Breakfast:

Crockpot Casserole
Steel Cut Slow Cooker Oats
Eggs and Hashbrowns
Parfaits

Lunches:

Quesadillas
Wraps
Bean, Egg, Kale soup

Dinners:

Pizzas
Nachos
Thai Peanut Noodles x2
Sweet Pepper Kale Toss
Taco Tuesday
Buffalo Chicken stuffed sweet potatoes
Bacon Chicken Boats

July Fun!!!!

ONE WEEK ONLY! Let's see what we've got!!!

Friday:

• Going out for brekky
• Wraps - romaine hearts, ham, cheese, tomato, avocado
• Chicken Pad Thai

Saturday:

• Crockpot Brekky Casserole 
• Brat Patties and Sweet Potato Fries
• Sweet Pepper Kale Toss

Sunday:

• Eggs and Hashbrowns
• Wraps (and Sandwich for Kurt)
• White Chicken Chili

Monday:

• Oatmeal
• Bean Quesadillas + pineapple
• Nachos (Ground Beef, onion, black beans, chopped lettuce, salsa, avocado)

Tuesday:

• Eggs and Hashbrowns
• Wraps (sandwiches for visitors)
• Egg, bean, and kale soup, with biscuits 

Wednesday:

• Eggs and Parfaits 
• Pea Soup and Biscuits 
• Slow Cooker Curry with Jasmine Rice

Thursday:

• Steel Cut Oats in crockpot, with brown sugar and raisins (or maple syrup)
• Wraps
• Crockpot Pizza Chicken over noodles, and salads

5/19 menu

Breakfasts:

GF oatmeal
Breakfast casserole x4
Omelettes with yogurt


Lunches & Dinners:

Chicken and Bacon (crockpot) with veggies
Burgers and homemade fries
Brats and homemade fries
Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti and Italian sausage



Other:

Paleo Menu Plan

Breakfasts

Crockpot Breakfast Casserole (3)
Apple Crisp
Banana "Oatmeal" - squash MUST be cooked the night before!
Breakfast Meatloaf with a side of eggs, fruit for Mom, yogurt for everyone else- ASK ME

Dinners

Burgers and Sweet Potato fries (2)
Honey Garlic Chicken with frozen broccoli (2)
Slow Cooker Bacon and Chicken and frozen broccoli  (3)
Pork with Sauerkraut  (2)

Extras, snacks, etc

Coconut cookies
Coconut crispy bars

AIP

Breakfasts

Slow Cooker Chicken with Plums, Carrots, and Apples
Slow Cooker Kalua Pork (served with lettuce wraps and avocado)
Slow Cooker Collard Greens with Bacon (double this, please)
For the regular people: quinoa, oatmeal, eggs, breakfast sausage...


Dinners

Crock Pot Port Roast with Saurkraut and Apples 
Slow Cooker Bacon and Chicken with a side of broccoli
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork and Veggies (sub carrots for turnips, NO red pepper flakes)
Homemade Burgers and Shoestring Sweet Potato Fries (double or triple the fries)
Carrot and Sweet Potato "Chili" (double this, make it early in the week for easy reheating)

Random sides

Sweet Potatoes/Yams

New Year!

Breakfasts
Scrambled Eggs and Apple Flowers
Frittata For all (Everyday Paleo cookbook)
Berry Chocolate Smoothies (Everyday Paleo cookbook) and Eggs
Crockpot Breakfast Casserole
Coconut Flour Pancakes with berries and pure maple syrup
Omelettes and fruit with yogurt


Lunches
Egg Salad with veggies
Green Smoothies
Chips and Guacamole
Make-your-own-salads

Dinners
Fast Shrimp (Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook)
Dad's Pork Chops and veggies (Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook)
Red Curry Beef Stew (Everyday Paleo Cookbook)
Corn Dog Muffins
Better Butter Chicken with sauteed kale or chard  (Everyday Paleo Cookbook)


