Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Dinners

Wednesdays are breakfast for dinner nights. This week we had pancakes (from a healthy mix from whole foods), but we forgot to take a picture. We used 100% maple syrup (if you are still using Eggo or some such nonsense, make the switch to pure maple syrup - it is so much better!) and the kids loved them.

Thursday's dinner was delicious. We made these beef and quinoa meatballs, served with whole wheat spaghetti. This recipe was super easy, and it is an excellent way to sneak in vegetables for those in the family who don't care to eat anything green. We followed the recipe, except we also added turmeric (which we are adding to just about everything these days).

The recipe says it makes about 15 meatballs. We made them what we consider to be normal meatball size (about an inch in diameter) and we easily had half the mixture left over.

On Friday, Michelle made grilled chicken (Forman grill!) with home made mashed potatoes. Because she is lame, she forgot to take a picture. She also made a yummy salsa to go over the chicken. She sauteed onions, tomatoes, cilantro, green chiles, and minced garlic.

Our first "work week" of healthy meals went pretty well. Stuff to work on: healthy breakfast/lunch stuff that is quick and easy to grab in the mornings.