Meal Plans

I need to go grocery shopping. Which means I need to make a list. I also need to plan two weeks worth of meals. Unfortunately all of the above falls to me. The boys in my family don't care and never have any input in what we eat until it is on the table or when I should be making dinner. I am looking for easy meals. I have two weeks left of Science and ten more weeks of my Literature class which means the next two weeks are filled. Twenty page power point on deforestation, two labs, a discussion board post on forest products, and a final covering science and a 1200 word essay on the Aeneid, read the Aeneid, a discussion board on Sakuntala, read Sakuntala. If you can't tell my next two weeks are full, very full. So what is for dinner?

Two weeks of meals:

1. Rosemary Chicken in the crock pot, with rice and a green vegetable
2. Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas
3. Tomato, Basil and Cheese Baked pasta
4. Baked Potato soup-slow cooker style
5. Huge pot of Chili that makes three meals
6. Not to worry I will freeze the leftovers to have later
7. in the two weeks. It will be vegetarian Chili
8. Another Roast Chicken with mashed cauliflower, and corn
9. Chicken noodle soup
10. Lentil soup
11. Vegetable soup
12. Curry Pumpkin soup
13. Butternut Squash Bake
14. Broccoli-Potato Soup with greens
15. Pork fried rice, with stir fried vegetables
16. Pumpkin, Barley, and sage soup

Lots of soup for the month, but soup is easy and mostly does not require a lot of meat. We are trying to lower our meat intake down to about 5%. Basically just enough so that my husband doesn't feel deprived. We watched a documentary called Forks Over Knives and it changed the way we eat. It recommends a whole food diet and we aim for that but I really like to cook. . .Most of the time anyway. It is in the works, just small changes that improve our over all health. As soon as I finish up my science class we will start family walks again. Which might help my waist line slim a little but then again it will be just in time for the holidays. I need to learn to tight rope walk, or juggle, or just plain multitasking. I will get there someday.

I hope your week is filled with crisp fall mornings, hot chocolate, Love and Laughter. Be well my friends.

Meal plan Monday

This week I took way to many pictures of the dinners we had. It is a little silly because I am not a photographer but I do love to take them anyway. I have been know to take a dozen different pictures in a dozen different angles and different locations. It may seem like a lot but I really enjoy it. Taking pictures is a hobby I have loved for a long time. A love affair that I always come back to, sometimes it is oh so good and sometimes it is a blurred mess. Why am I talking about pictures of food instead of telling you the best meal of the week? Because it is easier today to ramble. Last night while we ate a yummy Macaroni and Cheese I asked the family what their favorite meal was this week and my husband like any man had to be reminded of the food. My kids claimed the Macaroni and Cheese was the best until I reminded them of all of the different suppers we had. I heard "oh yeah that was good," "That was really good too" "That was almost my favorite if only it had a little cheese" "Everything". They were no help in choosing the meal of the week. What is a girl to do? Post pictures of every meal and post the recipe to the best picture. Maybe you would like to help choose a winner, that would help me out. I will try to limit the pictures to no more then three or four a piece. No guarantees but I will try. So there are no pictures in this post, I am going to dive right into the menu. (One little thing my mother in law is coming so I might deviate from the plan a little. Maybe it will be easier to choose the winning meal next week. Only time will tell. In any case wish me luck.)

Meal Plan

Monday

Lamb Stew

Tuesday

Chili

Wednesday

Frittata

Thursday

Meatloaf

Friday

Chicken spaghetti

Saturday

Ground Beef wellington

w/buttered cabbage

Sunday

Chicken fried steak

with mashed potatoes

I hope that you have a wonderful week filled with Love, Laughter, and Delicious meals.