menu plan monday

only a 3 day week this week!

monday
b- pancakes
l- leftover split pea soup
d- veggie lasagna and salad
(soak oats for breakfast)

tuesday
b- oatmeal w/ walnuts and raisins
l- veg stir-fry w/ brown rice
d- salmon w/ pesto & noodles and salad
(begin starter for bread)

wednesday
b- eggs
l- picnic at the park
d- pizza night!

thursday
hit the road- maybe muffins for the road???

by the way- i'm going to try get the monkey britches pajama pants tutorial up tomorrow night

menu plan monday

the kids are getting awfully squirrelly lately.  i'm pretty sure i can point most of that to a lack of schedule around here.  i am so reluctant about scheduling.   i like the easy breezy flow of just doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done.   but i know i do better when i have some sort of schedule to go off of.  i do better, because the kids do better.  there is less bickering, more focus and more obedience.  and that's what i'm serious about- obeying the first time around.

after getting the kids down last night i had some time to sit and think, write a loose schedule for us and plan our menu.  it's easy this week because we'll be out of town for half the week.  but hey, it's a good place to start!

monday

B- soaked oatmeal (w/ coconut oil, coconut flakes, almonds and banana)

L- chicken salad (with my homemade mayonnaise!  it was so easy that i'm ashamed of myself for not making it before!) on pita w/ carrot sticks and strawberries

D- vegetarian tortilla soup (made stock last night), cornbread, salad

tuesday

B- eggs, green smoothie

L- bean, rice, swiss chard burritos (beans taken from mon. night soup)

D- roasted chicken, potatoes, squash and salad (going for an ALL local dinner- that makes me so happy!- nerd alert)

wednesday

B- blender pancakes (this is a soaked recipe from hallelujah acres, if it's yummy, i'll post it)

L- (left over) chicken tacos, carrots, fruit

D- CSA pizza

thursday

B- kishk

L- swiss chard fritatta, skillet potatoes

heading into houston for the weekend

menu plan

i've never participated in i'm an organizing junkie's menu plan monday. i must confess that planning out my menu for the week has made me feel more organized- at least in one area of my life! here's the menu for the week:

monday: local roasted chicken, baked lentils, cauliflower au-gratin

***to do: soak black beans overnight, soak granola overnight, make bread***

tuesday: sweet potato black bean burgers, roasted new potatoes, fresh salad

wednesday: pizza night (spinach), fresh salad

thursday: verde chicken enchiladas, black beans and brown rice vegetarian shepherd pie, fresh salad

friday: vegetarian shepherd pie, fresh salad (going out of town for a mom's conference)

saturday: getting home from conference- if time roasted veggies and yogurt sauce over brown rice. if not- leftovers!

sunday: chalupas (local beef for the hubby, beans for me and kids)

breakfasts: whole wheat waffles, banana ww pancakes, muesli (oats, seeds, nuts, fruit), eggs & toast, oatmeal

lunch: chicken salad, green salad, pbj, veggie tacos, pita broccoli melts