It’s a birthday week here at the Tummy Treasure household! My little man is turning eight and we’re all excited about that. He chose the birthday dinner on Friday, and I also wanted to allocate as much of the grocery budget as possible to Friday- to allow for cake, ice cream, a few sodas and a couple of other treats. How I’m managing that this week is by utilizing some freezer meals that I have hiding away. The sloppy joes on Tuesday are already prepared- I just need to pick up the buns. Saturday’s lasagna is already in the freezer too, and all we’ll need to add to that is the leftover salad from Friday, and it will be a great meal.
I’m posting the menu plan this week before the shopping trip, because I honestly don’t know exactly when I’ll be doing the grocery shopping, and I’ll be doing it in two parts. Since Zander has requested a salad bar for Friday, I want to get the salad fixings on either Thursday or Friday morning so they are as fresh as possible for our birthday party. Everything else I can pick up earlier in the week, but I haven’t exactly identified when that will be. The weather outside right now is terrible, and I really don’t want to drive in it. But, I do need to go pick up a few things if I want to make supper for today, so I think this week’s grocery shop will actually be in three parts. Sigh.
Here’s the menu:
Sunday: Leftover Day
Monday: Calzones and Clementines
Tuesday: Sloppy Joes, Chips and Salsa, Carrots and Dip
Wednesday: French Toast with Fruit, Bacon
Thursday: Chicken Noodle Soup, Homemade Bread
Friday: Homemade Macaroni and Cheese with Ham, Salad Bar, Cake and Ice Cream
Saturday: Lasagna, Leftover Salad
Lunches this week are probably sandwiches with yogurts and fresh fruit.
Breakfasts this week are cold cereal, toaster waffles with peanut butter, and oatmeal
Sunday’s leftover day actually turned out pretty fun, and everyone ate well. We’ve had quite a few meals in the last few days that generated leftovers, and then there were little bits of things that didn’t really make a meal left too. So I warmed it all up, and we essentially had a buffet. I added some fresh apple slices and carrots with dip, and everyone got to eat exactly what made them happy. We’ll be doing this again, as the kids both ate really well, and also enjoyed having a buffet style meal at home.