Menu Plan for 8/24- 8/31

It's not fancy, not my best but here it is: our menu plan for the next week. :)

Friday
breakfast- gf, df, egg free, sf banana bread with cantaloupe
lunch- bean and avocado tostadas
dinner- Cajun chicken on brown rice pasta with sauteed crooked neck squash (from our garden!)
snack- strawberry smoothie topped with granola

Saturday
breakfast- loaded oatmeal
lunch- tuna with gf crackers, carrot sticks and apple slices
dinner- roasted corn chowder with gf dinner rolls
snack- popcorn popped in coconut oil

Sunday
breakfast- gf cereal with coconut milk and sliced strawberries
lunch- fried egg sandwiches on gf bread with df, sf orange julius smoothies
dinner- gf pizza with a big balsamic salad
snack- rice cakes with sunflower butter

Monday
breakfast- eggs, potatoes and hot sauce (a fav!)
lunch- bean and avocado tostadas
dinner- sweet lemon pepper chicken over quinoa and a Greek salad
snack- goat yogurt in a gluten free ice cream cone topped with blueberries

Tuesday
breakfast- gf hot cereal topped with maple agave and seeds (flax, chia, sunflower)
lunch- sunflower butter and raw honey sandwiches with fruit and veggies with dip
dinner- breakfast! (waffles, turkey bacon, eggs and green smoothies!)
snack- df hot chocolate with df, gf, sf, egg free oatmeal cookies

Wednesday
breakfast- vanilla goat yogurt and berries over quinoa
lunch- hummus with organic corn chips and a cabbage salad
dinner- we eat dinner with our bible study groups on wed. nights :)
snacks- green smoothies

Thursday
breakfast- eggs, potatoes and hot sauce
lunch- turkey sandwiches with rice chips
dinner- spicy pineapple grilled chicken salad with organic chips and homemade salsa
snack- gf pretzels dipped in sunflower butter

Meal Plan 1/29/12- 2/5/12

Here is our meal plan for the week... per request ;) I pray everyone has a blessed week!!

Sunday
breakfast- homemade granola with coconut milk
lunch-flatbread with smeared avocado, turkey, sprouts
dinner-gluten/dairy free biscuits and gravy with green smoothies

Monday
breakfast- homemade gluten/dairy free blueberry muffins with fruit
lunch- veggie stir fry
dinner-crockpot turkey chili with gluten/dairy free cornbread

Tuesday
breakfast- homemade granola with coconut yogurt and berries
lunch- flatbread with sunflower butter, sliced apples and honey
dinner- Shredded elk enchiladas with homemade beans and spanish rice

Wednesday
breakfast- smoothies and toast
lunch- flatbread with tuna and sprouts
dinner- Breakfast burros/tacos with turkey bacon and green smoothies

Thursday
breakfast- oatmeal
lunch- hummus, rice chips and salad
dinner- potato bar with fix-ins (leftover homemade chili, yogurt, green onions, turkey bacon, tomatoes, japs, lettuce, etc.)

Friday
breakfast- granola with coconut milk
lunch- flatbread with smeared avocado, turkey, sprouts and sliced apples
dinner- gluten free pizza with roasted veggies on top and a balsamic salad (dinner and a movie!) for dessert a GF version of PW prune cake!

Saturday
breakfast- waffles and berry syrup
lunch- leftovers or flatbread
dinner- PW turkey meatballs with rice and balsamic salad

Snacks for the week
granola bars
lemon bars
chocolate chip cookies
coconut yogurt smoothies

Menu Plan for March 18th-25th.

Breakfast

-loaded oatmeal
-omelette's
-granola and goat yogurt
-granola bars and smoothies


Lunch

-chips, re fried black beans and homemade salsa
-tuna with rice crackers
-chicken salad wrapped in collard green leaf
-rice cakes with goat yogurt and berries
-sunflower butter and honey sammies on gluten free bread
-salad and smoothies


Dinners

-Southwestern brown rice pasta with spinach salad
-Veggie Panini's with chips and salsa
-Stuffed acorn squash with mango spinach salad and brown rice
-Creamy potato soup and homemade oatmeal molasses bread
-BBQ chicken pizza on gluten free crust with honey mustard salad
-Fajita burritos with chips and guac
-Honey chicken salad with homemade multi grain bread



Extras things to make this week

-granola bars
-granola
-bread
-date balls
-salsa
-gluten free cinnamon crackers

Hope everyone has a blessed week!!!

