Menu Plan: February 27- March 5

*For those of you who may be new: We eat mostly organic, whole foods. Meats are free range, antibiotic free. I still use regular dairy at this time due to cost. 'We' meaning myself and my toddler son. My husband still has to have his white pasta, white bread and soda*



Seriously lacking motivation to menu plan here! I blame it on the pregnancy ;-) Nothing sounds good to eat! Still, I need to do it and so here it goes...

I'm also starting to make a list of super easy meals that are easy to prepare after baby arrives. Husband doesn't eat ANY casseroles or leftovers. Basically I have to cook each meal fresh. He doesn't know how to cook, BUT he can grill meat decently (I don't even know how lol). So I'm making a list of meals that are either grilled (like chicken fajitas and hamburgers) or something I can throw into the oven frozen (like my BBQ baked chicken) and add beans to the crockpot and steam frozen veggies in the microwave and call it good. It's a limited amount of meals, but it will get us by at least those first couple of weeks.

Sunday: Hamburgers

Monday: BBQ baked chicken, baked potatoes, pinto beans and steamed broccoli. 
 
Tuesday: Chicken fajitas and black beans

Wednesday: Whole Wheat spaghetti with meat sauce, corn and salad

Thursday: Beef burritos with beans. 

Friday: Italian Baked Chicken, brown rice, salad and steamed brussel sprouts.

Saturday: Tuna Patties, Macaroni and Cheese*, navy beans, and corn.

Breakfasts: cereal and apple crisp


Snacks: fruit. Going to make some snacks too but I'm so focused on getting more things done on my 'to do list' to prepare for baby.......more nesting!


*Recipe from Whole Foods for the Whole Family Cookbook

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Menu Plan: February 14 - 19

*For those of you who may be new: We eat mostly organic, whole foods. Meats and eggs are free range, antibiotic free. I still use regular dairy at this time due to cost. 'We' meaning myself and my toddler son. My husband still has to have his white pasta, white bread and soda*


I haven't been back to the health food store since the snow :-/ This week is going to be busy too so I picked up chicken at the grocery store to help get through the week. It is hormone/anti-biotic free though. I'm busy planning for husband's birthday (today!) so I threw this menu plan together fast.


Monday: Pepper Steak with brown rice. Cake & Ice cream for husband's birthday :-) Check back later for photos of his cake I'm making. It will be my 3rd fondant cake. It won't be taking me 12 hours like Ethan's cake!
 
Tuesday: Chicken tacos and pinto beans

Wednesday: Sausage, scrambled eggs, orange slices, and whole wheat biscuits. 

Thursday: Island Style Chicken*, green beans and salad.

Friday: Homemade pizza on whole wheat crust and salad

Saturday: Tuna Patties, Macaroni and Cheese*, navy beans, and corn.

Breakfasts: Overnight Oatmeal and Whole Wheat Banana Bread 


Snacks: fruit. Going to make some snacks, but will have to work on that tomorrow!


*Recipe from Whole Foods for the Whole Family Cookbook

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Menu Plan: February 6-12

*For those of you who may be new: We eat mostly organic, whole foods. Meats and eggs are free range, antibiotic free. I still use regular dairy at this time due to cost. 'We' meaning myself and my toddler son. My husband still has to have his white pasta, white bread and soda*


We definitely got snowed in last week! We're supposed to get more so we went to the local grocery store to pick up a few items. I'll be out of meat after this week, so I hope the roads will be better by the weekend so I can get to Whole Foods to stock up again. I guess it depends on how much snow we get this week :-/ Lacking fresh veggies this week too, oops!

Sunday: Baked turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn

Monday: Whole Wheat spaghetti with meat sauce and green beans
 
Tuesday: Baked Apricot Chicken with brown rice, broccoli, and black eyed peas

Wednesday: Bacon, scrambled eggs, orange slices, and whole wheat biscuits. 

Thursday: Ground Beef Tacos, pinto beans and organic corn tortilla chips.

Friday: Homemade pizza on whole wheat crust

Saturday: Tuna Patties, Macaroni and Cheese*, navy beans, and broccoli.   

Breakfasts: Overnight Oatmeal and Whole Wheat Banana Bread 

Lunches: Right now I still have a stock of turkey breasts in my freezer. I cook one on Sunday and it serves as one main meal plus our lunch meat through the week. Once I run out of these turkey breasts I will be switching me and Ethan's lunches to more bean and veggie base while husband still has turkey meat from the deli.

Snacks: fruit and  Crispy Cheese Crackers. Going to make another snack, but can't decide on anything yet.  


