I’ve been really lazy all summer long about writing out a menu in time to share it with you for Sunday, but I decided today to share it with you for this week even though it’s already Tuesday.  Maybe it will motivate me to post it more regularly, earlier on, as some of you have told me privately you found it helpful.  Which I appreciated hearing.  🙂  I didn’t write it until Sunday afternoon, so Sunday isn’t on it.

Mon – breakfast – oatmeal; dinner – mexican shepherd pie

Tues – breakfast – polenta, cottage cheese; dinner – oat walnut burgers (actually ended up having leftovers from last night because I made so much)

Wed – breakfast – eggs and potatoes; dinner – lasagna

Thurs – breakfast – oatmeal muffins; dinner – fast and easy black eyed peas

I’ve recently adjusted my meal schedule so that dinners on Sun/Tues/Thurs are vegetarian meals, Mon is meat, and Wed is dairy.  The main change from how it’s been all year is to replace one meat meal with a vegetarian meal.  Since we have a lot of meat on the weekend, this is a good balance.  Lunch isn’t listed because we usually have planned leftovers from the night before (I cook a larger amount than I need for one meal for this purpose), or we have something simple and quick like sandwiches or baked potatoes with cheese.  I add salads to our dinner if the main dish doesn’t have a substantial amount of vegetable in it, and usually have fruit and milk for breakfast, but I don’t write that on my plan. 

I don’t strictly stick to this if something comes up, but I find it makes the day run much more smoothly, when I know what we’ll be eating and can plan my time in the day accordingly.

Avivah