Meal Plan Week 23

Meal Plan Tips

These tips are designed to help you cut down on food prep and food waste, by using up leftovers.

• Use Yukon gold potatoes for mashed potatoes, potato tacos, cabbage soup, and for the sheet pan meal. You will need a 5 pound bag. 
• If you have leftover mashed potatoes, use them to make the potato tacos. Feel free to serve the tacos with fruit and/or chips to round out the meal. 
• Use half the head of cabbage for the sheet pan brat meal and half for the cabbage soup. 
• Feel free to use your favorite Italian sausage in place of the brats if desired. 
• Prep the dough for Dutch Oven bread Friday night when making pizza dough. It needs to sit overnight before baking. 
• Use leftover veggies from the week to serve with pizza if desired.
• Use leftover rice to make fried rice for lunch and leftover corn tortillas to make tostadas. 
• No Instant Pot, you can make rice on the stove per the package instructions and Instant Pot Cabbage Soup on the stove. Saute the veggies as the recipe directs, add in broth, seasonings, tomatoes, cabbage, and potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer, stirring often, until the potatoes are fork tender and the cabbage has wilted, about 40 minutes. Finish with the lemon juice.