Menu Plan Monday March 23

So this week is certainly not as busy and I am not as embarrassed to share our plan as I was last week!

Breakfasts:

• Chloe is back on to bacon but still not eggs. This week we will have: Corn Pops, Rice Krispies or Fruity Cheerios along with bacon. My husband said this morning that it was the breakfast of champions!

Snacks:

• We still have a few home-made melon Popsicles
• We have some grapes, strawberries and melon that need to be eaten today or tomorrow. Only enough for 1 or two snacks though.
• We have apples and oranges from the store this week
• And of course staples like gherkin pickles, cheese and goldfish crackers. The girls go crazy for those little pickles!

Lunches:

• Since we have a pretty good dinner menu planned, we should have plenty of leftovers for lunches.
• We will also use the meat slicer and slice up the BBQ turkey for sandwiches.
• I am also going to make up a pizza dough tonight and have it sit in the fridge because one of these days my friend Mary and her boys are dropping in for lunch. I thought the kids would like a nice pizza! I had originally planned to pop into the grocery store and pick up a frozen one but since my husband reads my blog I thought I had better not! For those of you who may not know him, he is even more "do-it-yourself" than me!! Very few frozen or canned foods in our house.

Dinners:

• Monday: BBQ Chicken Breast with mashed potatoes and cauliflower (left over from last week)
• Tuesday: Sicilian Pot Roast (using Mario Batali's Ossa Bucco recipe!) with beans, corn, carrot atop pasta. Needs to be ready early as Scott has Choir Practice tonight!
• Wednesday: Shepherds Pie. Church night - something simple! We have quite a few potatoes that are sprouting so I want to get them used up this week. My poor husband - he'll be potatoed out! I love potatoes so I'm just fine with it!
• Thursday: Roast Chicken with Roasted Potatoes, Roasted Brussel Sprouts (so yummy!!!) and a salad (which will not be roasted). We purchased several whole chickens on special. After this meal, we will take any left over chicken off the bone for a nice stew and I will use the bones for stock!
• Friday: Pork Loin, Rice and Vegetable Medley (a.k.a. use up whatever veggies are left in the fridge!)
• Weekends: I don't actually plan meals for the weekend. Since my husband loves to cook and create, this is his opportunity to come up with culinary masterpieces. A few weekends ago he made the most divine home-made ice cream!! He's not a dedicated poster but be sure to check out his blog http://www.ebabble.net/ for interesting food experiences!

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