Weekly Menu, July 31

Whew, last day of July! Where has the summer gone? We have been wrapping up our summer plans and this week will be our last harrah before it's back to the school craze.  My son is looking forward to it, but not as much as my daughter. She's over-the-moon excited! I am worried how she'll feel when she realizes her best friend isn't there this year, but hopefully the other returning students (and perhaps some of the newbies) will be exciting for her too.

We have lots planned for the week. Trip to the zoo, new books at the library, little fun at the trampoline park, one last summer movie, and maybe even a little bowling. Yeah, they should be exhausted by the end. Always the goal with me. My daughter also has school registration and my son will find out who his teacher will be this year. Woohoo!

So to keep everyone going, I have the menu ready to go. I try to think about daily activities planned when laying it out. I scored 22lbs of pears and peaches that I need to can this week, so I figured I'd better keep the meals simple and familiar for the first couple days while I finish that.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Sunday	*kefir, blueberries, honey shake oatmeal strawberries	pizza party	butter pasta sauted chicken peaches
Monday	*kefir, strawberries, honey shake cinnamon toast scrambled eggs	PBJ goldfish crackers watermelon	cheesy chicken rice broccoli
Tuesday	*kefir, peach, honey shake roll up pancakes sausage links	ham & cheese skewers cheez its grapes	steak kabobs grilled veggies rice
Wednesday	*kefir, banana, berries shake egg/bacon muffin bites	Nutella grahams sun chips apple slices	pizza salad watermelon
Thursday	*kefir, blueberries, honey shake WW waffles berries	turkey roll ups crackers pears	stew meat potatoes mixed veggies
Friday	*kefir, peach, banana shake oatmeal chocolate chip  pancakes	pizza leftovers carrot sticks grapes	turkey parmesan meatballs w/sauce spaghetti broccoli
Saturday	*kefir, honey, vanilla, banana oatmeal cinnamon apples	picnic lunch: sandwiches chips watermelon cookies	mac n beef green beans

You'll notice I've added a kefir shake to each breakfast. It's more for me than anyone else in the house. I'm trying to incorporate more probiotics (as well as fruits, etc) into my diet. I am h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e about eating breakfast. I thought if I at least get a shake together and some calories in me to start the day I might do a little better. We'll see how it works. I tried one today and really liked it. Alright, have a wonderful week!

Weekly Memu, July 24

We only have a couple weeks left before school starts up again. What What?!? I can't believe the summer is almost over already! We just finished our swimming season and now have a couple weeks of down time before it's back to the school schedule. I think I'll try to get a few new recipes in there before everything gets busy.

This week should be a nice week. Lay low, have some fun, relax, and of course try to stay cool.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Sunday	donuts HB eggs	crackers cheese sticks watermelon	crispy chicken bites salad popcorn
Monday	cinnamon toast scrambled eggs	pool party luncheon for swim team	BBQ sandwiches baked beans potato salad
Tuesday	pancakes sausage patties	PBJ sandwich chips cantaloupe	beef quesadillas corn sour cream/guacamole
Wednesday	biscuits & jam strawberries	meat & cheese skewers goldfish watermelon	fettuccini alfredo sautéed chicken broccoli
Thursday	welsh pancakes scrambled eggs	PBN sandwich Cheetos strawberries	shredded beef taquito’s corn refried beans
Friday	bfast burritos cantaloupe	quesadillas carrot sticks tortilla chips	mac n cheese fish mix veggies
Saturday	roll up pancakes sausage links	grilled cheese tater rounds watermelon	steak mashed potatoes carrots

Let's see what kind of trouble...errr...fun we can find this week. Hope you're having a nice summer too. Happy meals!

Weekly Menu, July 17

Not only am I a day late, but I am actually a day and a week late. We had family in town last week and I decided since we were going to be following the desires of guests, and eating out a lot it would be better to just wing it. It felt so strange to not have a plan. At first it was a freeing feeling, but by mid-week I was wishing we had a plan. I am very glad to be back on track, even though we started yesterday.
This week is keeping it simple. Ease us back into our routine now that the visitors have left. We are out of our frozen meatball packs, so this week I'll be making 5lbs of meatballs (and hopefully a few jars of reserve sauce for other meals). The pasta is in preparation of our last swim meet of the year.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Sunday	bfast casserole	sandwiches Cheetos apple slices	Mac n Cheese fish carrots
Monday	oatmeal	Nutella grahams applesauce chips	steak mashed potatoes mix veggies
Tuesday	pancakes eggs	cheese quesadillas grapes cheez-its	sauted chicken butter pasta broccoli
Wednesday	bisucuits HB eggs	PBJ chips strawberries	burgers baked beans salad
Thursday	bfast quesadilla strawberries	popcorn ham bites apple slices	honey chicken kabobs rice peppers
Friday	biscuits & jam sausage patty	meat & cheese rollups watermelon cheez-its	spaghetti & meatballs veggie mix garlic bread
Saturday	on-the-go oatmeal HB eggs	sandwiches cheesy goldfish watermelon	pizza salad

We only have 3 weeks left of summer break. Yikes! I need to start looking through pinterest for some new lunch and breakfast ideas. The house is also ready for a thorough clean and purge when everyone goes back to school. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it, but change is coming and I need to prepare. Have a great week!