This menu is designed to stretch meat so I can buy 3 pounds of grass fed ground beef, 2 whole pastured chickens and an occasional beef roast with bones or a nice ham. It is very basic and mostly homemade. I did not link to many recipes but these are basic and super easy to find. I keep a small collection of muffin and coffee cake recipes for a little variety. I have not actually tried making sourdough bread or yogurt yet. It is my goal for the next few weeks before we start school to learn these techniques well and figure out how to fit each step into the school day. Help yourself to anything useful here and let me know if you have any tips!
Sunday
Breakfast:
English
Muffins/Coffee Cake
Yogurt
with fruit/HB eggs
Supper:
Roast
chicken/ham/beef with potatoes, carrots or other roasted vegetables
salad
Ice
cream
Tasks:
slice meat and package and
label for SA lunches
pack Dad’s lunch
set up AM coffee and
oatmeal
begin stock with bones
Monday
Breakfast:
Oatmeal
with dried fruit
Tasks:
Start soup with stock and
leftover meat, shredded cabbage, other veg.
Bake bread and muffins
HB eggs
Supper:
Soup
and bread
Cooked
squash or sweet potatoes
Tasks:
Pack Dad’s lunch
Set up AM coffee
Tuesday
Breakfast:
HB
eggs and muffins
Tasks:
Make yogurt
Prepare mixes (pancake mix,
pudding mix, granola minus nuts)
Supper:
Tacos,
enchiladas or burritos (meat filling made with 2 lbs. ground beef and 1 cup of
rice)
Raw
vegetables
Cooked
corn
Tasks:
Pack Dad’s lunch
Set up AM coffee
Organize lunch fixings in
tub in fridge for SA lunch prep
Wednesday
Breakfast:
Scrambled
eggs in tortillas
SA packed lunch:
Bagel
meat sandwich, muffins, fruit, cheese stick
Supper: (meatless)
Aztec
Quiche or spinach lasagna
Roasted
broccoli
Tasks:
Pack Dad’s lunch for Thurs.
and Fri.
Set up AM coffee and
oatmeal
Thursday
Breakfast:
Oatmeal
with dried fruit
Tasks:
Bake bread, muffins, coffee
cake for Sun, oatmeal cookies
Supper:
Stir
fry (use up leftover meat, vegetables, shredded cabbage) over rice
Cooked
squash or sweet potatoes
Tasks:
Set up AM coffee
Organize lunch fixings in
tub in fridge for SA lunch prep
Mix pizza dough and
refrigerate
Friday
Breakfast:
Scrambled
eggs in tortillas
SA Lunch Packed Lunch:
Bagels
with cheese, oatmeal cookies or muffins, fruit
Tasks:
Grocery shop
Cut up raw vegetables
Supper: (meatless)
Homemade
cheese pizza/homemade mac & cheese
cut
vegetables
Tasks:
Set up AM coffee
Set up pancake supplies
Movie Night:
Popcorn
on the stove
White
grape Juice
Saturday
Breakfast:
Pancakes
Breakfast
meat
Supper: (prep early)
Chili
served with tortilla chips or nachos
Salad
Chocolate
pudding
Tasks:
Set up AM coffee
Pull coffee cake or English
muffins out of freezer
- Notes:
- Breakfasts include coffee,
milk and OJ with CLO
- Lunch at home is leftovers
or sandwiches filled with tuna salad, egg salad, salmon melts, or PB&J
- AM snack: fruit
- PM snack: raw veg. tray/pb
or cheese on saltines/HB eggs/homebaked items
- For emergency keep in the
pantry: spaghetti noodles and jarred sauce, canned soup, canned fruit
- For a crowd or potluck:
make sloppy joes/ham and cheese sandwich casserole/meatball subs and chocolate
chip cookies
- Bake sourdough bread 2 x
week
- Make homemade yogurt 1 x
week
- Homemade salad dressings
mix
- Granola for non-oatmeal kid
- Pudding mix for homemade
pudding