Menu Monday February 10

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack
Monday	Cereal/oatmeal with fruit	Avocado and cheese sandwich	Homemade Pizza and salad	Chia pudding
Tuesday	Eggs and toast	Mushroom broccoli frittata	Crockpot Gumbo	Pita chips w/ artichoke kale dip (from Trader Joe's)
Wednesday	Cereal/oatmeal with fruit	Honey mustard chicken wraps (Don't have a recipe. Just gonna wing it!)	Brown rice noodles with steak and steamed carrots	Veggies and dip
Thursday	Yogurt with berries and granola	Hardboiled eggs, ham, avocado	Tofu popcorn chick’n and sweet potato fries	Chia pudding
Friday	Eggs and toast	Vegetable barley soup, grilled cheese	Crockpot chicken tacos	Fruits
Saturday	Pancakes	PBJ sandwiches, fruit (picnic)	Catfish with farro, apple, and cabbage slaw	Veggies and dip
Sunday	Toast and jam, fresh fruit	Family meal	Leftovers	Fruits

 

I am trying a few new recipes this week because I’m just in that mood where nothing from my normal recipe stash is sounding appetizing. The new issue of Real Simple magazine actually had two recipes I really want to try. I have also been browsing Pinterest for new vegetarian dinner ideas. My family is not vegetarian (obviously…) but I am gently moving us in that direction.

I was vegan for about nine years before having my kids. At the end of that time, though, I realized that I was relying really heavily on convenience foods (like Tofu dogs and LOTS of pasta). These days I am TRYING to keep to ‘real food’ as defined on the blog 100 Days of Real Food. I’ve gotten pretty good at substituting whole wheat for white, homemade for packaged, etc.

On that note, I just had another reminder to read food labels CAREFULLY. Sometimes when I shop at places like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods I get a little comfortable and see the words “all natural” or “organic” and I just accept it without turning the package over to read the fine print. Then I saw this petition on Facebook to get a dangerous ingredient out of Subway bread. It turns out, this ingredient is in a lot of things, and many different types of bread. Anyway, it was a really good reminder for me to be vigilant about labels!

Well, that was a soapbox I didn’t really mean to get on

with my weekly menu J What are you eating this week? Is reading food labels something important to you, and what do you look for? Happy eating!