Menu Plan Monday - Week of December 2, 2012

Our salmon dinner the other night - with couscous, salad, and pears. Yum!
We're into warm-weather food here this week!  It doesn't seem like true winter here yet.  We're warmer than normal (low 40s F) with no snow.  Instead, we have a threat of freezing rain and even had a "freezing fog" (!!!) advisory today.  YUCK!   At least I can stay inside where it's nice and warm most of the time and warm my tummy with nice warm things like soup and spaghetti and stew.

Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday, December 2:
  Breakfast: Cereal and Milk
  Lunch: Tomato Soup and Turkey Sandwiches, Cut Apples and Pears
  Snack: Popcorn
  Dinner: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Apple-Banana-Grape Salad

Monday, December 3:
  Breakfast: Oatmeal with Almonds and Cinnamon
  Lunch: Hot Lunch for Children, Leftovers for Adults
  Snack: Cheese Stick and Apple
  Dinner: Cracker Baked Chicken, Rice, Tossed Salad, Grape-Apple-Pineapple Salad

Tuesday, December 4:
  Breakfast: Chai Spiced Oatmeal
  Lunch: Crackers and Cheese, Carrots, Applesauce, Cookie
  Snack: Ginger Cookies
  Dinner: Salmon, Couscous, Tossed Salad, Pineapple-Watermelon-Banana Salad

Wednesday, December 5:
  Breakfast: Oatmeal with Apples and Cinnamon
  Lunch: PB&J, Applesauce, Carrots, Cookie
  Snack: Cheese Stick and Apple
  Dinner: Soft Shell Bean Tacos, Pineapple-Watermelon-Mandarin Orange Salad

Thursday, December 6:
  Breakfast: Oatmeal with Raisins and Almonds
  Lunch: Apples with Peanut Butter, Tomatoes, Crackers, Cookie
  Snack: Ginger Cookies
   Dinner: Easy Black Bean Soup, Cornbread, Watermelon

Friday, December 7:
  Breakfast: Chai Spiced Oatmeal
  Lunch: Hot for Children, Leftovers for Adults
  Snack: Cheese Stick and Apple
  Dinner: Calzones, Tossed Salad, Pineapple-Apple-Orange Salad

Saturday, December 8:
  Breakfast:  Scrambled Eggs, Oatmeal Muffins, Bananas and Oranges
  Lunch: Ham, Cheese, and Mushroom Crepes, Tossed Salad, Sliced Apples and Pears
  Snack: Popcorn and Ginger Cookies
  Dinner: Out with Extended Family After Our Christmas Program

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