Weekly Menu (9/16/12-9/22/12)

This week in our half of the Bountiful Basket (I share with my brother) we got:

• green peppers
• green leafy lettuce
• cucumber
• broccoli
• oranges
• apples
• plums
• carrots

We also got the Italian pack add-on which had:

• eggplant
• zucchini
• mushrooms
• onions
• garlic
• herbs

I also have bananas, carrots, crookneck squash, potatoes, celery, grapes, and raspberries (from our bushes) to supplement the basket.


This week for breakfast:
For the Kids:

• Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
• Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
• scrambled eggs
• hardboiled eggs
• breakfast bagel sandwiches (with Udi's bagels)
• fresh fruit
• cereal for the kids

For me:

• homemade yogurt
• smoothies
• water kefir with fruit puree
• hardboiled eggs
• fresh fruit
• baked oatmeal
• granola

This week for school lunches:

• PB&J on Udi's bread, ham sandwiches, or Schar crispbread with pepperoni and cheese
• fresh fruit or applesauce
• chips or crackers (we really like the Schar table crackers)
• milk

This week for dinner:

Sunday: We are visiting family...

• Hamburgers and Hot dogs (we're bringing our own buns)
• not sure what else (do you feel my stress)
• I'm bringing cookies to share, either Death by Chocolate Cookies, Smores cookies or Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (I'm working on making these refined sugar-free, hopefully I'll remember to write down what I did...I tend to forget to do that).

Monday:

• Grilled Chicken
• Ratatouille (using my eggplant, zucchini, crookneck squash, onions, green peppers, herbs, etc)
• Corn on the Cob
• Grapes

Tuesday:

• Thai Red Curry (or Green, haven't decided) Chicken
• Basmati Rice
• Vegetable Spring Rolls (using lettuce, cucumber, carrots, celery, etc. with rice vermecilli noodles)

Wednesday:

• Pizza
• Green Salad
• grapes

Thursday:

• apple fritters
• scrambled eggs
• peaches and raspberries

Friday:

• Tacos (I'll be having mine as a lettuce wrap)
• Green Salad
• Corn on the cob

Saturday:  I think we are planning on visiting my mother-in-law...if we end up not going, I think we'll just have Juniper Takeout or leftovers.