Meal Plans Week of 12-1-13

Homemade gluten free pumpkin pie with fresh raw whipped cream and locally made apple cider.

Welcome to December.  This month sure snuck up on me!  I just realized I completely forgot to do a November recap...or set any December goals.  Be on the lookout for both in the next few days.  I guess I was enjoying my long weekend so much that it didn't even cross my mind.  We did have a nice Thanksgiving weekend.  It was great to have so much family time.  And we had a fair amount of snow.  So the kids got to play outside a lot.

Now it's back to the usual chaos.  This week we have church, Christmas program practice, chiro, grocery shopping, Kindermusik, milk pick up, a nursery committee meeting, dance, MomBreak, and Rebecca and I are going to see The Nutcracker.  I hope I can stay sane this week.

The tooth fairy made her 6th appearance this week.

I was able to get some baking done last week (apple pie, pumpkin pie, two batches of graham crackers), but there is plenty more to do.  I still have to make a batch of coconut free granola, a new batch of cheese crackers, soaked gluten free bars, muffins and mayo.  Plus our usual smoothies and vegetable puree.

I finally started my Christmas shopping yesterday.  I was able to get quite a few things.  So maybe I'll have time to start wrapping presents this week.  And I need to start working on homemade gifts.  We are also getting a bunch of ground beef this week.  So I should do a good freezer clean out/inventory.  I've needed to do it for quite a while.

Our Thanksgiving feast.

I'm still making progress with my health.  I've been making sleep a priority and taking naps when I can.  That really helps.  I am also getting to the real root of my swelling, pain, major weight gain, etc. that I've experienced over the last 6 months.  I'm very excited to be making progress on it.  It will take time.  But I'm on the right path.  I will give more updates later...after I see some good results.

So now I can get my focus back to the food and nourishing my family :)  What's on your menu?  Eet smakelijk!

A trip to the farm to see my grandparents.

****MENU****

S (prep lunch, church, Christmas program rehearsal, prep smoothies, puree vegetables, soak flour, make granola)
  B - toast w/ pb, granola bar, clementines
  L - cp roast beef with vegetables
  D - TBD w/ leftover turkey and chicken

M (chiro, Meijer, make gf bars, soak peas, clean freezer)
  B - smoothie, TBD
  D - pork chops w/ apples over rice, peas

T (AKM, bake muffins, RKM)
  B - granola, yogurt, fruit
  D - (prep ahead) - cp pea soup w/ ring balogna, muffins

W (milk, chiro, boil eggs)
  B - smoothie, muffins
  D - tacos

Th (nursery mtg, dance)
  B - hard boiled egg, toast
  D - (early/separate) - cp 7 layer dinner

F (MB)
  B - hard boiled egg, toast
  D - gf pancake and sausage muffins, broccoli, fruit

S (Th Nutcracker)
  B - pancake muffins
  D - beef vegetable soup, crackers w/ cheese