Meny Plan "Monday" - Week of January 5, 2014

Our Christmas morning "brunch" - after church and opening gifts.
Is anyone else a bit freaked out by writing "2014"?  I'm not sure I'm ready for this!

We are in a period of eating leftovers - lots of leftovers!  My husband celebrated his 40th birthday on Friday last week and since we didn't know who of my in-laws was coming we bought way too much food!  Then we hosted a 12 Days of Christmas party on Sunday night and had leftovers of some things (mostly salads) from that.   So leftovers have been the name of the game around here and probably will be all week.

We were totally spoiled by my parents buying us groceries twice while they were here as well as some of the food for the 12 Days of Christmas party.  We're back to our "normal" grocery budget - in fact we're cutting it even further - but I'll write about that with shopping on Saturday this week (Lord willing, of course!).   The children were home from school Monday and Tuesday due to well below zero highs for temperatures (our high on Monday as -14F..that's actual temperature, wind chill is even lower!), so we had lunch at home for three of us those days.

Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday, January 5:
   Breakfast: Leftover coffee cake or PB toast, Bananas
   Lunch: Out at a favorite restaurant - treat from my parents
   Snack: Oatmeal Cookies
   Dinner and Dessert: 12 Days of Christmas Party (I'll write more about this later - promise!)

Monday, January 6:
   Breakfast: Oatmeal with Dates and Walnuts
   Lunch: Leftover Soup
   Snack: Oatmeal Cookies
   Dinner: Leftover Chili and Fruit Salad, Ham Sandwiches

Tuesday, January 7:
   Breakfast:  Waffles with Bananas
   Lunch: Leftover Waffles with Oranges
   Snack: Leftover Crackers and Cheese
   Dinner: Leftover Soup and 7-Layer Salad, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Wednesday, January 8:
    Breakfast: PB Toast, Bananas
    Lunch: Leftover Crackers and Cheese, Orange Wedges, Carrot sticks or tomatoes, Oatmeal Cookies
   Snack: Yogurt
   Dinner: Baked Acorn Squash,  Leftover Salads (two of them), Orange and Grapefruit Wedges

Thursday, January 9:
   Breakfast: Oatmeal with Cinnamon, Craisins and Walnuts
   Lunch: Leftover Soup and Salad
   Snack: Yogurt
   Dinner: Book-It Pizza for the children, Ham Sandwiches and Salad for adults

Friday, January 10:
   Breakfast: Chai Spiced Oatmeal
   Lunch: Soup from the freezer, Leftover Salad
   Snack: Yogurt
   Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie, Pineapple-Melon-Blueberry Salad

Saturday, January 11:
   Breakfast: Oatmeal Muffins and Bananas
   Lunch: Baked Potatoes, Tossed Salad, Orange and Grapefruit Wedges
   Snack: Popcorn
   Dinner: Homemade Pizza and Breadsticks, Pineapple and Melon

What are you eating this week?

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