Weekly Menu #12 ~ Counting Down & Simple Meals

It's the final countdown! "Christmas a week away!"  Name that song and you get a prize (of feeling good that you know that song).  Things might be revving up a bit around our homesteads as we prepare to celebrate Jesus's birthday (I have a couple crochet pieces that are waiting for me to finish after writing this menu), but with a little bit of planning, we can keep things simple and nourishing, distancing ourselves from falling into temptation to buy toxic convenience food.  Attending lots of Standard American Diet get-togethers?  Be extra vigilant to eat well at home, drink lots of water, and eat more protein.  Also, with all the refined sugar and flour being served and breaking down our immune systems, now is a good time to start taking (or be faithful to taking) cod liver oil and enjoying lots of bone broth to strengthen your immune system.  With this pregnancy especially, I really have to fill my meals with protein or my body screams at me.  Here's what's happening in my kitchen this advent week:

Monday:

To do: Soak sourdough English muffins & pumpkin bread.

Breakfast: Soaked porridge & eggs

Snack: kefir smoothies

Lunch: Nibble tray (raw cheese slices, apple, orange, & pear slices, soaked & dehydrated nuts)

Snack: Applesauce

Dinner: Veggie & rice stir fry, acorn squash fries, & cranberry pear pie

Tuesday:

To do: Make English muffins & white chocolate macadamia nut lara bars

Breakfast: Soaked pumpkin bread & eggs

Snacks: kefir smoothies

Lunch:  English muffin sandwiches

Snack: White chocolate & macadamia nut lara bars

Dinner: Christmas party

Wednesday:

To do: roast pumpkins/winter squash, make creme fraiche

Breakfast: Almond flour biscuits, pastured bacon, & eggs

Snack: kefir smoothies

Lunch: Mostly Raw Wraps

Snack: Orange, pear, and cheese slices

Dinner: Crock Pot Herbed Lemon Chicken, mashed potatoes, & salad

Thursday:

To do: soak porridge

Breakfast: Veggie frittata

Snack: kefir smoothies

Lunch: Nut Butter & Honey Popcorn, raw cheese & carrot slices

Snack: White chocolate & macadamia nut lara bars

Dinner: Gluten-free turkey pesto pasta & creamed spinach

Friday:

To do: soak sourdough for empanadas & cinnamon rolls

Breakfast: Soaked porridge & eggs

Snack: kefir smoothies

Lunch: leftovers

Snack: Apple & cheese slices

Dinner: Veggie soup (where I cram as many veggies into some bone broth and add herbs/spices of choice), salad with probiotic-rich ranch dressing, English muffin grilled cheese sandwiches

Saturday:

To do: make sourdough cinnamon rolls & grain-free crackers

Breakfast: coffee cake & eggs

Snack: kefir smoothies

Lunch: Leftover soup & grilled cheese sandwiches

Snack: Apple, pear, & cheese slices

Dinner: Sourdough Empanadas, salad, cranberry date bars

Sunday:

To do: CELEBRATE JESUS!

Breakfast: Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls & oven omelete

Snack: cranberry date bars

Lunch:  Sourdough pigs in a blanket

Snack:  Grain-free crackers, cheese slices, & egg nog

Dinner: Pastured ham, streusel sweet potatoes, salad, birthday cake, egg nog

I'm sharing this at Menu Plan Monday, Monday Mania, Fight Back Friday.