May Menu

This month's menu will make use of fresh local produce, items in our freezer and pantry, and trying out a few new recipes.  We'll probably also try to glean some things from the food pantry when we volunteer. 

We generally try to have a loose weeknight schedule of meals that looks something like this:
Sunday:  Dinner with Mom, roast two sheet pans of veggies for the week
Monday:  Leftover roasted veggies, salad, and some sort of protein
Tuesday:  Crockpot meal night, usually paired with salad
Wednesday:  leftovers or breakfast for dinner (usually sauteed greens or veggies, eggs, bacon/sausage, and maybe pancakes or waffles)
Thursday:  Dinner at yoga
Friday:  Pizza night with gluten free crust or snack plate
Saturday:  Leftovers, tacos, or a new recipe (I try new recipes on Saturdays because I generally have more time for meal prep)

This loose meal plan helps us to use things we have on hand.  It also makes planning pretty easy, and the boys generally know what to expect.  Of course, there are times when things get changed up, but overall this is the plan we follow.  You'll notice that many of the meals are ones that could use multiple proteins, which allows us to always pull from our freezer stash.

So, here's the plan for May

Breakfasts:

• Overnight crock pot oatmeal (I always make a double batch for easy weekday breakfasts)
• Eggs and tomatoes or veggies
• Breakfast tacos with scrambled eggs and guacamole
• Breakfast hash with sausage, roasted root veggies, and fried eggs
• Gluten free coffee cake or biscuits
• Smoothies
• Paleo pancakes or waffles with fruit

Lunches:

• Leftovers
• Salads with protein (chicken, fish, sausage, nuts/seeds, hard boiled eggs)

Dinners:

• Roasted vegges and fish
• Mini meatloaves or meatballs served over sauteed greens and sliced tomatoes
• Dinner salads with protein
• Tacos with ground beef and fixin's
• Crockpot chicken catchatore with salad
• Almond flour pizza and salads
• Crockpot cilantro lime chicken for tacos/taco salad
• Beef and cheddar pie or quiche with broccoli, cheese, and dried tomatoes
• Paleo chicken pot pie (new recipe)
• Crock pot Asian chicken with Asian slaw
• Breakfast for dinner

Snacks:

• Nuts
• Dried fruit
• Popcorn
• Energy bites
• Yogurt parfaits with organic yogurt, berries, chia/flax/pumpkin seeds and cocoa powder

Batch cooking:

• Roasted veggies (two sheet pans)
• Herb crusted chicken
• Energy bites
• Crock pot overnight oatmeal
• Meatballs

What do you plan to make this month?  How do you live and save green in the kitchen?  I'd love to hear from you!