Frugal Granola: Menu Plan Monday

5.05.2008

Menu Plan Monday

This week, I am cooking with some of the different grains and legumes from my co-op order. (To read more about this month's groceries & meal preparation for our family, go here.) Here is this week's menu plan:

Monday

Dinner: Chicken & Vegetable Stir Fry, with leftover Brown Rice and Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

To Do: Soak Porridge, Lentils, Muffin Batter, and Cornmeal Batter for Tuesday. Start Sprouting Sunflower Seeds

Tuesday

Breakfast: Orange Smoothies (substitute a fresh orange and homemade yogurt; reduce sugar), Nourishing Traditions Porridge (with Steel-Cut Oats), Turkey Bacon

Lunch: Spinach & Cheese Omelets, Blueberry Coconut Muffins

Dinner: Honey Baked Lentils (from More With Less), Cornbread, Carrot Sticks

To Do: Soak Muffin Batter for Wednesday.

Wednesday

Breakfast: Bran Muffins, Eggs, Fresh Carrot/Fruit Juice

Dinner: Salmon in White Sauce over Homemade Noodles (from Super Baby Food), Green Salad

To Do: Soak Waffle Batter, Baby Porridge Grains, and Brown Rice for Thursday. Start thawing Chicken for Saturday. Make Oatmeal Wheat Germ Crackers (from Super Baby Food), and Butter

Thursday

Breakfast: Waffles, Eggs, Fresh Carrot/Fruit Juice

Lunch: Curried Carrot Soup (from Simply in Season), Homemade Yogurt, Green Salad with Nourishing Traditions Balsamic Dressing & Sprouted Sunflower Seeds, Homemade Bread & Butter

Dinner: Stroganoff (with ground turkey), Brown Rice, Green Beans

To Do: Bake Bread, Make Mayonnaise and Super Baby Porridge, Soak Muffin Batter, Lentils, and Tortilla Batter for Friday

Friday

Breakfast: Nourishing Traditions Basic Muffins, Eggs, Fresh Carrot/Fruit Juice

Lunch: Turkey BLT's on homemade bread, Orange Slices, Carrot Sticks

Dinner: Lentil Tacos on Homemade Tortillas, Green Salad with "Summer Night Dressing" (from More With Less) & Sprouted Sunflower Seeds

To Do: Make Cereal Flakes (from Super Baby Food). Soak Barley for Saturday.

Saturday

Dinner: Roast Chicken, Carrots, Barley Salad

To Do: Soak Brown Rice and Muesli for Sunday

Sunday

Breakfast: Nourishing Traditions Muesli, Eggs, Fresh Carrot/Fruit Juice

Lunch: Chicken Salad & Sprouted Sunflower Seed Sandwiches on homemade bread, Apricot Glazed Carrots, Orange Slices

Dinner: Meatballs (with ground turkey), Homemade Sweet & Sour Sauce, Brown Rice, Green Salad

To Do: Make stock from roast chicken carcass, Make Yogurt

For more great Menu Plan Monday ideas, go to Organizing Junkie!

Join me on Thursday for Part 5 of my Simple Living series!

4 comments:

Kate, May 5, 2008 5:37 PM: I love your week! Your list of to-do's sounds perfect. What a great idea. I really would like it if our family was eating better. Reading about all the wonderful foods that you prepare for your family really makes me want to start pushing myself to do this more.
magpie, May 5, 2008 10:53 PM: I love how you plan out nice breakfasts. I usually just have oatmeal every morning. Thanks for the comments on the recipes! I haven't made the bulgur breakfast yet, but it's something I'm going to try instead of oatmeal for breakfast... Basically, you cook bulgur with cinnamon, brown sugar, and apples (or other things that are good in oatmeal). But I went to Trader Joe's and they didn't have it, and my local Safeway didn't have it, so I have to find out where I can get some!
LHA, May 6, 2008 1:11 AM: Hi Michele,

Thank you for stopping by on my blog (Good Friends, Good Books). I am inspired by how you plan out activities (make stock etc), along with the menu.

It already helps me a lot to plan the menu, but this is taking it just that bit further. Excellent plan.

I think I'll be bookmarking your site ;-)
Donielle, May 7, 2008 10:07 AM: Soaking grains is next on my list of things to learn to do. I think I'll have to get that Nourishing Traditions book one of these days!