Healthy $10 a Day Menus

Hope you had a nice weekend! Here's what's on the menu around here this week.

Monday

• Coco-Wheats (kids' favorite, with a teaspoon of peanut butter mixed in their bowls), orange juice
• Carrot Soup - a delicate French soup that is pureed and creamy, with bread and butter (I buy a big bag of carrots from Sam's Club for $1.48. This is a great recipe to use them up. I meant to make this a few weeks ago, but it didn't happen.)
• Zesty Sausage Pasta (didn't make it this weekend), salad, Italian bread

Tuesday

• Scrambled eggs, toast, mandarin oranges
• Pasta leftovers
• Rosemary roasted chicken, red potatoes, asparagus

Wednesday

• English muffins, strawberry banana smoothies
• Chicken salad sandwiches (from leftover roast chicken), grapes
• Beans con Carne (like taco meat) in the crockpot over lettuce with sour cream, cheese, avocado

Thursday

• Oatmeal, orange juice, bananas
• Turn leftover beans con carne into chili, cornbread
• Chicken and noodles, mixed vegetables, busy day chocolate cake

Friday

• Granola
• *Make applesauce bread
• Leftovers
• Homemade Pizza, salad

Saturday

• Whole-wheat pancakes
• Cowboy casserole
• Parmesan-crusted tilapia
• Broccoli, brown rice

Back-up if leftovers don't last:

Macaroni Soup