menu planning

Today is the menu link up at the Sisterhoood! You might get a little bored, food-wise, if you visited my house for breakfast or lunch. I tend to have the same thing day in and day out: breakfast is steel-cut oats with some kind of fruit and too much coffee. Lunch is a huge salad and a smallish bowl of soup. Predictability is good So I see no need to recap all that here again. On the supper menu this week:

Sunday –leftover pasta from last night (pizza night fell through due to a baking disaster)

Monday - Pancake Night –sweet potato pancakes again, with sliced & baked apples and cinnamon for a topping

Tuesday –pea and potato soup

Wednesday – leftover soup

Thursday – stir fry with lots of veg, brown rice, and a simple sauce, maybe tofu if it’s a hollow day

Friday - falafel with homemade pitas and a green veg

Saturday –spaghetti and lentil meatballs (courtesy of MamaPea)

The big news on our menu is that, for now, Pizza Night is a thing of the past. J and I don’t really care, and I’d like to develop slightly healthier expectations in the kids. Last night’s pasta (whole grain penne, doctored-up sauce, mushrooms, and chickpeas, with a sprinkling of nutritional yeast) got rave reviews all around. In a way that even pizza never does. So we’re going to try Pasta Weekends instead, in which I make enough for leftovers on Sunday, have extra time to play with my kids, and get the warm fuzzy inner glow of knowing I’m helping them develop healthy habits.