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!