Extras:
Frozen Chocolate Covered Bananas

Christmas Week Menu

Breakfasts:
Christmas Morning Crockpot Breakfast
Frittata for all (ev paleo 2418)
Almond Meal Blueberry pancakes (ev paleo 2634)
Apple Flowers and scrambled eggs (ev paleo 2646)

Lunches:
Egg Salad with celery or in bell pepper boats (loc 2646)
Berry Chocolate Smoothies (ev pal 2805)

Dinners:
Taco Salad night (Everyday paleo fam loc 949)
Fast Shrimp (Everyday paleo fam loc 1092)
Dad's Pork Chops (Everyday paleo fam loc 1121) and steamed veggies
Turkey, stuffing, kale and pom salad (ev. pal. fam), pumpkin pie (everyday paleo online)
Red Curry beef stew (ev pal 2254)

Other:
Berry Good Cobbler
Apple Muffins
Nutty cookies
Gingerbread cookies

2 Week Menu Plan, Nov 20

Breakfasts:

GF pancakes with syrup or jam
Pumpkin Pancakes with syrup or jam
Breakfast Casserole
Scrambles



Lunches/Dinners

Roasted chicken, veggies
Chicken salad
Mock Alfredo
Vegan Mac and Cheese
Sesame Sweet Potato Noodles
Baked Potatoes
Beans and Franks
Ham fried "rice" and egg drop soup
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Coconut Curry
Red Bean and Kale and Egg stew
White Chicken Chili
Black Bean Soup

Quick and Easy!

The theme for the time being- QUICK AND EASY! Here it goes!!!

Juices:
Apple Lemon
Apple Celery Ginger
-Intense lemon, mint, ginger, honey
Watermelon
Apple Carrot (for the kids)

Breakfasts:
Eggs
Cereal (cut fruit topped with coconut and almonds)
Green Smoothies

Lunches:
Ham and veggie wraps


Snacks:
Popcorn
Beef Jerky
Cut fruits/veggies

Dinners:
Chinese take-out
Chicken soup
Mystery Dinner (it will come to me while I shop tonight- I am sure!)

Vacation Food!

Breakfasts:

Green smoothies
Baked oatmeal
Scrambles
Bacon and Eggs
Huevos Rancheros

Lunch/Dinner:

Nachos
Jambalaya
Carbonara
Salmon Cakes over cabbage
Crab and Guac salad
Orange Chicken

Febuuuuuuurary

Breakfasts:

Huevos Rancheros and juice! (I have a juicer! LOVE it! The kids pick what goes into their juices, and it is a win-win!)
Apple Muffins and scrambled eggs
Veggie eggs! I make these but do not put them in tortillas. We just have the veggie-eggs!
"Cereal!" We cut up fresh fruit of choice, and top it with some unsweetened shredded coconut and a few shakes of some slivered almonds and then pour on a little coconut milk. It is fast, and something about the crunch and milk gives the impression of cereal- without it having all that junk that comes with cereals!
Baked Oatmeal- not paleo, but a family favorite!



Lunch:
Alaskan Salmon Salad
Leftover Chicken and sun-dried tomato dressing salad
Leftover beef stew over kale



Dinners:

Spice Rubbed chicken and salad
Red Curry Beef Stew over kale
Salmon cakes over cabbage
Steak Skewers and pear salad
Breaded baked chicken and veggies
Pecan-crusted chicken and salad
Meatloaf and steamed veggies with potatoes

T'was the week after Christmas...

Carrying our Christmas celebrations into the next week has been something we have done for a few years. It really helps the kids (and admittedly, the adults too) transition from the Christmas-high back to normal routines much easier.

Continued Christmas music, movies, cocoa, and games- we find comfort in one another's company. Work and homeschool get done, cooking and cleaning too, but at a slower pace. It is as if it takes about a week for us to really reflect on the magic of Christmas and allow it to settle back deep in our hearts. (I find it helps me fight the post-Christmas blues, too.)

