickie trip to the store for something forgotten.

Here's my menu for this week.

Saturday

Breakfast (295 cal): 1.25 cups Kix, 1 cup milk, and 1 med. Banana

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (430 cal): Egg salmon sandwich and strawberry salad with goat cheese

Snack (100 cal): Popcorn

Dinner (368 cal): Manhattan Crab Chowder, whole wheat dinner roll with butter spray, Simple green salad with citronette

Snack (100 cal): Diet Dessert

Sunday

Breakfast (295 cal): 1.25 cups Kix, 1 cup milk, and 1 med. banana

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (430 cal): Egg salmon sandwich and strawberry salad with goat cheese

Snack (100 cal): Popcorn

Dinner (393 cal): Shrimp with Broccoli, 1 cup brown rice

Snack (100 cal): Diet Dessert

Monday

Breakfast (275 cal): ½ cup cottage cheese, 1 cup pineapple, toast with butter spray

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (400 cal): Shrimp Cesar (no croutons but with tomato), 10 bagel chips

Snack (96 cal): 1.5 cups melon

Dinner (400 cal): Turkey Wrap (high fiber tortilla, turkey lunchmeat, 1 T light mayo, lettuce, tomato) and 200 cal macaroni and cheese

Snack (100 cal): Diet dessert

Tuesday

Breakfast (275 cal): ½ cup cottage cheese, 1 cup pineapple, toast with butter spray

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (400 cal): Shrimp Cesar (no croutons but with tomato), 10 bagel chips

Snack (96 cal): 1.5 cups melon

Dinner: Late night at work

Wednesday

Breakfast (275 cal): ½ cup cottage cheese, 1 cup pineapple, toast with butter spray

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (400 cal): Shrimp Cesar (no croutons but with tomato), 10 bagel chips

Snack (96 cal): 1.5 cups melon

Dinner (400 cal): Turkey Wrap (high fiber tortilla, turkey lunchmeat, 1 T light mayo, lettuce, tomato) and 200 cal macaroni and cheese
Snack (100 cal): Diet dessert

Thursday

Breakfast (275 cal): ½ cup cottage cheese, 1 cup pineapple, toast with butter spray

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (400 cal): Shrimp Cesar (no croutons but with tomato), 10 bagel chips

Snack (96 cal): 1.5 cups melon

Dinner: Late Night at Work

Friday

Breakfast (275 cal): ½ cup cottage cheese, 1 cup pineapple, toast with butter spray

Snack (80 cal): Cheese stick

Lunch (400 cal): Shrimp Cesar (no croutons but with tomato), 10 bagel chips

Snack (96 cal): 1.5 cups melon

Dinner (418 cal): 2 chicken fajitas, greens and oranges with balsamic vinaigrette

Snack (100 cal): Diet dessert