For this week’s menu, I chose old favourites from our meal plan, and included one new recipe – Leek and Potato Soup. It calls for half fat crème fraîche, and if we can’t find that at the grocery store, I’ll use low fat sour cream instead.
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There’s a lovely week of weather ahead, with a bit of cloud today, then sunny days, with warmish temperatures, after that. October arrives on Wednesday, and I hope the rest of its weather is just as good. (Not likely!)
The Weekly Plan
Here is our plan for the week starting Sunday, Sep 28, 2025. There are links for some recipes, and others are made “freestyle”.
- Note: Beside each recipe, I show the number of times that we’ve made this recipe, since I started keeping track in 2015.
Sunday — Sheet Pan Hot Italian Meatballs ( 23 times )
Monday — Rotisserie Chicken ( 11 times )
TIP: have leftovers for supper on Wednesday
Tuesday — Leek and Potato Soup ( 0 times )
TIP: use low fat sour cream, if half fat crème fraîche not available
Wednesday — Rotisserie Chicken ( 11 times )
TIP: leftovers from Monday
Thursday — Easy Red Lentil Soup ( 2 times )
Friday — Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Salmon ( 34 times )
Saturday — Sheet Pan Pork Chops & Brussels Sprouts ( 123 times )
How It Actually Went
Here’s what we actually had this week – we stuck to the plan for 5 of the 7 days!
Sunday — Sheet Pan Hot Italian Meatballs
- This meal went as planned, with sheet pan veggies on the side.
Monday — Rotisserie Chicken
- Keith picked up chicken on way home from swimming, and we kept it in the oven, at 250°F, till supper time. It was loosely covered with foil, so it didn’t dry out at all.
Tuesday — Leek and Potato Soup
- This new recipe was easy to make, and we both enjoyed it. However, the soup was thinner than I expected, so I’ll use less liquid next time.
- I used chicken stock, instead of a stock cube and water. so 4 cups would be enough, instead of 5 cups.
Wednesday — Rotisserie Chicken
- We planned to eat the chicken leftovers from Monday’s supper, but our son came to visit on Tuesday, and I offered those leftovers to him!
- So, Keith bought another rotisserie chicken, and we had it on Wednesday.
Thursday — Rotisserie Chicken
Keith has happy to eat leftover chicken again on Thursday, and didn’t look at all disappointed that the Easy Red Lentil Soup got bumped off the menu!
Friday — Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Salmon
- This meal went as planned, with sheet pan veggies on the side.
Saturday — Ribs, Barbecued Back
- Instead of the sheet pan pork chops, Keith made sous vide ribs, and finished them under the broiler. Delicious!
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Weekly Meal Plan 2025-09-27
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