Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: French Toast w/ Strawberries
Wednesday: Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme
Thursday: Dinner & a movie
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Cheddar Baked Chicken
Sunday: Steak and corn on the grill
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Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: French Toast w/ Strawberries
Wednesday: Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme
Thursday: Dinner & a movie
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Cheddar Baked Chicken
Sunday: Steak and corn on the grill
Monday: Shish-Kabobs {we finally have a grill!!}
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Tuesday: Leftovers
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Wednesday: Grilled steak with veggie pouch {potatoes, peppers, and onions wrapped in foil}
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Thursday: Pizza
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Friday: Picnic meal
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Saturday: Breakfast for dinner
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Sunday: Tacos
Monday: Breakfast for dinner
Tuesday: Pork Tenderloin and Asparagus
Wednesday: Chicken & Mango Stirfry
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Burgers & Hot Dogs {Party!}
Sunday: Chick-Fil-A {Have a gift card}
Monday: Gorton’s Shrimp in sauce over rice
Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner
Wednesday: Slow Cooker Parmesan Honey Pork Roast
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Sweet BBQ Chicken Kabobs
Saturday: Steak Fajitas with mango salsa
Sunday: Leftovers
Last week was so busy that we didn’t make anything on our menu plan but breakfast for dinner. Our week mostly consisted of eating out, which I’m embarrassed to say, but it was the only way that we were going to get any food. The week was just that crazy busy. I did get to go out to breakfast one day with my Mom and one day with my Grandma though so that was a nice treat.
Monday: Homemade Pizza Rolls from Tidy Mom
Tuesday: Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas from $5 Dinners
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Steak fajitas with mango salsa
Friday: Pasta with shrimp
Saturday: Chicken & veggie kabobs
Sunday: Leftovers
This week is all about eating on a budget :)
Monday: Leftovers
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Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner
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Wednesday: Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas from $5 Dinners
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Thursday: Homemade Pizza Rolls from Tidy Mom
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Friday: Leftovers
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Saturday: Cilantro Lime Chicken from A Thrifty Mom
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Sunday: Out to eat for Mother’s Day Celebration {we have a gift card}
Monday: Breakfast for dinner
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Friday: Pizza
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Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Breakfast for dinner
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Tuesday: Apple Butter Pork Loin
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Thursday: French Onion Grilled Cheese
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Friday: Pizza
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Saturday: Leftovers
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Monday: Blintzes
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Friday: Pizza Night
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Saturday: Honey BBQ Ribs
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Sunday: Leftovers
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Have leftover ham? Find 10 recipes you can make here!
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Monday: Egg Salad Sandwiches
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Saturday: Pizza Night!
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Sunday: Leftovers
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Monday: Crepes
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Friday: Pizza
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Sunday: Late lunch at my mom’s and leftovers for dinner if we are hungry
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Monday: Breakfast for dinner {Mom at a blog event}
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Thursday: Leftovers {Mom at a blog event}
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Friday: Pizza Night!
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I’m still not feeling well so this week is full of easy meals.
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Monday: Sandwiches {w/ Lebanon Bologna from PA}
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Tuesday: Chili in the crockpot
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Wednesday: Breakfast for dinner
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Thursday: Bacon Ranch Chicken {Crockpot Recipe}
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Friday: Pizza
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Saturday: Tacos
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Sunday: Beef, Bacon, and Blues Wraps
Monday: Breakfast for dinner
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Thursday: Out to dinner for Sinisa’s birthday
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Friday: Pizza
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Here’s what is for dinner this week at our house:
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Friday: Pizza
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Sunday: Leftovers
This week is extremely busy so my goal was to find easy recipes.
