Muffin Tin Monday: Birthday Hangover

This weekend was birthday weekend (see below)! My husband and daughter have back-to-back birthdays, so there was a lot of bad eating this past week. For MTM I decided to do a healthy "hangover" meal. Fiber One Cereal, Applesauce, and an Egg.

Menu for this week!

This week I'm going to be using meals from Eating Well's Website. I started playing around and looking at the meal plans and thought we could use a week of healthier eating after birthday week (both my husband and daughter!). Here is the plan.

Monday:
Roasted Vegetable Pasta

Tuesday:
Winter Squash Risotto With Spinach Salad

Wednesday: Chicken and Sweet Potato Fries (I'll be out late so I'll eat leftovers and fries when I get home).

Thursday: Tabbouleh with Grilled Vegetables
Quick-cooking barley, Steamed Cauliflower (3/4 cup)

Friday: Shrimp Caesar Salad

Saturday: Smoky Corn and Black Bean Pizza
Butternut Squash Soup


Sunday: Hot Chile Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Homemade Tomato Soup

For Breakfast (at least a couple of days this week) my daughter and I will be having these Banana Berry Smoothies!

For Lunch I'll be making this Chickpea Stew to eat throughout the week.

Third Birthday

My older daughter Ginny turned three today and we had a Breakfast Birthday Party today. It was perfect. Everyone came over around 10, they played (and ate) like crazy, and everyone was gone (and ready for naps) by 12:30. We did a "These are a few of my favorite things" theme: Here are some pictures!

Here is the invite!


The Party Table:


Food Close Ups!




Monkey Bread (Instead of Cake):


Here are the recipes I used!

Donut Muffins: The most liked recipe


Blueberry Muffins: Very cupcake like, and quite good.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins: Also, very good, a bit dense.

Monkey Bread for the Cake! No cream cheese glaze, I drizzled vanilla baking chips (melted) over the cake for visual impact.

Hash brown Casserole: I don't use the soup, instead make a roux and add a little extra milk. Also, I mixed in 2 eggs.

Meal Plan Monday

Monday: Clean out the fridge soup
Tuesday: Chicken Tenders
Wednesday: ???????
Thursday: No idea, suggestions?
Friday: Lentil Soup and Biscuits
Saturday: Tilapa w/ couscous
Sunday: Homemade Pasta

MTM: A day at the Movies

Today we have a video MTM because my husband has the camera! We didn't focus on a single movie, more a day at the movies and our favorite movie snacks!

Recipes from this week!

Here are some of the things we made this week!

Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls!
http://annies-eats.com/2010/07/14/blueberry-cinnamon-rolls/
These were great. But instead of milk in the icing, I used lemonade because I LOVE the blueberry-lemon flavor combination!

Blueberry Pancakes!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Blueberry-Flax-Pancakes/Detail.aspx
This is my new go-to pancake recipe. It is delicious and pretty healthy. I used Quaker pancake mix which is great because it is whole grain, but works really well in this recipe.

Homemade Falafel!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Seans-Falafel-and-Cucumber-Sauce/Detail.aspx
So good, I made it with homemade pitas from this months Vegetarian Times.

Pictures of the Pitas!


Peach Jam and Butter:
The large jars are jam the short are butter!


Peach-Blueberry Upside Down Cake!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Plum-Blueberry-Upside-Down-Cake/Detail.aspx
Subbed peaches for plums!


Mountain Mix (we went for a hike at a local mountain, so we made this as a snack!)


Most of it made it to the mountain!


And this Garlic Summer Squash, which was amazing!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garlicky-Summer-Squash-and-Fresh-Corn/Detail.aspx

Meal Plan Monday

Here is our plan for the week, I will post recipes and pictures throughout the week!

Monday: Chicken Pot Pie, Homemade Applesauce
Tuesday: Pizza on the Grill, Fruit
Wednesday: Homemade Falafel and Homemade Pita Bread, Salad, Fruit
Thursday: Salmon, Quiona, Steamed Vegetables
Friday: Festival
Saturday: Veggie Quiche, Applesauce
Sunday: Fajita Burritos