We plan Saturday through Friday here. I shop Friday sometime - usually afternoon, today in the morning.
Dietary restrictions: 16 and 5 year olds can't have corn syrup, 15 year old can't have dairy, egg, peanut, garbanzo, lentils, peas.
We have 7 kids at home and homeschool so other than DH's lunch everything is eaten at home but our breakfast and lunch needs to have minimal prep so we can finish our other tasks for the day.
Last week we took a Sabbath break from school (we school 6 weeks on, 1 week off) so I spent part of the time making and freezing 6 dinners, 6 bean lunches (3 refried, 3 hummus) and tons of granola (about the equivalent of 6 gallon bags) to last us the next 6 weeks of school.
Breakfast: hard boiled eggs for those who want them (15 year old can have some nuts if desired)
15 year old makes breakfast (except eggs which I do over the weekend) while I get littles ready
M- steel oats in crockpot
T- something baked by 13 year old the day before
W - Steel oats again
Th - Something baked by 15 year old
F - regular oats
S/S - cold cereal or homemade granola (enough granola for about 6 weeks already in the pantry)
Lunch - always with raw veggies
16 year old preps this
M - Lunch meat, crackers
T - PBJ (or other nut butter for allergic child)
W - Refried beans with tortillas (beans already cooked, mashed and frozen)
Th - Bagel Pizza (9 year olds bday)
F - PBJ
S - baked potatoes with toppings
S - leftovers
Snacks - always fruit, whatever is on sale, or smoothie with past prime fruit.
Dinner -
M- chicken and dumplings (already frozen - just need to make and add the dumplings) -I cook
T - ground oryx and bean burritos with sauteed zucchini/yellow squash/onions -16 year old cooks
W - Spaghetti with oryx sausage, salad - 15 year old cooks
Th - tacos, whatever veggies are left - 13 and 10 year old cook
F - movie night/date night for DH and I - kids have cheese sandwiches (lunch meat for 15 year old), veggies, popcorn. DH and I pick up something at the store (ravioli/alfredo this week)
S - breakfast burritos with oryx sausage/eggs/potatoes - DH cooks
S - pancakes - we take turns cooking
Weekend prep:
Hard boil weeks eggs
Make egg salad for DH's lunches. Make sure he has everything for the week (he takes all his lunches in on Monday since he has a fridge in his office)
Start steel oats on Sunday night.
Friday - make sure all last weeks veggies are used for lunch/dinner before new ones are pulled out.