Menu Plan Monday

June 2nd, 2008

I’m posting this on Monday, but I’m working on it on Friday, so you may be looking at a few days of old menus. And they may be a little wacky, given that I’m running on a lack of sleep and taking suggestions from a kid on Valium.

I’m trying to find a reasonable balance between trying to make healthier meals while still being able to afford those meals. I know everyone’s doing the same. In an effort to save a little money, I’m going to start packing my lunch during the workweek, and now that the boys are home all day, I have to plan lunches for them, too.

Friday - We’re eating whatever makes Griff happy today.

Saturday - Chuck and Stacy are bringing Eliza back home, and Mike’s going to grill out for dinner. We’ll have something easy for lunch.

Sunday - Easy whatevers for lunch & wonton soup for dinner. The soup is a mix of this Emeril recipe and this Sandra Lee recipe with a few tweaks of my own. I add shredded carrots and zucchini to the chicken/veggie broth combo and don’t put any shellfish or seafood in the wontons. The veggies are another part of my stealthy healthy living trick on my kids. I cook the wontons in water in another pan & then add them to the broth in each bowl. The leftover broth can be used for Monday night’s chicken and rice… more stealthy veggies.

(lunch…For the boys, I got a variety of sandwich stuff and soup and such. I’ll most likely have to work through lunch this week, so they’re left to their own devices with what I left in the fridge.)

Monday - Chicken and yellow rice for dinner.

Tuesday - Smoked chicken with grilled vegetables.

Wednesday - Chicken alfredo with edamame beans (a sweet gesture from Stacy’s sister… my sister-in-law sister)

Thursday - Turkey burgers with fresh veggie sticks

Friday - Mandy, Josh and Olivia are spending the week at Disney with Mandy’s family’s annual summer vacation week, so we’re meeting all 10 of them at the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. We’ll have to get a wheelchair for Griff, but it’ll be something for him to look forward to this week. And we’ll get to go to Goofy’s Candy Shop and have chocolate dipped pretzels. I love those.

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