Meal Planning - Week of 3/24

Here's a look at our meal plan for this week:

Monday
Breakfast: 1 Egg with sauteed spinach & tomatoes and a piece of buttered sourdough toast
Lunch: Leftovers from the weekend (taco soup - plus crostinis and a side of baby carrots)
Dinner: Cedar plank grilled tilapia, roasted veggies, and Winter Quinoa Salad

Tuesday
Breakfast: Lemony Scone + fresh juice (we've been loving our juicer lately - an awesome breakfast juice combo is carrot-apple-orange-lemon)
Lunch: Leftover Winter Quinoa Salad & veggies
Dinner: Chicken salad over a bed of greens + Winter Fruit Salad for dessert

Wednesday
Breakfast: Smoothie!
Lunch: Leftover chicken salad, side of baby carrots
Dinner: Turkey Roll Ups with pita bread and hummus

Thursday
Breakfast: Lemony Scone + fresh juice
Lunch: Leftover Turkey Roll Ups
Dinner: A green salad + Winter Fruit Salad for dessert

Friday
Breakfast: Starbucks coffee treat day + breakfast at work (we have "pod" breakfast at TRG - each week someone in our "pod" (aka the group of people I sit with) brings something for breakfast for the group)
Lunch: Fridays are usually "eat-out" day at work - my co-workers and I love to get out and celebrate Friday!
Dinner: Fridays are typically "eat-out" night for us (noticing a Friday theme?!) - this week we're aiming for a salad Chipotle + a bottle of wine!

Snacks: On the weekend we usually try to prep and bag a variety of snacks that we can take to work each day. I typically eat every few hours during the work day (1030am mid-morning snack, 230pm early afternoon snack, and 430pm late afternoon snack), so I try to plan to bring at least 3 snacks with me each day. This keeps me from getting too hungry and helps me avoid some of the yummy bad foods laying around work like leftover pastries, cookies, and candy!

My mid-morning snack rotation typically includes: a 1/4 cup oatmeal with almond milk (with a little brown sugar and sometimes blueberries or raspberries) or yogurt (I've been loving Fage Greek strawberry yogurt, Fage Greek coconut yogurt, and The Epic Seed Greek yogurt + chia seeds). I choose one and try to vary each day so I don't get stuck eating the same things over and over.

My afternoon snack rotation includes: almond beauty bar bites, yogurt (same as above), wheat-thins, a snack-sized baggie of almonds & craisens, triscuits & cheese, hummus & veggies, a piece of fruit, goldfish, celery and peanut butter, etc. Like my morning snack, I choose one for each time and try to vary my choices so I don't get tired of them. I also try not to double up on the same kind of food - so if I had yogurt in the morning, I wouldn't have it again in the afternoon.

What's on your menu for the week? What are your favorite go-to snacks?