Inevitably, all these nuggets I live with want to eat. Every day. Multiple times a day. In our house, the job of feeding the many hungry mouths is mine. If the hour of 4pm rolls around and I haven’t thought about dinner yet, we end up eating cereal…or napkins.
I’ve found that in my jumbled up, crazy little world, I must plan to eat. So, at the beginning of each week, I sit down with my little notebook and jot down what I think we may want to stuff our mouth-holes with. It gives me a little back-up and sanity when I’m about to saw my own arms off and plummet into a bathtub around 4 o’clock each day.
I thought I’d share our meal plan for this week and possibly do it on a regular basis. A few notes about our meals:
- Nothing is set in stone. If we decide to go out or eat chocolate pudding instead, we do.
- I typically “real-foodify” any recipe I’m using. If it calls for some nasty ingredient I won’t touch with a ten foot pole like canola oil, I substitute something less offensive. Like lard. Yeah, I said it. L-A-R-D. (Look for an upcoming post on healthy fats.)
- I’ve put links to the recipes I use in each day’s list. They are hoarded on my Pinterest page. Make sure to follow me on Pinterest, since you’re already going to be there anyway…
- So, a day late and dollar short for Monday, here’s our menu for the week of September 16th. (We had the Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole tonight and it was pretty delicious, if I may say so myself…)
Dinner Meal Plan for Sep 16 – Sep 20, 2013
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Mon, Sep 16
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Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole Steamed Asparagus (Use rotisserie chicken from Costco) (Make the minions pick the chicken) (Save half the chicken for tomorrow…2 for the price of one. BOOM) |
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Tue, Sep 17
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Chicken and Dumplins (use remaining chicken from rotisserie)
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Wed, Sep 18
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Baked Spaghetti (with grass-fed Italian sausage) (cook one pound of sausage, save half for Friday) (Cook whole wheat noodles, add in your favorite organic pasta sauce and any other favorites – mushrooms, onions, green peppers, etc. Pour into 9×13 pan, top with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. Bake. Simple) Steamed Green Beans |
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Thu, Sep 19
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Slow Cooker Italian Chicken (Make your own spice packet) (Use cream and sour cream with extra spices instead of canned soup.) Texmati Rice – 1 cup rice, 2 cups chicken broth, ¼ tsp. salt, 2 tblsp. Butter – throw in the rice cooker! Roasted Asparagus (sorry if you hate asparagus – got a butt-load from Costco this week)
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Fri, Sep 20
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Homemade Pizza (Make your own crust, top with organic pasta sauce, leftover sausage from Wednesday, cheese and any other toppings you like.) |
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