Menu plan, Week of October 8 – October 14
Happy Monday everyone! This week should be really interesting in our house since The Chick Magnet started his new schedule last night (third shifts). I am hoping it will help the dinner-time madness go a little more smoothly since he will be here to help corral the kids while I work my magic in the kitchen. Dinner lately has been all about speed and efficiency, since I still have to tend to the needs of 4 little ones while I am working on it. So maybe I will be able to start incorporating some more of my more complicated meals in the future. Mostly, I will still be keeping it as simple as possible, because let’s face it pregnancy, Florida heat (which is still going strong) and spending hours over the stove just is not a good combo!
Monday:
- Breakfast: Scrambled eggs
- Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, baby carrots, fruit (we will be gone on a Field Trip during the day so I need a lunch that will travel well and not get icky in the heat)
- Dinner: Beef Barley Soup, Spinach Salad (I don’t care if it’s still 90 degrees here-I’m making soup! Great crock pot meal since we will be gone all day)
Tuesday:
- Breakfast: Steel-cut oats with pumpkin add-in
- Lunch: Grilled cheese, tomato soup
- Dinner: Crock pot roast beef, mashed potatoes, Spinach Casserole
Prep for Wednesday: Mix-up pancake batter
Wednesday:
- Breakfast: Healthy, Hearty, Whole Grain and Nut Pancakes (with pumpkin add-in-I eat eggs)
- Lunch: Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, sliced cucumber, cottage cheese
- Dinner: Turkey Picadillo, served with quinoa (another great recipe from Skinnytaste! I just made this a couple of weeks ago but it was SO good, we want it again already)
Thursday:
- Breakfast: Homemade peanut butter chocolate chip granola with milk/ Greek yogurt (I eat a kid-sized bowl of this and eggs)
- Lunch: Egg “McMuffins”, cottage cheese
- Dinner:Out
Friday:
- Breakfast: Steel-cut Oats (for the kids, eggs for me)
- Lunch: Leftovers
- Dinner: Homemade pizza
Saturday:
- Breakfast: Baked Oatmeal
- Lunch: Leftover pizza
- Dinner: Baked Chicken Fajitas, cornbread
Sunday:
- Breakfast: Eggs, toast
- Lunch: Pizza Quesadillas, sliced cucumbers and avocado
- Dinner: Cilantro Thai Chicken (I’ve made this recipe several times-I always add fresh lime juice and it is SO yummy), roasted cauliflower, green beans
Snacks:
- Roasted Chick Peas
- Skinny Monkey Cookies
- Veggie Chips (can use kale, sweet potato, spinach, zucchini, summer squash etc…)
- Popcorn
What’s on your menu this week?
As always, I am happy to post recipes for anything I have not already linked to, just let me know in the comments!
The Chick
Our menu: Monday – rotisserie crock pot chicken, ??. Tuesday – Beef burgers for the hubby and daughter, turkey florentine burger for myself, ??? (need a quick meal, soccer game). That’s about as far as I’ve made it this week. Bad, I know. It is what it is. Happy Monday!!