Menu for Christmas Week:

Breakfasts:

• Breakfast Casserole (this is awesome for Saturday mornings- when Kurt and I are feeling lazy, and just want to lounge in our jammies for a little while longer!) This tastes a LOT better if the potatoes are all added first, and not mingled with the other layers. Yes, much much much better!!! (This has white potatoes and cheese- not fully paleo)
• Baked Oatmeal (This is our daughter's favorite food. We use coconut sugar. This is not paleo.)
• Scrambled eggs and green smoothies (I love how the body just CRAVES green smoothies! We have been doing ours with OJ, a mix of greens, blueberries, and whatever else we have laying around!)

Lunches:

• Leftovers, mostly. Honestly, they are just easier... haha!
• Roasted Chicken and Veggies
• Ham rolls and sliced fruits and veggies
• Hardboiled eggs and fruits and veggies

Dinners:

• Chicken Curry and cauliflower rice (red curry sauteed with veggies and chicken, then simmered in coconut milk and tomato sauce)
• Chicken Soup (homemade stock, simmer with veggies)
• Crabmeat Stuffed Avocados (I think I will serve these on beds of shredded cabbage- so the kids can smash it all together- the like doing stuff like that.)
• Pumpkin Soup and Kurt's favorite salad (we have to modify it to be gluten free- but essentially I toss together the salad, and just serve this with crumbled goat cheese. Kurt LOVES THIS. I have to double the recipe- and we have never had leftovers!)
• White Chicken Chili- a friend's recipe. Make this in the crockpot on Saturday so there is soup to reheat on Sunday after Church.
• Wild-Salmon Salad (what's with all the seafood and salad this week?)

Decemburrrrrrrrr

I know, the title has gotten old... but this is my recipe blog, and I like it.

Breakfasts:

Ham and Egg cups with Green Smoothies
Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole (honestly, I am doing this as a trial run for later- not strict paleo)
Scrambled Eggs and Green Smoothies
Baked Oatmeal (not paleo, but fun- we use coconut sugar)

Lunches:

Mostly will be leftovers. I am mean like that...

Dinners:

Vegan Split Pea Soup (sans barley)
Crock Pot Curry
Sweet Pepper Kale Toss (this is not paleo, but is Kurt's favorite thing)
Taco Night

Cranberry Pecan Bread

From the comments on this page.

Cranberry Pecan Bread
This recipe yields 1 full size loaf pan.

3/4 cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 eggs
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup agave
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon rind
1 cup fresh cranberries
3/4 cup pecans

Mix flour, baking powder, salt.
Add oil, agave, eggs, vanilla and lemon rind.
Mix well.
Fold in cranberries and nuts.
Pour into loaf pan (I line with baking paper)
Bake at 350 for approximately 1 hour.

Cool before slicing.

Enjoy

Hallo-week!

Breakfasts:

Eggs & Green Smoothies
Egg Cups & Fruit
Pumpkin Apple Spice Waffles
Caramelized Plantain Pancakes
Crepes (Stuffed with choice of: Egg, Sausage, Veggies, Fruits)

Lunches:
Roasted Chicken and Steamed Veggies
Hot Dogs and Steamed Veggies
Brats & Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Wraps

Dinners:

Our annual Dinner in a Pumpkin and pumpkin pie dessert (for Mom and Dad!)
Chicken Soup & Drop Biscuits
Taco Night! Seasoned Ground Beef, Shredded Cabbage, Black Olives, Salsa, Avocado
Kielbasa Hash
Cube Steak, Eggs, and Potato with Veggies
Natalie's White Chicken Chili

Mid-August Menu Fun!

