This was thought up in some haste, just before grocery shopping the other day, so it may not be as perfectly balanced in meal choices as future or past menus have been. Our goal was to write it down and stick to it, simplify this one aspect of life right now. It is basically healthy, includes no non-foods or artificial anythings, and does include easy-prep and advance-prep meals. Bon appetit!
Day: Lunch: Dinner:
Sunday sweet potatoes, rice and beans fried fish, green beans, potatoes
Monday quesadillas, cucumbers, carrots hamburgers and fries, tomatoes, lettuce
Tuesday pasta, tomato sauce, sugar snap peas chicken, vegetable stir-fry, rice
Wednesday sandwiches, raw veggies Italian sausage soup, salad
Thursday rice salad lasagna, carrot salad
Friday salad w/hard-boiled eggs, bacon, bread pasta or leftovers, salad
Saturday baked potatoes and ham pizza night (homemade pizza)
made ahead, for the whole month: Italian sausage soup, lasagna, hamburgers
prepped ahead: grate cheese for quesadillas, carrots, celery, broccoli, etc. cut up, lettuce washed and stored in containers for the week (dried well in a salad spinner), same day prep; grate carrots for carrot salad, cut potatoes for fries, soak until frying, cook rice and chop veggies for rice salad
dessert: is yogurt or fruit
I must say that I am very impressed with you menu. It looks easy, convenient, pre-preppable (look I coined a new word LOL) and tasty! I am curious how to handle the fussy eaters in your home? I would love to do something like this but my kids are a bit fussy when it comes to the food their Dad and I like to eat. Also, since we eat a lot of Indian vegetarian food which our munchkins don't like I have to find healthy alternatives for them. Any suggestions? thanks
ReplyDeleteI'm on board. Made my menu Saturday and I have to say, I have an overwhelming sense of calm for the month. I'm only committing to an identical menu for April. We'll see how it goes! Thanks so much for sharing this journey.
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