Menu Plan Monday

This week, 

I am completely

making this up as I type

MONDAY

Turkey Tacos

Salad

TUESDAY

Canelloni (from the freezer)

Salad

WEDNESDAY

Taco soup (from the freezer)

Salad

THURSDAY

Baked Salmon

Quinoa

Salad

FRIDAY

Chickpea and Cauliflower curry

Brown Rice

Salad

SATURDAY

Cheesy Chicken (from the freezer)

Brown Rice

Salad

SUNDAY

left overs

or eggs and toast

An easy week

I'm looking forward to it

my groceries will be produce only

so that will be nice

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Menu Plan Monday

I made up my menu last week.  

But I never did get it posted.

I'm trying something different, 

I'm trying the cash system 

for buying groceries

so far so good

On to this week

MONDAY

Spaghetti Squash with Roast Veggies

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce with ground beef

Salad

TUESDAY

Homemade Chicken soup

Cut Veggies

Cheese and Crackers

WEDNESDAY

Black Bean and Brown Rice Burritos

served with lettuce, tomatoes and pepper

Salad

THURSDAY

Cheesy Chicken from the freezer

Left over Brown Rice

Salad

FRIDAY

Chicken Tetrezzini from the freezer

Salad

SATURDAY

Pita Pizzas

Salad

SUNDAY

Lasagna from the freezer

Salad

Our lunches tend to be toast for the kids or leftovers and I have been having salad with some chicken on it.

Breakfast is often green smoothies,  steelcut oats, cereal and I often have an egg white scramble.

For more menu planning ideas and tips

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FlashBack Friday - Kalamalaka Lake

I'm borrowing this idea from my friend Karina. 

With all that we have going on in life right now, I haven't been posting much.  As a result I have a lot of pictures hanging out on my computer.

So here is a 'flashback' of our 2011 Summer.

In August we went camping with some friends from our bible study group.  This was going to be the first time we actually camped with out any hookups.  Thankfully our friends are veterans at this so they helped us out.

We headed out on a 5ish hour drive.  I planned little surprises for my kids and borrowed some kids books on CD and also borrowed a portable DVD player.  I was very nervous as we have never taken our kids on this long of a trip before.  

They did great considering our CD player didn't work and to top it of the DVD player didn't work either.  

I was very proud of them.  

We stayed at a provincial park and the lake was amazing, cold, but beautiful.  The small beach at our camp ground was all rock, but the kids loved it.

My kids loved the beach.

They boated

 They spent time trying to catch little minnows

 They explored the water

 Boated some more

 acted silly

 After a few days at the beach by our camp ground, we decided to see if we could find a sandy beach rather then the rocky beach.  We found the main public beach.  And the kids loved it even more.  My little man would go in the water then lay randomly in the sand, roll around and just lay there.  He entertained many people as he would just lay anywhere, even beside people we didn't know.

 Girly loved loved loved the beach.  She spend hours just digging and enjoying the sand.  She would just go and play with random kids if they looked like they had a good sandcastle happening

In the end we managed to camp great without hookups.  We really enjoyed it.  It was very hot during the day, but cooled down at night.  We had a fantastic time with friends and we hope to be able to do this again. 

Sadly, this trip was cut short as we headed home early to be with my family.

But as were are winterizing our trailer we are already dreaming about our camping trips for next summer.

Menu Plan Monday

Happy Thanksgiving!

We've had a busy time

I'm doing a challenge

this week,

no white grains

It's turning into a bigger challenge

that I thought it would be!

MONDAY

Thanksgiving Dinner

YUM YUM

TUESDAY

Baked Beans from the freezer

with ground beef

Brown Rice

Salad

WEDNESDAY

Baked Chicken with spices

Quiona

Roasted Veggies

Salad

THURSDAY

Whole Wheat Spaghetti

Homemade Pasta Sauce

Salad

FRIDAY

Black Bean and Brown Rice wraps

Salad

SATURDAY

Chicken Soup

Salad

SUNDAY

Leftovers

For more menu planning ideas

be sure to check out

The Organizing Junkie

Menu Plan Monday

Let's get right to it

MONDAY
Chicken Stirfry

Brown Rice

Salad

TUESDAY

Taco Soup from the freezer

Salad

WEDNESDAY

Lasagna

Salad

THURSDAY

Baked Beans from the Freezer

Spagetti Squash

Salad

FRIDAY

Cheesy Chicken from the Freezer

Brown Rice

Salad

SATURDAY

Left overs

SUNDAY

Sandwiches

Salad

I'm hoping to make a nice big pot of soup for our lunches as I always have trouble coming up with lunch ideas.  And our breakfasts we normally have green smoothies and the kids sometimes have toast or cereal.

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Green Smoothies

Yes, it's true.  

Most mornings we have green smoothies.  

My kids love them, but they have no clue they come in any other color.

I use any fruit I have on hand

apples, oranges, peaches, nectarines, bananas

I add 2 tablespoons of ground flax

about 5 tablespoons of plain greek yogurt

1/2 cup of green tea

about an inch of peeled ginger

6 or more cups of baby spinach

I usually have raw almonds on the side.

So so good!

Give it a try.

I plan to try Kale in mine next.