Menu Plan Monday – The Van Buying Edition
So you may (or maybe not) noticed I didn’t get a Menu Plan Monday up last week. I just didn’t have the heart. I menu planned a bit but just wasn’t feeling the writing the post bit. Honestly, (and I can be honest with you, right?) I have just not been feeling as bloggy lately. I am going to blame the heat. That is what everyone else is doing, right? It is summer and there are just so many things to pack into the day and then you are just WIPED OUT from the sun.
I’m not complaining, just being real here. Summer seems to be the “winter” of blogging so to speak. So I have been relaxing, taking it easy and choosing not to stress if I don’t get a post on what we are eating. Hope you don’ t mind.
And this week? Well this week I just don’t even know what or how to plan. We have had our SUV on the market for a bit now in the anticipation of moving into the mini-van club. I am excited to say that it looks like we have a buyer and will be doing that very soon. However, we have to work out the exchange, their meeting with the bank and more. Add to that we are on the fence about whether we want a Honda Odyssey or a Toyota Sienna and which features/year/model it needs to be. My head is spinning! Thankfully we are getting an Odyssey to drive for the week so that I can make an informed choice and I will be sure to tell you all about that experience.
But the menu plan for this week? Well, it is going to have to be more of a rough outline or list of recipes we will be having and less of a schedule. At this point, I have NO IDEA what the schedule is going to be. And if you wonder if that drives me crazy? YES!!!
So here is what “plan” I have thus far:
Menu Plan Monday
Homemade Yogurt Tubes
Homemade Yogurt Tubes
Kids Lunch Meals:
- Peanut Butter & Jelly, homemade goldfish crackers (thanks pinterest),
- Individual Mac & Cheese Cups (Survive Before 5 eCookbook), broccoli, cantaloupe
- Homemade Cheesy Rice (Survive Before 5 eCookbook), blueberries
- Fish Sticks, California vegetables, mandarin oranges
- Cheesy Ham Biscuit Muffins, fresh fruit, carrot sticks
- homemade yogurt tubes
Dinners:
- Balsamic Glazed Pork with Green Beans
- Crockpot Minestrone, bread, fresh fruit
- A batch of Kelly’s Pizza Dough which I will turn into 2 different meals, most likely one of them will be Ham & Potato Pockets as I have been craving them lately!
- BBQ Chicken Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing
- leftovers at least one night
Gotten your copy of Survive Before 5 eCookbook? If not, you should! Save your sanity for only $7.99.
For more great Menu Plan Monday menu planning ideas visit orgjunkie.com!
I think you’re right that “summer is the winter of blogging”. My reader has been a little thinner these days although I have to say when people blog they put up some very cool summer content. Thank you for the link to the homemade goldfish crackers! I’ve been looking for a way to replace the store-bought ones in my daughter’s lunchbox and I think she’d be into making these with me.
those ham and potato pockets look awesome.
wish our oven worked. i wonder if they freeze well?
im bookmarking it and adding it to my Recipe’s I’d Love To Try Post
I’d love if you visited my blog and checked out my Menu Plan
Have a great week!
From Cristin To Mommy
They freeze just fine! They have been on a menu a time or two.
I’m SO impressed with the homemade yogurt tubes, the homemade goldfish, the homemade everything! I’ll definitely be borrowing ideas for next week. I’m also linked up at OrgJunkie. :-)
I am so happy to hear that I am not the only blogger who is feeling a bit “uninspired” during the summer heat… I have started three different posts only to leave them in “draft” mode and head out to the pool!
Although I can’t use many of the recipes (my toddler daughter has severe dairy and egg allergies and she’d cry if her big brother got to eat her favorite fishy crackers), I sincerely enjoy reading the blog and it really helps me to see how other families eat!
Thanks for commenting and NO you are NOT alone. I think this happens to me every summer. Thanks for the encouraging words.
We have a honda van and we are wanting to move up to a SUV. We are in the same shoes you are. Good luck. I love my van.
Our second child is 3 months old and I’m looking to trade in my Subaru Forester for either the Honda or Toyota Vans. I’m eager to hear what you think of the Honda.