Monday Meal Plan, Sept 26-Oct 2

Yes, it's Tuesday already and I haven't made a meal plan for the week.  On Saturday Tony decided to rearrange the furniture in our tiny house and as of this moment it's still not all back in order.  We didn't get around to having most of the dinner items last week, so I'm improvising by adjusting last week's plan a bit.

Monday-
Chocolate Banana Smoothie (AKA S1)
Sourdough waffles Did we ear breakfast?
Egg salad pepperoni and SD crackers
Beef short ribs Turkey soup

Tuesday-

Coconut Milk Smoothie (AKA S2)
Boiled eggs and fruit with goat cheese Apple muffins
Quesadillas hot dogs
Bean Soup  ??

Wednesday-
S1  It's Goober Gus's birthday so he gets to choose.
Coconut flour pancakes
Goat cheese, SD crackers and carrots
Pulled pork

Thursday-
S2
Scrambled eggs and SD English muffins
Peanut butter and celery
Frittata

Friday-
S1
Baked oatmeal
Goat cheese and tomatoes
Homemade hot wings

Saturday-
Berry Smoothie
Bacon, eggs and SD toast
Goat cheese and crackers
Meatza pizza

Sunday-
S1
Baked oatmeal
Leftovers
Leftovers

This post is part of the Plan It-Don't Panic Challenge at Keeper of the Home.
 

Cracker Map

I was baking crackers yesterday.  A triple batch so we'd have enough to snack on this week with plenty left over for Goober Gus's birthday party Saturday.  As I was preparing to take the first batch off the tray, I noticed that it kinda looked like a map of the US.  Not that I was trying, but do you see it?

Do you know...

what a screaming raccoon sounds like?  We just found out!  Tony was playing chess with our son on the new Nook Color I got for my birthday (yeah, it's supposed to be mine, hehe) while I was searching for new apps for the Nook when we heard this horrendous screeching outside.  I ran out as fast as I could but didn't grab the flashlight.  My first thought was something was attacking chickens, but when I got outside the few that sleep under the stars seems unruffled so I thought maybe something jumped into the pig pen and was attacking her.  Tony grabbed the light and came out, but went toward the creek from the other side of the goat pen, so I still couldn't see the pig.  He said it was raccoons and could see them up in the giant cottonwood tree by the creek.  We heard splashes from the beaver but it wasn't adding up for me.

Once we confirmed the pig and goats were OK, he tried to scare the 'coons off.  They did run away, but we don't know where.  All I can say is that's an AWFUL sound and if the raccoons are going to fight, they need to do it somewhere else!

Monday Meal Plan, Sept 19-25

I decided to participate in the Plan It, Don't Panic meal planning challenge hosted by Stephanie at Keeper of the Home. 

I like making plans.  I'm not so good at following them though.  Whether they be meal plans, housekeeping plans, homeschool plans-any plan.  My excitement comes with making it, not following it!  I learned why a couple of years ago, but that's another topic for another time.  The challenge doesn't actually start until next Monday, but my family and I will be better off starting it now.  My son and I will actually eat lunch!

So here it is (Smoothie, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, in that order)

Monday-

• Chocolate Banana Smoothie (AKA S1)
• Sourdough waffles
• Egg salad and SD crackers
• Beef short ribs

Tuesday-

• Coconut Milk Smoothie (AKA S2)
• Boiled eggs and fruit with goat cheese
• Quesadillas
• Bean Soup

Wednesday-

• S1
• Coconut flour pancakes
• Goat cheese, SD crackers and carrots
• Pulled pork

Thursday-

• S2
• Scrambled eggs and SD English muffins
• Peanut butter and celery
• Frittata

Friday-

• S1
• Baked oatmeal
• Goat cheese and tomatoes
• Homemade hot wings

Saturday-

• Berry Smoothie
• Bacon, eggs and SD toast
• Goat cheese and crackers
• Meatza pizza

Sunday-

• S1
• Baked oatmeal
• Leftovers
• Leftovers

I'm also going to try making some coconut oil fudge for snacks, and I usually have coconut bark to nibble throughout the day too.  Each morning I hope to brew some herbal teas to sip on also.  One is high in vitamin C, the other in calcium.  I've got another that I brew a couple of quarts at a time and keep in the fridge.  It's not the best tasting, but is supposed to be good for adrenal fatigue so I'm trying it.  This plan is obviously fairly bare bones, but that's more than I usually have to go on.  I want to stop at the farm stands up the road and get some fresh veggies to add to meals, and I forgot that my parents gave us a couple of packages of raspberries that I'll likely serve with freshly whipped cream.  There may be some homemade ice cream happening at various times too.  It's been a long week, a fun filled weekend and I'm tired, so there aren't links to where some of my recipes are found, or other posts that explain some other things, but maybe later in the week I'll come back and add them in.  Can you tell we have a large, steady supply of goat milk?  [The smoothies and goat cheese both utilize this wonderful commodity!]