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Monday, 19 March 2012

Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy Menu Plan Monday: Inspired by the Binder

Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy Menu Plan Monday: Inspired by the Binder

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Menu Plan Monday: Inspired by the Binder

Posted: 18 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PDT

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This month’s focus in “Eating Intentionally“* is on “Making Peace with Food“; or in my words, just enjoying it. Food is made for both our nourishment and enjoyment, and we often lose sight of that.

So have you made peace with food? Or is it still your enemy? Thinking of food as my ally and not my enemy takes a little concentration –  not that I have any problem eating the junky stuff I love (like Lindt truffles… yum!), but I find myself not choosing the food I really do like (fruits and vegetables, for example, or salads) because it seems like I’m depriving myself of really yummy stuff. Which isn’t true at all, of course! I actually do love a yummy salad; it’s not like I endure eating them. And I love crunchy apples, too! So why do I feel like choosing to eat a crunchy apple over chocolate or chips is a deprivation? I’m working on focusing on the enjoyment I find from whole, healthy foods. Not that I never choose to eat the junky stuff that I love; just that I’m focusing on the pleasure to be found in the really good food.

My inspiration for this week’s menu comes from my binder full of recipe clippings from magazines and newspapers. I don’t go through it often enough, and it’s always fun to find those recipes that caught my eye and actually make them. Where did your recipe inspiration come from?

Breakfasts

  • Overnight Oatmeal
  • Granola
  • Muffins
  • Chocolate Banana Smoothies

Lunches

  • Leftovers
  • Freezer Stash of Non-Allergenic Foods (for Certain Little Someone)
  • Slow Cooker Tuscan Beans

Dinners

  • Harvest Pork Roast & Vegetables (in the crock pot), Fried Rice, Sliced Melon
  • Lemony Herb Pasta (w/ leftover pork), Fruit
  • Scrambled Egg & Cheese Melts, Bananas
  • Tuna Salmon & Couscous Salad, Fruit
  • New Potatoes with yogurt Mustard Filling, Chunky Apple Delight

Snacks

In My Kitchen Today

  • Slow Cooker Tuscan Beans
  • Coconut Milk
  • Coconut Milk Yogurt
  • Cook squash
*My concept of “Eating Intentionally”, and the 10 principles we are working through this year, come from the book “Intuitive Eating” by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. I highly recommend it – I don’t agree with everything in it, but it is a great read for anybody who has ever been on a diet and/or is considering going on a diet. 
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