Menu Planning Monday {1/5/15}

I think the last MPM was in June 2014. No guarantees that I'll get it in every Monday but here's the first for 2015.

Monday {1/5}
Breakfast: THM Waffles [E] (it's THM pancakes made into waffles; but my waffle iron sticks way too much so the last bit were pancakes. I tweaked the recipe by adding 1/4 tsp xanthan gum, 1/2 scoop THM protein powder and 1 TBS oat fiber.)
Lunch: Meat sandwiches [-] (rather the kids did; we ran out of meat so I had a 'salad' of sorts with lettuce and cheese!)
Dinner: Chili dog pie [S (with just a wee bit of chili)] (I followed the recipe at the bottom of the post, using 3/4 cup almond flour and 1/4 cup oat fiber.)

Tuesday {1/6}
Breakfast: Breakfast Burritos [-] (kids will have flour tortillas; I'll have an egg white wrap [S])
Lunch: Tuna sandwiches [-] (bread for the kids; flax tortilla for me [S])
Dinner: Chicken Quesadilla [S] (another recipe found online- it's not your usual tortilla and stuff. It's made from cheese- hopefully it'll be good)

Wednesday {1/7}
Breakfast: Oatmeal with applesauce [E] (I like mine with cinnamon and ginger, a bit of coconut oil and Sweet Blend. Ah, comfort food.)
Lunch: Ranch pasta salad with meat and mozzarella chunks [-] (I am not having this; probably have leftovers from Monday dinner [S])
Dinner: Burritos [-] (I'm going to be all fancy with them and crisp them in a skillet; my burrito will have a thinner coconut flatbread and no beans, more like a taco [S].)

Thursday {1/8}
Breakfast: Breakfast porridge [S] (online it's called Butter Pecan Breakfast Porridge, which is different than the Coconut Porridge in the THM book)
Lunch: Taste of Thai soup [S]
Dinner: Chili with "cornbread" [E] (still have to find a suitable gluten free THM-friendly cornbread recipe)

Friday {1/9}
Breakfast: Waffles [-] (totally not eating these; it's all for the kiddos- I'll have some yummy oatmeal with blueberries [E])
Lunch: Leftovers! 
Dinner: Crockpot Lasagna [-] (sigh, not eating this either. Will figure something for me. If it weren't for those noodles...)

Saturday {1/10}
Breakfast: Cold cereal [-] (I usually make eggs for hubby on Saturday so that's what I will probably have [S].)
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich and soup [E] (I'm going to attempt the Trim Healthy Pan Bread for this, so the soup will need to be compatible. And the 'cheese' on this is one slice of less than 5 g of fat cheese. If it doesn't work out that I find a yummy soup that falls in E category, then I'll make coconut flat bread and have fotato soup for an S!)
Dinner: Marinated salmon and veggies [S] (it's pre-marinated)

Sunday {1/11}
Breakfast: Eggs [S]
Lunch: at church, the theme is appetizers...who knows! We are taking a dessert so I'll bring Butterfinger Bars [S], with the edits mentioned in the notes on the recipe.
Dinner: Cheeseburger Pie [S]

And that's the plan. Next week it may not be as THM friendly, although I will do my best. For next week I am going to attempt to not have to actually buy anything for the menu. We'll see how that goes...

Today I went searching for snack ideas. It seems that's where we have some trouble. Perhaps we'd eat more E meals if we had more snacks that were also E (we often are hungry before 3 hours), or FP. I printed off a bunch of short lists that I was directed to from other THMers. Very helpful- and of course, I didn't save a one! No bookmarks, no pins, nada! Sigh. Eh...well. I've got my lists.