2025 Week 24 Menu Plan
The 2025 week 24 menu plan is complete. Yet again I have moved some of the recipes from week 23 because the new recipes served many more meals than anticipated. I have been in the process of reviewing the Trim Healthy Mama eating plan. In the past I had success on their plan. I have gradually diverted from so many other plans…I am anxious to try this once again. Over the past few days I have opened the pages of their 3 cookbooks that I own and have begun to incorporate some of the recipes this week.
Breakfast
Apple Cinnamon Crockpot Oatmeal. page 256 Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook
Oatmeal Breakfast Bake with Berries and Almonds. *New Recipe. (Moved from 2025 week 23)
Snack
Thin Mint Chocolate Chip Shake. page 410 Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook
Lunch
Taco Soup *New Recipe
Cheapskate Soup page 88 Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook
Dinner
Rachael Ray’s Sausage, Fennel and Grapes. (Grapes were on sale!)
Pearl’s Best Ever Salmon * New Recipe
Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs. The ‘Ole Buckeyes’s request for Fathers’ Day
Hits and Misses
Breakfast
This overnight oat recipe was “ok” which means I will most likely not bother in the future.
High Protein Overnight Oats *New Recipe
Years ago this was one of our most favorite breakfast casseroles. In fact I often served it to guests. I have absolutely no idea why it took me so long to rediscover it. It is one of the best of have ever made.
Easiest Breakfast Casserole page 328 Trim Healthy Table
I made the light version of this rather than adding nut butter. As you can imagine the nut butter version is much better, but this was a low cal way to get a protein breakfast.
Lunch
This soup was so quick to put together! I always have the ingredients on hand and I use rotisserie chicken that I keep in 2 cup servings in the freezer in place of canned chicken. Due to the ease of prep this will be a keeper, although in the future I will increase the spices.
6 Can Chicken Tortilla Soup *New Recipe
This soup is very good and was so plentiful that it serviced many lunches during 2025 week 24. It is packed with flavor and very filling.
Black Bean and Lentil Soup. *New Recipe
Dinner
The first time that I made this delicious one pan dinner I used chicken breasts…it was good, but using chicken thighs made it even better. This is truly a rotation worthy entree.
I made this comfort food when I first purchased the Trim Healthy Future book and we really enjoyed it. That was a long time ago and that was also a big mistake. This makes a huge skillet full of yumminess and it won’t be so long to repeat it in the future.
Shepherd’s Pie Skillet page 132 Trim Healthy Future
I ordered pork chops from ‘butcher ‘box for the first time. BecauseI haven’t made pork chops in a long time I decided not to look for anything new. I went back to our favorite tried and true recipe from Emeril. They were fantastic!
Last week I made a strawberry rhubarb crisp that was delicious…but definitely not healthy…full of sugar. This week I decided to try something more healthy. (I have purchased an abundance of rhubarb). This was “fine”, but not nearly as enjoyable as dessert last week.
Recap
We had a great week of good eating, but as I advised earlier, I am planning to rediscover the THM way of healthy eating. In fact I have purchased and have been reading their new book “Trim Healthy Wisdom”.
I have begun reading…it is jammed packed with information and not such an easy read….1000 pages. Obviously it will take a while to read and absorb. I have gained 7 pounds over the past year and it is not coming off. I blamed the weight gain on cruise eating initially, and then on vacation eating…but I haven’t been on vacation since March and the pounds aren’t budging. It is time to try what was successful in the past and apply new research and information. Combining it with what I have learned over the past few years should allow me to make optimal choices going forward. The adventure continues. Bon appetit!
