New Town, New Meal Plan

So I've been working on getting together an easy meal plan for our new Southern Utah home. With different prices, different stores, etc. I  am still figuring out what is available here and for the best price.

I also need to spend as little time in the kitchen as possible. I have waaay too much to do so crock pot cooking is a must!

Everything is real food and is gluten free, soy free, sugar free, dairy free, carrageenan free and except for the chicken soup it's also vegetarian. This menu plan costs me about $100-150 a week for my family of 6. Tip: Buy in bulk (Azure or Costco) and shop stores that put older produce on a sale rack and day old bread on sale too.

Monday

B - Ogre porridge
L - Every lunch is the same, all week. Left overs from the night before served with a side salad. I also have the makings for PB and J on hand for when we have to run an errand or have a field trip during lunch time.
D - Chicken soup, slice of toast
S - Cauliflower "popcorn"
Ds - Warm cup of Pero with raw honey

Tuesday

B - Oatmeal for the kiddos, Nutmeal for mom
L - Left overs and salad
D - Pinto beans, salsa, sprinkled with lemon juice served with organic corn chips
S - Apples and peanut butter
Ds - Fried, mashed bananas with maple syrup

Wednesday

B - Southwest scramble (eggs, beans, salsa)
L - Left overs and salad
D - Chickpea, lentil, and veggie stew spiced with tumeric
S - Carrot sticks
Ds - Warm cup of Pero with raw honey

Thursday

B - Ogre porridge
L - Left overs and salad
D - Rice noodle lasagna layered with grated squash, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, tomato sauce, and nut meal left over from making almond milk topped with nutritional yeast
S - Celery and peanut butter
Ds - Chocolate almond milk (sweetened with maple syrup)

Friday

B - Cabbage and potato hash browns
L - Left overs and salad
D - Free night (serve left overs or switch out for a meal found on sale or a meal otherwise skipped this week)
S - Apples and peanut butter
Ds - Pecans with almond milk, maple syrup, vanilla extract and salt (tastes like pecan pie)

Saturday

B - Peanut butter pancakes
L - Left overs and salad
D - Split pea soup
S - Oranges
Ds - Warm cup of Pero and maple syrup

Sunday

B - Oatmeal for the kiddos, Nutmeal for mom
L - Left overs and salad
D -  Baked beans (coconut oil, pinto beans, ketchup, mustard, maple syrup, salt and pepper) over rice
S - Organic corn chips
Ds - Chocolate almond milk

**Note: All my dinners are served with a side of home made sauerkraut for vital probiotics.

Shopping List

Organic, Short grain, Brown Rice
Grass fed Butter or butter alternative
Kale
Lemon juice
Maple Syrup
Almonds
Sea or Himalayan Salt
Gluten free bread
Peanut butter
All fruit Jam
Free range Chicken with bone
Cauliflower
Pero
Raw Honey
Oatmeal
Organic Raisins
Salad greens
Dressing
Bananas
Organic Apples
Pinto beans
Salsa (preservative free, not canned)
Organic corn chips
Free range Eggs
Chickpeas
Lentils
turmeric
Carrots
Rice noodles
Squash (summer or winter)
Cabbage
Organic Potatoes
Organic Tomato sauce (jarred not canned)
nutritional yeast
Organic Celery
Fair trade Chocolate powder
Coconut or olive Oil
Pecans
Vanilla extract
Split peas
Oranges
All natural Ketchup
Pepper
Mustard
Onion
Garlic
Organic Red Peppers
All natural Bullion cubes