Breakfasts:
Ham and Egg cups with green smoothies
Bacon and Eggs over Asparagus
Green smoothies and fruit

Lunches:
Sausage, Pepper, and Kale Saute
Chicken, Bacon, & Avocado salad
Lunchmeat wraps with sliced tomato and romaine lettuce
Kielbasa hash
Broccoli Alfredo

Dinners:
Carbonara
Stir Fry
Crispy Honey Pork Tenderloin with cauliflower rice
Slow Cooker Chicken Verde
Chicken Fingers and dip, with sweet potato fries

Zero Excuses

School is over.  No more excuses.

We have a cute little family-owned grocery store here in town. We opened up an account there- and if you prepay $100 you get 10% off everything, every day. So, I have been doing that. Not just because I love supporting small business, I also love being able to walk to the grocery store. There is something to be said for that, you know? Kurt commutes a lot, so he is able to pick up any weird items I might need that our tiny store doesn't carry- so I more made this for his grocery trip than for me.... if that makes sense...

Here is the menu for the week!!! Funny story... I have not cooked with beef- AT ALL- since we moved. And all of a sudden it is in the menu this week. Weird, right???

Slow Cooker Taco Soup (I will be modifying this)
Burgers and fries! (Because it is getting warmer- and these are sure to please!)
Pizza (because it is delicious... seriously...)
Spaghetti Night!!! Zucchini noodles, with bulk-Italian sausage meatballs.
Orange Sriracha Chicken and steamed broccoli, served over cauliflower rice.
Apple Cinnamon Muffins!
Breakfast Sandwiches! 
Lemon Raspberry Pancakes
Meat-Crust Quiche 
Rutabega Egg Nests
Prosciutto Egg wraps and fresh fruit (for lunch)
Hard boiled eggs and sausages (for lunch)
Salad with honey mustard vinaigrette 

This week's recipes, all in one spot!

I am tired of print-outs and searching, so here is the menu plan for this week. This menu is much different than previous menus for a few reasons. First of all, I am trying really hard to get back into my paleo (or at very least, whole foods) groove! Secondly, Breakfast is now the only meal we are guaranteed to share as a family, so breakfasts will be more elaborate on most days, and lunches and dinners will be simpler.


BREAKFASTS:

Caramelized Plantain Pancakes with Sweet Cinnamon Plantain Maple Syrup

Lemon Raspberry Pancakes

Churro Waffles

Bacon and Eggs

Ham and Eggs

Breakfast Lasagna 

Plantain Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

LUNCHES/DINNERS:

Lunches and dinners are interchangeable most days. Good for me if I get the urge to be in the kitchen earlier in the day!

Honey Apricot Pork Chops with steamed veggies (or maybe baked asparagus?)
SLOW COOKER (caps for my benefit) Chicken Adobo 

Pad Thai

Ginger pork Meatballs with Spicy noodles (will be using zucchini noodles!)

SLOW COOKER (again, caps for me) Vegan Split pea soup

Colorful Veggie Salad with avocado

Green Smoothies - add greens, add fruits, blend. Done.
Hard boiled eggs and sliced veggies

Lunch wraps of meats and avocado, served with fruits and veggies

A week on a shoestring.

This week we are on a shoestring budget, and here is what I have planned:

Breakfasts will be mostly eggs or sausages, served with homemade applesauce or fresh fruit, and some OJ
Lunches will be mostly leftovers from the previous evening's dinner, or perhaps a tossed together soup.

Dinners this week:

Sriracha Tacos! Putting this over tortilla chips (not paleo) and keeping the dressing (SO not paleo).
Crockpot Beef Roast (not using the soup mix- adding this instead)
Spicy Paleo Drumsticks 
Sriracha Chicken with celery and blue cheese
Chicken Taco Soup

Dinner Time!

Honey Garlic Sriracha Wings and Buffalo-Style Celery Sticks
Curry Meatballs with cauliflower rice
Paleo Pumpkin Chili
Pizza Bites!
Buffalo Chicken Salad and GF Mac and Cheese for the kids