Menu Plan Monday - Week of November 1, 2015

* Sooo, I totally wrote this post and saved it instead of publishing it!  It's only Tuesday but it's been that type of week around here already....   SIGH.

I was going through my photos and found this one of some of the last produce we picked from the garden - tomatoes and some very small peppers - I LOVE the colors!
We're into fall here - but we're supposed to have a warm week.  I'm hoping "they" are right and we can get some much needed yard work done.  It's always amazing to me how fast the yard fills up with leaves once the trees start to drop them.   I think lots of raking is on the agenda this week!
We don't have anything extra or special in our calendar this week - just our normal weekly activities - so we're pretty excited about having a more quiet week than the past few.  We tried three new recipes a little while ago for the crockpot and they were all delicious.  This week we're trying one more new one and resurrecting one we haven't used in quite a while.   I definitely am a HUGE fan of coming home to an already made or almost already made dinner! 

* Tuesday I came home, popped the cornbread in the oven, took a shower, set the table, pulled the cornbread out of the oven and we were ready to eat!  LOVE that! *

Sunday, November 1:
   Breakfast: Smoothies
   Lunch: Buttermilk Coffee Cake, Fruit Salad
   Snack: Popcorn and Halloween Candy
   Dinner: Ham Sandwiches, Chips and Sliced Apples

Monday, November 2:
    Breakfast: Fried Egg Sandwiches, Bananas
    Lunch: Apples with Peanut Butter, Yogurt, Carrots or Celery, Leftover Coffee Cake
    Snack: Popcorn
    Dinner: Chicken Stir Fry, Rice, Grape-Banana-Apple Salad

Tuesday, November 3:
    Breakfast: Oatmeal with Crasins and Almonds
    Lunch: Leftover Stir Fry
    Snack: Yogurt
    Dinner: Three Sisters Stew, Cornbread, Apple-Grape-Banana Salad

Wednesday, November 4:
   Breakfast: Oatmeal Muffins, Bananas
   Lunch: Leftover Stew and Cornbread
   Snack: Carrot and Celery Sticks
   Dinner: Pork Loin, Mashed Potatoes, Spinach Salad, Pineapple-Grape-Mandarin Orange Salad

Thursday, November 5:
    Breakfast: Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
    Lunch: Leftover Pork Loin on Spinach Salad
    Snack: Yogurt
    Dinner: Crockpot Fried Rice with Turkey, Pineapple and Mandarin Oranges

Friday, November 6:
    Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Sliced Apples
    Lunch: Leftover Fried Rice
   Snack: Yogurt
    Dinner: Salmon Cakes, Spinach Salad, Apple-Pineapple-Grape Salad

Saturday, November 7:
   Breakfast: Cinnamon Crumble Muffins with Bacon
   Lunch: Soup from the Freezer, Homemade Bread, Spinach Salad
   Snack: Popcorn
   Dinner: Homemade Pizza and Breadsticks

What are you eating this week?

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