Week 2: Preplanning

Pork shoulder is 1.89/lb this week, so I think I'll go with that for my main dish. I kind of want fish as a second option, which is $4 per package. I don't know if I'll do that yet though. I also actually do need to buy flour, sugar, and oatmeal this week.

Looking online, I found a really great source for being able to plan a week's worth of meals on one chunk of meat. I think I'm going to follow most of the recipes on that website for next week. My one big problem with it, however, is that the website doesn't plan on using any of the other ingredients listed. Am I going to have to buy a whole head of bok choy just for 1/4 cup of it for pot stickers? Do I even need bok choy for pot stickers? What do I do with the rest of it?

The other thing is that I don't really find the Vietnamese salad or the spring rolls all that appealing, so can I possibly freeze the rest of the pork to use later? The recipe calls for 8lb of pork shoulder, but since it's just me, and most of the other recipes make 4 servings, I may just find the cheapest cut of meat and go from there.

Meal Plan

Friday: Pulled Pork: cooked in slow cooker, 6-8hrs
Saturday: Pot stickers
Sunday: Roleplay Night
Monday: Pork Tacos
Tuesday: Date Night
Wednesday: Leftover Night
Thursday: Leftover Night

For lunches, I have leftover chicken from this past week or that ground chuck. I probably don't need a second meat option this week. And breakfast will be raspberry oatmeal and coffee. Yum!