Midweek Meal Planning 4/30/15

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 4/30/15! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip midweek, and since Wednesday hump day is when many of us start running out of steam, we buck the trend here and go with Wednesdays. Or, you know, on Thursdays when Wednesday gets crazy and things slip through the cracks…

One little treat for me and Mashup Dad this week… Yesterday I got the crazy idea to check out the Fresh Thyme Downers Grove grand opening — along with, apparently, half the population of the Western suburbs. After standing in line for way too long at the seafood counter to grab some of the sale mahi mahi for fish tacos, I also impulse bought these shrimp. You can see why, right? They were gorgeous, and at $5.99/lb for these big cleaned/shelled/cooked shrimp, hard to resist! OK… two little treats (see Monday).

• Sunday: Sockeye salmon on the grill ($7.99/lb last week at Jewel), potato packets, salad.
• Monday: The kids had leftovers, and MashupDad and I had “date night” Indian carryout later on while watching a free Redbox (Into the Woods).
• Tuesday: Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken.
• Wednesday: The kids had leftover salsa chicken. MashupDad got home late, so he and I had leftover salmon, the above beautiful shrimp, and guacamole. (Yes: Shrimp with guacamole — It sounds weird, but just try it sometime and you’ll be hooked.) So: Surf & surf?
• Thursday: MashupDad has a work dinner thing tonight and I’m driving kids around to their various kid activities, so it’s leftover salsa chicken for the three of us because I won’t have time to cook.
• Friday: Fish tacos with corn on the cob. Mahi mahi was $3.97/lb at Fresh Thyme, corn 4/$1.00, and avocados $.50 each, while I picked up El Milagro corn tortillas for $.33 at ALDI.
• Saturday: If I make it over to Jewel this weekend I’ll pick up one of the big Perdue roasters at $.99/lb and some $.97 spinach and make Dairy Free Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken.

Somehow it’s total seafood week here — I feel so splurge-y, but the sales were good! 🙂

Your turn

How’s your week of meal planning going? Are you cooking mostly out of your pantry, or are you taking advantage of this week’s grocery sales? Let’s inspire each other!