Menu Monday

Here's what we are eating this week:

 

Sunday	Oatmeal	Cracker Stackers	Family
Monday	Eggs	Lentil Soup	Fettuccini Alfredo with Broccoli, rolls, salad
Tuesday	Oatmeal	Panini and salad	Christmas Eve Family Dinner
Wednesday	Pancakes!	Cracker Stackers	Roasted chicken, roasted veggies, mashed potatoes
Thursday	Eggs	Grilled Cheese and leftover lentil soup	Bean/cheese/spinach enchiladas
Friday	Oatmeal	Homemade Pizza	Birthday party
Saturday	French Toast	Leftovers (enchiladas, pizza, or chicken)	Fish, brown rice, steamed carrots and green beans

Some notes:

 

-That lentil soup is AMAZING. It isn't what you expect from lentil soup, and it is an awesome way to get kids to eat all those veggies (kale, sweet potato, leeks...). My husband spiced it up with some homemade chiles en vinagre that his mom made and then squeezed a little lime on the soup. I just like to have some sourdough bread with it. Either way, you should try the soup.

 

-Did you know that making alfredo sauce was THIS EASY!? I kind of feel ridiculous that I ever bought the kind in a jar. Three ingredients (and I added a couple cloves of garlic). Who knew? Don't answer that...

 

-The cracker stackers are nothing more than whole wheat Ritz style crackers (but we get the store brand), hummus or turkey or genoa salami, and some cheese. Alice requests this pretty much every day. I put either a carrot or some celery on the side and some fruit. Lately we have been eating a lot of tangerines.

 

-The veggies I roast are sweet potatoes, parsnips, and cipollini onions. Olive oil, salt and pepper them up, and into the oven on a cookie sheet. YUM.

 

-The bean/cheese/spinach enchiladas have no recipe. I always make some beans (dry, not canned) to have on hand for the week. On Thursday I mash them up, grate in some cheese and toss in the spinach that I have left. Roll it up in some corn tortillas, put them in a baking dish and pour some salsa over the top (ok, I usually do use the kind in a jar here, unless my mother-in-law has given us some homemade...) and pop them in the oven.

 

-When I say "family" meal, I mean that my amazing in-laws are cooking up a storm for us. I can't even begin to tell you what a fantastic cook my mother-in-law is. You want to taste real Mexican food? You have to visit her kitchen. And trust me, she'd love to have you :)