Our Menu for the Coming Week

Hello, Lovelies!  After a week of lunch as our main meal, it seems to be going well, and we're going to continue for now to see if it's our preferred pattern.  I like that I can grab something snacky when I get home from work, and then have more time for projects, goals, and relaxing.  The hearty breakfast and lunch keep me fueled for the day and the lighter fare at night just seem like a good fit at this time.  I sleep better, and it's helping with my weight loss goals.

I'm hard-cooking some eggs to have on hand for breakfast this week.  One of my favorite breakfasts is a warmed up, split hard-cooked egg (with salt and pepper), some toast, and sliced cucumbers with furikake (a Japanese seaweed condiment).  Other mornings, I'm looking forward to high-fiber cereal, fruit, and milk, or peanut butter toast with applesauce.  We have Mandarin oranges and nuts for snacks, and I made some fudge babies as a treat.  Yum...

Monday and Wednesday, our meals are actually vegan, made with a meat substitute that we got with a combination of a sale, coupon, and rebate, for very low cost.  We try to have 1-2 meat-free meals each week, and others (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday) are very low meat, with other protein sources.  Here's our main-meal menu:

M.  spaghetti and meatballs with red sauce, focaccia with garlic and kalamata olives, green beans from our garden, cara-cara oranges (vegan meal)

T.  taco salads, fresh mango (low-meat meal)

W. chili with rice, fresh pear (vegan meal)

R.  ramen with added meat, vegetable, egg and seasonings, cara-cara oranges (low-meat meal)

F.  tuna salad sandwiches, chips, raw vegetables (carrots, celery, cucumber) with ranch, apples

S.  garlic-dijon butter beans (this is a Jaques Pepin recipe that we love!), kabocha squash from our garden with onion and minced bacon, green beans from our garden, apples (low-meat meal)

S.  beef fajitas with pepper and onion, refried beans, curtido (spicy pickled cabbage and carrots), oranges (low-meat meal)

The unstructured, light supper is great for satisfying cravings. Last week I had things like apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon, half a bagel and some cream cheese, a Mandarin orange and a few walnuts, and one night, a mug of cocoa.  All good!  What's your plan for the coming week, and if you don't plan formally, what are you craving, and know you want to have?