Weekly Eating 10/16 - 10/24

Saturday

lunch: at California Pizza Kitchen (eating out is a separate budget for us)

dinner: black bean burgers - new recipe for me to try - pretty good

although they look like cow patties.....

Sunday

lunch: Kids and Husband had Taco Cabana breakfast tacos, I had collard wraps

dinner: Penne with Tomato Cream Sauce - sorry, no picture

Monday

lunch: kids had black bean and cheese tortillas, almonds, triscuits, mangos, cucumbers, celery. I had a green smoothie, some nuts and mango

dinner: BLTs with the rest of the bacon I bought last week. This was the first time I tried Applegate Farms (thanks to a coupon). I usually buy the Hormel Nitrite Free version, but really liked this one. I also made baked potato chips and the kids devoured them. I'll be making them again soon.

Tuesday

lunch: Chick-Fil-A with a friend

dinner: Black Bean Soup, tortilla chips and fruit

Wednesday

lunch: Kids had turkey, cheese, cucumbers, grapes and red peppers. I had a big salad with a jalapeno tahini dressing.

dinner: Buttermilk Pancakes (I make a half recipe) and fruit. My little guy ate more than my daughter and I combined and woke up Thurs morning asking for more.

Thursday

lunch: muffin tin lunch for the kids,a big salad for me, actually 2, I was hungry.

dinner: Vegetable Soup - a kind of clean out the fridge soup - this one had celery, kale, onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes and diced potatoes - and bread. I intended to make bread bowls, but the bread turned out rather flat and would be not much of a bowl. :)

I ended up forgetting that I had the soup on heat and left to go to the playground with the kids. When we got back, the soup had almost no liquid left and ended up tasting like pot roast vegetables - not the greatest. The husband and I ate it, but the kids pretty much ate bread, butter and fruit for dinner. Not a great night. I drowned my sorrows in a 2nd dinner of steel cut oats with bananas (cooked in) and chocolate.

Friday - Saturday

Friday lunch - Kids had PB& J, peanuts, cashews, cucumbers, grapes and carrots. I had another salad with the jalapeno tahini dressing.

My folks were in town, so we ate out for most meals. I did make a batch of pumpkin scones. These are so good. Make them!!!