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Shrinking Kitchen // Menu Plans // Menu Plan Your Butt Off {February 12}

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {February 12}

February 12, 2012 by Lissa 19 Comments

Menu Plan Your Butt Off - Amazing, Healthy Meals for Every Day of the Week + Grocery List!Feeling a little bored with your cooking line-up? Do you leave your planning until the last possible minute, then wind up making not-so-healthy meals or turn to processed foods? Never fear. The Shrinking Kitchen is here to help! We take the panic out of the kitchen! Menu Plan Your Butt Off is a weekly {healthy!} menu-planning feature brought to you each and every Sunday! We even include a grocery list! You can follow our menu for the week, or write your own and leave a link so other people can explore your healthy recipes!

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MONDAY:  Baked White Fish with Pine Nut, Parmesan, and Basil Pesto Crust. I found this one on Pinterest and cannot.wait. to try it!

TUESDAY:  Quick and Easy Taco Soup {under 30 minutes}! Tuesdays are crazy for us… cheer, choir, dance. We need something that is super-fast, as well as delicious -this is my recipe that never fails me.

WEDNESDAY: Chicken and Vegetable Quinoa Stir-Fry. Apparently, I’m on a quinoa-kick lately!

THURSDAY: Gingered Beef and Vegetables in a slow-cooker. Serve with brown rice!

FRIDAY:  Pizza and Movie Night!

SATURDAY: Skinny Enchiladas. Only 150 each! Wow!

SUNDAY: White Bean & Poblano Chicken Chili. Sunday is our lazy day. We may or may not stay in pajamas all day. Don’t judge. Chili is the perfect low-key meal.

SNACKS: 90-calorie Snickerdoodles,  Baked Apple Chips, Frogs on a Log

Find the printable grocery list down below! How easy is that?

Do you have your own menu plan for the week? Want to share it with us? Grab one of these fresh, hot badges, throw it in your menu-plan post, and leave the permalink down below!

Produce:
apples
carrot (5)
red bell pepper (2)
ginger root (4 tsp)
mixed vegetables (2 C: broccoli florets, snow peas, asparagus, etc.)
scallions (several)
cilantro
lime (1)
stalk of celery
onion (2)
bell pepper (1: your choice of color)
poblano chiles (3 large)
loose-pack frozen sugar snap peas (2 C)

Meat:
ground beef (1 lb)
2 6 oz. white fish fillets (Halibut, cod, tilapia, or grouper)
chicken breasts (several)
boneless beef round steak (1 1/2 lb)

Pantry:
Cinnamon
all-purpose flour
cream of tartar
baking soda
tsp salt
sugar
Ro-Tel diced tomatoes (2 cans)
white beans (2 15.5oz cans)
kidney beans (1 can)
black-eyed peas (1 can)
taco seasoning (1 packet)
Hidden Valley Ranch dry mix (1 packet, use 1/2 & save 1/2!)
pine nuts (3 Tbsp)
garlic
basil pesto
mayo (use regular or light mayo, not fat-free)
quinoa (3/4 cup)
vegetable oil
olive oil
red pepper flakes
black pepper
reduced-sodium soy sauce
green olives
Tortillas (low Carb La Tortilla)
instant beef-bouillon granules
cornstarch
brown rice
chicken broth
cumin
oregano
mild banana pepper rings (optional)
chipotle chili powder (optional)

Dairy:
butter or margarine
eggs
Parmesan cheese
Non-Fat Greek Yogurt (3/4 cup)
Shredded Low-Fat Four-Cheese Mexican Cheese (3/4 cup)
pepper jack cheese (4 oz)
sour cream, light (1/2 C)
cream cheese, reduced fat

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About Lissa

Melissa is the Co-Founder the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans and the Shrinking Kitchen. She has been married to a wonderful man forever and is mother to six amazing children (18,15, 11, 11 and 3 and 1!). Melissa has reached her goal weight, and is now trying to find ways to fit fitness into her crazy busy schedule. She loves kickboxing and hates running, even though she has completed 4 half-marathons. When Melissa isn't helping her little girl battle her brain tumors (Love for Jazmine Joy), she loves to travel, laugh, tend to her chickens, and dream of sunshine and mountains.
melissa@shrinkingkitchen.com

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  • Kalyn Denny

    Looks like a great plan; thanks for featuring my fish recipe!

    • LissaJoy

       I’m excited to try it! Thanks, Kalyn!

  • Janell

    I loved your recipes last week!  Thanks for doing this!

  • courtney

    is there anything that would you recommend for a substitute for chicken?

    • LissaJoy

       do you eat meat at all? i personally like mushrooms in place of chicken!!

  • Fiona

    This is such an awesome idea – but would you be wiling to do a vegan or vegetarian version??

    • Christy_TheSistherhood

      Fiona,
      We actually have a good friend who’s going to put together a plant-based menu plan for us soon!

  • Annalisa Spencer

    I LOVED the gingered beef with veggies. Yum! I added it to my permanent recipe file & I will definitely make it again!

  • Aimeeatala

    You are a life saver! I saw the first weeks on pinterest and thouguht I’d give it a try. After 5 months of using my baby as an excuse to not cook,grocery shop, or eat healthy, I’ve finally gotten back into my good habit of cooking healthy for the family! It’s all thanks to you doing the work of planning and grocery list writing. Thanks so much! Looking forward to all the rest!

  • Tabitha

    This is amazing. As I am transitioning into adulthood, this is a lifesaver. THANK YOU!

  • Cristolsmyth

    This is a fantastic idea!  Our family is vegan though.  Is there an option to choose vegan menus?

  • Kerry Clem

    Wait, you’re offering this for free??? Thank you!  You have just saved me!!!

  • Jeannine Brooks

    Just discovered this site! Wow, I will def be visiting this frequentlly :)

  • Joy Bailey

    Do you have another link for the skinny enchiladas? This one won’t seem to work for me….I’m crazy about Mexican food so when I saw this I got really really excited! MUST try it!!!

    • Christy_TheSistherhood

      Darn. It looks like that recipe is no longer online. It was a link to another site, not ours. You could try one of these instead:

      http://shrinkingkitchen.com/black-bean-yam-enchilada-casserole/

      http://shrinkingkitchen.com/enchilada-casserole-in-a-hurry/

      And this homemade enchilada sauce is really yummy!

      http://shrinkingkitchen.com/homemade-red-enchilada-sauce/

      Thanks :)
      Christy

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      • joy

        Thanks a bunch!!!

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