Weekly Meal Plan 4 - Omelet and Steak

So this round of monthly grocery shopping, the husband and I decided to prep for a week at a time instead of changing the menu out daily throughout the week which is what we did last month. See last month's meal plan HERE.

So we bought for 4 different weeks but the meals within the week stay the same, although 1 day each week I take a maintenance day at 1900 cals.

We thought this would be a good experiment to try out and learn from and would make prep time a snap.

You see, we have two kids who are involved in sports, church, and music. Every night of the week (almost) one or the other has an practice or meeting. I usually have time to cook, but sometimes it gets a bit hectic.  The idea of getting it all ready to go ahead of time and then just grabbing to eat together sounded really nice!

You can see week #1's meal plan HERE

You can see week #2's meal plan HERE

HERE is week #3's menu

Finally, below is week #4 menu:

Breakfast	VenusCrossing PB Cup Protein Shake with PB2 and Spinach 205 cals – 11 g carbs – 6 g fat – 31 g protein
Lunch	VenusCrossing High Protein Hashbrown Omelet 379 cals – 23g carbs – 11g fat -41g protein
Snack	Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Caramel Bar 190 cals – 17g carbs – 6g fat – 20g protein
Dinner	4 oz marinaded and cubed eye of round steak, braised in the crockpot 1/2 cup cooked white rice 1 cup baby spinach 329 cals – 31g carbs – 3g fat – 50g protein
Dessert	½ cup strawberries, sliced 1 cup plain, fat-free Greek yogurt Stevia to taste 144 cals – 15 g carbs – 0g fat – 24g protein
TOTALS	1250 cals – 86g carbs – 26g fat – 166g protein

I also have coffee with a tbsp of creamer in the morning as well as a couple of other supplements with a few calories, of course since those are personal preference I did not include those here. My husband eats more than I do, so he adds more of everything (especially high fat like cheese and nut butters) to his meals making them about double mine in calories, along with more snacks.

How this works

We just picked a a few meals we really like and are going to rotate through them for the month. Basically 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 snacks, 4 dinner, and 4 dessert options. We spent $503.37 for everything this month including extra options for our kids and household items like dog treats.

BREAKFAST: VenusCrossing PB Cup Protein Shake with PB2 and Spinach

205 cals – 11 g carbs – 6 g fat – 31 g protein

Recipe HERE

We buy the big containers of fresh spinach at Sam's Club. I freeze the spinach before it turns bad and continue using it frozen.

LUNCH: VenusCrossing High Protein Hashbrown Omelet

379 cals – 23g carbs – 11g fat -41g protein

Recipe HERE

I added a cup of spinach to my omelet to up the greens, it adds about 8 calories. I also like to top my omelet with 2 tbsp of ketchup which adds 30 cals.

SNACK: Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Caramel Bar

190 cals – 17g carbs – 6g fat – 20g protein

We buy these in bulk at Sams.

DINNER: Steak and Rice

4 oz marinaded and cubed eye of round steak, braised in the crockpot

1/2 cup cooked white rice

1 cup spinach

329 cals – 31g carbs – 3g fat – 50g protein

We cubed the steak and put into the crockpot topped with a little all purpose marinade. We like Plum Creek marinade, but any all purpose meat marinade will work. Cook on high for 2-4 hours. This would be great stir fried up in a wok but alas I never did it ;)

DESSERT: Plain fat free Greek Yogurt with Strawberries

½ cup strawberries, sliced

1 cup plain fat free Greek yogurt

Stevia to taste

144 cals – 15 g carbs – 0g fat – 24g protein

We buy frozen sliced strawberries. I defrost them in the microwave for about 30 seconds before topping my yogurt.

X- Liss