Good morning! Good evening.
It took me over 2 hours to write this menu plan (and another post for later) because I got interrupted a bazillion times. There was some yelling involved…. Not sure if this post is entirely coherent, but here ya go 🙂
My favorite season it here! I enjoy all the seasons, but summer is my favorite because there are so many fun things to do… and I don’t know about you, but I usually feel healthier in the summer, too. I realize sometimes the heat can get to us and make us grouchy, but I think that’s a sign to just slow the heck down and relax.
Feeling anxious, overwhelmed? Along the lines of AA’s (or my grandma’s) mantra, “One day at a time”, I like this one from coach Chip Kelly: “Win the day.” I think it is helpful for when you are making difficult changes. You can’t do everything at once, and you might (you will) lose some battles along the way. But if you do your best with each decision you make, and pick up and keep going when you fall, striving to make each day a step further in the right direction, focusing on conquering what is right in front of you… well, it feels pretty good to know that when you lay your head on your pillow at night. Win the day.
So the light in this new kitchen is not so great… especially at sunset. On the left: $30 at Price Chopper. Beef, blueberries, and grapes were on sale. On the right: $26 at Whole Foods – just condiments and coconut and tapioca flours. I wanted some Tessemae’s salad dressing (because I sometimes get tired of making my own), but I couldn’t find any 🙁 I’ll swing by Aldi for some other stuff today, too.
I’m back to packing lunches on camp days for my children. Things to make today or tomorrow to prep for the week:
- roasted chicken thighs (for chicken salad and broccoli salad)
- salad dressing
- stupid easy paleo tortillas (going to experiment and try making these in the waffle iron because I could make 4 at once and I hate standing over the stove and am sloppy at flipping things… we’ll see if it is a success or royal mess).
Here’s the plan for the week.
Breakfasts:
eggs
homemade turkey sausage
avocado
blueberries (or coconut flour blueberry dutch babies*)
coffee
cream
Lunches:
deli roll-ups or chicken salad in tortillas (if they turn out)
dill pickles
carrots or other veggies
fruit
Dinners:
Monday – BBQ chicken, salad greens, dressing, root veggie chips
Tuesday – salmon with mango salsa, roasted green beans
Wednesday – 2 ingredient slow cooker roast beef, salad greens, dressing, sweet potatoes
Thursday – broccoli salad with chicken
Friday – burgers and sweet potato fries
Saturday – TBD
*My kids usually request a “special” breakfast (i.e. not eggs) on days we stay home, and I try to oblige.
3 unrelated things:
- This might be the year I start coloring my hair 🙁
- I wrote something snarky here and decided to delete it.
- I was just thinking… I used to only “cook” dinner every other night. Because we had enough leftovers for a second night’s meal when my kids were babies… Not anymore. An average of 2 lbs. of meat gets demolished at each dinner. And the kids are still little. Yikes.
Gotta go. Good night.
SOURCE: practical paleo – Read entire story here.
