Yup, on Tuesday. Just roll with it, mkay? This week I needed to just keep things simple, no new recipes this week, and I wanted to make sure I used many of the items we received in our organic produce co-op share. But later this week we’ll have some honest to goodness chilly weather again so it will be perfect weather for soup!

Tuesday ~ Grilled Chicken Salads (using several items from the organic produce co-op: green leaf lettuce, broccolini, red bell pepper and parsnips. Also, green onions)

Wednesday ~ Meatloaf, sweet potatoes (from the co-op, baked or mashed I haven’t decided,) home-canned ranch beans and cornbread

Thursday ~ Baked potato soup (using co-op potatoes) with bacon, cheese and green onions.

Friday ~ Tacos (using the lettuce and tomato from the co-op, as well as the avocados.)

Saturday ~ Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with potatoes and carrots

Sunday ~ Pancakes for supper – with sausage, scrambled eggs, and I’m thinking, a CRANBERRY COMPOTE with our co-op cranberries, yes??

Menu Plan Monday is hosted by Laura the Org Junkie (and yes, I’m going to start trying to do this again! Between the produce co-op and all the goodies my mom and I are canning, I need to make sure I use all up the good food we’re getting!)

I’m going to try to get back on this bandwagon!!

We have some specific produce items from the co-op that we need to use up and there are several things in the freezer that needs to be used so that’s a definite influence on our menu for this week. And since we now have a non-stop supply of fresh farm eggs (ours), Breakfast For Dinner and Eggs for breakfast are regular weekly occurrences!

Monday

B~ Oatmeal & blueberries

L~ Homemade “lunchables” with fruit

S~ Beef Enchiladas, beans, rice

Tuesday

B~ Banana Nut Muffins, bacon

L~ Lean Pockets, veggies & ranch

S~ Baked Potato Soup (with bacon and cheese.)

Wednesday

B~ Eggs & Bacon, cantaloupe

L~ Grilled Cheese & Kale Chips

S~ BBQ Chicken, potato salad, veggies

Thursday

B~ Cereal & fruit

L~  Mac-N-Wienies, steamed broccoli

S~  Beans, rice, cornbread

Friday

B~ Eggs, Bacon, fruit

L~ Tuna Salad, Crackers, veggies

S~ Grilled Chicken Salads

Saturday

B~ Biscuits & gravy (& bacon and fruit if we have any left)

L~ Leftovers and/or sandwiches

S~ Porcupine Meatballs, veggies

Sunday

B~ Cereal

L~ Tacos

S~ Breakfast For Supper (the highlight of my week!): Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Spicy Hashbrowns, Homemade biscuits with homemade jam

Have you ever tried Kale Chips? We haven’t. This is the first time we’re making it. CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND PRAY MY KIDS LIKE IT!! =) You’ll notice that bacon is a recurring theme around here. Hubby prefers turkey bacon but the kids and I eat the real thing, and since I’m now convinced that bacon grease is good for you, I’ll never go back. ;0) But we also eat tons and tons of raw, uncooked fresh organic produce and raw milk as often as I can travel the half hour to get some. Our eating habits still need some tweaking but we’re slowly but surely changing to more and more home cooked unprocessed foods. And oh, what a tasty journey!

More Menu Plan Monday @ I’m An Organizing Junkie

It’s menu planning, healthy eating style around our house these days. We’ve been sticking to our healthier diet, eating healthier snacks and making healthier dinners. And no one has complained even once!
Oh, I jest. Okay, I flat out made that part up. I’ve been having the hardest time finding things all three kids will eat with no one complaining. I’m not a short order cook and I’m determined we’re going to start eating better so we’re having to work through this but I’m sure we’ll get there. Right?

For our healthier breakfasts, we’ve got:

Scrambled farm eggs, bacon in moderation (turkey bacon for my non-bacon family members,) whole wheat toast, fresh fruit, breakfast tacos (with scrambled eggs & bacon & chopped veggies), plain yogurt with honey, oatmeal, bagel thins with light cream cheese, and for lazy days– cheerios and shredded wheat.

Lunches include:

Sandwich wraps, tuna salad, cottage cheese and fruit, meat and cheese and veggie snack trays, black bean and cheese quesadillas, sensible sandwiches, string cheese, wasa crackers and fruits.

Dinners include:

Chicken fajitas, tacos, Grilled chicken, Porcupine meatballs, Turkey chili, Tuna patties, steamed veggies, brown rice, baked red potatoes and lots and lots of salad.

For sweets I’ll be making banana nut bread this week and we have pudding. I know there are still things that we need to improve in our diet but I’m really proud of the changes we’ve made and overall everybody is happy for the most part.

What’s on your menu?

