Two words: Weight Watchers. I get 23 POINTS a day. I adapted these menus from the 7-Day, 4-Weeks Menu Planner in the 2008 Weight Watchers Annual Recipes for Success cookbook. Each day I should get 2 servings of dairy and at least 5 servings of fruits/veggies.
I won’t limit the kids as far as portions go, but I’m stocking the house with healthier snacks instead of chips and cookies. It’s time for all of us to eat better!
Monday:
Breakfast- Quaker Oat Bran cereal, skim milk, coffee with fat free half n half and splenda
Snack- 1/2 cup canned peaches (in juice)
Lunch- Asian Chicken Salad (greens, snow peas, edamame, mandarin oranges, water chestnuts, chow mein noodles, lowfat sesame ginger dressing), 1 cup grapes
Dinner- Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops, roasted new potatoes, broccoli
Snack- Fiber One bar, 8 oz. skim milk
Tuesday:
Breakfast- Weight Watchers English muffin, light stick butter, all fruit spread, 8 ounces V Fusion juice, coffee
Snack- Light nonfat yogurt
Lunch- Campbell’s Minestrone soup, lowfat whole wheat crackers, canned peaches
Dinner- Grilled Fish (whatever’s on sale), boil-in-bag rice, steamed yellow and green beans, skim milk
Snack- 94% fat-free microwave popcorn
Wednesday:
Breakfast- Cheerios, blueberries, skim milk, coffee
Snack- Yogurt
Lunch- Turkey, cheese, lettuce and tomato on reduced-cal wheat bread
Dinner- Hamburgers (extra lean beef) on reduced cal buns, lettuce and tomato, with corn and oven fries
Snack- apple, string cheese
Thursday:
Breakfast- Whole egg plus egg beaters scrambled, with cheese slice on toasted WW English muffin, coffee
Snack- canned pears in juice
Lunch- Bean burrito (high fiber tortilla with fat free refried beans, sprinkle of cheese, chopped onion, salsa), light nonfat yogurt
Dinner- Chicken breasts with barbecue sauce, mashed potatoes, steamed green beans, skim milk
Snack- 94% fat free popcorn
Friday:
Breakfast- Cheerios, banana slices, skim milk, coffee
Snack- baby carrots, light ranch dip
Lunch- Lean Cuisine, sliced strawberries with nonfat vanilla yogurt
Dinner- Pizza Night (thin crust, ham & pineapple topping), baby carrots
Snack- Baked tostito scoops, layered bean dip (fat free refried beans mixed with fat free sour cream, topped with refrigerated guacamole, salsa, shredded reduced fat 4 cheese blend, tomato, green onions)
Saturday and Sunday:
Finish up all the leftovers!
What are you making this week? You can post your menu and see lots more at I’m an Organizing Junkie!
Nice healthy menu. Really, a very balanced one. Specially good for reducing a bit of weight. I am impressed.
It’s great that you’re eating healthier. I’ve started trying to eat healthier as well. For example, switching to turkey bacon and sausage and eating sherbet instead of ice cream (I think sherbet is healthier).
Eric- Thanks! Now I just have to STICK to it :)
Chrystal- Just watch for sherbet that contains dairy, it can have as much fat as ice cream!
Great to see :) I’m starting back on WW this week, so this was nice to see a filling, healthy, exciting menu plan to encourage me that I will be a-okay sticking to my points :) I get 22 a day, so this just about the perfect mix for me, too.
Cool menu & healthy too.
Enjoy….
You mention healthy snacks.
I find that dried fruit a great alternative to other snacks, still probably not 100% healthy, all that sugar but a step in the right direction.
Also nuts and seeds but it’s harder to get the kids to eat these.
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I’m pretty jealous you are eating cheerios. I haven’t gone to the store yet to pick some up and I’ve been craving them ever since I saw the whole grain cheerios commercial.
I agree with you, we must eat balanced and as far as possible avoid fast food.
You know. I’ve visited this blog before and eyed your Monday Menus. I keep saying I’m going to create a meal plan and with 4 people to feed (not including myself) where everyone doesn’t eat the same thing and eats at different times, this would help simplify my life. So I’m still eying…though I don’t know if I’m actually going to do it yet.