Menu Plan: Summer (August 10-16)

**There is now a photo album on the RH Facebook page just for food photos. If you like to see a photo of a dish to judge whether you want to try it or not, then follow the link to view the album. (I tend to like recipes & cookbooks that include lots of photos). Let's be honest, some dishes are just too pretty to not take a picture! ;) **

  Strategies

• I picked up at a Crock-Pot cookbook, and am excited to begin including the recipes into our menu plan each week. I've been wanting to have a meal ready for us as soon as we returned from church on Sundays. I've never really used our slow cooker for meals, and so hopefully this little book will give me some ideas for meals that I can prepare in it. 
• We didn't quite get to two meals last week, so they'll roll into this week. I've found it helpful to have at least one meal that has mostly pantry ingredients, so that it can roll over to the next week if need be.
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OUR MENU PLAN FOR THIS WEEK

*Note: I include links to the recipes if they are available online. Some recipes are from cookbooks we have at home, and while I can't share the recipe I can direct you to the source. Other dishes or meals are created by myself or my husband, and we can do our best to explain how to recreate it. If you'd like additional information on any of the meals or our menu planning, then please feel free to contact me. :) 

Breakfasts

- apple and walnut granola cereal

- strawberry & peach green smoothie

- broccoli & parmesan omelet, toast

- breakfast tacos (eggs, salsa and black beans in a multi-grain wrap)

Lunches

- Lentil and rice burritos

- (leftovers) BBQ chicken, potato salad, baked beans

- [Salad] cucumber & black eye pea salad (I'm adding greens to make it a full salad)

- (leftover) lasagna, green beans

- (leftover) lasagna, green beans

- [Sandwich] avocado  egg salad wraps

next Sunday- [Crock-Pot] Philly cheese steak sandwiches (I plan to make a full recipe, but only cook half. The other half will go into the freezer as a freezer meal for a future occasion).

Dinners

- Green pizza with a homemade whole wheat crust

- agedashi tofu, crispy vegetable spring rolls

- lasagna, green beans

- [Grill] pork steak, asparagus, applesauce (canned last year), corn

- [Fish] Almond and lemon crusted fish, spinach, sweet carrots

- [Pizza] Spinach and sun-dried tomato stuffed pizza (I'm going to use white beans instead of tofu so that we don't have two tofu meals in one week)

Snacks

- apple and peanut butter

- popcorn

- snack bars

- yogurt with mixed berries

Grocery Shopping

spinach (large container)

salad greens

red & green bell pepper

eggs

olives

cottage cheese

mozzarella

avocado

celery

round steak

French roll

cheddar cheese

monterrey jack cheese

firm tofu

sesame oil

cabbage

rice noodles (or other thin asian-style noodle)

boston butt (sliced into steaks by meat department)

corn

apples

cantaloupe

bananas

Weekly Menu Planning Sheet

*Note: Reviving Homemaking is not affiliated with any of the sites or companies included in the links, and was not asked to include or recommend them or their recipes in this post. (I simply like what they have to offer!)

What's on your family's menu plan this week?

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