Weekly Menu (8/25/13-8/31/13)

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

• spinach
• romaine lettuce
• green bell peppers
• bananas
• green chilis
• tomatoes
• corn
• peaches
• zucchini
• avocado
• carrots
• apple pears

Our kale, spinach, bell peppers, and eggplant are going strong in the garden, so we'll be using those as well. We also have potatoes, celery, apples, plums, and grapes.

The kids are in school now so breakfasts will consist of their choice of:

• cereal
• muffins (banana chocolate chip, blueberry, pumpkin chocolate chip, or double chocolate zucchini muffins)
• scrambled eggs and toast
• etc.

 lunches will consist of:

• Sandwiches (Peanut Butter and Jelly or Ham)
• or Pizza Flatbreads (Schar crispbread topped with cheese and pepperoni)
• or Crackers, veggies, and hummus
• chips or crackers
• fruit (usually applesauce, mandarin oranges, or bananas)
• milk

Sunday: 

• 1st breakfast (5am): nothing, I'm sleeping in :)
• 2nd breakfast (7am):  breakfast stuffed peppers
• morning snack (9am): carrots and almond butter
• lunch (11am-12pm): leftovers or a ham sandwich and lots of veggies
• afternoon snack (3pm): grapes
• dinner (5-6pm):
• Oven Fried Chicken (using GF breadcrumbs)
• mashed potatoes
• corn on the cob (for the family)
• sauteed veggies
• Green salad

Monday:

• 1st breakfast (5am): apple pear
• 2nd breakfast (7am): scrambled eggs with veggies
• morning snack (9am): celery and peanut butter
• lunch (11am-12pm): leftovers
• afternoon snack (3pm): veggies, crackers (my family's new favorite cracker is this one), and hummus
• dinner (5-6pm): 
• chicken pot pie (I'm trying out the cream of chicken mix from Vivian's Live Again)
• green salad

Tuesday:

• 1st breakfast (5am): plum
• 2nd breakfast (7am): baked oatmeal
• morning snack (9am): carrots and peanut butter
• lunch (11am-12pm): leftovers
• afternoon snack (3pm): apples and peanut butter
• dinner (5-6pm): 
• pork tamales for the family
• chile rellenos casserole
• green salad

Wednesday:

• 1st breakfast (5am): grapes
• 2nd breakfast (7am): scrambled eggs with veggies
• morning snack (9am): celery sticks and peanut butter
• lunch (11am-12pm): leftovers
• afternoon snack (3pm): medjool dates
• dinner:
• cauliflower alfredo (maybe topped with grilled chicken, maybe not)
• GF pasta
• green salad

Thursday: 

• 1st breakfast (5am): plum
• 2nd breakfast (7am): baked oatmeal
• morning snack (9am):  carrots
• lunch (11am-12pm): leftovers
• afternoon snack (3pm): veggies and hummus
• dinner: 
• waffles
• bacon
• peaches

Friday:

• 1st breakfast (5am): carrots
• 2nd breakfast (7am): scrambled eggs with veggies
• morning snack (9am): celery and peanut butter
• lunch (11am-12pm): leftovers
• afternoon snack (3pm): peach
• dinner:
• pigs in a blanket
• oven fries
• green salad

Saturday: 

• 1st breakfast (5am): sleeping in :)
• 2nd breakfast (7am): green smoothie
• morning snack (9am): carrots
• lunch (11am-12pm): sandwich and veggies (I usually use my teff sandwich bread, teff biscuits, or flour tortillas as my bread)
• afternoon snack (3pm): whatever fruit I have
• dinner: 
• Calzones
• green salad