Is that a pretty picture or what? Matt put that lunch together last week with some of the last of the peppers and tomatoes from our garden. It was awesome!

Here’s what’s on our menu this week:

Sunday, November 4
Breakfast cookies, fruit
Italian pasta bake, tossed salad
Huddle

Monday, November 5
Pancake sausage muffins, pears
Meat and cheese burritos, fruit salad
Oven baked bbq chicken, tossed salad, green beans

Tuesday, November 6 (Matt’s bday!)
Peach cobbler – made with healthy ingredients, it’s the perfect bday breakfast!
Easy noodle stir fry with broccoli and carrots
Cheesy turkey sausage stromboli, tossed salad

Wednesday,  November 7
Chocolate chocolate chip muffins, applesauce
Cheeseburger macaroni, peas
Creamy chicken and rice casserole, green beans

Thursday, November 8
Honey whole wheat bagels, creamy orange coolers
Tuna salad on homemade pitas, fruit, raw veggies
Chicken fried steak strips, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas

Friday, November 9
Biscuits and turkey sausage gravy, fruit
Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup
Tacos

Saturday, November 10
Omelets, smoothies
Leftovers
Chicken and noodles

I have two things to tell you:

1. Soccer is officially over for the season. 
2. My kids are sick of oatmeal for breakfast on Sundays.

The boys had one last game today, and York College (where Matt coaches) finished yesterday. It’s been an awesome season, and now we can hang up our stinky shin guards. 

Actually, I’ll wash them and then we’ll probably play a pick-up game in the yard tomorrow. Soccer never really ends around here.

And about the oatmeal – Typically oatmeal is our standard Sunday breakfast. But every once in a while the kids decide they just can’t eat another bowl. I decided to give those spoiled kids my darling offspring a break, and serve them Breakfast Cookies on Sundays for a while instead. It will actually be an easier breakfast than making oatmeal (not that making oatmeal is the least bit difficult) – simply because I can make the cookies the night before. Then, everyone can just help themselves to cookies and a glass of milk once they are dressed and ready for church. :)

Here’s our menu plan for this week:

Sunday, October 28
Breakfast cookies, fruit
Leg of lamb, potatoes, carrots, gravy
Huddle at our friend’s house

Monday, October 29
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, applesauce
Chicken and noodles, carrots
Shepherd’s Pie, tossed salad

Tuesday, October 30
Whole wheat waffles, blueberries
Teriyaki chicken and rice with veggies
Hamburger steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas

Wednesday, October 31
Easy breakfast casserole, oranges
Pizza boats, fruit salad
Tuna casserole, peas

Thursday, November 1
Homemade poptarts, bananas
Taco potatoes, yogurt smoothies
Alfredo sauce with pasta, tossed salad

Friday, November 2
Mini apple pies, cheese slices
Tuna salad on crackers, pineapple with cottage cheese
Homemade pizza, fruit

Saturday, November 3
Oven baked pancake, fruit
Leftovers
Tacos

Wow, I missed my menu plan last week. If you recall, we planned some big meals to feed the York College Ladies Soccer Team that my husband helps coach. So while I thoroughly planned those meals, I was too busy to plan meals for my family for the rest of the days of the week. 

It’s not like I follow  my menu plan religiously each week anyway, but wow, having nothing planned threw me just a little bit. Case in point:  By Friday night, I was pretty  much worn out and didn’t feel like cooking. Nothing sounded good. I had no meat thawed. All I had in the fridge (aside from the ever present milk, ketchup, and pickle relish of course) was two big containers of leftover mashed potatoes from feeding the team earlier in the week.

So for dinner Friday night? We had mashed potatoes, with mashed potatoes…and sliced tomatoes. I should have taken a picture to share with you (not). The “meal”, such as it was, didn’t taste too bad, especially since the tomatoes came from our garden. But here’s hoping putting together a menu plan this week will offer us a little more excitement. Although we do still have a lot of mashed potatoes to eat up. :)

Biscuits and Gravy – one of my family’s favorite meals!

Sunday, August 19
Oatmeal, fruit
Bbq meatballs, cheesy sour cream mashed potatoes (how’s that for a creative way to use the leftovers?!), green beans, tossed salad, brownie sundaes (with homemade hot fudge sauce) 
Chicken Burritos, grapes, strawberries

Monday, August 20
Whole wheat waffles, blueberries
Grilled burgers, baked beans, watermelon, carrot sticks
Baked three cheese chicken pasta, tossed salad, steamed broccoli and carrots

Tuesday, August 21
Simple sourdough biscuits, turkey sausage gravy, grapes
Tuna salad on tomato slices, chips and salsa
Alfredo sauce with pasta, tossed salad, green beans

Wednesday, August 22
Creamy orange cooler, scrambled egg sandwiches
Easy noodle stir fry with broccoli, carrots, and zucchini
Grilled salmon, brown rice, peas

Thursday, August 23
Coconut flour muffins, apples
Whole wheat calzones, raw veggies, fruit smoothies
Barbecue brisket, cream scalloped potatoes, tossed salad, green beans

Friday, August 24
Easy breakfast casserole, orange slices
Creamy mac and cheese, carrot sticks, peas, cantaloupe
Tacos

Saturday, August 25
Giant breakfast cookies, applesauce
Leftovers
BLTs, watermelon, raw veggies

If you’re looking for a little assistance getting started on menu planning, be sure to check out Plan to Eat!