This week on Menu Plan Monday, I am going to add what I fix for my teenagers and then try to give a little insight into what my husband and I eat each week. It is not the same menu....we changed our eating habits last March and since then I have cooked for my kids and made our meals too.
This week the teens will be having:
Monday - Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo bake with whole wheat rigatoni
Tuesday - Tostadas with salad
Wednesday - eat at church
Thursday - Chicken in the crock pot and mashed potatoes, green beans
Friday - Homemade Pizza
Saturday - We may not be home for dinner due to family activities today
Sunday - Potato Soup and cornbread
My husband and I will eat:
Monday - black bean/chili tomatoes/corn salsa with spinach salad, triple berry fruit smoothie
Tuesday - large spinach salad with spring greens, grilled Tilapia, couscous with artichoke hearts
Wednesday - eat at church, salad bar
Thursday - large salad, fresh broccoli, carrots, hummus, and sauteed onions, mushrooms, and red peppers, triple berry fruit smoothie
Friday - whole wheat pita bread pizzas with mushrooms, onions, tomato, spinach broiled in the oven
Saturday - bean soup made in our Vitamix, whole grain Ezekiel bread
Sunday - large salad with chicken, balsamic dressing, peppers, onions, mushrooms sauteed, brocooli and hummus
We are following Dr. Joel Furhman's Eat to Live plan. It has been such a huge help to both of us. We were gone this weekend and ate things we have not eaten in almost a year. Tonight we are both MISERABLE! We got off of red meat, dairy (we went to soy), and most meat. We eat a lot of fresh veggies, fruit, nuts, seeds, beans, nut butters, some fish, whole grains, oatmeal, etc. I have been trying to make up a lot of recipes as I go along and will try to pull them out and begin to post them here. It is a huge change of mindset. It has changed my blood levels and cholesterol, blood pressure, sugar levels, etc. Coupled with exercise it has radically changed our lives.
I have been in a rut and have been seeking new recipes so if you have great vegan or vegeterian recipes leave me a comment. We are on the hunt for them!
If you need more ideas for menu planning see Laura at OrgJunkie.com
Wow, both menus sound great. I commend you on making the changes in your diet for you and your husband. You sound like a great mom! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the welcome to MPM. I love the name of your blog. Pursuing simplicity is something I want to learn for my family. I'll be back on your blog to look more at frugal fridays.
ReplyDeleteI don't always do vegan or vegetarian in my cooking for my husband and I, but a good resource for using less meat and more whole grains, beans, lentils etc. is the More with Less cookbook. Using recipes from More with Less, we've incorporated bean/lentil/whole grain based recipes several nights a week into our diet. We had a recipe called Cheesy Lentils last night and it was very good:)
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Kudos to you and your family regarding pursuing a healthy diet. Whole foods are the way to go.
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