Menu Plan Monday!

I like to sit in my dining room with my morning tea and look at my wet bar, where I can see my little bit of Mexico splashing into my daily life. I cannot believe how long it has been since we have been there, the weeks flew by here and the months SAILED by there. Why does it ever have to end? So now I sit here doing the mundane tasks that are required of me as a responsible adult and they are no fun!

My Menu Plan for the Week:

Monday: Crock Pot Parmesan & Rosemary Pork Chops with Veggies and a Spinach Salad.
Tuesday: Homemade Pepperoni Pizza served with Carrot Sticks
Wednesday: Build Your Own Salad bar with Italian Vegetable Soup
Thursday: Steak Taco Bowls served with Chips & Salsa
Friday: Dinner out on our way to Archery!

I wanted to share a fun tip that I have shared several times before in previous years but felt it was time for an update! I have kids that not only eat a lot but love to sit in front of the fridge with the door open for what seems like hours and then just eat junk or whatever they can scrounge up. I decided in order to keep my family eating healthy and not throwing away moldy produce, I would prepare every grocery day. The middle shelf in the fridge holds a tray of to-go snacks that are perfect for everyone. I wash and chop everything and then put it in container and bags. The fridge tray gets filled at the beginning of the week and is replenished as needed. This week there are bags of carrots, celery, tomatoes and containers of ranch to go with them. There are jar salads and containers of Italian dressing to go with them, yogurt parfaits, boiled eggs and bags of grapes with strawberries and blackberries. The rules on fridge items are that everyone can grab what they like during snack times (in between meals) and they can only grab 2 items. I also have a basket that changes every few days or so that sits on the counter in the kitchen. This is full of snacks that don't need to be refrigerated and the rule here is just 1 a day. If they choose from the snap peas, pretzels, gold fish or cracker bag, then they can fill a small snack size Ziploc with some and those are found under the bag. The basket is also for snack time only and they must decide whether they want to pick that moments snack from the tray or the basket!

Enjoy every minute my friends! What are you eating?

 

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Menu Plan Monday!

I like to sit in my dining room with my morning tea and look at my wet bar, where I can see my little bit of Mexico splashing into my daily life. I cannot believe how long it has been since we have been there, the weeks flew by here and the months SAILED by there. Why does it ever have to end? So now I sit here doing the mundane tasks that are required of me as a responsible adult and they are no fun!

My Menu Plan for the Week:

Monday: Crock Pot Parmesan & Rosemary Pork Chops with Veggies and a Spinach Salad.
Tuesday: Homemade Pepperoni Pizza served with Carrot Sticks
Wednesday: Build Your Own Salad bar with Italian Vegetable Soup
Thursday: Steak Taco Bowls served with Chips & Salsa
Friday: Dinner out on our way to Archery!

I wanted to share a fun tip that I have shared several times before in previous years but felt it was time for an update! I have kids that not only eat a lot but love to sit in front of the fridge with the door open for what seems like hours and then just eat junk or whatever they can scrounge up. I decided in order to keep my family eating healthy and not throwing away moldy produce, I would prepare every grocery day. The middle shelf in the fridge holds a tray of to-go snacks that are perfect for everyone. I wash and chop everything and then put it in container and bags. The fridge tray gets filled at the beginning of the week and is replenished as needed. This week there are bags of carrots, celery, tomatoes and containers of ranch to go with them. There are jar salads and containers of Italian dressing to go with them, yogurt parfaits, boiled eggs and bags of grapes with strawberries and blackberries. The rules on fridge items are that everyone can grab what they like during snack times (in between meals) and they can only grab 2 items. I also have a basket that changes every few days or so that sits on the counter in the kitchen. This is full of snacks that don't need to be refrigerated and the rule here is just 1 a day. If they choose from the snap peas, pretzels, gold fish or cracker bag, then they can fill a small snack size Ziploc with some and those are found under the bag. The basket is also for snack time only and they must decide whether they want to pick that moments snack from the tray or the basket!

Enjoy every minute my friends! What are you eating?

 

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Menu Plan Monday!

It's Monday! That means it's time to plan for dinners this week. I change up my template pretty often, just due to how our needs change. Here is the one I am using now. Do you have one you use? Please share it in the comments.

MONDAY: Meatloaf & Steamed Veggies with Cesar Salad
TUESDAY: Baked Potato Bar
WEDNESDAY: Chicken & Cheese enchilada casserole
THURSDAY: Parmesan Garlic Shrimp over Pasta
FRIDAY: Homemade Cilantro-Lime Chicken Tortilla Soup with Garden Salad
SATURDAY: Out with family & friends
SUNDAY: Pork Roast with Carrots & Potatoes

Remember to Enjoy Every Minute!

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Menu Plan & Parenting Tips!

Monday! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

Monday: Stuffed Burgers and Garden Salad

Tuesday: Bean Burritos served with Chips & Salsa

Wednesday: BBQ Chicken served Button Mushrooms and Spinach Salad

Thursday: Grilled Skirt Steak over Rice with asparagus and Garden Salad

Friday: Picnic Dinner and a Movie in the Park

Saturday: Birthday Pizza Party

Sunday: Grilled Brats served with Grilled Veggies and Garden Salad

Get creative with your fruit and watch it fly off the table! We took a picnic to the Zoo and when I was grabbing some extra napkins from their snack counter, I saw some coffee stirrers. I grabbed them and skewered our fruit! These were gone in the blink of an eye!

Use empty spice containers as vials for a nature sample!

Masking Tape and a new car make the cutest most inexpensive gift for boys! Add larger car sets for even more fun. They use the tape to make roads. I usually start the first strip of tape with a plastic bread tab that they can re-use to find the end over and over again and I also add black dashes to the center of the tape on the first section so that they can see how easy it is to visualize tape as road!

Use a gumball machine capsule to house dice and keep them from flying across the room

Our 2013 Bucket List is seeing a lot of action and we have been striking things from the list almost daily! go to the original LINK and link up any posts about Summer or your very own bucket lists!

Enjoy every minute my friends, for as you wake up each morning, you realize how another day has come and gone so quickly...

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Menu Plan Monday!

I honestly believe that Monday seems to come all too quickly every week!

Monday: Vegetable Soup with Fresh Croissants

Tuesday: Mini Burgers & Salad

Wednesday: Vegetable Lasagna with Bruschetta 

Thursday: Stuffed Chicken Breasts served with Steamed Broccoli 

Friday:  Steak Kabobs served over Brown Rice

Saturday: Chicken Pot Pie Served with French Bread

Sunday: Dinner with Family!