Before this new years arrives at our doorstep, I though I should make a resolution to eat healthy and be fit. Generally I eat healthy stuffs but its never on time. So today morning when I went to the farmers market to buy veggies, I suddenly came up with this thought of maintaining a food diary, online. This would ‘help’ me maintain a regular food schedule and in a way I can plan the meal for the week. Yes, I intend to start with a weekly planner so that it is easier to maintain the schedule and saves me the hassle of standing in front of the open refrigerator racking my brains on what to cook.
Taking into stock, the veggies, fruits and groceries I have at hand I will make a list of the menu for the week and put it up. In case there are alterations, I will update the list. Most alterations will occur in the dinner menu , as we might eat out while going for a walk / shopping or when hubby or me gets a sudden craving for one of our favorites.
I plan to try out recipes with lesser known ingredients and I will be trying out a lot of recipes from your blogs too. The new recipes will be posted as soon as I can write them .My family always looks forward to a complete Indian meal for lunch . So you will find gravy to go with rice, a vegetable curry, rasam and curd in the daily menu. Side by side I will jot down what I ate. Sometimes, I don’t feel like eating the regular meal. So make something quick and easy for myself.
These days I make it a point to exercise even if it for 45 minutes-the maximum time I can allocate for myself. With a little one at home and no maid to help around I can just manage to get an hour free when Lil angel sleeps. The house works, climbing up and down 4 floors more than a couple of times each day should count for something I guess.
Here we go with the menu plan.
1/12/2010 [Wednesday]
Breakfast – Adai with Cabbage Chutney
Lunch – Carrot More kuzhambu
Spicy mushroom stir fry
Rasam & Curd
Tea time –Ulundhu Vadai
Dinner – Chettinad dosai with brinjal bajji
2/12/2010 [ Thursday]
Breakfast – Wheat flour dosai with sambar
Lunch – Radish Sambar
Simple carrot stir fry
Rasam & Curd
I will have a healthy burger
Tea time – Bonda soup [for the family. ]
Dinner – Chapathi with palak Tofu
3/12/2010 [Friday]
Breakfast – Hakka Noodles Dumpling
Lunch – Masala kuzhambu Chori Palak Gravy
Spicy ridgegourd curry Potato curry
Rasam & Curd
Tea time – Purple cabbage soup
Dinner – Poori sagu Dinner at hotpot
4/12/2010 [ Saturday]
Breakfast – Pasta Multiflour dosa with tomato gravy
Lunch – Flavored rice
Vegetable stir fry
Rasam & Curd
Tea time – Stuffed mirchi fries Purple cabbage soup
Dinner – Dinner at hotpot Poori Saagu
5/12/2010 [Sunday]
Breakfast – Porridge
Lunch – Lilva -tomato sambar, simple beans stirfry, rasam, curd
Tea time – Ragda Pattice
Dinner – We may eat out Kambu dosai and brinjal bajji
6/12/2010[Monday]
Breakfast – Dumpling Hakka Noodles
Lunch – Greens sambar Taro root khadi
Potato curry Spicy ridgegourd curry
Vepampoo Rasam and curd
Tea time –Dokla
Dinner – Don’t know what to prepare. May be I will tempt hubby to have one of our favorites. Nope, that can’t be done. Will think of something. Carrot chapathi and some paneer gravy
7/12/2010[Tuesday]
Breakfast – Ragi dosai with coriander chutney
Lunch – Red bean gravy with spinach
Aloo baingan curry
Rasam and curd
Teatime – I’m clueless
Dinner – same as breakfast
Uff, this list took a long time to write. I had to think and think and finally its done. Hopefully I can stick to this schedule and do pardon me if this post was terribly boring…
Actually the menu is interesting dear..I plan few meals in advance but not the complete week plan..sounds interesting..keep update abt ur plan..
Nice combination of Recipes……
I never end up sticking to it if I ever make one!….Good luck!
HI PJ
Its wonderful menu. All the best dear.
My friend in Abudhabi maintains the menu like this from many years. I always think of it, but can not do it as my kids are young and their choice keep on changing.
Love ur menu card for a week…
wow, that sounds like a great menu. Good luck on your resolution, hope you can keep it up 🙂
This is an excellent plan… i always stand before the refrigerator and stare and stare… this looks wonderful…
Looks yummy and delicious.