February 28 - March 5, 2016

Sunday:  lunch – Grilled Turkey, Muenster, Green Apple, & Blackberry Preserve Sandwiches with Fresh Veggies & Chips

  Lunch after church needs to be something quick and easy that I can throw together, and it also needs to be very kid friendly.  But, I like to try and have it be a little something different than what we eat for lunch the rest of the week.  So, I fancied up our grilled cheese by adding thin-sliced green apples and a thin layer of blackberry preserves.  Yum!!

Sunday:  dinner – Chili Dogs & Steamed Broccoli

  Because it was the end of the month and we were eating what was available without having to go to the store.  We pulled some venison chili out of the freezer and served it over the last of the hot dogs we had in the fridge.  We didn’t even have buns, but none of us minded!  We also didn’t have a block of cheese or shredded cheese (ha!), so Payton helped me cut sliced cheese into itty bitty squares.  J  She loved it!

Monday:  Dinner with Mom

  Chad was gone, and my mom offered to feed us.  Hooray!

Tuesday:  Breakfast for Dinner – Eggs, Bacon, Pancakes, & Toast

  Our new normal is going to be baseball practice on Tuesdays for Callen and Thursdays for Ranger, both ending at 6:00.  This week, Chad was also out of town for work.  So, our dinners needed to be simple, mostly healthy, and kid-friendly since I was a solo act.  So, while the kids were taking showers and getting cleaned up, I made a quick dinner of eggs, bacon, pancakes leftover from the freezer, and…after the kids ate all of that…I also made toast!  Happy kids, happy mommy, easy peasy.  (I made my eggs with spinach, but not the kids.)

Wednesday:  Cheeseburgers with Fresh Fruit & Veggies

  Normally we eat with our small group on Wednesday nights, but Ranger had a possible case of pink eye, so we stayed home.  Alas, that meant I needed dinner on a night when I hadn’t planned any!  But, earlier in the day, I saw that Sonic had their junior cheeseburgers for 89 cents all day!  So, I picked up one for each of the kids, and then they ate them at home with fresh fruit & veggies.  They were beyond thrilled, as was I.  J  I made a salad for myself topped with some tilapia from Costco that I baked in the oven.

Thursday:  Popcorn Chicken with Roasted Broccoli & Carrots

  Again…simple meal for a baseball night.  Frozen chicken nuggets to the rescue!

Friday:  Homemade Pizza with Cauliflower Pizza Crust

  Chad was finally home!  So, we were all happy to have our Friday family movie night.  The kids would have loved it if I had just ordered Domino’s, but I opted instead to make homemade pizza using this recipe from Tasty Kitchen for Cauliflower Pizza Crust.  I made one several months ago, and we all actually liked it!  This was no exception.  There are a few steps, but none of them are hard.  It’s a fun way to get in more veggies with pizza for dinner.   Plus, the crust is loaded with cheese!   Chad and I had a big salad to go along with ours, and I served some fruit with the kids’ plates.  The kids topped their half with turkey pepperoni and mozzarella, and for Chad and me, we used turkey pepperoni, a little rotisserie chicken, red and yellow bell peppers, and feta.  Every bite of the pizza was gone!  Payton was the only one who didn’t love it…I’ll take 4/5 any day.  ;-)

Saturday:  Grilled Venison Steak, Pioneer Woman Crash Hot Potatoes, & Spinach Salad

  Chad grilled some yummy venison steak while I made Pioneer Woman’s Crash Hot Potatoes and a spinach salad to go along with it.  Our friend, Scott, was over for dinner also.  My potatoes don’t look as pretty in the picture as the Pioneer Woman’s, but they are really crispy and tasty, so I guess I can’t care too much about how strange they look in the picture.  Dinner was delish!