Another week has come and gone, and it’s time to plan for the next week’s dinner.

Breakfasts this week:

waffles with strawberries and blueberries, cheese stick
apple jack smoothie, cheese stick
sausage apple quiche cups, fruit
Power up smoothie, cheese stick
oatmeal with fruit and chia seeds

Lunches this week:

Every day I’ll have a Chobani Greek yogurt, crackers or air-popped popcorn, veggies, and fruit with a sunbutter sandwich or a cup of soup.

Dinners this week:

tilapia, rice, broccoli
chicken in pita bread, roasted greek potatoes, salad
raspberry pork tenderloin, garlic mashed potatoes, green salad
chicken scampi, spinach, and pear salad, bread
taco, Spanish rice, refried beans

Snacks:

hard-boiled eggs, tangerine, Larabar, Greek yogurt bar, or nuts

As I’ve said before, as soon as I walk in the door, the boys repeatedly ask me those three words.  I sometimes give them silly answers, and sometimes I will tell them exactly what we are having.  They will then ask me, “What’s for dinner?”

I sometimes think I need to have a tape recording of my answer and then press play whenever they ask me those words.

Another question that drives me absolutely bonkers is What’s in the soup, dinner, etc. . .?  Hubby will just tell them to eat it and not to ask any questions.  The Imaginative One will sit there and dissect his dinner before picking at it, complaining about it, or eating it.  It gets so frustrating.  He likes familiar foods for dinner, and sometimes I trick him up.  The Wee One is better at trying new food.  Sometimes he likes it and sometimes he doesn’t like the dinner.  It all depends.  At least he tried it.

The one menu item the Imaginative One is tired of is soup.  It’s probably because I have been putting things in the soup that he can’t figure out what they are.  His response when I say soup is, “Not again.”  I don’t let his response influence my decisions for supper.

Without further ado, I will answer those three simple words – What’s for dinner?

Monday

B – hard-boiled egg, oatmeal, fruit
L – sun butter sandwich, Greek yogurt w/ granola, fruit, veggie
D – steak, mashed potatoes made half with potatoes and cauliflower, veggie
S – Larabar, nuts

Tuesday

B – green smoothie, hard-boiled egg
L – soup, Greek yogurt w/ granola, fruit, veggie
D – pork stir fry, brown rice, salad
S – Kashi cereal bar, nuts

Wednesday

B – hard-boiled egg, oatmeal, fruit
L – pizza veggie burger, Greek yogurt w/ granola, fruit, veggie
D – bow tie pasta w/ sauce, salad
S – Larabar, nuts

Thursday

B – green smoothie, hard-boiled egg
L – soup, Greek yogurt w/ granola, fruit, veggie
D – monte Crisco sandwich, chips, veggies
S – Kashi cereal bar, nuts

Friday

B – hard-boiled egg, oatmeal, fruit
L – sun butter sandwich, Greek yogurt w/ granola, fruit, veggie
D – eat whatever you want at night
S – Larabar, nuts

Saturday

B – whatever the boys ask for breakfast
L – ???
D – homemade pizza night, salad
S – ???