Menu Plan - Week of March 29

On our way out for a birthday eve dinner.

We had a nice weekend here, even with the cold temperatures. The sun was shining for most of the weekend, which does a lot to boost everyone's mood. My birthday was on Saturday, and we went out for dinner to celebrate on Friday night. Tom made breakfast on Saturday morning, and then I went out by myself and did some shopping that I've been wanting to do for a while - mostly looking, not much finding. But still, it was nice to have a chunk of the day to the browsing that I don't normally get to do. Everyone in our family even took naps in the afternoon, which always makes for a good day in our book. So it was a relaxing, low-key birthday for me, which is what I like.

Now, moving on to this week's menu. I typically just plan out our dinner meals, since I keep breakfasts and lunches simple enough that I don't really need to make a plan for those meals.

Breakfast is usually either toast (made with Ezekiel bread) or oatmeal and some fruit. I haven't made smoothies for breakfast much during the winter months, though I'm sure I'll start including them in our breakfasts again soon. Lately we've also enjoyed having muesli for breakfast.

For lunch, I like to make enough for our evening meals that we can have leftovers for lunch. I haven't been as good about that with Isaac eating more these days, and Millie has had a bigger appetite lately too. Since I haven't been making smoothies for breakfast, I often make green smoothies to go with lunch. We also usually have some raw veggies, along with either hummus or nut butter for dipping. Other lunches for us are hummus sandwiches made with pita bread, tortillas with refried beans, and occasionally the kids will eat nut butter sandwiches with jelly.

And this is our rather tentative plan for dinner meals this week:

veggie stir-fry, brown rice

baked potatoes, asparagus, baked beans

red lentil curry, sauteed greens

Greek - Italian chopped salad

pasta with chickpeas

It looks like we have some nice days in store here this week, so hopefully we'll be outside more enjoying the sunshine. Hope your week is a good one!

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Menu Plan Monday