I usually plan/purchase/prep all work-week breakfast meals, lunch meals and 6 dinner meals. I leave Saturdays open and we take a family vote that day and do something that everyone can get into the kitchen and help cook! Really anything goes, I just use a few guidelines to help me...
Dinner:
- I try to vary the protein selection, which I base my meals around. So we usually do pork one night, fish 1-2 nights, red meat 1 night and poultry the remaining nights. (Yes, we do eat meat, but you can definitely substitute for pescatarian or vegetarian diets!)
- I TRY to add 1 new recipe/dinner item each week just to build my repertoire and see what sticks!
- I add fruit to every meal for the kids and work around the veggies I know they will eat!
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Here's Our Menu for this Week
Breakfast
Veggie/Egg Muffins w/ salsa- adults - all week
I alternate my days with the muffins and a smoothie (usually grapefruit, spinach, turmeric, blueberry, tart cherry but it varies)
Greek Yogurt w/ Granola, fruit, scrambled eggs/boiled eggs - kids - all week
Lunch
Adults: The salad that you look forward to!
Kids:
- Quick, Easy and Healthy, that's it!
Lunch:
- My husband and I have salads everyday with tons of topping options. This takes the bulk of my prep time on Sundays, but it's truly a salad selection that I look forward to every day and it never gets old for me. (You can always make a little extra of your dinner meal if it does!)
- Kids lunches vary but I try to use as few prepackaged items as I can and bag up my own stuff on Sundays. I try to make sure they still have a protein, veggie, fruit and treat.
Here's Our Menu for this Week
Breakfast
Veggie/Egg Muffins w/ salsa- adults - all week
I alternate my days with the muffins and a smoothie (usually grapefruit, spinach, turmeric, blueberry, tart cherry but it varies)
Greek Yogurt w/ Granola, fruit, scrambled eggs/boiled eggs - kids - all week
Lunch
Adults: The salad that you look forward to!
Kids:
- Proteins - Tuna, Ham steak, turkey breast, grilled chicken, boiled egg, individual cheeses
- Fruits - grapes, apples, mandarin oranges, clementines, apple sauce
- Veggie - olives, pickles, carrots, broccoli (greek yogurt dip), green bean chips, veggie chips
- Treats - yogurt pretzels, trail mix, yogurt raisins, fig bars
Dinner
Sunday - Parmesan baked salmon with zucchini noodles (easy)
Monday - Chicken Carnival with Cauliflower Rice
Tuesday - Almond crusted chicken tenders w/ succotash and honey mustard dipping sauce (soccer night go-to)
Wednesday - Bacon, Egg, Tomato, Chicken chopped salad (easy)
Thursday - Flatiron steak w/ fig & gorgonzola and grilled asparagus (easy)
Friday - Flounder tacos w/ smokey slaw, regular slaw f/ kids
*I will be posting all these recipes in an upcoming post!
Next up....Purchasing vs. Shopping!
*I will be posting all these recipes in an upcoming post!
Next up....Purchasing vs. Shopping!
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