Happy Monday, all!The honeybaked ham was a hit last week. So were the hot dogs, of course, and in a huge surprise, my older one split a mushroom flatbread with me (one of the Trader Joe's ones), so the hungry caterpillars are moving along.
But then the Summer Flu moved in and I'm running a little low on ideas. Sorry for the lack of inspiration...mostly this is for my husband and me, as my kids are all bananas/rice/applesauce/toast this week...
Monday: filets mignon from the freezer, veggies from the CSA box, potatoes with butter and parsley
Tuesday: fish from the freezer, roasted beets, roasted carrots
Wednesday: shrimp, corn, and tomato "salad"
Thursday: depends how the kids are feeling. If they are up for it, hot dogs or tacos. Otherwise,
Friday: pizza and soccer, I hope!
The one thing to report on recipe-wise from last week: After a string of amazing successes with Kelly's Recipe's cakes, I made the lemon version of this one (it's in the comments) for the Tuesday Wednesday Spaghetti. The WedSpag was awesome, and the cake got good reviews. I might throw in poppyseeds next time for mouth feel but it was really good and super kid-friendly without them.
For more inspired ideas, try I'm an Organizing Junkie! and see what other folks are doing! For me--back to the toaster. Have a good week!
PS--I'm realizing I may not have posted about the "hungry caterpillars"--I cut construction paper circles, the boys drew heads and added pipe cleaner antennae, and every (healthy[ish]) new food they try, the "hungry caterpillars" get another circle as a body piece. (So a new kind of cake doesn't get a circle, but when my little one tried tomato sauce on his spaghetti, that counted.)
3 comments:
Break out the filet mignon when the kids are down! Look like you have a great week lined up. Hope everyone feels better soon.
Thanks Amanda! I didn't think of it quite that way--more "what was at the front of the freezer"--but your comment made me laugh!
I love the Hungry Caterpillar idea! Very cool. I could really see my kids getting into that when they were a bit younger.
We're trying white asparagus tonight. Jacob saw it at Whole Foods and was intrigued. It was the same price as the green so I said yes. Hopefully we'll like it. I've never had it either.
Hope your little ones are feeling better. The summer flu is never fun.
Stay healthy!
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