This next week will hopefully be a low-key cleaning week for me, so it is time to hit the 5-a-Day fruit and vegetable challenge. Here's my menu plan for the week.
B - Banana Bread, grapes (1)
L - Sandwiches, carrot sticks (1)
Snack - Apple (1)
S - Roasted Cauliflower Barley Risotto with Buttered Peas (2-3)
Tuesday -
B - Toast with honey/jam, fruit (1)
L - Sandwiches, cucumber sticks (1)
Snack - Apple or Mango (1)
Wednesday -
B - Toast with honey/jam, fruit (1)
L - Sandwiches, cucumber/carrot sticks (1)
Snack - Apple or other fruit (1)
Thursday -
B - Toast with honey/jam, fruit (1)
L - Left-overs (1-3)
Snack - Apple or other Fruit (1)
S - Baked Fish, Buttered Rice and Carrot/Parsnip Casserole (1-2)
Friday -
B - Toast with honey/jam, fruit (1)
L - Sandwiches, ants on a log (celery, peanut butter and raisins) (1-2)
Snack - Apple or other Fruit (1)
S - Eating out with friends at Pound Night (0-1)
Dessert - Fruit (1)
Saturday -
B - Cereal with dried fruit, fresh fruit (2)
L - Sandwiches, cucumber/carrot sticks (1)
Snack - Apple or other fruit (1)
S - Vegetable Noodle Stir-fry (1-2)
"Dessert" - Fruit and yogurt smoothies (1-2)
Sunday -
B - Toast with Nutella/jam, eggs, fruit (1)
L - Left-overs (1-3)
Snack - Apple or other fruit (1)
I'm actually not very impressed with this menu. It reflects a fairly typical week for us except that I generally serve fruit to my children for snack, but don't partake myself. We are quite boring with breakfast and often don't include fruit. Hmm... This might be a good exercise after all to show me some downfalls in our nutrition. For anyone reading this... I could use some help with ideas on how to incorporate more vegetables in our lunches. Carrot/cucumber sticks get boring. We often have sliced pickles on our sandwiches, but that's it. I suppose salads would be the easy answer. I like eating salads; I'm just terrible at making them and keeping them around.
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