new Years resolutions...

One of my New Years resolutions is to get back on track menu planning and eating healthily... so, while THIS menu is not the healthiest, at least it is planned. And... this is just dinners, but hopefully going forward I will have all meals and snacks planned out...

Tues:

Wed:
lo mein noodles

Thur (New Years Eve):
tea party for boys
lil sandwiches cut in shapes
muffin tins : frozen peas, frozen blueberries, olives/beans on toothpicks, date nut balls
choc dipped strawberries and bananas for dessert
choc chip cookies
choc almond milk in tea cups

Jeff and me - more of a nosh-y kind of dinner:
potato skins
mozz sticks
buffalo wings
leftover lo mein
spring rolls
chips and salsa/nachos
maybe some other fried stuff, since i plan to fry the spring rolls

choc dipped fruit
choc chip cookies

Fri (New Years Day):
dinner at moms

Sat:
asparagus pasta

Sun:
dinner at moms

Last week of Sept

This is a busy week - full of soccer photos, dr/dentist appts... oh, and its also the week before my brothers wedding.


Multicultural Mondays: (J to dad)

• artichokes
  
• I'm going to cheat with a double batch of alphabet soup... (see Tues). Not a lot of variety this week, but what do you want with such a busy schedule...
  

Soup, Salad, and/or Sandwich Tuesdays (soccer pics at 6:30)

• alphabet soup
• baguette toasts with spinach pesto
  

New for us Wednesdays (waxing appt)

• mesclun salads with eggs, avacado in raspberry balsamic vinaigrette
• mozzarella/tomato/spinach panini
  

Crockpot Thursdays (j to dr/dentist, G over for bedtime, hosting playgroup)

• Slow Cooker Lentil Rice Soup

• more baguette toasts w spinach pesto
  

Friday favorites

• rehearsal dinner
  

Pizza Saturdays

• wedding :)
  

Lunches..

• almond butter and jelly
• pita and hummus
• leftovers

Playgroup snacks:

• pumpkin muffins (make double batch to take with us)
• grapes
• pretzels
• cantelope
  

themed weeks

Thanks to The Home Teacher, I'm going to theme my week... Hopefully this will eventually make menu planning easier. Although, I've tried many systems in the past, and I've never actually made it to the it-gets-easy stage. I usually stop the system before I get that far... so anyway, here are my categories:

Family Sundays (we always eat dinner at my mom's on Sunday - once my brother gets married next week, we will be parcelling out the different courses though, so mom doesn't get stuck with all of the work. I'll need either a first course or a dessert.

Multicultural Mondays: stir fries, enchiladas, etc.

New for us Wednesdays

Soup, Salad, and/or Sandwich Tuesdays

Crockpot Thursdays

Friday favorites

Pizza Saturdays

Let's see how long this works...

Anniversary week...

Mon am: Mix up a batch of that artisan bread in 5 min a day dough to use throughout the week...

Breakfast:
oatmeal (the boys insist)

Lunch:

• caesar wraps
  
• roasted veggie wraps with hummus (red onion, zuchini)
  
• pita chips and hummus
  
• almond butter and jelly
  
• potluck
  

Dinner:
Mon (our anniversary)
herb crusted sole fillet on a bed of cashew creamed spinach
caesar salad
ww rolls

Tues (peanut to dr/shoprite)
garlicy miso soup with mushrooms and broccoli (no tofu, add mushrooms and broccoli)
whole wheat calzones stuffed with leftover cashew creamed spinach

Wed (dress fittings)
mesclun salad with hardboiled eggs, garbanzo beans, cherry tomatoes and avacado in raspberry balsamic vinaigrette
whole wheat rolls from leftover calzone dough

Thur (J goes to see Dad/playgroup)
roasted asparagus + potatoes
caesar salad

Fri
quinoa
grilled veggie kabobs (onions, zuchini, peppers, mushrooms) - marinade in lemon vinaigrette

Sat(Tarak's wedding)

Sun(dinner at mom's)