I am cheating a bit, and posting my menu on Sunday… but I thought I’d jump in on the Org Junkie bandwagon and play along there too!

This weeks Gluten Free Menu Swap is being held by, Angela, at Angela’s Kitchen! She’s picked greens for the ingredient, and I’m not really incorporating them much as a focal point, although we have ramped up our veggie/salad eating now that winter is here and the snow is coming. Snow… yes… in less than a week. Clinging to the last days of fall with fresh produce can only do so much, but I will certainly try.

I love doing the menu swap. It gives me time to really think about what we’re eating. My conscience insists on publishing a slightly healthy list, and then of course, because I’ve purchased it - we must eat it, right? If you’re ever looking for food accountability, this works like a charm. No more rotting veggies or spoiled meat. Ever since we’ve started buying our meat in bulk, meal planning has become much easier - and grocery shopping incredibly cheaper. For this weeks menu all I had to buy was fresh produce, and some herbs… everything else was in my cupboard or deep freeze.

Monday:
Taco meat w/green peppers, over rice.
(with normal taco condiments, such as cheese, salsa, and sour cream!)

Tuesday:
Rotisserie Chicken, in the crockpot… w/hot crash potatoes, and green beans.
(I am combining two recipes, click & click)

Wednesday:
Girls night out for me! PimpDaddyPain will most likely have Grilled Chicken Breast Salad, and I will make myself one when I get home from seeing The Changeling.

Thursday:
Maple & Sage Glazed Pork Tenderloin w/snow peas, and biscuits.
(Recipe from this months issue of Cooking Light)

Friday:
Steak, baked sweet potatoes, salad, and garlic toast.

Saturday:
Pizza and salad!

Sunday:
Roast in the crock pot, mashed potatoes, maple glazed carrots, and brownies!

And there you have it! PDP and I have been bantering over who packs lunches for several weeks now that I’m working again. Finally we decided I would pack lunches, if he stopped eating sandwiches. It makes it so much easier, because now I can pack both our lunches at the same time. We eat leftovers, or salad, and packed veggies… and while he gets a nutty bar and reeses peanut butter cups, I eat a delicious apple and a bite sized snickers. (And what makes packing lunch even easier, is the fact we buy the big tubs of pre-washed, organic mixed greens, all I have to do is throw it in some Lock & Lock with some cut up veggies and I’m done!)