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Tuesday: Grilled Shrimp and Rice w/ Mango Salsa
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Friday: Pizza
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Sunday: Leftovers
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Monday: Leftovers from last week
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Thursday: Leftovers
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Time for menu plan Monday! :)
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Tuesday: Special Valentine’s Day Dinner
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Wednesday: Chili in the Crockpot
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Thursday: Leftovers {Mommy at Blogging Event}
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Tuesday: Leftovers
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Friday: Pizza {sleepover}
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Sunday: Appetizers during the game and leftovers {if still hungry}
Menu for the week is as follows {click pictures to be taken to the recipes}:
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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{Click pictures to view the recipes}
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Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner (mommy gone at an event)
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Wednesday: Leftovers (mommy gone at an event)
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I’ve got more healthy meals for you this week. {Click on the pictures to be taken to the posts they come from.} What are you eating this week?
Monday- leftovers
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Saturday- leftovers
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This week is a special one food-wise for me because today I am starting a healthy eating challenge with Special K and also the Boost Your Budget challenge. Here are my healthy meals for the week using many ingredients we already have:
{For this recipe I need to buy the mixed greens and vegetables.}
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{I have the pasta and tuna for this recipe so I just need to buy the vegetables.}
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{All I need to buy for this pasta are the grape tomatoes.}
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{I have shrimp in the freezer and will use leftover tomatoes from earlier in the week so I just need feta cheese for this recipe.}
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Friday- Leftovers
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{All I need to buy for this recipe is an avocado, tomato, jalapeno, and cilantro.}
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Sunday- Leftovers
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I think I did pretty good with finding healthy meals and using food I already have. Seems that most of what I need to buy is fresh vegetables. What is on your menu plan for the week?
{Find 10 recipes that use leftover ham here.}
Now that Christmas is over we can get back to a “normal” routine and hopefully I will be able to follow this menu plan. The past couple weeks have been so busy that we ate fast food more than I care to admit…
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Tuesday- Tacos
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Thursday- Leftovers
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Sunday- Breakfast for dinner
This week’s menu includes lots of chicken!
Click on the pictures to be taken to the posts they come from.
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Saturday- Dinner with family
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Sunday- Mother-In-Law making dinner
MONDAY
Frozen Pizza
TUESDAY
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
WEDNESDAY
Leftovers
THURSDAY
Porkchops, noodles and green beans
FRIDAY
Salmon Loaf, mashed potatoes and peas
SATURDAY
Leftovers
SUNDAY
Chili
Monday: Shrimp Linguini
Tuesday: Ham and Green Beans {never made it two weeks ago}
Wednesday: BBQ Chicken Wraps
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Chili
Sunday: Leftovers
{Wondering where all the creativity and pictures went in my menu plans? Me too! I will be back next week with some more meal planning inspiration but this week I am just too tired to find anything yummy to make. Stay tuned for the ham and green beans recipe though. It’s a family recipe and is absolutely delicious…well, when my dad makes it at least. I have the recipe so lets hope I can recreate it!)
{Click pictures to be taken to the recipes.}
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Saturday: Leftovers
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This week’s menu plan is really easy because it includes a lot of my favorite type of leftovers: Thanksgiving Day leftovers! yum!
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Tuesday: Leftovers
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Thursday: Thanksgiving Feasts!
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Friday: Thanksgiving Leftovers
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Saturday: Ham and Green Beans (Old family recipe coming soon!!)
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Sunday: More Leftovers :)
Trying another week of eating food we already have so we can keep our grocery bill down. This week I’m working with ground beef, ground turkey, chicken, and burger patties and I was on the lookout for meals that didn’t include many ingredients that I needed to buy. Here’s our menu plan (click the picture to be taken to the post it’s from):
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Wednesday: Leftovers
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Thursday: Daddy is making crepes!
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Saturday: Burgers and Tater Tots
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Here’s our menu plan for the week. Click on the pictures to be taken to the posts they come from:
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Thursday: Mommy has a PTO meeting and then a blogging event so it’s leftover night!
