Meal Plan 3

After talking with a friend (Shandall! :-)) I've decided to put lunch in here too. Lunch is always difficult for me, since I'm typically running all over the place during lunch hours. However, now that Chase is eating a lot more, I need to figure something out.

Now that I'm finally starting on a Monday, I can be a little more scheduled. As always, I will probably deviated from the plan a few times and I'll probably eat at a restaurant more than just the two days in the plan. The important thing to take out of this, is to just have a plan. Any ingredient that you buy can be used somewhere else, so that you don't waste anything if you skip a particular meal.

Day 1 - Monday
Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ fruit and pork sausage

Lunch: Crockpot pie

Dinner: Spaghetti bites w/ asparagus

Day 2 - Tuesday
Breakfast: Pancakes w/ bacon and fruit

Lunch: Breakfast lasagna w/ a green added into the lasagna

Dinner: Chicken Enchiladas w/ sprouted rice and broccoli

Day 3 - Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ fruit and breakfast sausage

Lunch: OUT (Probably Panera or something of the like)

Dinner: Sausage spaghetti squash bake

Day 4 - Thursday
Breakfast: Spinach scrambled eggs, bacon, and available fruit

Lunch: Left over spaghetti squash bake

Dinner: Spiced chicken breast w/ asparagus and sweet potato
            (Chicken recipe is from Nourishing Traditions cookbook)

Day 5 - Friday
Breakfast: French toast, sausage, available fruit

Lunch: Sweet and creamy sweet potato (Recipe below)

Dinner: Jerk chicken w/ green beans

Day 6 - Saturday
Breakfast: OUT

Lunch: OUT (Breakfast and lunch are out, because I will be visiting a friend in Destin!)

Dinner: Burgers, sautéed rainbow chard, butternut squash fries

Snacks
Cheese and Broccoli Muffins

Sweet and Creamy Sweet Potatoes (this is more for Chase, but sounds good in general too)

1 medium sweet potato, peeled

2 tbsp cottage cheese
1 tbsp crushed pineapple, drained
pinch cinnamon (optional)
Wrap the sweet potato in foil and bake for around 1 hour, until tender
Cool completely.
Cut crosswise into 1 1/2 inch wedges, then turn them so they sit flat on the cut sides.
Scoop a hollow into the centre of each piece (you can mash the scooped out pieces together and use them for something else).
Mix the cottage cheese with the pineapple and spoon into each hollow.
Top with a sprinkle of cinnamon and serve as dessert... mmm!

Nag of the week: BUTTER. Use real butter! :-) Not Country Crock (they are a load of crock) or Smart Balance. I prefer KerryGold, because it's real and it's from grass-fed, pastured cows. But who cares about that. It's f'in delicious. I cook everything in butter. And cinnamon. But we're not talking about that, we're talking about butter. Get it! This you will not regret! I could literally eat this butter out of the container. I may or may not have done this before. Judge not!