I’m going to see how my old meal plan stacks up in terms of points over the course of a week.  I think the extras I might consume here and there (usually as oil during cooking or making salad dressing) can be accounted for by using the weekly points we get as extras.

Breakfast

• 1 cup frozen peaches, thawed
• 2 oz Creme Fraiche

Lunch

• 4 oz Buffalo Burger
• 12 oz Spinach Salad
• 1 cup steamed green beans
• 1 TB oil+vinegar for salad dressing

Dinner

• 4 oz roasted chicken
• 12 oz salad (greens, vegetables, etc.)
• 1 cup carrots
• 1 cup peas

Dinner tonight was amazing!  Everyone loved it, and The Mister and the boys had seconds.  Yes, even Nicholas, the child who, if given his way, would eat cake, cookies, crackers, and apples.  It’s a very simple, frugal cannellini/white bean recipe I made up in my head while cleaning the house today.  I’m pretty sure, given the ingredients, it’s an amalgamation of recipes I have come across over time.  I don’t care.  I’m not looking to revolutionize cannellini beans.  I just want to make something fast, easy, cheap, and nutritious.  Oh, and my family has to actually eat it, too.

Breakfast

• 2 eggs
• 1 slice TJs European Style Whole Grain Bread
• 1 apple

Lunch

• Leftover rice and beans
• Yogurt cheese, drizzle of olive oil, seasonings
• Banana

Dinner

• 4 oz Mahi Mahi
• Bean thread noodles
• Spinach Salad

Breakfast

• 2 oz brie cheese
• 1 slice Trader Joe’s European Style Whole Grain Bread
• 1 apple

Lunch

• Green salad: mixed greens, garbanzo beans, cranberries, goat cheese, sunflower seeds
• Olive oil and vingear
• 2 oz. Yogurt Cheese, drizzle of olive oil, garlic seasoning

Dinner

• Beans & Rice
• Spinach Salad
• Spelt tortilla (maybe)

It’s a start.  My meal plan has been all over the place, and I sometimes imagine myself chasing it like a turn of the century farmer’s wife chasing a headless chicken.  It’s been hard, trying to figure out what works for me and what doesn’t.  I’ve lost 50 pounds, and despite that achievement, I still don’t know what the hell I am doing.

Breakfast
2 oz brie cheese
2 small apples
1 slice Trader Joe’s European Style Whole Grain Bread

Lunch
4 oz yogurt cheese
Green salad with garbanzo beans, tomatoes, green beans
1 TB oil + vinegar and herbs/seasoning to taste

Dinner
Turkey and barley soup, homemade
1.5 cup Spinach salad

Tomorrow Mikey has a field trip, and I am debating crashing the site along with a handful of other paranoid parents.  If I do, I will have to bring a lunch of some sort, and not what I have planned.  I am really craving salad lately.  I can’t get enough!

Breakfast

• Cereal, banana, soy milk

Lunch

• Left over Stuffed Acorn Squash
• Left over roasted veggies
• Salad

Dinner

• Pot Roast
• Huge spinach salad

I miss my vegan meal plan.  I really do.  It was satisfying, filling, and easy for me to follow when I had strict guidelines.  But, the boys weren’t eating as much as I would like, and now that I have switched, they continue to eat poorly.  In fact, they are barely eating at all!  When can I expect them to get better about eating?  Mikey has always been a wonderful eater…until now.  Nicholas has been terrible since day one.  You would think I am force feeding them boiled brussel sprouts soaked in vinegar instead of, oh, HOMEMADE soup (including the broth!), roasted chicken, etc.  Tonight, Nicholas refused to eat.  Nothing.  Not one thing.  So, he went to bed without anything to eat since 1pm.  How is this normal?  Should I call the pediatrician?

Suggestions welcome.

Breakfast

• Bacon + Egg
• Banana (can’t wait for the peaches to finally ripen.)

Lunch

• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Spinach salad

Dinner

• Pot roast
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Potatoes

Blah.  I had a headache all day today.  Maybe I am having sugar withdrawals?

Breakfast

• egg+bacon (unless peaches are ripe, then cereal+peach)
• banana

Lunch

• chicken tortilla soup
• salad

Dinner

• Moroccan-Style Stuffed Acorn Squash from the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living Magazine. I would link to the recipe, but it’s not up on the site.  You can google it, though, and find it on many blogs.  Apparently it’s been the hit recipe to try (I had no idea.)  Obviously, I’m deleting the pine nuts from the recipe!
• Salad