meal plan brainstorm

write it out baby, let's work it out:


THIS WEEK (Thur 18-Tue23)(already in the fridge)
*adobo chicken
-marinating as i type this
*slow cooked cajun red beans
-cooking as i type this
*pork fried rice
-marinate pork, cook rice, make later this week
-works better with old rice
-may need to pick up some soy sauce 0.o
*spiart dip chicken
-brought a BUCKET of it home from work
-do it like lazy-chicken alfredo (frozen thighs)
-maybe make another meal out of dipping into this with a loaf of french bread
*quiche
-fish loves it, easy pie crust, may need crisco but i can use grated frozen butter too
-do not buy pie crust, it takes less time to make than it does to purchase and unwrap, if you think about it
-egg, cheese, broccoli, sure
*fried chicken legs 
-need potatoes to mash, have green beans
*blackened chicken caesar salad
-fish likes it a lot, may have it with the spiart bread?


NEXT WEEK (Wed24-Tue30)
***MAKE SURE GABERS GETS FISH QUALITY DINNER WHILE IN SPFD 
(W1-S4, can cook Su5)
NONE OF THIS HOTDOG MAC N CHEESE BUSINESS***

*pumpkin
-trending, making me crazy
-pumpkin-ricotta gnocchi?
*cheesesteak
-was craving it last week, every time i look at that can of ez cheese in my cabinet my neck tics and i can taste cheesesteak
-may cost too much to manage unless dad goes in on it with me
-i'm not flat broke, but i'm pinching pennies for my trip
*chili?
-i always tell myself it's too expensive, it's really not though
*mushroom swiss something
-because those BASTARDS at hardees were closed at 2am today like WTF I NEED MY SHIT
-also may be too expensive, i will need to see
*hamburger helper
-i can SMELL it right now at work and it is making me CRAZY
-cheaper with kielbasa? maybe! saw a badass recipe with green chiles and green onion omg
*pierogis
-cheeeeap and fish loves helping me with it
*homemade pasta
-mom wants me to use the pasta maker she got me
-i could use spinach and carrot and purple cabbage to dye it?
-hella cheap, too
*calzone
-coworker was eating a hot pocket and i was all, huh, calzone baby
-mentioned it the other day when another coworker got half off papa john's pizza because the cards won, wanted calzone
-can make them hot-pocket size, too!
-not too expensive, it's cheese and whatever filler, what, pepperoni or olive or something and sauce?
*four days of dinner for gabe+fish 
-i'm sure he can handle it
*lunches for 2 weeks
-may do chicken salads for me and fish and sammies for gabe, need chicken though

lots of ideas! no flavor or texture ruts, no eating the same thing three days in a row, can stretch it out with some leftover days or breakfast days (especially when gabe's with fishers), cheap enough, too. i feel much better having a rough framework of what i'm feeding my family while not spending all my monies.