Menu Monday February 24

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack
Monday	Cereal/oatmeal with fruit	Red beans and brown rice, Brussels sprouts	Lemon pepper chicken, farro, creamed spinach	Chia pudding
Tuesday	Whole Wheat waffles and yogurt	Nutty Veggie burgers, sweet potatoes	Crockpot chicken noodle soup	Popcorn
Wednesday	Peanut butter toast, fruit (mango, strawberry, kiwi)	Broccoli Mushroom frittata	Spaghetti and meatballs, salad, rolls	Whole wheat pretzels dipped in hummus
Thursday	Eggs and bacon	Leftovers	Tempeh tacos, cornbread	Orange slices
Friday	Cereal/oatmeal with fruit	Creamy Mushroom Barley soup	Salmon, brown rice, snap peas, lemony pepper cauliflower	Celery with cream cheese
Saturday	Pancakes	Tostadas	Pizza and salad	Cucumbers and hummus
Sunday	Toast and jam, fresh fruit	Family meal	Leftovers	Whatever is left!

 

 

 

I need to feed Ethan more FOOD! I am still nursing him on demand, and it’s easy to forget to actually prepare a meal for him as well (because he’s still my baby...but really he’s not). This week’s plan is full of foods I know that both kids love and will fill up on. One of my friends mentioned to me the other day that I go a little heavy on the carbs. I am noticing that this is especially true for breakfast. I don’t know, though, I’m not feeling out of balance at the moment, so I am choosing not to worry about it J

NOTES:

The lemon pepper chicken is from Whole Foods (because my life is easier when they remember to marinate it for me).

Have you cooked farro? It’s my new favorite. Until last year, I honestly thought that rice was the only grain I could use. Then I decided brown rice was better, and I started to use that instead of white rice. To take it to the next level, I found out that you can actually put things IN the rice! Game changer. Well, finally, my mommy friends introduced me to quinoa. Now I’ve got brown rice, quinoa, barley, and even farro! I’m so proud, I feel like a grown up.

The nutty veggie burger recipe is from the book Let Them Eat Vegan by Dreena Burton. Again, one of my friends made them for play school one evening and I think I ate like 4. Alice ate an entire patty and so did Ethan.

Tempeh tacos are just my way of changing up regular tacos. Tempeh is only $1.99 a pack. I like that J

I use organic ground turkey for the meatballs. I don’t have a recipe. I just add some garlic, onion, and mixed Italian spices. Then I form the meatballs and put them in the oven for 25 minutes at 375.

Tostadas are just crispy tortillas with taco stuff on top. Yum.

We get fresh salmon rather than farm raised. It’s a hot debate (and for good reason). I wish I had a link for you with research about it, but I have to go stop Ethan from eating crayons. I’m pretty sure that’s worse than farm raised salmon…