Menu Plan 3/3- 3/10.

I decided to post a little more info about what goes on inside our kitchen. Like breakfast and lunch. We don't just eat dinner, I would have 4 hungry children and 1 hungry husband following me around constantly saying..... the dreaded words... "I'm hungry!". Thankfully I do feed them. Three meals a day and a snack if their extra sweet. ;)

Breakfast

loaded oatmeal (M,W,F)
scrambled eggs with rice bread toast (T, Sat.)
green smoothies and pumpkin muffins (Th.)
banana pancakes and turkey bacon (Sun.- IF we aren't running late for church, if we are it's oatmeal)


Lunch

tuna wrapped in collard green leaves (things wrapped in collard greens is our new fav.) (M,W)
4 grain flatbread topped with sunflower butter and honey and fruit (T,Th.)
4 grain flatbread topped with smeared avocado, broccoli sprouts, apples, red onion, turkey, etc. (Sat.)
homemade hummus with rice crackers and veggie sticks (F, Sun.)


Dinner

brown rice pasta with homemade veggie marinara and goat cheese
garlic rice bread
honey mustard vinaigrette salad

Turkey tacos with Mexican black beans

Chicken and brown rice honey mustard yogurt wraps
strawberry spinach salad

Butternut squash pizzas with spinach, sprouts, avocado salad

Chinese Party Celebration (Friday- we have been studying China all week in school)
Panda Expresses orange chicken (healthy version)
P.F. Changs lettuce wraps
homemade fried rice
Chinese chicken salad
candy sushi for kids
and I think and oreo cheesecake for the adults (yum)

Veggie fajita burritos with re fried black beans and balsamic salad with candied pecans

Veggie omelette's with coconut mango smoothies


Snacks

homemade date balls
maple granola bars
popcorn drizzled with sunflower butter
chai hot cocoa
fruit

Hope everyone has a blessed week, stay tuned for a new series of recipes called.... wait for it..... My favorite drinks!!!

Menu Plan 2/25-3/4.

Monday

Spelt Bagel Sandwiches
kale chips
spirulina blueberry smoothie

Tuesday

Turkey Tacos
black beans

Wednesday

Build your own potato bar
spinach salad

Thursday

Sloppy joes over brown basmati rice
brussel sprouts

Friday

butternut squash pizzas
spinach strawberry salad
coconut cream ice cream

Saturday

Tuscan bean soup
homemade bread

Sunday

Grilled chicken over honey mustard brown rice pasta
balsamic salad with caramelized onions


EXTRAS

banana maple bread
dark chocolate protein balls
brown rice pudding
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
four grain flatbread
roasted garlic hummus

Hope everyone has a very blessed week!!! :)

Menu Plan February 18th-24th

Friday
bean and green chile burritos on sprouted tortillas topped with all the fix-ins
spinach balsamic salad

Saturday
brown rice pasta with grilled honey mustard chicken
strawberry spinach salad
garlic (rice) bread

Sunday
Veggie Chili with gluten-free cornbread
kale chips

Monday
Tacos with all the fix-ins
basmati brown rice
black beans

Tuesday
Organic baking potatoes topped with leftover veggie chili and greek yogurt
Autumn maple salad

Wednesday
Veggie omlettes
strawberry banana smoothie

Thursday
15-bean kale soup
gluten-free four grain flatbreads

Extras for the week
rice bread
granola bars
allergy free cookies
date oat balls

COMING TOMORROW...... the start of a week long posting of healthy snack recipes!!! Stay tuned!

Menu Plan Nov. 19th -25th

Tacos with homemade spanish rice
Black bean chili with allergy free cornbread
Pizza and a spinach salad
Bean and cheese burritos with spicy corn salad
Omelette's with berry smoothies
Crockpot chicken and quinoa with a raw kale salad
Honey-glazed penne brown rice pasta with autumn apple salad and homemade bread
Tostadas with black beans and steamed broccoli

Extras

lemon kale chips
pumpkin bread
pumpkin oatmeal
lemon bars
granola bars
date balls
kettle corn with maple syrup

My Menu Plan Oct. 29th-Nov. 5th

Tacos with beans and brown rice
Pizza Friday
Fish Tacos and organic corn chips with salsa and guacamole
Garden Chowder with oatmeal molasses bread
Black bean enchiladas with brown rice and spinach salad
Turkey meatballs with quinoa and autumn apple salad
Veggie omlettes with blueberry antioxidant smoothies

I see a Mexican theme......yummy.

