Menu Plan

I probably should have posted this earlier in the day, but I've been busy and am just now getting some sit down time with my computer (I'd actually typed this morning's post yesterday).

A while ago I asked you guys how you felt about structured blog posting and the general consensus seemed to be that you wanted some structure, some randomness. To that end, I'd like to start doing a menu plan post on Mondays and a recipe or two on Wednesdays. We'll see how that goes for a couple of weeks and make changes as necessary.

So here's my menu plan for this week (bear in mind that I do my menu planning two weeks at a time, but I'll be posting only the current week's plan).

Monday:
B - Cereal or eggs, milk
L - Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup
D - BLTs and fresh veggies, blondies

Tuesday:
B - Skillet Breakfast
L - Broccoli Casserole
D - Brats, potato salad, baby carrots

Wednesday:
B - Pizza
L - Cold veggie pizza (the kind on crescent roll dough with the cream cheese "sauce" layer)
D - Pepperoni Rolls, chips
I know, unhealthy in the extreme, but we enjoy the occasional all pizza day.

Thursday:
B - Eggs to order, toast, milk
L - Grilled cheese sandwiches, fresh broccoli florets
D - Mini cheeseburgers, cole slaw, chips

Friday:
B - Lazy Granola, craisins, milk
L - Stir-fried green beans
D - Spaghetti, broccoli, garlic toast

Saturday:
B - Eggs/toast or cereal, milk
L - Pizza
D - Bean and sausage mush, fries (this is much better than it's name would suggest)

Sunday:
B - Cinnamon Bun Pancakes
L - Sandwiches
D - Sweet and sour meatballs over brown rice

I do allow the kids to substitute one meal a day, if they don't like something I'm making, but only if I've made it before and they haven't liked it or if they try two bites before deciding they don't want it. We do not allow them to simply say they don't want something, they are required to try it (and we hold ourselves to that rule as well).

It's pretty rare that they sub for dinner, but occasionally they do at lunchtime. Midge is especially picky, so he likes to eat pb & j whenever I'm making anything he's not sure of (or anything that involves potatoes, as he doesn't like them unless they're Frenched and fried).

So there you have it. Hope you all enjoyed this little glimpse into our eating habits (although, this is a particularly unhealthy set of menus, so please don't judge). Let me know if you are interested in any of the recipes.