This week’s real food meal plan and agenda focus on starting home school and getting back into routines.
This week I’m all about simplifying. That includes my meal plans and my writing. I’m going to keep this short and sweet.
This week is very exciting. My baby girl turns two today!! We had a lot of fun celebrating yesterday. Until the power went out (which is why I didn’t get my meal plans typed up). What a joy she is to our family.
We are also officially kicking off our home school year tomorrow! I am beyond excited. I’m praying it goes smoothly.
Finally we are looking at a house…for the second time. We’ll see if we put in an offer. Life is never dull around here.
Little Health Update
My son and I both had doctors appointments and testing last week. So far all of my son’s tests have come back totally normal (praise the Lord!). So now we need to find a new allergist to do more testing.
I am going to adjust my thyroid medication dose and did some blood work. I’m also doing a cortisol test to see where that’s at. And of course always trying to get more sleep and less stress.
In The Kitchen
I’m trying to keep my kitchen agenda to a minimum so I can focus on schooling and spending time with the kids. Next week my son starts kindergarten. I will miss him dearly. Thankfully it is just for half days.
My kitchen projects this week include:
- ranch veggie dip
- hummus
- lunch meat
- muffins
- roast squash
- freeze beans
- can peaches (maybe)
- can chili sauce
- tortillas (maybe)
- bread or pancakes
Wow, that sounds like a lot now that I see it. We’ll see how it goes. I may have to scale back a bit. Though the produce isn’t really keen on waiting for me.
Giveaway Ending!!
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Here is this week’s real food meal plan. Lots of great food. What’s on your menu?
ROTATION: Each day starts with dinner and goes through lunch the next day. Foods in () are things yet to be tried.
Sunday 3
B – cereal, fruit | avocado, sausage
L – crockpot roast chicken, broccoli, french fries
D – grilled burgers, grilled asparagus, sauteed eggplant, chips
prep: prep smoothies, roast squash, freeze beans
notes:
Monday 4
B – toast w/ sunbutter | blueberry spinach smoothies
D – crockpot ham, scalloped potatoes, beans
prep:
notes:
Tuesday 1
B – yogurt, granola bar | pumpkin yogurt, bananas, graham crackers
D – squash and chicken soup, muffins
prep: prep smoothies, boil eggs, bake muffins
notes: packed lunch
Wednesday 2
B – hard boiled egg, toast | squash cherry smoothies
D – crockpot meatloaf, roasted potatoes, carrots
prep: make tortillas?
notes: prep ahead dinner
Thursday 3
B – cereal, fruit | avocado, pears, leftover meat
D – tacos, roasted zucchini
prep: make/can chili sauce
notes:
Friday 4
B – yogurt, granola, fruit | muffins w/ sunbutter
D – egg muffins, toast w/ strawberry jam, veggies with ranch dip and hummus
prep: make ranch dip, make hummus
notes:
Saturday 1
B – egg muffins, toast
D – sandwiches with homemade lunch meat, veggies with dip and hummus, chips
prep: make lunch meat, make bread or pancakes, can peaches
notes:
Day 1: squash, cabbage, banana, strawberry (pineapple)
Day 1: squash, cabbage, carrot, tapioca, strawberry (cassava)
Day 2: corn, grapes, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, broccoli, avocado, raspberry (amaranth, tomato, orange)
Day 2: grapes, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, broccoli, amaranth, raspberry
Day 3: teff, eggplant, zucchini, blueberries, asparagus, spinach, sunbutter (kiwi, quinoa)
Day 3: teff, eggplant, zucchini, blueberries, asparagus, spinach, sunbutter, sorghum, quinoa
Day 4: pumpkin, lettuce, cucumber, cherries, split peas, rice (millet, egg, dairy)
Day 4: pumpkin, lettuce, cucumber, cherries, olives, peppers, onion, coconut, millet (egg)