Menu Monday February 3

So I took a little week off from the blog, and from the internet in general actually. Sometimes I just feel overly “plugged in” and need to detox a little! Mission accomplished, and here’s the *super budget* menu for the week. We had a dinner party last weekend and I always get WAY too much food when we entertain, so I really tried to rein in the grocery bill this week. I’m also trying to strategically use the stuff that I have in the freezer/pantry.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack
Monday	Cereal with strawberries	Pizza bagels, oranges	Parmesan Dijon chicken, roasted veggies, spinach salad	Homemade granola bars
Tuesday	Hardboiled eggs and toast	Peanut butter and banana slices on whole wheat crackers, sliced cucumber and celery	Tofu vindaloo (slow cooker) with jasmine rice *kids eat at play school*	Zucchini muffins
Wednesday	Spice Dutch Baby	Grilled cheese and avocado	Fettuccini alfredo with chicken and broccoli	Granola bars
Thursday	Cereal with strawberries	Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, popcorn	Burgers, sweet potato fries, chili-lemon cauliflower	Veggies and dip
Friday	Hardboiled eggs and toast	Homemade macaroni and cheese with sugar snap peas	Homemade pizza, salad	Zucchini muffins
Saturday	Pancakes and fruit	Leftovers	Out for my birthday!	Chia pudding
Sunday	Spice Dutch Baby	Family brunch	Three bean chili with baked potatoes	Fruit!

 The chili-lemon cauliflower is one of my family's new favorite side dishes! I leave off the spice for the kiddos, but double the spice for me and my husband.

The homemade pizza dough is now a weekly activity for Alice and I. She is getting pretty good at kneeding the dough! I will say, though, that I only use half of the salt called for in the recipe.

Sergio has become sort of a pancake making expert. I promise I will have him write down his 'recipe' with all his secrets, but for now I will just tell you that they are SO good that he has to make a triple batch every week :)

Now, the chia pudding has become sort of an addiction in our house. We first tried it at our friend's house during a potluck and Sergio insisted I get the recipe. My friend's advice is to take the recipe in the link, double it and add an extra 2 Tbsp of chia seeds. She also put berries on top and it was amazing.

So what's on your menu this week?