May 19 Menu

 Dinner:

Sun:

Culver’s

Mon:

Grilled cheese

Tomato soup

Oven fries

Pineapple

Tues:

Gingerbread waffles - good, but recipes only made 3 waffles, and we had to make a second batch

Stovetop cinnamon apples

Hashbrowns

Wed:

Baked orange chicken - needs way more sauce.  Had 1 lb chicken and with full recipe for sauce and it wasn't enough.  I also halved the sugar and white vinegar, and added some water.

Brown rice

Jicama sticks

Thurs:

Ravioli

Salad

Fri:

Pulled pork tacos - these were really good

Jicama

Watermelon

Sat:

Homemade pizza

May 12 Menu

Luncbox Recipe:   

I include other items in the lunch to make it balanced and healthy.  These are just the items that used recipes. 

Spinach hummas wrap

Dinner:

Sun:

Lemon chicken

Rice

Broccoli

Mon:

Crepes

Fruit

Tues:

Cilantro lime sweet potato and black bean tacos

Wed:

Mongolian meatballs

Thurs:

Sweet and spicy sloppy joes  I didn't realize this was a crockpot recipe, so I made this sauce in a skillet.  Everyone liked it.

Fri:

Homemade pizza

Sat:

Garlic oil sautéed pasta with broccoli

 

May 5th menu

 Luncbox Recipe:   

I include other items in the lunch to make it balanced and healthy.  These are just the items that used recipes. 

Strawberry rhubarb baked oatmeal

Dinner:

Sun:

Crispy black bean & rice burrito

Guacamole

Mon:

Turkey sausage and veg sheet pan dinner

Tues:

Red lentil dahl

Naan

Harvest cobb salad

Wed:

Orecchiette pasta with broccoli sauce - very bland

Thurs:

Grilled brie cheese sandwiches with quick strawberry jam and red walnut arugula salad

Fri:

Burgers

Potatoes

Watermelon

Sat:

Leftovers

April 28 menu

 Weekend Breakfast:  

Italian pancakes - I made half the recipe. These were better than expected.  I little floury tasting, the fruit covers that up.

Blueberries and banana

Luncbox Recipe:   

I include other items in the lunch to make it balanced and healthy.  These are just the items that used recipes. 

Lemon blueberry bread decreased sugar to 1/2 cup, and used oil instead of butter. I didn’t make the glaze.

Apple butter muffins used coconut oil instead of butter, and decreased the sugar to 1/2 cup.  These turned out okay, but I thought they were kind of oily.  If I made again I would try decreasing the fat to 1/3 cup.

Dinner:

Sun:

Pancakes

Hashbrowns

Fruits

Mon:

Black bean sweet potato enchiladas

Fruit

Tues:

Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread

Wed:

Emergency chicken not bad.  it was definitely quick and easy.

Roasted green beans

Bread

Thurs:

Mongolian beef

Rice

Air fryer frozen broccoli

Fri:

Homemade pizza

Sat:

Turkey tenderloin

Fresh cranberry relish - we never add this much sugar.  We only do a couple tablespoons.

Minnesota wild rice soup

April 21 menu

 Breakfast:  

Super easy pumpkin bread - it was regular easy

Pumpkin backed oatmeal - good warm not good cold

Dinner:

Sun:

Brats

Watermelon

Baked beans

Roasted potatoes

Mon:

Penne with spinach sauce

Tues:

Walking tacos

Watermelon

Wed:

Church pizza

Salad

Clementines

Cookies

Thurs:

Broccoli cauliflower salad  - skipped bacon

California grilled veggie sandwich - used onion rolls 

Fri:

Cashew chicken - added pea pods. Recipes was ok

Rice

Sat:

Tomato soup

Potatoes

April 12th menu

 Breakfast:  

Cranberry orange muffin

Banana bread

Apple cinnamon swirl bread - used decreased both sugars to 1/4 cup each.  B thought the bread was a little dry.

Dinner:

Sun:

Homemade pizza

Mon:

Apricot ginger acorn squash - I didn't care for this

Spicy (turkey) empanadas - the meat is bland and not spicy. I added garlic, worcestershire, pepper.

Tues:

Southwest potato corn chowder - just ok

Rolls

Wed:

Tortellini or ravioli

Salad

Thurs:

Vegetarian korma

Naan bread

Fri:

Sheetpan chicken fajitas

Sat:

Veggie stirfry

Brown rice