Menu Plan for the Week

I often receive emails asking what my kids eat for snacks.  To help answer that question and to give you more healthy snack ideas for your family, I’ll try to include a few snack ideas each week on my menu plan.

This week, we happen to have bunches of organic apples on hand (from Azure Standard, my health food co-op).  We’ll probably be having apples with a side of apples for many of our snacks.  And, as a treat for the boys some afternoon, I will probably make Caramel Apple Dip to go with them.

Also, it’s been a few weeks since I made Whole Wheat Vanilla Wafers.  Maybe I’d better double this recipe though? 

If we get a hankering to “drink a brownie” I’ll make us all a mug of Warm Chocolate Soother.  We are very likely to have a hankering to “drink a brownie”.  Although we usually don’t use the word hankering. 

Beyond those ideas, we have a lot of raisins, clementines and apples.  Lots and lots of apples.  I LOVE having apples available for snacks when I can get my hands on them.

Here’s our menu for this week:

Sunday, January 24
Oatmeal, bananas
Venison roast, potatoes, carrots, gravy, cornbread muffins
Out to Southside Grille with our small group

Monday, January 25
Whole wheat waffles, blueberries
Chicken-vegetable soup, crispy cheese crackers
Chicken fried steak strips, mashed potatoes,gravy, steamed broccoli and cauliflower

Tuesday, January 26
Homemade crunchy oat cereal with dried raisins and cranberries (recipe found in Think Breakfast…Outside the Box ebook)
Beef and cheese burritoes, fresh pineapple
Garlic shrimp pasta, green beans

Wednesday, January 27
Simple sourdough biscuits with butter and honey, applesauce
Tuna casserole, peas
Chicken enchiladas, tossed salad

Thursday, January 28
Banana bread, pears
Popcorn chicken, fruit-kefir smoothies
Spaghetti, tossed salad, corn

Friday, January 29
Scrambled eggs, turkey bacon (that I bought with a KYOOPON), oranges
Homemade pizza pockets, peaches
Spinach pasta alfredo, fruit salad

Saturday, January 30
Whole wheat and honey zucchini bread
Leftover buffet
Cheddar ranch burgers, potato wedges, carrot sticks

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This post is linked to Organizing Junkie.