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Hubs turned to me the other day and made an off-hand comment about groceries.. Kind of off topic I added, “I’ve been doing a really stinky job at grocery shopping lately. I need to get back to menu planning.” Kind of shocked he asked, “You’re not?” I shook my head and he said, “I thought you were you just weren’t sticking to it…”

SEE?

I tell you that to say this: Even my Most Unobservant Man EVER husband has noticed. I haven’t been menu planning. It’s made a difference. (And not a good one.)

Having said that, here’s the menu plan for this week:

Breakfasts, the following options: Cereal, waffles, bagels, oatmeal, cream of wheat, pancakes, french toast, fruit, yogurt.

Lunches, these options: Nacho supremes, bean and cheese quesadillas, sandwiches, Lean Pockets, homemade “Lunchables,” hot dogs, baked potatoes, leftovers

Suppers:

Sunday – Tacos, spanish rice, black beans
Monday – Chicken, with ranch and bacon pasta, veggies
Tuesday – Porcupine meatloaf balls, homemade mac n cheese, baked beans
Wednesday – Chicken enchiladas, beans and rice
Thursday – Family Casserole
Friday – Breakfast for supper
Saturday – Leftovers

Menu Plan Monday is hosted by Laura the OrgJunkie.

This week I went to the grocery store armed with sale information, a specific list, and a mission! I didn’t take any coupons because a.) I haven’t bought a paper in a while and b.) the computer that is hooked up to the printer was being worked on.

Oh well.
Next time.

At any rate, I took my info and I marathon shopped through both grocery stores as quick as I could and now my freezer is stuffed (literally!! I couldn’t fit another thing in if I tried,) my fridge is full and my pantry is stocked. And my wallet? Is happy.

I saved over 33 dollars just by shopping the sales items and using my store card! I say “over” because the other store (without a store card) doesn’t tell you how much was saved on the receipt. Kind of a bummer, but I know that I spent only slightly less at the other store and only bought sales items there so I wouldn’t be surprised if my savings was actually double that. Imagine what I could do with coupons.

Anywho… all that to say, that is definitely going to affect our menu for the week, because (for example) Sunday night’s supper? Every single item was on sale. OH YEAH. So here goes:

Sunday: “BBQ” sandwiches (with ground beef & bbq sloppy joe sauce), potato chips. Dessert: ice cream.
Monday: Hamburgers, potato salad, watermelon
Tuesday: “Healthier” Chicken fettuccine alfredo, mixed greens salad.
Wednesday: Tacos
Thursday: Spaghetti & meatballs, salad, bread
Friday: Grilled chicken, salad, steamed cauliflower
Saturday: Meatloaf, mac n cheese, salad, ranch beans

For breakfasts: cereal, bagels, english muffins, fruit, cream of wheat, yogurt, eggs, bacon
For lunches: leftovers, sandwiches, nachos, hot dogs, tuna salad
For snacks: fruit, veggies, string cheese, yogurt

Menu Plan Monday is hosted by Laura the Organizing Junkie.

This Tuesday is our next produce delivery so we’ll be swimming in fresh fruits and veggies! At the end of the week, I’m visiting my mom so this week’s menu will need to use the more time sensitive produce that we’ll receive so that nothing goes to waste. =)

I need to make a salad with the mizuna and arugula, and some of the green leaf lettuce, the grape tomatoes, mushrooms and cucumbers. I also have some leftover carrots. When I include “salad” on the menu, it’ll be this salad that I’ve pre-made. (Everything I mark with an asterisk is something from our organic co-op!)

Monday

Breakfast – Eggs, turkey bacon, toast, orange wedges*
Lunch – Turkey sandwiches, chips, apple wedges*
Snack – Graham crackers & peanut butter, raisins
Supper – Smoked sausage, homemade mac n cheese, ranch beans, biscuits

Tuesday

Breakfast – Cereal, orange wedges*
Lunch – Turkey bacon, lettuce* & tomato* sandwiches, carrot sticks*
Snack – Yogurt & bananas* & granola
Supper – Lemon* pepper chicken, fresh green beans*, red potatoes

Wednesday

Breakfast – Pancakes w/ strawberries*
Lunch – Turkey dogs, chips, apples*
Snack – Carrot sticks*, sliced sweet peppers*, ranch dressing
Supper – Mini meatloaves (didn’t make last week,) salad*, cornbread muffins

Thursday

Breakfast – Oatmeal, apples*
Lunch – Salads* (with chopped turkey & hard-boiled eggs)
Snack – graham crackers, yogurt
Supper – Chicken fajitas w/ peppers* & onions, fresh pico, fresh guac*

Friday

Breakfast – Biscuits, gravy, turkey bacon, grapefruit*
Lunch – Peanut butter sandwiches, apples*, raisins
Snack – hard boiled eggs, carrots sticks* & ranch
Supper – Spaghetti, salad*, cheesy garlic bread

Menu Plan Monday is hosted by Laura @ I’m an Organizing Junkie.