Menu Plan Monday 2/6-2/12

You may have noticed that the menu plan for last week was missing. I can assure you we ate, but don't ask me to remember what! We are slowly climbing out of the pit known as sickness and I was doing my best last week to keep clean (read: not puked on) clothes on myself and Julian. I think we are past the worst of it now, so I am praying that we can get back on schedule this week!

Here is our menu plan!

Breakfast

• Soaked oatmeal and fruit (with honey and maple syrup) x 6
• Soaked whole wheat pancakes, bacon and fruit

Lunch

• Out with a friend x 2
• Leftovers and smoothies (for me) x 3
• Standard lunch (for hubby) x 5
• Hot dogs, chips and fruit
• Church lunch

Dinner

• Spaghetti (trying our spelt noodles for the first time!), garlicky biscuits and fruit
• Beef and cabbage soup (recipe below!), whole wheat biscuits and fruit
• Hamburgers, potato wedges and fruit
• Leftovers (for me) x 2
• Standard lunch (for hubby) x 2
• Calzones, homemade dipping sauce and fruit
• Popcorn and smoothies

Beef and Cabbage Soup

1 lb. ground beef, browned

1 onion, coarsely chopped

2 stalks of celery, chopped

1/2 head of cabbage, coarsely chopped

64 oz. tomato sauce*

4 c. soaked, rinsed and cooked kidney beans (1 1/3 c. dry beans)

1 c. brown rice, uncooked

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

1 tbs. chili powder

Stir all the ingredients together in a slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours. 

 

*tip: If I am running low on my supply of canned tomato products, I will substitute a can of crushed tomatoes for the tomato sauce in this recipe. The crushed tomatoes I buy come in a 64 oz. can, while the tomato sauce comes 15 oz. to a can. Simply open the can of crushed tomatoes and give it a whirl in the blender!

Menu Plan Monday