Vim and Vigor

Our meal plan this week-Spring

 

Monday:

Breakfast:  Soaked Oatmeal

Lunch: Pumpkin Bread: (I know, it's spring! But, I am craving pumpkin!)

Supper: Chicken rice soup;  Easy homemade bread (pictured above...3 ingredients!)

 

Tuesday: 

Breakfast: Nourishing granola bars ( A quick breakfast before we leave for the day.)

Lunch: To-go lunch....Turkey wraps: nitrate-free turkey, mayo or ranch, lettuce, avocado or any veggies, cheese all wrapped up in a tortilla; apple slices

Supper: Crockpot meal: Healthy mama BBQ chicken

 

Wednesday: 

Breakfast: Blueberry Popovers

Lunch: Annie's mac and cheese; fruit

Supper: Marinated chicken; Steamed broccolli with cheesy sauce

(Recipe from the e-book Real Food Basics by Kate Tjiete)

 

Thursday:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with frozen raspberry/yogurt smoothie

Lunch: Quick lunch of sandwiches/pretzels/fruit before we head out ice skating.

Supper: Quick beef and potatoes; Caesar salad with homemade dressing

 

Friday: 

Breakfast: Soaked Oatmeal

Lunch: Grilled cheese and Tomato Soup

Supper: At extended family's home

 

Saturday:

Breakfast: Special treat: Blueberry Coffee Cake

 (I just switch the ingredients around a bit to make it a healthier version.)

Lunch: Homemade refried beans, salsa and shredded cheese on tortilla

Supper: Homemade pizza

 

 

June--meal planning

 

{Pictured above: homemade peanut butter cups}

Monday: {Just me and my 3 little ones are home, so I'm making it easier on myself today!}

Breakfast--Soaked Oatmeal

Lunch--Homemade crackers, raw cheese and fruit

Supper--Sourdough pancakes or berry pancakes (whichever I feel like making =); Coconut whipped cream with strawberries

 

Tuesday:

Breakfast--Kefir berry smoothie; Sprouted Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin toast-with homemade raw butter

Lunch--Homemade pizza

Supper--Salmon; Flavorful brown rice; green peas w butter

Wednesday:

Breakfast--Fried Eggs

Lunch--Sausage soup

Supper--Taco Salad

Thursday:

Breakfast--Parfaits using homemade yogurt and granola

Lunch--Annie's mac-n-cheese; grapes

Supper--Homemade chicken nuggets; Salad (make extra chicken for lunch tomorrow)

Friday:

Breakfast--Soaked Oatmeal

Lunch--leftovers

Supper--with extended family

Saturday:

Breakfast: Smoothie and Ezekiel toast with Raw Butter

Lunch:  French toast; fruit salad

Supper:  Chicken wings with buffalo sauce and bleu cheese dressing;

                Cold veggies and homemade ranch

Snacks:

clif bars; lara bars (purchased with coupons and sales on amazon)

dried applesauce fruit strips (made in my dehydrator)

apples with nut butter

yogurt with fruit

healthy chocolate milkshakes

swiss cheese slices with a green apple

homemade chocolate and nut butter cups

 

Have a nourishing week,

~Joy~

{This post is a part of Monday Mania, Real Food Wednesday, Works for me Wednesday, Simple Lives Thursday, Fight Back Friday and Pennywise Platter }

Simple, easy...end of summer meal

In honor of our annual camping trip this past week....I want to introduce a simple, easy summer meal to you.  This can be done over a grill on a campfire, on your regular grill, or in your oven at home.  By the way, we forgot to make them this year, so we did it in the oven when we got back home.....good thing I guess, so I got some photos for you that way. 

 

You'll need to chop up some taters....I used organic red potatoes from the farmer's market...yet, any type of white potato will do fine here.  We quickly used up two small bags of them. 

Enlist the help of the kiddos with the choppin'!

 

You"ll need foil for the end, so grab that out while your kiddos are chopping the onions and taters.

These onions look about right.  We used this happy couple.

Pictured above is all you need except the ground beef: (we ran out of beef and just did some without)

• any type of chopped white potato
• chopped onion
• uncooked ground beef--(we always choose organic and grass-fed from a local farmer)
  
• large pat of butter--no margarine please!!; (we use raw butter that's local)
  
• Bragg's seasoning (pictured below); or a favorite of your own
• A touch of sea salt

We absolutely LOVE this seasoning....it's available at our local Kroger....and I'm sure many other places as well.  A touch of sea salt adds a little more flavor, so we add that as well.

We placed individual serving sizes on rectangles of foil...and wrap 'em up!

 

Here's our packets ready to go in the oven....I baked them at 400 degrees for around 30-40 minutes, but I open one up and check it at around 25 minutes in, and go from there.

We enjoyed our foil packets with strips of organic red and yellow bell peppers and homemade ranch dressing....a yummy, nutritious and simple supper that all enjoyed.

Warmly,

Joy

{This post is a part of Pennywise Platter, as well as Monday Mania: Simply sugar and gluten-free and Real Food Wednesdays come join the fun!}

Simplicity

{Trying to get the dishes done and supper made with a little one who was not quite up to par....}

In light of our new littlest bundle arriving mid-December, I am trying to simplify...simplify, as much as I can.  One way I am attempting to do so is to write out our meal plans, for ease of shopping, as well as preparation of food. In this way, I hope to be better prepared for "off " days.   Having them on the blog would give me a reference as well, and I could rotate them seasonally, or monthly, or however.  I will add more as I have time to do so....

Here is a  sampling of this weeks meal plan...subject to change as my pregnancy cravings tell me!

    Tuesday~

• Breakfast--Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins --{Oh, my} I use all sucanat/rapadura in place of sugar-same measurements--as well as organic ingredients: to make them more frugal, you can use 3/4 c. applesauce and 3/4 oil to replace the oil, as well as cut the sucanat down to 1-1/2 cups...
  
• Lunch--Chicken Caesar Pitas with applesauce
  
• Supper--Chicken broccoli-cheesy casserole

    Snack ideas--Dried fruit strips; Smoothies; Chocolate-Avocado pudding

    Wednesday~

• Breakfast--Banana-blueberry Ice cream with toppings! 
• Lunch--Nourishing granola bars ; fruit; raw cheese chunks
• Supper--Homemade Egg Rolls

    Snack Ideas--Apples with Nut Butter; Homemade Banana Bread

    Thursday~

• Breakfast cookies--Orange slices & Hot cocoa {Just for fun!}
• Lunch--Turkey wraps; Sourdough pretzels; Apple slices
• Supper--Homemade hamburgers; Veggie salad

    Snack Ideas--Veggie strips in homemade ranch dressing; Raw cheese with crispy nuts

    Friday~

• Breakfast--Layered parfaits with homemade yogurt and fruit; Scrambled eggs
• Lunch--Blueberry muffins; raw cheese; veggie soup using homemade broth
• Supper--At grandma's
  

    Snack ideas--Trail mix: Crispy almonds, goji berries, raisins; chocolate chips; crispy pumpkin seeds--whatever strikes our fancy! ; Popcorn with melted butter and honey!

    Saturday~

• Breakfast--Homemade raw cereal with raw milk; oranges
• Lunch--Vermicelli soup; Cheesy bread
• Supper--Tacos using homemade tortillas; homemade guacamole and soaked cornbread--yum!
• Snack ideas-- homemade crackers with raw cheese; hard-boiled eggs; fruit strips