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My goal for this week’s menu was to use what we already had in our pantry and freezer to make the meals so we have to buy as little as possible. The only meat we have to use is chicken, ground turkey, and hamburger patties. {Click on pictures to be taken to the post they come from.}
Monday- Chili
(To warm us up after we come in from Trick Or Treating)
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Tuesday- Leftovers
(For Daddy and the boys)
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Wednesday- Burgers on the George Foreman
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Friday- Stuffed Peppers (w/ turkey meat)
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The only items I need to purchase for dinners this week are: a bottle of BBQ sauce, a block of cream cheese, 2 cans of corn, 2 peppers, and fresh broccoli. It took a while to put this week’s menu plan together but I think I did pretty good! :)
This week is full of events {for me} so the menu plan is a little light.
(Click pictures to be taken to the recipes)
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Tuesday: Breakfast For Dinner
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Wednesday: Cheeseburgers and Sweet Potato Fries
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Friday: Dinner At Our Marriage Course
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Sunday: Crockpot Chili
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Thursday- leftovers
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Friday- Dinner at our Marriage Course
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Saturday- Pizza with friends
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*Click on the pictures to be taken to the site they come from!*
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Wednesday- Leftovers (for our busiest day of the week)
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Friday- Dinner At Our Marriage Course
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Sunday- Pizza while we watch the Bears game
I’m trying to use my slow cooker as much as possible this week. Here are the meals I plan on making. Click on the pictures to be taken to the post they come from.
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Friday- Dinner For Two At Our Marriage Course :)
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Sunday- Leftovers
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What are you cookin’?
MONDAY: Breakfast for dinner (pancakes, eggs, and bacon)
TUESDAY: Linguini with shrimp in foil
WEDNESDAY: Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans
THURSDAY: Potluck with friends :)
FRIDAY: Leftovers
SATURDAY: Pizza night
SUNDAY: Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Sandwiches and sweet potato fries
In order to save money at the grocery store and time at home I am planning dinners ahead this week and participating in Menu Plan Monday. All meals are easy to make which is perfect for me because I don’t have time for complicated recipes. Visit OrgJunkie for more meal ideas :)
Monday
Crockpot BBQ chicken, noodles, corn
Tuesday
Pasta with homemade spaghetti sauce
Wednesday
Cheeseburgers, sweet potato fries, apple slices
Thursday
Tacos
Friday
Leftovers
Saturday
Homemade Pizza
Sunday
Chili (Game Day!)
Want to make something pretty to display your menu plan? Check out this calendar over at A Girl and a Glue Gun:
Mon- Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Peas
Tues- Cheddar Barbecue Chicken, Buttery Noodles, Corn
Wed- Dinner at Church
Thurs- Turkey Burgers, Salad
Fri- Chicken Alfredo Pizza
Weekend- Leftovers (I’m in the Passion Play all weekend so I need quick dinners)
This week I am celebrating my (step)mom’s life. We will be enjoying five of our favorite meals that she made.
MONDAY- Salmon Loaf, Peas, and Mashed Potatoes
TUESDAY- Beef Stroganoff
WEDNESDAY- Cheese Lasagna
THURSDAY- Beef Brisket
FRIDAY- Tacos
(I had hoped to include recipes but am waiting on my dad to find our recipe box so check back later in the week for the recipes)
MONDAY
Breakfast- Blueberry Muffin and Milk
AM Snack- Graham Crackers and Juice
Lunch- Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Cucumber Sticks, Grapes, Milk
PM Snack- Orange and Water
Dinner- Tuna Noodle Casserole and Milk
TUESDAY
Breakfast- Wake-Up Wrap (eggs, cheese, sausage in tortilla) and Milk
AM Snack- Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie and Water
Lunch- Peanut Butter and Banana Grilled Sandwich and Milk
PM Snack- Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Crisps and Juice
Dinner- Macaroni and Cheese, Grean Beans, Apple Slices, Milk
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast- Heart Shaped Pancakes w/ Syrup, Peaches, Milk
AM Snack- Cottage Cheese, Pineapples, Water
Lunch- Chicken Nuggets, Broccoli, Applesauce, Milk
PM Snack- Whole Grain Crackers w/ Cheese, Grapes, Water
Dinner- Meal at Church
THURSDAY
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ Raisins and Milk
AM Snack- String Cheese and Juice
Lunch- Heart Shaped Cream Cheese and Jelly Sandwich and Milk
PM Snack- Toddler Trail Mix and Juice
Dinner- Turkey Burgers (w/ Veggies) on Buns, Apples, Milk
FRIDAY
Breakfast-French Toast Sticks, Applesauce, Milk
AM Snack- Blueberry Yogurt w/ Granola and Juice
Lunch- Chicken Noodle Soup, Slice of Bread, Mixed Fruit, Milk
PM Snack- Pretzels, Heart Shaped Jello Jiggler and Water
Dinner- Spaghetti with Meatballs, Carrots, Milk
(Please note we are having some heart-shaped foods because this week in tot school we are talking about the theme of “love”.)