Extras:

Bran muffins
Homemade granola
Oatmeal jammy bars
Granola bars
Date, oatmeal thingi's rolled in coconut (I need to think of a better name, any ideas?)

My Menu Plan for Two Weeks.

Potato pancake with egg and avocado and mango smoothies.
Bacon, Kale and sweet potato breakfast burritos with fruit salad.
2-Taco Tuesdays with all the fixins.
2-Pizza Fridays with wings. (and a soda.... can't wait!)
Bean and rice bowls with pico, guac and cheese.
Sweet Carolina pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw and sweet potato fries.
Leftover pulled pork on baguettes with apple harvest salad.
Nachos with beans and rice.
Spicy veggie fajitas with black beans.
Cream of mushroom soup with oatmeal molasses bread.
Garden Chowder with honey buckwheat bread.
Sourdough burgers with sweet potato fries and marinated kale salad.

Extras:
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. (allergy-free)
Cranberry-orange muffins.
Sweet potato cranberry muffins. (allergy-free)
Granola bars. (allergy-free)
Oatmeal jammy bars. (allergy-free)
Kettle corn. (allergy-free)
Coconut brown rice pudding. (allergy-free)
Black bean brownies. (allergy-free)
Sunbutter greenie cookies. (allergy-free)

My Menu plan for 2 weeks.

Bean and rice bowls topped with cheese, salsa, guacamole, chopped onions and cilantro.
Asian lettuce wraps with brown rice.
Chicken souvlaki in a pita with marinated kale salad and grapes.
Homemade chicken and cheese calzones with layered salad.
Tacos with beans and Mexican brown rice.
Lemon chicken topped with dried honeyed dates with quinoa and honey balsamic salad.
Turkey sloppy joes on brown rice with steamed broccoli.
Black bean and green chile quesadillas on gluten free tortillas with chips and pico and guac.
Oven turkey sammies with sweet potato fries and broccoli salad.
Pizza Friday with a movie and hot wings. ( 2 meals )
Black bean, sweet potato soup with oatmeal molasses bread.
Grilled zucchini and chipolte hummus panini with spinach strawberry salad.

My extras for the week:

allergy free cookies
orange rolls (for James breakfast for the 1st week)
allergy free pumpkin cranberry bread
allergy free oatmeal jammy bars
allergy free granola bars
protein lemon bars
kettle corn sweetened with maple syrup
allergy free hot chocolate
allergy free black bean brownies

Food for the Week.....

Monday- Homemade Pizza with Ranch Salad
Tuesday- Burgers with sweet potato fries and Artichoke Vinagarette (sp?) Salad
Wednesday- Tortellini Salad with Homemade Bread
Thursday- Breakfast- homemade orange rolls, eggs, bacon, fruit kabobs
Friday- Enchiladas with chips and Guac
Saturday- Chicken Fajitas with homemade refried beans and mexican rice
Sunday- NO COOKING FOR MAMA since it's my birthday and Mother's day!!


Have a blessed week!

New Week....New Meals....

here's the new week of food... :)

Saturday- friends house bringing artichoke dip
Sunday- Taco Soup w/ chips
Monday- Waffles w/ berry syrup and fruit smothies (huge hit last week)
Tuesday- Chicken, sausage and rice skillet w/ homemade bread and layered salad
Wednesday- Grilled Salmon w/ steamed veggies and brown rice
Thursday- Homemade Chicken Pot Pie w/ autumn salad
Friday- Hot Wings w/ ranch salad


Anyone have any yummy breakfast or lunch ideas?? I feel like we have the same things over and over...... I need some new things..... thanks :)

My menu plan.....

Marnie you have such great ideas I feel like such a copycat but oh well :)

Monday- Crockpot chili and homemade cornbread
Tuesday- Grilled reuben sandwiches w/ chips, asian salad and fruit smoothies
Wednesday- Teriyaki Chicken over brown rice and grilled veggies
Thursday- Shredded BBQ pork sandwiches w/ coleslaw and homemade sweet potato wedges
Friday- Sloppy joes w/ BBQ ranch salad
Saturday- Nachos with Homemade salsa
Sunday- Waffles with homemade berry syrup and fruit smoothies


Hope everyone's week is blessed!!