weekly menu

I hate my kitchen.  But that is no excuse for not using it for it's intended purpose... cooking.  I mean, I have essentially cut out eating out... thank you for moving to a small town with very few restaurants.  But it seems that perhaps I have substituted eating out for junky quick food in the house.  I mean, if I am going to eating chicken fingers at home, why not just go to McDonald's?

And I really fear that Ladybug is dictating too much of our diet.  I mean, so what if she doesn't like it?  She never will if I never introduce her to healthy options soon.  And it is not like she is starving anymore.

On top of that, I need to have quick healthy options because of my schedule.  We leave the house at 7:30am.  We get home around 5-6:30pm depending on what the day brought.  I need to be able to help her with her homework, cook, clean up, spend some time with the kid, give her a bath, read her a story, and have her in bed by 8pm.  So I don't have a lot of time to cook in the evenings.

So that is what a slow cooker is for.  Right???  Oh Ladybug is going to hate this.  Truly.  But I can make this work... I think.

Here is the dinner menu for the week...

Saturday: Pot roast
Sunday: Chicken soup and fresh bread
Monday: calzones (not in the crock)
Tuesday: BBQ chicken sandwiches
Wednesday: Golden glow pork chop
Thursday: baked potatoes with toppings
Friday: Mexican chicken
Saturday: meat loaf with mashed potatoes and veggies

And the nice thing about all this is that I will have made more than one meal for each one.  It can go in the freezer and then I don't have to cook the next week. 

Now to write the grocery list.

Mean Mama