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We try to eat Real Foods. What does that mean to us? Our food should be whole, unprocessed and nutrient dense. We started making changes to our diet about a year ago. Our changes have been very slow and deliberate. We still have alot of room for improvement before we are eating an optimum diet.
Last week we did well sticking to our dinner menu but not so good with breakfasts. A couple of great dinners were the Stuffed Burritos on Tuesday and the Sloppy Joe Bowls on Thursday but probably the favorite of everyone was homemade sushi on Friday night. We used to do pizza most Friday nights but added sushi this month after I learned how to make it last month. It is so easy! I can’t believe that I didn’t learn it years ago.
This week we are still eating out of our freezer and pantry for the most part. Every Monday I tally up what we spent on food for the previous week. As of last Monday, we had spent $108.25 so that is a big benefit to eating out of the freezer/pantry.
No school or work on Monday this week. Yippee!
Menu Week of January 17
Sunday
B- Blueberry Pancakes and fried eggs
L- Out
D- Venison Meat Loaf, Baked Potatoes, Broccoli, Pickled Beets
Monday
B- Butterscotch Rice and apple slices
D- Roast Chicken (recipe from Menu Mailer), Bulgar Pilaf, Sauteed cabbage, Spicy Lemons
Tuesday
B- Toast with Cinnamon Yogurt Cheese, mandarins
D- Hot Meat Loaf Sandwiches (leftover meatloaf from Sunday), mashed potatoes, roasted Brussel Sprouts, Spicy Carrots
Wednesday
B- Yogurt with Persimmon Puree and Almonds
D- Martha’s Lamb Barley Stew, Sourdough bread with Yogurt cheese and Kumquat Marmalade, Russian Beet Salad
Thursday
B- Soaked Oatmeal with Peaches (home canned)
D- Liver Dumpling Soup (from Nourishing Traditions cookbook), Sauerkraut, Sourdough bread
Friday
B- Eggs and Toast, apple slices
D- Homemade Pizza night- I’ll make 4 so we have leftovers
Saturday
B- Kefir Parfait
L- Leftovers
D- Mexican Chicken Soup (recipe from menu mailer)
>Sounds yummy!!!
Those sloppy joes in a bowl look great and frugal!
How's the liver soup??
>The sloppy joe bowls were wonderful.
This is the first time trying the liver dumpling soup. I'm hopeful it will be good 🙂
>What is butterscotch rice? It sounds good!
>Rebecca,
It is good! I'll be posting about it in a couple of days.
>We are just making the change to whole foods. It is definitely going to be an adjustment but I know it is do-able. You have a great meal plan for this week!
>Hi Terri!
It is do-able. We have been making changes slowly over the past year. One thing that has helped me is to be okay with the progress we make. It is so easy to start getting hung up on how 'good' others eat. I figure that any change we make is an improvement. BUT if we had food allergies or something to contend with then I would probably have a slightly different stance.