The Alternate Healthier Menu Plan

I've missed a week or two but I'm jumping in again today. Usually Menu Plan Monday would be a no-brainer simply because of The Super-Dooper Eight Week Menu Plan. I'd simply flip to the corresponding week and wha-la. All the hard work is already done.

But tomorrow marks the beginning of Tales From The Scales' May Day Weight Loss Challenge, and though most of our family meals are adaptable with minimal effort, enough of them need a bit more help, so I'm switching to a week-by-week gig for the time being. Here's what's on the menu in our house (side dishes are in brackets):

Monday ~ Chicken Roma (pre-prepared crumbed chicken fillets stuffed with semi-dried

tomatoes and cheese, plus roast potatoes and salad)

Tuesday ~ Parmesan Crumbed Chicken (steamed vegetables)

Wednesday ~ Soup & Sandwiches (Tomato & Vegetable, with toasted ham and cheese)

Thursday ~ Baked Fish with Steamed Vegetables (small jacket potato)

Friday ~ Beef Stirfry (rice)

Saturday ~ Asian Style Chicken Salad

Sunday ~ Meatballs (chips, salad - I'll probably have a low-fat frozen dinner)

Some websites that might be of interest to fellow challenge-takers (these are Australian sites, but should have plenty of good information for everyone).

Taste.com.au - where most of the recipes listed above came from.

Symply Too Good To Be True - Annette Sym is an Australian woman who takes regular, traditionally high-fat recipes (like Lasagna, Hamburgers, Quiche etc) and substitutes lower-fat ingredients to produce 'good' versions of meals that are usually off-limits to a person wanting to lose weight. I've got all five cookbooks and they are my most used.

CalorieKing.com.au - though the listed food database is Australian, you can add your own custom foods according to the unique products and calorie counts in your own countries (It won't be quite as cool without use of the existing database - which is huge - but you might still get use out of it). This site has been invaluable to me. Irrespective of the online food diary side of things, the articles on the site are really good.

Fingers crossed for the start of the challenge!

Cheers,
Lizzie