Week #6 Small Mommy's Meal Plan

This week is Spring break for the kids, so I'm responsible for both LUNCH and dinner. Christopher made me promise that we will have lots of picnics, which not only sound fun, but means less dishes and clean up for me. Win-win.

So basically the whole week will be kids' choice.

Monday

Lunch: Picnic at the zoo-sandwiches, sliced oranges, chips or pretzels

Dinner: Little Ceasar's has a special on Mondays-Large pepperoni pizzas for $4 each. We normally pick up two of them.

Tuesday

Lunch: Picnic at the History Museum-sandwiches, fruit, crackers, hummus

Dinner: chicken tenders, loaded mashed potatoes, veggies

Wednesday It's supposed to rain so we'll probably be inside most of the day.

Lunch: Mac and cheese, fruit, jello

Dinner: Skewered citrus soy chicken and rice, stir fried veggies. I marinate the chicken in a simple sauce made with soy sauce, minced garlic, brown sugar, orange juice (I just squeeze half an orange in there and throw in the rinds too) and sesame oil, for a few hours. Then I skewer them and put them under the broiler for a few minutes. The kids love it.

Thursday It's supposed to rain again today, so we'll be inside again.

Lunch: chicken quesadillas, fruit, yogurt

Dinner: tacos

Friday Hopefully the rain will have cleared up by now!

Lunch: grilled cheese sandwiches, fruit, yogurt

Dinner: I'm thinking it's $5 family meal at Von's. They usually have sub sandwiches, roasted chicken or pizza. Or, Albertson's has a family meal deal for $7 that includes a roasted chicken, a pound of salad (your choice: potato, macaroni or slaw), a pound of fried potatoes and Hawaiian style rolls.

Special treats:

Costco sundaes or churros (or both!)
chocolate cake
cookies
fruit smoothies

If I can stick to this week's meal plan, I'll only spend about $20 to feed all five of us lunch and dinner all week!