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Menu Plan: January 31- February 5th

*For those of you who may be new: We eat mostly organic, whole foods. Meats and eggs are free range, antibiotic free. I still use regular dairy at this time due to cost. 'We' meaning myself and my toddler son. My husband still has to have his white pasta, white bread and soda*


We are supposed to get ice and snow starting Monday night and it's looking like it will be around for a few days with a good possiblity of getting more next week! So I'm going to the grocery store AND Whole Foods to get what we need on Monday. I'm also trying to plan out the menu for next week and gather what meats I need at WF. I'll have to see what they have and what is on sale before I plan too much into next week. So I'm not planning too many meals with fresh veggies at this time.

Monday: Baked turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and homemade whole wheat rolls (we typically have it on Sunday but I made something else different instead)

Tuesday: Island-Style Chicken*, peas and salad.

Wednesday: Bacon, scrambled eggs, orange slices, and whole wheat biscuits. 

Thursday: BBQ Chicken, baked potatoes and beans

Friday: Homemade pizza on whole wheat crust and salad.

Saturday: Tuna Patties, Macaroni and Cheese*, and broccoli.   

Breakfasts: Oatmeal , Whole Wheat Banana Bread and Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins.

Lunches: Right now I still have a stock of turkey breasts in my freezer. I cook one on Sunday and it serves as one main meal plus our lunch meat through the week. Once I run out of these turkey breasts I will be switching me and Ethan's lunches to more bean and veggie base while husband still has turkey meat from the deli.

Snacks: fruit, smoothies,  Crispy Cheese Crackers (Ethan is a big cracker eater), and Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies (ok, maybe that is more for dessert!)


*Recipe from Whole Foods for the Whole Family Cookbook

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Menu Plan: January 23- 29

*For those of you who may be new: We eat mostly organic, whole foods. Meats and eggs are free range, antibiotic free. I still use regular dairy at this time due to cost. 'We' meaning myself and my toddler son. My husband still has to have his white pasta, white bread and soda*


Recipes starting to look a little redundant?? Yup, that's how it is around here with husband being a picky eater! This is a pretty busy this week while I'm working on several sewing projects so I lack the enthusiasm to try a new recipe. I'm also using up what meat I have in the freezer, but I still really need to go to the health food store because I'm completely out of organic whole wheat flour. Their flour in the bulk food section is much fresher than what I can pick up at my local grocery store.

Sunday: Baked turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and homemade whole wheat rolls

Monday: Whole Wheat spaghetti with meat sauce, broccoli, corn and salad

Tuesday: Baked Italian Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese* and salad.

Wednesday: Sausage, scrambled eggs, orange slices, and whole wheat biscuits. 

Thursday: Beef Stew, Cornbread, and cheese sticks.

Friday: Homemade pizza on whole wheat crust and salad.

Saturday: Beef Tacos on corn & whole wheat tortillas, pinto beans, organic corn chips w/salsa.  

Breakfasts: Apple Crisp, Oatmeal and Whole Wheat Banana Bread. 

Lunches: Right now I still have a stock of turkey breasts in my freezer. I cook one on Sunday and it serves as one main meal plus our lunch meat through the week. Once I run out of these turkey breasts I will be switching me and Ethan's lunches to more bean and veggie base while husband still has turkey meat from the deli.

Snacks: bananas & oranges, whole wheat pretzels, and  crockpot yogurt. 


*Recipe from Whole Foods for the Whole Family Cookbook

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Menu Plan: January 16- 22

*For those of you who may be new: We eat mostly organic, whole foods. Meats and eggs are free range, antibiotic free. I still use regular dairy at this time due to cost. 'We' meaning myself and my toddler son. My husband still has to have his white pasta, white bread and soda*


Sunday: Baked turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and homemade whole wheat rolls

Monday: Whole Wheat spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, corn and salad

Tuesday: Chicken & Cheese enchiladas, black beans & salsa with organic corn tortilla chips

Wednesday: Bacon, scrambled eggs, orange slices, and whole wheat biscuits. 

Thursday: Pepper steak with brown rice. 

Friday: Homemade pizza on whole wheat crust and salad.

Saturday: Homemade chicken nuggets, Macaroni & Cheese*, corn, and salad  

Breakfasts: Apple Crisp, Oatmeal and Whole Wheat Banana Bread. 

Lunches: Right now I still have a stock of turkey breasts in my freezer. I cook one on Sunday and it serves as one main meal plus our lunch meat through the week. Once I run out of these turkey breasts I will be switching me and Ethan's lunches to more bean and veggie base while husband still has turkey meat from the deli.

Snacks: apples & oranges, chewy granola bars, and  crockpot yogurt. I plan on making one other snack, but haven't decided on anything yet! 