I have never attempted a menu plan for my family before because I don’t cook. (Well, ok, I cook but not much) I have been thinking a lot about my toddler’s schedule this weekend and have decided that 1) I want him to have more structure 2) I want him to eat a larger variety of healthy foods 3) I wanted him to snack less throughout the day. The first step I am implementing is a menu plan. I work Monday-Friday outside of the home so my children are home with either their dad or their sitter (but mostly dad). While spending some fabulous alone time together this weekend he told me that he would love if I came up with a list of foods that are toddler friendly because he wanted to feed Jacob different foods but didn’t know what to make. We decided that each week I would create a menu for him to follow.
Please note that dinner is made by my father (who we live with) because he loves to cook and used to have a restaurant so in this case I believe in “if something ain’t broke, don’t fix it” :) The dinner listing will be very general because I know the main dish but that’s about it. I will also be only planning Monday through Friday because our weekends vary but include a lot of leftovers and eating at places other than our home.
MONDAY
Breakfast- Pancakes w/ Syrup, Peaches, Milk
AM Snack- Graham Crackers and Juice
Lunch- Cheese Quesadillas, Beans, Apple Slices, Milk
PM Snack- Dried Kiwi Slices
Dinner- Fish, Side Dish, Veggie, Milk
TUESDAY
Breakfast- Eggs with Cheese, Sausage Links, Strawberries, Milk
AM Snack- Muffin, Applesauce, Juice
Lunch- Ham and Cheese Sandwich on Wheat Bread, Grapes, Milk
PM Snack- Ritz Bitz Sandwich Crackers and Juice
Dinner- Leftovers
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast- Waffle with Jelly, Blueberries, Milk
AM Snack- Orange and Water
Lunch- Pizza Bagels, Dried Mango Slices, Milk
PM Snack- Sweet Potato Puffs and Juice
Dinner- Meal at Church
THURSDAY
Breakfast- Grits w/ Brown Sugar and Raisins, Cinnamon Apples, Milk
AM Snack- Nutrigrain Bar and Juice
Lunch- Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, Banana, Millk
PM Snack- Pudding
Dinner- Chicken, Side Dish, Veggie, Milk
FRIDAY
Breakfast- Cheerios, Banana, Milk
AM Snack- Granola Bar and Juice
Lunch- Grilled Cheese, Pears, Milk
PM Snack- Apple Slices w/ Peanut Butter, Juice
Dinner- Fettuccine Alfredo, Veggie, Milk
Obviously I need some help planning healthy, toddler friendly meals. I plan on researching more on this topic in the next couple of weeks but am happy that I have a plan for the week. I will go shopping tomorrow night for the ingredients that I am missing.
If you have any ideas or know of any resources that you could lead me to that would be great. One fabulous resource that I have found is http://orgjunkie.com/ and I am linking this post up to her “Menu Planning Monday” roundup. Check it out for some great meal ideas :)
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