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Cubicle Life, Food/Party Ideas, Recipes, What's On the Menu? · November 2, 2012

Beef Week Menu Plan: 5 Family Fast and Friendly Meals


Everyone who knows me knows that cooking is not my forte. Not that it’s not a priority, but I typically buy dinner out 2 to 3 days out of the week because it’s easier. I’ve never been much of a cook, but I am learning that it doesn’t have to take a lot of time to prepare healthy yet fast meals for the family that they will enjoy.

This week’s menu plan was all about beef—my brood loves meat and so do I (if you are a vegetarian or vegan, this post isn’t for you! LOL). There’s so much that you can cook with beef, so making a menu plan for the last 5 days hasn’t been that hard at all.

This week’s Beef Week Menu Plan looked like this:

(1) Beef tacos and nachos with cheese and fixings

(2) Slow cooked beef stew

(3) Slow cooked roast beef, baked au gratin potatoes, and peas

(4) Spaghetti with four cheese sauce and beef

(5) Leftovers

Two of the meals were slow cooked, therefore, after prep time, it pretty much cooked on it’s own without much help from me. I labeled these as fast meals because once you add them to the slow cooker, you are set. Slow cooked meals are easy to throw in on low temperature and cook while you are at work, running errands, blogging (LOL), etc.!

All of the beef listed above is lean and purchased from a local butcher.

Monday Day #1 Beef Tacos and Nachos

Tuesday, Day #2 Slow Cooked Beef Stew

Wednesday Day #3 Slow Cooked Roast Beef

Thursday, Day #4 Spaghetti w/ Four Cheese Sauce and Beef

Friday, Day #5 Leftovers

So here are a few tips from the meals prepared above:

  • For the beef stew, I always brown my beef first in a skillet on the stove before making the stew. It makes the meat more tender.
  • The pot roast I purchased came pre-seasoned and brined from a local market here called Schnucks. You can purchase a pot roast in a bag that is already seasoned from the store butcher or in the meat department.
  • Also for the beef stew, I always use Mrs. Wylers Homestyle Beef Stew. My mom actually used to use it too. It’s wonderful, and you can also add your own ingredients to it to make it your own. I add potatoes, corn, and sometimes peas.
  • Add noodles to the beef stew to make it even more heartier.
  • For leftovers for the week, you can take the leftover roast beef and make sandwiches with plenty of fixings!

Each item above in the menu plan is less than 400 calories per serving as well!

So now, I must plan next week’s menu plan. If you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know!


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Awesome human. Magna Cum Laude. Editor-in-Chief. Awesome human. 
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Spirit of Excellence  Award 8 yrs. running. 
Class of 2022. 
Job well done, daughter!
P R O M. That’s the caption. P R O M. That’s the caption.
You done good, young lady. Now it’s time to soar You done good, young lady. Now it’s time to soar. 🎓#classof2022
Happy #NationalCollegeDecisionDay! Laylah is off Happy #NationalCollegeDecisionDay! 

Laylah is officially registered at St. John’s University and will begin her freshman year in August as a Public Relations Major. I’m so proud of her hard work and dedication—proud of the young woman that she has become.
Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is.. Dan Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is.. 

Danyelle Little, the NEW Director of Marketing and Communications at @rungforwomen . Been sitting on this for a while—now it’s officially official. 🙌🏾
Happy 28th birthday to the best son a mom could ev Happy 28th birthday to the best son a mom could ever have. Kind. Supportive. Talented. Creative. Caring. Smart. Courageous. The list goes on and on. You’ve overcome so much in the past year, and I know that God’s plan for you is working. I love you more than words can say. ❤️❤️❤️
And it’s official. Signed, sealed, delivered. Cl And it’s official. Signed, sealed, delivered. Class of 2026! 🙌🏾@stjohnsu #acceptedstudentday
Look for me in the Spring/Summer edition of St. Lo Look for me in the Spring/Summer edition of St. Louis Family Magazine—page 10 to be exact! I’m honored to be able to share a glimpse into my life as an author, Social Media Manager, and most importantly, a mom! 💕
And we have Book #2! My new novel, 'A Wedding On C And we have Book #2! My new novel, 'A Wedding On Clermont Lane', is now available! It's the sequel to my first novel 'Christmas On Clermont Lane', and if you loved the first one, just wait until you read the sequel.

That makes it two novels in five months, and I must say that while I missed my original deadline in February, I am so excited to have this one finished. The support you all showed me during the first release made me warm and fuzzy and so many of you reached out and asked when the next one would be. Well, here you go!

You can purchase 'A Wedding On Clermont Lane' on Amazon Prime, available in paperback for $10.99 and $7.99 for the eBook/Kindle edition. If you'd like a signed copy, a limited amount of copies are available. Hit the link in my bio.

I cannot wait for you to read this one and let me know your thoughts. Jasmine and The Robinson Family are back---and this time, it's for keeps!
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