One of my new blogging-Mommy friends, Joy at FiveJs, is having a weekly lunch challenge. I thought it would be fun to start participating, so here is my first lunch menu.
**Warning: Our lunches are not nearly as healthified as I would like them to be. (Yes, ‘healthified’ IS a word!) Our dinners are much more rounded out but lunch is a quick meal to get us through to dinner. We just have so much going on during the day with school and other tasks that I just sort throw something on the table and we eat and get back to work. Maybe this lunch challenge will help me to be a little more accountable and get a little healthier!
Beverages: We always drink only water for at least 95% of our meals.
It’s getting really hot in Central Florida and we just got our first electric bill after turning on the a/c! YIKES! (Picture the cartoon character with the eyeballs popping out of his head!) So, we’re trying to use the a/c less and that means cold meals!
Monday: Tuna Salad and Crackers with Cheese – my oldest does not like mayo on ANYTHING (I’m quite sure he gets his pickiness from me, but shhhh, don’t tell anyone!) so he gets dry plain tuna while the rest of us have tuna with mayo, pickle relish, mustard and lemon juice. Add a few slices of cheese, a sleeve of crackers and voila! lunch is served.
Tuesday: Pineapple Chicken Salad Pitas- the secret is in the Worcestershire sauce with this one! Yum!! Don’t be afraid to veer off the recipe with this one – just about anything works. I’ve used different kinds of nuts, I’ve omitted the carrot sticks, I’ve used tuna instead, and I’ve used regular bread. Make it with whatever you have on-hand.
Wednesday: I guess this was a bad week to start this because I forgot we’ll be traveling for two days to visit some very dear friends of my husband’s. I am so excited to finally meet a family that reached out and took such good care of him in a time when he really needed a friend (this was before he and I were married). I plan to pack some snacks for the trip.
Thursday: We’ll be sleeping overnight Wednesday by our friends and driving back late Thursday evening.
Friday: Good Old PBJ – With all the traveling, I’m sure I’ll be unpacking and putting the house back together, so I don’t have real high hopes for Friday’s lunch. Friday is also our ministry day so I need a fast lunch with few dishes to clean up since we’ll be out most of the late afternoon.
Saturday: Pancakes With All the Breakfast Fixin’s – on Saturday’s, we do a big brunch and an early dinner.
Sunday: Sandwiches – we always do Sandwiches on Sunday’s because it fits our church schedule very well. We usually do fancier sandwiches than we would during the week – meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, nice bakery bread, condiments, avocado sometimes (only Mommy likes that!) and bacon!
Join in the Lunch Challenge with me!! Post your weekly lunch plans and then link it up with Joy at FiveJs.com! Can’t wait to see everyone’s ideas!
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Those aren’t as HEALTHIFIED as you’d like? Seriously? They sound plenty healthy to me.
Did you see MY lunches last week? Peanut butter, chocolate… a nutritionists nightmare I’m sure!
I’m so excited that you’re jumping in on the challenge with us! And btw, I would LOVE to see a list of book recommendations from your son. Bring it on!
Ah! But don’t forget – they were peanut butter and chocolate PROTEIN balls!! Now, that’s a totally different story!!
This happens to be an okay week I suppose – just wait until the hot dogs and pbj’s start flowing!
I think I should join this, I’m useless at lunches too, although like you, I always make up fo it with our main meals.
I think it will be nice to see the lunches that other ladies are coming up with! It always feels better to know I’m not the only one struggling with a certain issue!
Thanks for the visit!!