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momace9904 · 02-24-2005, 06:00 PM

Can you guys help me...again (man this new mam is needy).

I am trying to make a two week meal plan so that I stay on budget and healthy.

I am not a morning person so bfast is probably the hardest. Lunch is hard to b/c after ds gets home from school its like mad dash to get lunch on the table.
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Dinner not so bad b/c I like to cook, but i would love some ideas that I wouldn't have to have meat thawed out. (dh is a big time meat eater) I like it but don't need it. And would prefer the kids didn't eat it.

Some snack ideas helpful too. I am pretty lazy so these have to be quick and easy ideas.

Suzie · 02-25-2005, 10:21 AM

Hey, mama.

Why don't you try to pop on over to the simplicity and thrift board? There's many threads there about cheap eats.

byumommy · 02-25-2005, 07:08 PM

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Originally posted by momace9904
I am not a morning person so bfast is probably the hardest. Lunch is hard to b/c after ds gets home from school its like mad dash to get lunch on the table.

I get organic oats from my local HFS for 85 cents a lb. Takes 5 mins in the microwave, and with a little sucanat, cinnamon & milk, my 5 & 6 yr olds gobble it up. Also I sometimes make up a huge batch of whole wheat muffins with whatever I have on hand (apples, raisins, blueberries, etc) ... and leave them out in a ziploc for the boys for breakfast.

Not as healthy breakfast alternatives .... bagels from a bread outlet frozen in freezer bags of 2 or whatever, taken out of the freezer the night before or microwaved for a few seconds ... healthy generic cereal.

Lunch for us is usually leftovers or natural PB (Teddy brand) & jelly (100% fruit) on whole wheat. Pssssst, I sprinkle wheat germ on the PB

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HTH!

anni · 02-26-2005, 09:01 PM

Fruit for breadfast is a no-brainer here, also bagels and cereal.
for lunch maybe make sandwiches to have ready when they get home from school
good luck
anni

Scarlet · 02-27-2005, 12:38 PM

You can also crockpot oats. We make ours with half milk/half water (that's how you do it in England) and it tastes a lot better than straight water. We like to add frozen blueberries to our, or mashed overripe bananas with chopped nuts on top.