Well, if you read my last post you know how ready we are for a routine around here. And going right along with that is the need to make a weekly menu again. 

I’m usually frightfully organized with that, so much so that often while I’m tucking the boys into bed, they ask, “Mom, what’s for breakfast tomorrow?” (answer)   “Well, what’s for lunch tomorrow?” (answer)  “How ’bout dinner?” (answer) “Breakfast on Friday?” (answer)  “What are you making to take to the potluck Sunday?” (answer)  “Can you make homemade pizza two weeks from Wednesday?” (I’ll try to work it in…)

I’m usually so organized with my menu planning that it’s a little embarassing and sometimes if I think of it, before company comes over, I take down my elaborate menu plan off the refrigerator so that my guests won’t see it. 

‘Cause once, our friend Tim saw it and hollered in to the living room to his wife, “Hey Tonya! The Coppingers are having pork chops on Tuesday with mashed potatoes and green beans!” He thought it was really cool that I had the whole week’s meal plan aaaallllllll written on my cute little paper on the fridge. I’m glad he thought it was cool, cause I felt like I’d just been caught and was ready to be nominated for the NERD OF THE YEAR award. 

So, now that you know how weird I am (although most of you already knew), you can imagine the look on my children’s faces when they came into the kitchen at 11:59 am most days last week and asked me what’s for lunch and I say, “Hmm, not sure.” 

I don’t function very well that way, although I did manage to feed them all  three meals a day and several snacks in between, WITHOUT an elaborate menu plan. (It is possible, I just never knew it.)

Okay, so having said all of that, you need to know that while I discovered it was possible and I know that I can feed my family chicken on Saturday without writing the word chicken down on paper for Saturday…I NEED my menu plan on the refrigerator. I am starting to get shaky for lack of food organization. (excuse me, I have to go lay down)

 I decided to share my menu plan for this week with you, just in case you are:

a) a nerd like me
b) clueless as to what to fix for your brood this week
c) hungry, and want to live vicariously through this menu
d) bored and want to read it
e) planning to stop by and wonder which day and time you should pop in

Here it is:

Sunday, Jan. 6
B – Oatmeal
L – Italian Roast Beef and Pasta, Corn
D – Nachos

Monday, Jan. 7
B – Whole Wheat Waffles
L – Potato Soup, Peaches
D – Chicken and Rice, Steamed Carrots

Tuesday, Jan. 8
B – Scrambled Eggs, Clementines
L – Chicken Quesadillas, Pears
D – Venison Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Peas

Wednesday, Jan. 9
B – Orange Muffins
L – Hamburger Patties, Potato Wedges, Carrot Stix
D – Beef Stew, Cornbread

Thursday, Jan. 10
B – Biscuits with butter and honey, Fruit
L – Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Tomato Soup
D – Tacos

Friday, Jan. 11
B – Granola, Fruit Smoothies
L – Turkey and Cheese Melts (made with leftover biscuits), Fruit Salad
D – Homemade Chicken Nuggets and French Fries

Saturday, Jan. 12
B – Breakfast Cookies
L – Leftovers
D – Chicken Noodle Soup

So, there you have it. AAAHHHH do I feel better! I am now officially organized for the week and shall be prepared at bed time tonight when the questions begin (“Mom, what’s for breakfast tomorrow?….)