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Menu Plan Monday, January 25th

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Sunday:

B- Donuts & Sausage Rolls from the donut shop. (Just being honest!) 

L- Tacos

Sn- Lemon-Lime Berry Crush Smoothie (subbed w/real lemon and lime juice)

Su-  5 Minute Southwest Layered Salad

Monday:

B- Cereal & Grapefruit

L- Tuna Salad, Wheat Crackers, Veggies

Sn- Fruit Kabobs & Yogurt Dip

Su- Beefy Lentil Vegetable Soup (Modified) & Cornbread

Tuesday:

B- Breakfast Bruschetta

L- “Chef Salads” 

Sn- Fruit Smoothies

Su- Smoked Sausage, Ranch Beans, Veggies

Wednesday:

B- Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Turkey Bacon & Fruit

L- Tuna & Wheat Crackers, Baby Carrots

Sn- Graham Crackers w/Cream Cheese & Strawberries

Su- Chicken Breasts A l’Orange & Brown Rice

Thursday:

B- Berry Banana Splits (With graham crackers instead of Teddy Grahams)

L-  Turkey & Spinach Sandwiches on 7 Grain Bread, String Cheese, Apples

Sn- Celery Sticks & Peanut Butter

Su- Creamy Chicken, Bacon & Tomato Pasta; Salad

Friday:

B- Oatmeal & Fruit

L- Bean & Cheese Nachos, Fresh Salsa

Sn- Fruit & Yogurt

Su- Pork Lo Mein

Saturday:

B- Biscuits, turkey bacon, gravy, fruit (for Hubs. I’ll have yogurt & fruit)

L- Grilled BLT Sandwiches with Cheese, Carrot & Celery sticks

Sn- Yogurt & Fruit

Su- Porcupine Meatballs, Crockpot Potatoes & Cabbage

So I was DEFINITELY right about over-planning my menu last week. There was one day that we didn’t eat supper at home and a couple of times that we had and ate leftovers (which rarely ever happens!) I have plenty of food and recipes left over for this week!

Last week’s favorite new recipe was hands down the Zesty Chicken & Pasta. I tweaked it a bit for our needs though. Basically I cooked the noodles and cooked the cubed chicken in a little bit of Italian dressing. I tossed them together with a bit more Italian dressing, chopped raw broccoli, shredded raw carrots & diced raw green and red bellpeppers. We topped it with shredded parmesan and everyone ATE. IT. UP.

The kids also enjoyed the variety of last week’s breakfasts–from the bagels with cream cheese and fruit to the ham and egg and cheese wrap to the banana “split” with yogurt and graham crackers. They also devoured their sandwich wraps much better than I expected - which were stuffed with fresh vegetables: spinach, shredded carrots, chopped broccoli. That’s always a plus!

This week I found several new recipes that we are going to try, not super unhealthy but not super healthy either, but they’ll help us use some of the vegetables we got from the co-op–vegetables that we wouldn’t normally purchase and eat otherwise (sweet potatoes, cabbage.) I’m really looking forward to the chicken a l’orange - it sounds really good! Don’t you think?

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