I’m guzzling down some tasty hazelnut coffee at Panera making my meal plan for the week. As in meal plan, I simply mean that I choose a few breakfast meals, all you need to make a good sandwich, and about 3 solid hearty dinner meals. After almost two years of marriage, I’ve figured out that 3 dinner meals usually provides some great left-overs for our family of two as well as 1 or 2 nights of eating out with students or friends. My hubby would be very proud of my diligent planning today- definitely his strong-point and my weak-spot. But we are a team and figuring out life together!
Have I told you about our new friends, Ali Joy and Zach Foty? Well, they are blessing us in a lot of ways… but right now I am LOVING Ali’s blog. After reading through her page Ali Eats, I was inspired to try some new meal ideas! Nick loves smoothies, and She just so happens to have some really great smoothie recipes! Did I also mention she is training for a marathon while finishing school/student teaching and being a wife- ALL at the same time? GO Ali! And thanks for the wonderful meal ideas!
So Here’s My Menu:
Breakfasts:
1) Green Monster Drink Smoothie
2) Spinach, tomato, basil, feta frittata w/whole wheat toast
3) Oatmeal, yogurt, and blackberries
4) Trader Joe’s Mutligrain waffles
Lunches:
1) sandwiches- Turkey, avacado, tomato, lettuce, pepperjack cheese, and olive oil mayo- Yum!
2) w/a side of veggies and homemade hummus
Dinners:
1)Summery Strawberry Salad w/Chicken
2) Slow Cooker Pork, carrots, potatoes, shallots, w/green beans
3) Spicy Black Bean Burgers w/sweet potatoes and grilled zuchinni
Dessert:
Rasberry Sherbet Icecream w/vanilla wafers… i LOVE rasberry anything.
My mom’s Chocolate chip cookies
Oh… can’t forget snacks!
1) mixed bell peppers and homemade hummus
2) chips and salsa… we are ADDICTED.
3) Kashi seven grain crackers with cheese (My hub loves cheese!)
Thank you Ali for the great ideas!
Off to my staff mtg… then to the store to stock up on these tasty meals! I am grateful for stores to go to, for the ability to buy food, for recipes to eat that are healthy, for so much I don’t deserve…
Love,
Katie
Hey Katie,
Thanks for stopping by my blog. It was a big encouragement to my heart! I will definitely be following your blog from now on…and now you’ll have to excuse me because I need to go get something to eat…your blog just made me hungry!