So I'm the type that I plan the meals for the month. I put together weekly shopping lists and do my grocery shopping every Monday morning. The weeks we have James I usually plan for casseroles and crock pot meals. That way when Mike and James get home they can pop it in the oven or serve it up when they are ready to eat. The other weeks I plan meals that I cook when I get home from practice and that Mike and I will like, but James probably wouldn't. I also make a dessert every Monday to last throughout the week.
I'm finding that in planning these meals I am using a lot more fresh fruits and veggies and a lot less processed foods. I have been feeling better about our eating and I get to enjoy the leftovers for lunch the next day. That's always a good thing.
This week the menu is as follows:
Monday-Pork Chop Parm w/ bococcini salad and Angel Lush w/pineapple for dessert
Tuesday-Italian Style Chicken Combo w/leftover salad
Wednesday-Mike and James go to his parent's house
Thursday-Beef Provicial Stew
Friday-Homemade pizzas
We also started having James plan and cook a meal once a week when he's with us. This Saturday will be his day to plan and cook. He loves doing this and it has gotten him to try new things and eat more vegetables. He's made chicken fingers, peanut soup, 15 bean soup, pasta and sauce, and Indian food. I never know what he's going to make until Saturday afternoon. He helps with the shopping and the cooking. He is always really proud of his dinners.
Sundays we go to Mike's parents' house for dinner. It's nice to have a meal with his parents and James gets to see his grandparents when he's with us. He likes going there and it's nice to have a day off from cooking.
I love to cook and try new things. Mike is also a wonderful cook so he gets the Saturdays that James isn't cooking. I love it when Mike cooks because he likes to try new things and they always turn out great!
Now I'm off to have some leftover chili for lunch. I love the leftovers!
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Busy morning and finally back on schedule
I had to get up and go to practice this morning after only sleeping about 3 1/2 hours. I have not been able to sleep at all lately. I am working on it though.
Practice went well. Kids did pretty good this morning. I then went and rode the recumbent bike for 35 minutes and went 8 miles. I would have gone 10 minutes longer but Mike had emailed me that one of the animals had gotten sick. I then started to think about who it could have been and what did they get into. I remembered that I had had a piece of chocolate the other night. I tried to remember if I left the bag where they could get it or not. I couldn't remember so guilt and fear brought me home.
They hadn't gotten into the chocolate so all was good. I felt better seeing that.
James had asked to bring in a treat since he's Star of the Day tomorrow. Star of the Day is kind of like Show and Tell when we were growing up. He gets to bring in something special to him and share it with the class. He also let us know that he can bring in a treat to share. He looked through his cookbooks and picked out a recipe for As You Wish Muffins. They are a healthy breakfast muffin made with whole wheat flour, very very very little sugar and some of my homemade jam. I am making 36 muffins today. I will put them in little bags that I picked up and add a pencil and a stencil that I found in the dollar section.
When I'm done with that I have to get dinner ready so all Mike has to do is pop it in the oven when he gets home. We have found that doing that or using the crockpot works best. James is usually hungry so all he has to do is wait about half an hour for dinner. Mike doesn't have to cook and they can eat and it will still be warm when I get home from practice. Tonight I'm making Rustic Chicken and Mushroom Stew.
I feel like I'm finally back on my schedule. I have the meals planned out for the rest of the month. The grocery lists for each week done and ready to be added too. I am on schedule to work out tomorrow and Friday and possibly even Saturday. I'm getting the house cleaned slowly. Very very slowly, but it is getting done. I have my workouts written for the week and am working on the newsletter tomorrow. I feel like I'm back in the groove. Finally. Now I just have to maintain that groove and get my sleep back on schedule and life will be good.
Practice went well. Kids did pretty good this morning. I then went and rode the recumbent bike for 35 minutes and went 8 miles. I would have gone 10 minutes longer but Mike had emailed me that one of the animals had gotten sick. I then started to think about who it could have been and what did they get into. I remembered that I had had a piece of chocolate the other night. I tried to remember if I left the bag where they could get it or not. I couldn't remember so guilt and fear brought me home.
They hadn't gotten into the chocolate so all was good. I felt better seeing that.
James had asked to bring in a treat since he's Star of the Day tomorrow. Star of the Day is kind of like Show and Tell when we were growing up. He gets to bring in something special to him and share it with the class. He also let us know that he can bring in a treat to share. He looked through his cookbooks and picked out a recipe for As You Wish Muffins. They are a healthy breakfast muffin made with whole wheat flour, very very very little sugar and some of my homemade jam. I am making 36 muffins today. I will put them in little bags that I picked up and add a pencil and a stencil that I found in the dollar section.
When I'm done with that I have to get dinner ready so all Mike has to do is pop it in the oven when he gets home. We have found that doing that or using the crockpot works best. James is usually hungry so all he has to do is wait about half an hour for dinner. Mike doesn't have to cook and they can eat and it will still be warm when I get home from practice. Tonight I'm making Rustic Chicken and Mushroom Stew.
I feel like I'm finally back on my schedule. I have the meals planned out for the rest of the month. The grocery lists for each week done and ready to be added too. I am on schedule to work out tomorrow and Friday and possibly even Saturday. I'm getting the house cleaned slowly. Very very slowly, but it is getting done. I have my workouts written for the week and am working on the newsletter tomorrow. I feel like I'm back in the groove. Finally. Now I just have to maintain that groove and get my sleep back on schedule and life will be good.
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