This Week's Menu

We got a fabulous new cookbook for Christmas. Here are some recipes we are trying over the next week or so. I will post the best recipes. All of them are 30 minutes or less, 7 ingredients or less.

• Chicken Nuggets (oven potatoes, fresh veggies & dip)
• Oven Fried Fish (steamed green beans, baked potatoes)
• Orange Chicken & Fried Rice (broccoli spears)
• Easy Salmon Pasta (Salad)
• Chicken & Snow Pea Pods (Rice)
• Minestrone Soup (Bread)

Our house has been eating healthier. We've been limiting chips, cokes, cookies, deserts. Water with meals vs. tea or juice.

REFRIGERATOR LIST: This is something I have been doing for some time. Keeping our favorite meal ideas on the fridge for easy ideas (just hand-written on 2 post-it notes). I have recently added Veggies We Like & Fruits We Like. This has been important to me to jog my memory for quick, healthy ideas for snacks or side dish items.

VEGGIES WE LIKE:

• Broccoli
• Green Beans
• Carrots
• Corn
• Salad
• Sugar Snap Peas
• Potatoes
• Sweet Potatoes
• Celery
• Tomato (trying to learn)
• Onion (trying to learn)
• Bell Pepper (trying to learn)

FRUITS WE LIKE:

• Mandarin Oranges (canned)
• Oranges
• Apples
• Grapes
• Bananas
• Strawberries
• Blackberries (frozen in winter)
• Peaches
• Raspberries (frozen in winter)
• Watermelon
• Pears