Showing posts with label menu plan monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label menu plan monday. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Menu Plan Monday (WINNING!!)

Because it's actually Monday and I'm posting this!! I want to be better about giving each of the kids a night to cook and really learn to prepare an age-appropriate meal, so that's reflected here, too.

Monday (Riley)- Pasta with Marinara Sauce, green salad with vinaigrette, Garlic Bread, banana yogurt parfaits
Tuesday- Pork Chops with Apple Ginger Sauce, asparagus, jeweled couscous
Wednesday (Logan)- Macaroni and Cheese, Hot Dogs, Green Beans with onion and garlic, green jello with fruit
Thursday- Tacos, Spanish Rice, Pineapple
Friday (Savannah)- Pizzas, fruit salad, veggies and dip
Saturday- Leftovers
Sunday- Grilled steak, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, watermelon

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Menu Plan Monday- Late Again

Yay tardiness.

Monday- Broccoli Stir Fry with Orange Sauce, steamed white rice with mixed veggies
Tuesday- PTA Dinner- Vegetarian Lasagne, Garlic Bread, Salad, Cheese Cake (from Tera!) and Pizza for the kiddos
Wednesday- Work: Crock Pot Chicken Parisienne
Thursday- Leftovers
Friday- Game night with friends, assorted munchies, ice cream sundaes
Saturday- Grilled steaks, grilled asparagus, garlic mashed
Sunday- Chicken Salad with fruit

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Menu Planning Monday (ish)

Part of keeping track of homeschooling next year is going to be journaling what we do in this space.  To that end, I need to get in the habit of writing more religiously...er...faithfully....I need to write more, with or without my Jesus spin ;)

So, to that end, I'm going to start with our Menus.  Several of my friends do this and I love the inspiration.  Cooking will be a part of our curriculum since the kids love to cook and it ties in with math, so each kid will get a day to plan and implement the menu.  For now, it's still me, and it's actually Wednesday....

Hopefully this will also help me plan better.  We have a lot of weeknight happenings that would go smoother if I planned dinner better.  Especially baseball, which happens RIGHT over dinner quite consistently. This is not a typical menu for us- due to Monday's tragic events I had a bunch of thawed chicken.  We don't normally eat this much chicken all at once.


Monday- Frozen Cheese Pizza, Fruit Smoothies with Yogurt, Carrot Sticks and Dip (before Cub Scout Pack Meeting) I had another meal planned, but my freezer died (sadly, yes, but he got better!!) and in the frantic rush to move things from the basement full freezer to the kitchen tiny freezer, this is what my fantastic 7 year old made!!

Tuesday- Linguini alla Vodka, Salad, Garlic Bread (brought by Grammy and Papa to Riley's baseball game)

Wednesday- Chicken with Lemon Caper Sauce, Pasta, Asparagus from the farmer's market (which no one ate but me so breakfast tomorrow will be EPIC)

Thursday- Fatteh bel Djaje, Tabbouleh but with no mint and twice the parsley called for, probably hummus and veggies to go with.  If I am feeling benevolent, we may have some Trader Joe's Baklava :)

Friday- Dinner out for Preschool Graduation!! I plan to cry!!

Saturday- Chicken Lettuce Wraps but with substantially more mushroom and water chestnuts, and sweet chili sauce and hoisin subbing for the hot ingredients where called for for the kids.  Not me, I'll burn my mouth off :)

Sunday- BBQ Chicken, (kidding- we're having grilled burgers and hot dogs), Purple Potato Salad (yay farmer's market!), mixed berries, corn on the cob (whoot, farmers!)

Next week, we eat vegan.  I feel like this week was a bad episode of Epic Meal Time (chicken breast, and chicken breast, and chicken breast, though, rather than BACON STRIPS and BACON STRIPS!)   BTW- If you watch that link, please don't vomit.