Menu Plan Monday - Week of January 6, 2013, Pantry Chellenge Week #2

Fried white fish, corn on the cob, fruit salad, and rice. Yum!

Our first full week of the new year!   We're in our pantry challenge month, and I have to admit that it hasn't been hard at all yet.  Does that make me crazy?  I hope it just means that we have a ton of food in our house and we are so very, very blessed!

Buddy actually said to me the other day that he liked all the meals this past week!  I'm not sure he really did but he liked the one that night and it was a really nice thing to say.

Here's what we eating for week two of our pantry challenge:

Sunday, January 6, Epiphany:
   Breakfast:  Cereal and Milk
   Lunch:  Waffles, Bacon, Blueberry-Banana-Pineapple Salad
   Snack:  Popcorn
   Dinner:  Hard Shell Ground Turkey Tacos, Tossed Salad, Pineapple-Banana-Orange Salad
   Baking:  White Bread (2 loaves),  Cranberry Cookie Bars

Monday, January 7:
   Breakfast: Oatmeal with Almonds and Cinnamon
   Lunch: Leftovers for Adults, Hot Lunch for Children
   Snack: Yogurt, Cranberry Cookie Bars
   Dinner:  Beef Stew in the Crockpot, Homemade Bread, Orange and Grapefruit Wedges

Tuesday, January 8:
   Breakfast: Pancakes with Blueberries
   Lunch: Leftovers for Adults, Hot Lunch for Children
   Snack: Yogurt, Cranberry Cookie Bars
   Dinner:  Butternut Squash Soup, Homemade Bread, Tossed Salad, Banana-Blueberry-Apple Salad

Wednesday, January 9:
  Breakfast: Toast with Peanut Butter, Bananas
  Lunch:  Chicken Noodle Soup, Bread with Butter, Carrots, Orange Wedges, Cookie
  Snack: Yogurt, Cranberry Cookie Bars
  Dinner: Shrimp Fried Rice, Orange and Grapefruit Wedges

Thursday, January 10:
   Breakfast:  Oatmeal with Almonds and Cinnamon
   Lunch:  Leftovers for Adults, Hot Lunch for Children
   Snack: Yogurt, Cranberry Cookie Bars
   Dinner: Pork Chops, Roasted Potatoes, Apple-Melon-Banana Salad

Friday, January 11:
   Breakfast: Oatmeal Muffins, Yogurt
   Lunch: Leftovers for Adults, Hot Lunch for Children
   Snack: Yogurt
   Dinner: Easy Black Bean Soup, Cornbread, Tossed Salad, Orange and Grapefruit Wedges

Saturday, January 12:
  Breakfast: Cinnamon Breakfast Biscuits, Orange Wedges
  Lunch: Chicken Sandwiches, Carrots and Celery, Melon
  Snack: Popcorn
  Dinner: Homemade Pizza and Bread Sticks, Fruit
  Date Night Dinner:  Apple Crisp

Other Baking This Week: Illinois Soft Sugar Cookies, Krumkaka

What are you eating this week?  Check out I'm an Organizing Junkie! to share and be inspired.

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