Week 1 meal plan

My current stocks of sanity food & staples:

• 7 single serving pot pies
• 5 meals of chicken nuggets
• 1.5 meals of chimichangas
• 3 meals of chicken tenders
• 1 can of non-condensed soup

Easy-prep I have on hand:

• Fixings for ham sandwiches, PB&J sandwiches, chips&beans, eggs on toast
• 7 meals of uncooked chicken tenders
• 2 3-meal trays of lasagna (homemade)
• 1 3-meal tray of cheese enchiladas (homemade)
• 1 box of macaroni and cheese
• 15 + 2 hamburger patties
• Gyro meat (homemade)

Overnight thawing/more prep needed:

• 1 2-meal bag of pork chops+veg (homemade)
• 1 4-meal tray of tikka masala (homemade)

Misc:

• 1 2-serving bag of air fryer carrots (homemade)
• 1 2-serving bag of "roaster" veggies
• 1 9-roll tray of dinner rolls (homemade)
• 2 hamburger buns (homemade)
• 8 single serving bowls of microwaveable sticky rice

What we're doing this week:

So, overall, I have a fuckton of chicken. This is okay, because I don't get sick of it very easily. I will probably want to hold off on getting more for a bit, though.

My main goals in terms of food prep this week are: make chili to bulk up the microwavable homemade meals, make more hamburger buns for the burgs.

For my twice-weekly Social Events, I will make: burgers (bought) + buns + fries (bought), and the tray of enchiladas (pre-prepped) + mexican rice + canned beans (bought)

My mid-energy stretch goals are: try out a new recipe for my staples (beef stew, because I recently bought stew meat), OR make a few pizza crusts. High energy is to do both.

Alternatives for non-breadmaker-havers are to buy hamburger buns and pizza crusts. I know that Trader Joe's sells pizza dough raw for pretty cheap, and it's not too big a deal to stretch it out yourself (assuming you don't have hand issues or arthritis; definitely go for pre-baked then).

Here's a rough sketch of the order of things, for those who like order:

• Day 1
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, lasagna
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staple x2, lasagna
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, meal prep, lasagna + bagged salad
• Day 2
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, burgers
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, burgers & oven fries
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, meal prep, burgers
• Day 3
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, oven chicken tenders
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, oven chicken tenders + oven carrots
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, prepping a staple and having the first as lunch/dinner
• Day 4
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, tikka masala + microwave rice
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, tikka masala + microwave rice + oven naan (bought)
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, prepping a staple and having the first as lunch/dinner
• Day 5
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, enchiladas
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, enchiladas with beans & rice
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staple, prepping a staple and having the first as lunch/dinner
• Day 6
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, mac&cheese
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, mac&cheese + oven roasters vegetables + oven chicken tenders (put them on the same tray)
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staple, oven chicken tenders, beef stew (meal prep) + rolls
• Day 7
  • No spoons: Sanity food/staples x3
  • Low spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, lasagna
  • Some spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, lasagna + salad (bagged)
  • Many spoons: Sanity food/staples x2, meal prep, lasagna + salad (bagged or freestyle)

So, from these, the foods I don't already have are: the ingredients for beef stew, oven fries, bagged salad, naan,