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Menu Plan – The Keep It Simple Version

Ok, so most of my menu plans are not very extravagant, especially not as of late. With the sunshine and garden calling us out, I just don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen these days. This week, though, needs to be extra simple because we are going out of town next week and we have guests coming twice this week.

Not to mention the fact that I was up a good portion of the night with a sick baby and my poor husband has injured his shoulder. The baby is better, thankfully, but I fear my husband will be laid up for a while.

We have noticed some unusual behavioral issues with our toddler again, which is leading us to suspect he is not tolerating something well – either raw milk or grains. So we are going to take him back off of milk to see if it helps. He seems to do fine with yogurt, so I will be making a lot of that in my crock pot this week. Plus it will make a great snack for our loooong trip on Sunday.

The grains are for my husband and son. If I make a grain-free main dish with vegetable sides then all I have to do is add a starchy filler for my boys.

Monday

breakfast: almond flour pancakes, bacon
dinner: Omelets, coconut flour muffins, salad with sprouts
prep: soak millet, make yogurt, grocery shop, thaw beef

Tuesday

breakfast: millet porridge, eggs
dinner: Taco salad, crock pot beans & rice cooked in chicken stock
prep: order milk & eggs from farmer, start rice & beans in crock pot

Wednesday

breakfast: smoothies
dinner: Minestrone soup in the crock pot
prep: Thaw chicken, soak millet

Thursday

breakfast: eggs, bacon and oranges
dinner: (company) Roasted chicken, roasted vegetables, millet cooked in chicken stock, cortido, blueberries and whipped cream for dessert
prep: Roast extra chicken to use in Sunday’s travels, thaw short ribs, soak rice, thaw blueberries

Friday

breakfast: soaked oats with walnuts, currants and butter
dinner: (company) Crock Pot Asian short ribs with cabbage and carrots, brown rice
prep: pick up milk & eggs from farmer, buy groceries for Sunday’s trip

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Keri says:

May 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM

I thought I’d try to grow bean sprouts this year, but I’m not sure how to begin. Can you lend me some wisdom, or point me to a good, simple website?

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