Back to school menu for a month

One of the things on my back-to-homeschool to-do list was “create a month-long back to school menu”.

Things like this make the start of the school year, with its transition and busy schedule, much easier.

 

Since I had been procrastinating on this, I sat down with 10-year-old Sadie and a few cookbooks to help me.

When we were done, I noticed there was no fish on the whole thing. I like to eat fish once a week. Then I remembered that Sadie doesn’t like fish. Oops. I did include a slow cooker meal at least once a week. Those are handy on nights I’m driving the ballerina across town to class.

So here goes. We start school on September 1, and now I don’t have to think about making a menu for an entire month. (Because I love having made a meal plan, but don’t enjoy meal planning. Many things in life go this way don’t they?)

Back To School Menu

1. Burrito Bowls – these are so easy and everyone can have them their way
2. Omelets (I put leftover bits of whatever’s on hand in these, awesome frugal meal.)
3. Taco Chicken Salad (Pioneer Woman’s recipe, we love this dish)
4. Vegetable Soup
5. Ranch-Style Chicken (also PW’s)
6. Beef Stroganoff with mashed cauliflower, green bean “fries” (this is a recipe from the TrimHealthyMama cookbook and we all love green beans prepared this way!)
7. Cobb Salad
8. Dirty Rice
9. Garlic Lime Chicken, risi e bisi (Italian-style rice with peas and Parmesan)
10. Potato-Leek Soup
11. Pot Roast with vegetables
12. Chorizo with onions, bell peppers, beans and rice
13. Homemade Pizza
14. Arroz con Pollo
15. Taco Soup
16. Cabbage & Kielbasa
17. Beef Stew with vegetables
18. Baked Potato Bar
19. Chicken Gruyere with green beans nicoise
20. Minestrone Soup
21. Cheeseburgers and sweet potato fries
22. Vegetable Chili
23. Chicken Cacciatore with rice or gluten-free noodles
24. Lentil Stew
25. Chicken Caesar Salad
26. Boeuf Bourguignon
27. Black Bean Soup
28. Cashew Chicken with rice
29. Tomato Soup w/ Parmesan “croutons”
30. Roast Chicken with vegetables

I’ll have to eat tuna for lunch to get my allotment of fish I suppose. But I’m glad this “back to school” to-do list item is done!