Menu Plan Monday

After smelling some unidentified foul in my kitchen, I discovered a pair of rotten potatoes in the sack we'd purchased last week.  I hate to see food go bad, I peeled them all and chopped them up.  Now both crockpots are simmering away, preparing them.  Once they have been cooked, mashed and cooled, I will divide them up into cup-sized portions and freeze them, taking them out to thicken soups, as the starch-part to hash (which is our plan for supper tonight) and as sides for other mashed potato meals.

It will be a busy week for us.  Wednesday, Papa Sheppard has a dentist appointment in the evening, and as usual, on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have baby-related classes.  This week, we will need to go grocery shopping on Thursday, as well, because Friday we will be attending an Attachment Parenting workshop at a local natural parenting store.

I am also excited to attend the Tent City protest this weekend as well, when we will join our voices in taking a stand against homelessness and demand affordable housing in our city.

With all that is happening this week, we have to be sure that we are all well fed, happy and healthily.  Our meal plan, then, is as follows:

• Monday (Papa Sheppard home sick)
• Breakfast:  Oatmeal with butter and brown sugar; homemade green smoothies; peppermint tea
• Lunch:  Papa Sheppard's lunch for work; leftovers from yesterday's supper
• Supper:  Pork hash
• DO AHEAD:  Take out beef, potatoes for supper tomorrow; take out bread dough

• Tuesday 
• Breakfast: Same
• Lunch: Homemade green soup; crackers and cheese
• Supper:  Crockpot beef stew
• DO AHEAD:  Take out cooked hamburger; cook macaroni; shread cheese

• Wednesday (Papa Sheppard's dentist appointment)
• Breakfast: Same
• Lunch: Homemade green soup; crackers and cheese
• Supper:  Macaroni, Tomatoes, Hamburger and Cheese
• DO AHEAD:  Take out chicken

• Thursday (Grocery night)
• Breakfast: Same
• Lunch: Homemade green soup; crackers and cheese
• Supper: Shreaded chicken and french fries
• DO AHEAD:  Take out pork; cook brown rice

• Friday (Attachment Parenting workshop)
• Breakfast: Same
• Lunch: Homemade green soup; crackers and cheese
• Supper: Shredded pork with rice
• DO AHEAD:  Bake bran muffins; set up soup for thermos; pack for tomorrow's breakfast and lunch; Take out beef for soup on Friday

• Saturday (Travelling through city for Curb-Side Pickup in the morning, Tent City protest in the evening)
• Breakfast: Bran muffins, bananas, tea
• Lunch: Thermos of hot tomato soup; crackers, cheese; apples
• Supper: Eat at protest
• DO AHEAD:  Set up crockpot supper; set up oatmeal; take out meat for Papa Sheppard's lunches next week. Take out bread dough. 

• Sunday (Tent City protest in the morning, Mass in the evening)
• Breakfast: Oatmeal with peanut butter and honey; almond milk
• Lunch: Eat at protest
• Supper:  Beef soup, baked bread
• DO AHEAD:  Take out uncooked hamburger