Meal Plans Week of 9-26-10

Well, I made it to 7 weeks :)  Exciting and not so exciting since I think the worst is yet to come (really picks up around 8 weeks).  Today is starting out pretty rough.  Doing my best to manage, but I may have to break out the suckers soon to help settle my tummy and some medicine to help with my headache.  Hopefully I can still make it to church.  Still just taking things one day at a time and trying to keep up as much as possible.

Last week we had a few fun events.  Our first ultrasound to see one perfect little heartbeat :-)  We picked up our co-op order.  So excited to finally have eggs in the house again.  And yesterday we visited Voogt Farm (Justin's uncle).  We got a nice tour and learned a lot about how they raise their cattle.

This week isn't too busy for once.  Although I kind of wish it was so it would go by faster :P  Today is church.  Monday is grocery day.  Tuesday is farmer's market, and Justin has class.  Wednesday is Kindermusik, and Justin has a meeting at church.  Thursday I might go to Target.  Friday is our first MOPS meeting of the year.  I really hope I'm feeling good enough for that.  Saturday we will be picking up our chickens.  Which means I'll have to deal with them...right at 8 weeks of pregnancy.  This could be interesting.  A challenge for sure.

I didn't get quite as much done in the kitchen last week as I had hoped.  But I did can one batch of applesauce, made sourdough english muffins, ground flour, baked and froze squash, froze strawberries and peppers and made sourdough chocolate cake (recipe to come).

This week will be similar to last week.  I have quite a bit I want to get done.  But we'll just have to see how things go.  I need to keep working on applesauce.  I want to dry apples, render some lard, make pesto and cut up/freeze our chickens.  I'd also like to experiment with popcorn  making.  Since salty food is about all I can stomach these days I need some healthy snacks.  I want to try making popcorn in a pan instead of using my air popper.  And try some variations.  I might also make some bread.

Meals are what sounds good to me and trying my best to get in pregnancy nutrients.  It's getting tougher and tougher to have the two align, but I'm trying.  And some days I have options.  We'll just see how I'm doing then.  Here's what's on the menu for now.
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S (prep lunch, church, make pesto, make kettle corn)
  B - sd english muffin w/ pb, veggies (me), blueberry zucchini bread, fruit (Justin)
  L - beef, bean and veggie chili in the cp
  D - breaded pan fried eggplant with pesto, leftover cauliflower, raw cheese, summer sausage, crackers leftover sloppy lentils, veggies, roasted potatoes OR pizza (homemade or order...not healthy, but that's what sounds good :P  I was even tempted to buy a frozen pizza last week!  Hopefully only a few more weeks until my healthy food appetite is back.)

M (make applesauce, dry apples, Meijer, eCourse)
  B - toast w/ pb and butter, avocado, cauliflower (me), fried eggs, toast (Justin)
  D - ham steak, peas, homemade fries

T (can applesauce, cook bacon, fm, make apple crisp, class)
  B - bacon, toast, fruit, veggies (make extra bacon for Wed.)
  D - leftover chili over breaded fried eggplant

W (freeze veggies?, make bread?, chop fruit and veggies, KM, DT mtg)
  B - leftover eggplant, avocado, cheddar cheese (me), strawberry, pineapple, nectarine kefir smoothie (Justin)
  D - pesto, bacon and spinach quiche, roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts, blueberry zucchini bread

Th (make/can applesauce, freeze cauliflower, Target)
  B - leftover quiche (me), blueberry zucchini bread, fruit (Justin)
  D - homemade pizza w/ ham, bacon, onions, peppers, mushrooms, pineapple

F (render lard, MOPS, clean)
  B - leftover pizza and veggies (me), sd english muffin w/ butter/pb, fruit (Justin)
  D - leftover quiche, roasted cauliflower

S (package lard, prep veggies and cheese for pizza, laundry, pick up chicken, cut up/freeze chicken, make stock?)
  B - leftover quiche, veg (me), sd english muffin w/ bp, fruit (Justin)
  D - homemade pizza w/ chicken, onions, peppers, tomatoes