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Monday, 16 April 2012

Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy Menu Plan Monday: Vacation, Baby!

Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy Menu Plan Monday: Vacation, Baby!

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This week’s menu is a little bit unusual because we’re going on a surprise mini-vacation! My brother-in-law rented a time-share for the week, but can only use it half the week, so he offered the rest of the time to us. Of course, we jumped at the chance for a budget vacation, and look forward to spending some time in historic Williamsburg, VA.

Thankfully, the condo where we’ll be staying has a fully equipped kitchen (plus a grill on the grounds), so we can save lots of money (not to mention eat healthier foods) by making it all ourselves. By which I mean making it all myself. Ahem.

Instead of dragging my entire kitchen with us, and cooking all vacation long, I’m making everything in advance, freezing it, and bringing the finished product (rather than piles and piles of ingredients) with us. Kind of like a mini freezer-cooking session.

Here’s my vacation cook-ahead plan:

  • Muffins and pancakes (regular and allergen-free) and syrup individually frozen (done!)
  • Granola (done!)
  • Bread for sandwiches (half done; still have to make the allergen-free version)
  • 7-layer dip (in progress – guacamole’s done -cheating w/ a Wholly Guacamole ready-made package, sour cream is culturing, beans are halfway done, still need to make pico de gallo and taco meat
  • a ham and pasta casserole ready to pop in the oven
  • chicken breasts, cubed and marinated, ready to skewer for “shish-kabobs”
  • snacks: real food puppy chow, chocolate chip cookies, Rice Krispies treats (Hey, it’s vacation!) – I may or may not get to all of those, we’ll see.
  • canned baked beans as emergency safe food for the boys when we go out to eat

Breakfasts

  • Dry Cereal (This doesn’t happen very often, people! But I have some on hand for one reason or another and need to get rid of it.)
  • Smoothies & Toast
  • Muesli
  • Oatmeal* (courtesy of my MIL)
  • Apple Cinnamon Raisin Granola* (I used half applesauce for the cup of “liquid” and added cinnamon, dried apples and raisins)
  • Pancakes
  • Banana Chocolate Chip muffins* (I used mashed banana to replace the egg and oil, and added a few chocolate chips)

Lunches

  • Leftovers
  • Baked Potatoes
  • 7-Layer Dip*
  • Ham & Cheese Sandwiches*

Dinners

Snacks

  • Nuts, Raisins, Cranberries
  • Popcorn
  • Real Food Puppy Chow (I did use Chex cereal instead of  popcorn b/c my DH can’t eat popcorn.)
  • maybe Rice Krispies treats, we’ll see

In My Kitchen Today

  • AF Bread
  • Taco Meat
  • Ham & Pasta Casserole
  • Cookies or Brownies
  • Refried Beans (the beans are already soaked and cooked, just need to fry them up)
  • Grate Cheese
  • Coconut Milk
  • Coconut Yogurt
  • Broth

 
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