Menu Plan | + Zoe and a cousin (who are not ON the menu plan)

I didn’t have to go shopping this week (yay!), so I’ve got no grocery picture.

Of course, that means we need some kind of photo to brighten the post, so here’s Zoe with her cousin.

It’s only been in the last 6-9 months or so that Zoe has developed much of an interest in babies.

Of course, she’s not as into them as Sonia, but she does like to hold them and talk to them, and she thinks they’re very cute.

Since Zoe was obviously the last baby in our family, it’s awfully nice that she’s got some little cousins to enjoy…even though she’ll always be the little sister, she can be a big cousin.

On to the official subject matter of today’s post…what we’re eating this week.

Breakfast options will be granola (I’ve been using Cate’s recipe lately), yogurt, whole wheat bread, fruit, muffins, eggs, and cereal.

Lunches will be comprised of sandwiches made with whole wheat bread, homemade yogurt, yogurt smoothies, cottage cheese, fruit, raw veggies, nuts, cheese, and leftovers as necessary. Of course, we don’t eat all of that every single day…it’s just a list of the things we choose from for lunch each day. And Mr. FG eats leftovers for lunch pretty much every day.

Here’s the dinner schedule:

Saturday

• Takeout date night. Usually we do this on Fridays, but we were babysitting my three nieces then, and it seemed unwise to try for a quiet dinner with 7 children in the house. 😉

Sunday

• Buttermilk Pancakes
• Sausage (I have some from the local farm)
• Orange Julius

Monday

• Shrimp Taco Salad (I don’t use the dressing specified in the recipe)
• English Muffins

Tuesday

• Lemon Sage Chicken (a new recipe)
• Whole Wheat Rolls
• green beans

Wednesday

• Slow-Cooked Beef Tacos (this got bumped from last week. And I know the recipe is for pork, but I have lots of beef and no pork, so beef it is.)
• fruit salad

Thursday

• Shrimp Burgers
• whatever vegetables need to be used by then

Friday

• Pizza