Menu Monday April 7

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack
Monday	Eggs and toast	Turkey and cheese roll ups, crackers	Peppercorn marinated pork, roasted sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and boiler onions; creamed spinach	Celery with cream cheese, orange slices
Tuesday	Cereal with banana and berries	Yogurt (Plain mixed with vanilla extract, maple syrup, and berries)	Cheesy chicken and rice casserole, rolls	Popcorn sprinkled with nutritional yeast
Wednesday	Whole wheat waffles with yogurt	Noodles with butter, parmesan and peas	Tacos	Pita chips and hummus
Thursday	Eggs and toast	Peanut butter banana crackers, carrots and cucumber	Lasagna (with mushrooms and spinach), rolls, salad	Orange slices and popcorn
Friday	Cereal with bananas	Broccoli cheese frittata, pita chips	Homemade pizza, salad	Celery with cream cheese, raisins
Saturday	Pancakes	Leftovers	Fish and chips	Veggies and hummus
Sunday	Omelets (to use up leftover veggies)	Family meal	Leftovers	Whatever is left!

 

I don’t have a single recipe to link to for this week! I went super back to basics because I realized in the past few weeks that the fam wasn’t too enthusiastic about the new things I was trying. Also, the ‘moving towards vegan’ idea was just leaving us hungry and cranky. I figure it’s better for now to have us with full bellies, even if this means I am spending more than I want to on organic/free range/happy hippie stuff J It’s a work in progress!

I did discover that everyone LOVES the yogurt situation, though! The sugar content in flavored yogurt (even vanilla) was NOT ok with me. So I read around and decided to try plain yogurt. I’ve been mixing in a little vanilla extract (not homemade yet, but maybe someday), local maple syrup, and some organic berries. Alice just asked for a second bowl! Yay. I fee l good about that.

Also, I have never made fish and chips before. I used to LOVE Long John Silver’s. I found out while I was pregnant and having ridiculous cravings that there are NO Long John’s around here. I even called my mom and made her search for it while I was pulled over in a parking lot! No dice. There is an Arthur Treachers, but that is simply not the same. Fast forward 4 years, and here we are with me searching frantically for an acceptable fish and chips recipe that will take me less than half an hour to make and doesn’t have any crazy ingredients that are not in my cupboards. Anyone have a recommendation??

Happy eating J