*Recipe from Whole Foods for the Whole Family Cookbook

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Menu Plan: January 9th- 15th

Last week I talked about getting back into my healthy eating again and started to focus my meal plans on whole foods. Funny thing, Tuesday Ethan started getting a runny nose. I've been giving him extra vitamins to boost his immune system and he's fine now. Then Thursday night I started feeling funny and now have another sinus infection. Really, another illness?? That makes a 3rd illness in a month! It made me even more serious about kicking it up a notch eating organic foods and cutting out the sugar. Now after 3 days of eating healthy, drinking 2 green smoothies a day, taking a huge amount of vitamins, using my SinuCleanse Nasal Wash System, Plastic Neti Pot With Salt Packets I'm almost 100% well!

We made a trip to Whole Foods Friday and stocked up on a few things. Now most my meals are at least 85% organic, some meals are more or less. I'm purchasing all my meat products which are free range, no antibiotics or nitrates. I still have some non-organic canned corn, green beans and beans which obviously I'm using up. Dairy is the only big thing that is not organic, but I'm scaling back how much cheese we consume anyway (well I say that and I see my husband grab the block of cheese a few times this week to go with suppers! lol). Most of the eggs I get are from my inlaws which are free range, antibiotic, med free as well.

My husband went to the store to pick up a couple of things I forgot to get for him (remember, he doesn't eat 'healthy') like his chips, white pasta, etc. He also picked up a couple bags of gold fish crackers and vanilla waffers for Ethan *sigh* He doesn't think my healthy snacks are sufficient enough. That's ok, I'm working on him! After all it has been a few months since we have eaten so strictly.  I just need to prepare more snacks that look more filling to him I guess.

Sunday: Baked turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and homemade whole wheat rolls

Monday: Grilled chicken breast, whole wheat pasta w/tomato sauce, green beans, and salad

Tuesday: Beef stew, corn bread, pinto beans, and cheese sticks

Wednesday: Sausage, scrambled eggs, gravy and whole wheat biscuits. 

Thursday:  Chili (trying a new organic seasoning mix!), beans (because hubby doesn't like it in his chili) and corn bread.

Friday: Homemade pizza on whole wheat crust 

Saturday: Ground beef tacos on homemade whole wheat tortillas, black beans & salsa with organic corn tortilla chips  

Breakfasts: Buckwheat Waffles, Giant Breakfast Cookies, and Breakfast Burritos.

Lunches: Right now I still have a stock of turkey breasts in my freezer. I cook one on Sunday and it serves as one main meal plus our lunch meat through the week. Once I run out of these turkey breasts I will be switching me and Ethan's lunches to more bean and veggie base while husband still has turkey meat from the deli.

Snacks: apples & oranges, chewy granola bars, crockpot yogurt, and whole wheat graham crackers

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Menu Plan: January 3rd- January 9th

The last few days I've been reading a book, Large Family Logistics. This book is a wonderful read for all Christian mothers whether you have a large family or not. It's making me realize the importance of my role and how I should be taking care of my family and home. A part of taking proper care of the family is to menu plan. Not only to help stay organized and save money, but also to eat healthier. Menu planning is something that I have done in the past and loved, it has been very helpful. Since being pregnant I have not been eating very healthy. I'm really sad to say all my maternity pants are getting way too tight! This week I'm slowly getting back to my healthy eating habits. I have several posts written up about my healthy eating habits you can read more here.

I got the Whole Foods for the Whole Family cookbook that was recommended by Beth and Happily Domestic. Such a great resource especially for those who need  a good cookbook with a wide variety of healthy recipes. This cookbook focuses on whole grains, whole wheat, and natural sweeteners throughout most recipes. My husband is not typically fond of any healthier foods and is extremely picky eater. However, there are a couple things that he has learned to love to eat ( my whole wheat tortillas for one). He still has to have white bread, pasta and rice and this will probably never change. I'm making the chicken and rice casserole tonight and it has brown rice so I'm curious to see if he eats it ;-) I'm slowly going to add meals here and there that I won't have to make two different pots of food. He is the bread winner of the home plus I think that as a Christian wife I shouldn't pressure him to much by only cooking food that he doesn't enjoy.




Monday: Chicken and Rice Casserole*, salad, green beans

Tuesday: Beef Stew, beans, cheese sticks, corn bread

Wednesday: Sausage, scrambled eggs, whole wheat biscuits

Thursday: Crockpot roast, beans, salad and green beans

Friday:Baked Italian chicken, Macaroni and Cheese*, salad and corn

Saturday: Homemade pizza (ww crust for me and Ethan, white for Andrew)

Sunday: Turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, salad and homemade whole wheat yeast rolls

Breakfasts:oatmeal, whole wheat banana bread, and Orange Rice and Spice Breakfast*

Snacks: fruit, crockpot yogurt, and whole wheat graham crackers

Lunches: Right now I still have a stock of turkey breasts in my freezer. I cook one on Sunday and it serves as one main meal plus our lunch meat through the week. Once I run out of these turkey breasts I will be switching me and Ethan's lunches to more bean and veggie based while husband still has turkey meat from the deli.

*recipes from Whole Foods for the Whole Family