Weekly Menu 2 - Chicken Tacos and Taco Salad

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 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

And here is week #2's menu from the monthly shopping trip:

Breakfast	VenusCrossing PB&J Protein Oats 313 cals – 25 g carbs – 10 g fat – 31 g protein
Lunch	4 oz chicken breast, cooked in crockpot with Rotel and taco seasoning 2 corn tortillas Handful of baby carrots 245 cals – 28g carbs – 4g fat -26g protein
Snack	Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Caramel Bar 190 cals – 17g carbs – 6g fat – 20 g protein
Dinner	4 oz 90% lean hamburger, cooked with taco seasoning 1/4 cup black beans ¼ white rice, cooked 1 cup baby spinach 2 tbsp plain Greek yogurt 2 tbsp salsa 391 cals – 22g carbs – 14g fat – 41g protein
Dessert	½ cup strawberries, sliced ½ cup 2% cottage cheese, unpacked 126 cals – 10 g carbs – 2 g fat – 16 g protein
TOTALS	1265 cals – 102 g carbs – 36g fat – 154g 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.

We just picked 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&J Protein Oats

313 cals – 25 g carbs – 10 g fat – 31 g protein

Recipe HERE

I blended the oat water with spinach before cooking in the picture above. 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: Chicken Tacos

4 oz chicken breast, cooked in crockpot with Rotel and taco seasoning

2 corn tortillas

Handful of baby carrots

245 cals – 28g carbs – 4g fat -26g protein

SNACK: Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Caramel Bar

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

See the above image, I buy these in bulk at Sam's Club with two others in the variety pack. They are really good!

DINNER: Taco Salad

4 oz 90% lean hamburger, cooked with taco seasoning

1/4 cup black beans

¼ white rice, cooked

1 cup baby spinach

2 tbsp plain Greek yogurt

2 tbsp salsa

391 cals – 22g carbs – 14g fat – 41g protein

DESSERT: Cottage cheese with Strawberries

½ cup strawberries, sliced

½ cup 2% cottage cheese, unpacked

126 cals – 10 g carbs – 2 g fat – 16 g protein

We buy the large tubs of cottage cheese, and buy frozen sliced strawberries. I defrost them in the microwave for about 30 seconds before mixing with my cottage cheese.

Next week, I will share weekly meal plan #3 for the month!

X- Liss