Today’s Sunday and it’s time to think about this week’s menu. Taking the time to make healthy foods delicious, unique and readily available make eating healthier easier. Food that is pleasing both to the eyes and mouth will always be a success for your family and have them wanting to eat more at home.
This week I purchased & checked out the following cookbooks to help me plan healthier meals and snacks:
- Smoothies by Barber by Barber, Corpening, & Narlock
- Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfield
- Preventions Stop Dieting & Lose Weight
- The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook
- The Mom’s Guide to Meal Makeovers by Bissex & Weiss
- Better Homes and Gardens Kid Favorites Made Healthy
My daughter and I have been going through these books, bookmarked pages, and now I’m creating the menu for the week along with my grocery list. I’m a grocery list type of gal and very good at sticking to my list. Without one, I’d buy everything I’d see in the grocery store! This could be VERY bad on my tummy AND wallet if I did that all the time!
This week the kids go back to school. I will be working on creative lunches that will have other kids wanting their meals and mine not wanting to eat school food again. Each of them has their own lunch totes, new aluminum drink bottles, and soup/sandwich/and snack containers so we’re also being more green and saving some money.
Right now our menu for this week will consist of:
- Breakfast: smoothies, egg/cheese english muffins, low-fat muffins, fruit parfaits, banana bread
- Lunch/Dinner: chicken/mandarin salad, turkey meatloaf, homemade veggie & chicken/pineapple pizza, turkey taco salad, low-fat baked ziti, beef/broccoli w/rice
- Snacks/Desserts: fruits, veggies, puddings, yogurt, milkshakes, apple pie, oatmeal cookies, homemade baked apple chips
As I make new things, I’ll try to post the recipe here as well to share.
