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So … What Are We Gonna Eat This Week?

November 18, 2013

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Confession time, y’all: I have NOT been in the mood for much lately.  Cooking?  No.  Writing?  No.  Figuring out what the heck we’re gonna eat each meal?  No.

Laundry?  No.  That’s why Barney Kneeknuckles wore some of his sister’s pink lined socks more than once last week.

(don’t judge)

I don’t know what it is but I just want to sit.  Drink coffee.  Pin beautiful things on Pinterest.  Daydream.  Actual work is taking a backseat while I’m at the wheel these days.

Oy.  Lazy would probably sum it up best.

BUT … there are little people in my house with big voices.  Big, SCREECHY voices who clamor for food — and one of them (ahem … Barney!) is going through a growth spurt and has morphed into an over-achieving Hobbit, demanding two breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners and lots of snacks in between.


Proof? The picture above…. his second dinner (a PB sandwich) that he demanded after downing a ginormous bowl of Paleo Chili. He’s insatiable and this kid is gonna be a MOOSE, y’all.  I’m terrified of the teenage years!!!)

So, because of my desire to keep their whines for food to a minimum, I still menu-plan and cook each week, trying to find dinner ideas that meet my grain-free lifestyle AND their “we eat whatever the heck we want, Woman” lifestyles.

And then spend time day-dreaming when the evening ritual of “Whackamole” (aka Put the Kids To Bed and Make Them Stay There) is over.

Laundry?  Um … yeah.  Someday.

What we’re eating this week

  • Sunday:  Coq au Riesling; Smashed Crispy Red Potatoes, Green Beans
  • Monday:  leftovers
  • Tuesday: Stuffed Poblanos with Chile Verde; Refried Beans; Guacamole
  • Wednesday: Dinner at Church
  • Thursday: Slow Cooker Sesame Orange Chicken (from the Against All Grain cookbook, pg 130); Jasmine Rice for the family and Cauliflower-Fried Rice for Mama;
  • Friday: Pizza Night — perfect whole wheat pizza for the family and Paleo pizza for Mama
  • Saturday: Sweet Potato Skillet Breakfast 
  • Sunday:  Grilled T-Bones with Chimichurri Sauce; Crispy Sweet Potato Fries (from the Against All Grain cookbook, pg 82); Sauteed Bacon Brussels Sprouts

Other Menu Plans and Recipe Ideas from the Past:

A Post-Baby Meal Plan {freezer meals}

Prepping for the Week Ahead — How I Make It Work

 

30-Minute Meals for Busy Nights

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Rachel Lacy is the author of Following In My Shoes, where she blogs about Mommyhood, Family-Friendly Recipes and Bento Lunches, and Life in Texas. She is a lover of all things Coffee and Nutella.
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