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I am a big fan of meal planning. Now, this wasn’t always true but as our family has grown and with everyone on different schedules, it really does make life in the Anderson household much smoother. I usually plan for the week on Saturday and do my major shopping either Sunday evening or Monday morning.
Since the only meal everyone is home for is dinner, breakfast is generally cereal, oatmeal, toast or waffles. And everyone but the Short Dude and I eat lunch at school. Since he and I like simple things, we often eat soup for lunch. 
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So, here’s the plan for this week:
All week:
Breakfast – cereal, oatmeal, toast or frozen waffles (yes, I do cheat on this one! My waffle iron is a pain in the arse.)
Monday:
Lunch – peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fruit cocktail
Snack – apple cake (very delicious! It went fast!)
Dinner – chicken stir fry with baby corn, carrots, water chestnuts, peppers and rice
Tuesday:
Lunch – summer sausage, carrot sticks
Snack – waffles
Dinner – chicken marinated in roasted red pepper vinaigrette with baby corn and green beans served over hot cooked noodles
Wednesday:
Lunch – black bean soup, sourdough bread
Snack – applesauce, celery sticks
Dinner – beef pot roast with baby potatoes, carrots, onions and celery
Thursday: (The Teenager’s Birthday!!)
Lunch – vegan split pea soup
Snack – cupcakes
Dinner – leftovers
Special treat – chocolate birthday cake with chocolate frosting, as requested
Friday:
Lunch – corn chowder
Snack – peaches
Dinner – out @ a Chinese restaurant to celebrate The Teenager’s 15th Birthday!!
Saturday -
Lunch – mac n cheese
Snack – pears or apples
Dinner – pork adobo
Sunday:
Lunch – ham and cheese sandwiches
Snack – bananas
Dinner – ‘sour’ soup (Filipino dish called “Sinagong”)
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I think it’s a pretty good menu and with the rainy weather, the sops are always a welcome mid-day warm up. I’ll also be doing a bit of baking tomorrow – the cake for The Teenager’s birthday Thursday as well as some dinner rolls the kids love. If I have time, I’m going to post a bunch of these recipes very soon.
Right now, though, I am very tired and ready for bed. I’ve stayed up a little later than everyone else so I could have a nice, quiet house to myself to sit and think for a bit.
I hope your week is shaping up to be a good one and that your New Year is off to a wonderful beginning!
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Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business – just as if it were her own.
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