Passionate Homemaking

The dev­as­tat­ing prob­lem around here lately has been to figure out how to sur­vive with­out a blender. My lovely bosch blender broke almost two weeks ago now, and I am stranded wait­ing for the replace­ment part. Thank­fully they were more than happy to fix it! Great cus­tomer service…but alas…no kefir smooth­ies lately, as much as I have greatly desired some­thing cool and refresh­ing on some of these hot summer days! Isn’t it funny that when you loss some­thing it makes you so much more thank­ful to have it?

Well, menu plan­ning is get­ting a bit easier over here on my stom­ach. We are at nine weeks now in my preg­nancy and our baby is now the size of a grape! Con­tin­u­ing to keep a simple menu…and drink­ing lots of won­der­ful raw milk for my protein!

Monday

Prep: soak oat­meal, cook beans for baked beans, cook beans for taco salad and burritos

Break­fast: Fruit Salad, yogurt & gra­nola
Lunch: Salmon Melts, car­rots & cucum­bers
Dinner: Taco Salad

Tues­day

Break­fast: Oat­meal, apples, raisins
Lunch: Hot Dogs, baked beans (recipe to come), small salad
Dinner: Honey Mus­tard Sand­wiches, green salad (these are really fab­u­lous served as a ham­burger with all the toppings- def­i­nitely double the mus­tard mixture!)

Wednes­day

Prep: soak oatmeal

Break­fast: Smooth­ies, toast
Lunch: left­overs
Dinner: BBQ Dinner with family- bring baked beans to share

Thurs­day

Break­fast: Oat­meal, apples, raisins
Lunch: Tomato Soup & Grilled cheese sand­wiches, celery & peanut butter sticks
Dinner: Bur­ri­tos with all the fixing (home­made refried beans)

Friday

Prep: soak pan­cake batter

Break­fast: Egg & Salsa Wraps (add spinach, tomato to the mix, skip bacon), oranges
Lunch: Que­sil­ladas, gua­camole, apple­sauce
Fri: BBQ Chicken (with our dinner guests), salad, rice dish

Sat­ur­day

Break­fast: Pan­cakes, oranges
Lunch & Dinner: Home­made Pizza

For more menu plans, visit Orga­niz­ing Junkie.

On the blog­ging plan for the week (Lord will­ing …stay tuned for our home­made tooth­paste recipe, tips for sim­pli­fy­ing the toy col­lec­tion in addi­tion to the intro­duc­tion of a little series on things I am learn­ing about pur­su­ing a healthy preg­nancy & nat­ural child­birth! Stay tuned…