Wow, I haven’t had to plan for a “normal” week in quite some time. Between holidays, school vacation and snow days, our schedule (like yours, I’m sure) has been all over the place, meaning there have been lots of eating out and big family dinners and winging it for meals and lots and lots of cookies.
I know I, for one, am pretty excited for the return to normalcy, both in terms of our routine and our eating habits (even if it does mean five straight days in the office … ugh).
We had a pretty unambitious weekend, thanks to the wallop of snow we received on Friday (seriously, when did they start naming snowstorms? Is that really necessary?). Thankfully, this gave me lots of time to ponder our meal plan for the week and search for some new recipes to try, including ones that are more time-consuming and therefore suitable for the weekend (unless we want to eat dinner at 9pm on a weeknight :>). I’m excited to try them!
Meal Plan
Sunday: Squash salad with lentils and goat cheese via Smitten Kitchen (cheese pierogis and veggies for kiddos)
Monday: Quinoa salad with cranberries and pecans via Fannetastic Food (plain quinoa, chicken and broccoli for kiddos)
Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner
Wednesday: Vegetarian split pea soup via 101 Cookbooks/Heidi Swanson (cheese quesadillas and green beans for kiddos)
Thursday: “Play it by ear” pasta
Friday: Roasted veggies and veggie burgers (Friday night mac & cheese for kiddos)
Saturday: Patriots playoff game!!! Which means lots of yummy (and probably not very healthy) football treats!
(Here’s a confession: I feed my kids all sorts of grains — couscous, quinoa, barley, farro — by calling it “fancy rice” … and they gobble it up. Which just goes to show the power of marketing. Glad my PR background can come in handy!)
Workout Plan
Oh, piriformis. How you vex me.
I may write about this in more detail at a later point, but after more than a month, I am still dealing with this annoying and painful injury, which is — quite literally — a pain in the butt. So while I hope to follow this plan for the week, it is totally dependent on how I am feeling.
Sunday: Bikram yoga (90 min.)
Monday: Easy 3-4 mile run
Tuesday: Spin class
Wednesday: Body Pump or early 2 mile run with upper body workout
Thursday: Spin class or rest day
Friday: Boot camp (or easy run)
Saturday: This will be wild card day … either Bikram yoga, Body Pump or easy run
Don’t forget to check out the yummy meal plans over on Mommy Run Fast, Fitness, Health and Happiness and OrgJunkie!
What’s on your meal plan this week? Any new workouts planned?
Laura @ Mommy Run Fast says
Oh yuck, so sorry about the injury. Hope it clears up soon!! I’m enjoying getting back into a routine again with normal menu planning post- holidays!