Menu Plan Monday - Week of January 26, 2020

Homemade vanilla ice cream from last summer! YUM!
We looked into all the things for our summer 2020 vacation this past week - no concrete plans yet, but I have been thinking about summer!  Homemade ice cream is always on the menu at least once.  Yum!  We have an old hand-crank ice cream maker that my parents used for many, many years.  They upgraded to an electric model several years ago; now we get to crank! It is always an adventure and the ice cream turns out wonderful.

We have a busy week this week with two music concerts. Trying to schedule dinner around music concerts and play rehearsals is quite a challenge.  It should work out just fine; it just takes some extra planning!

Here is the menu for this week:

Sunday, January 26:
     Breakfast: Peanut Butter Toast
     Lunch: Out with a gift card
     Snack: Jam Thumbprint Cookies
     Dinner: Breakfast for Dinner: Eggs, Bacon and Hashed Brown Potatoes

Monday, January 27:
    Breakfast: Eggs and Toast
    Lunch: Leftovers
    Snack: Jam Thumbprint Cookies
     Dinner: Baked Chicken, Roasted Potatoes, Carrots

Tuesday, January 28:
    Breakfast: Overnight Oatmeal
    Lunch: Leftover Chicken and Potatoes
    Snack: Yogurt
    Dinner: Taco Soup, Corn Bread

Wednesday, January 29:
    Breakfast: Oatmeal Muffins, Bananas
    Lunch: Leftover Soup
    Snack: Jam Thumbprint Cookies
    Dinner: Scalloped Potatoes with Ham, Spinach Salad

Thursday, January 30:
     Breakfast: Waffles from the Freezer with Frozen Strawberries and Walnuts
     Lunch: Leftover Scalloped Potatoes with Ham or Leftover Soup
     Snack: Yogurt
     Dinner: Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, Carrot Sticks and Apples

Friday, January 31:
     Breakfast: Eggs and Toast
     Lunch: Spinach Salad with Walnuts, Mandarin Oranges and Cranberries, Leftover Soup
     Snack: Jam Thumbprint Cookies
     Dinner: Homemade Pizza

Saturday, February 1:
     Brunch: Zucchini Muffins, Strawberry-Banana Smoothies
     Snack: Homemade Soft Pretzels
     Dinner: Chili, Buttermilk Biscuits

What are you eating this week?

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