Keto Monthly Meal Plan

We're getting ready to begin our keto journey again after eating really poorly the past few weeks. I've made a biweekly meal plan to cycle through each month. Links are included to give credit to the recipe creators. The more organized I am about this, the more likely we are to be successful with it.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	Broccoli Chicken Casserole with cream cheese and mozzarella (rice for girls)	Taco lettuce wraps (tacos for girls)	Garlic butter chicken thighs & mushrooms Brussel sprouts (garlic bread for girls)	Unstuffed egg rolls Cauliflower rice (white rice for girls)	Date night	Zucchini Lasagna Green beans (garlic bread for girls)	Pressure Cooker Ribs
Week 2	Stuffed peppers Garlic bread (for girls)	Taco lettuce wraps (tacos for girls)	Low carb Big Mac bites Asparagus (tater tots for girls)	Chicken fajita roll-ups Asparagus (rice for girls)	Date night	Chicken lettuce wraps Cauliflower rice (white rice for girls)	Mississippi roast Green beans (noodles for girls)
Week 3	Broccoli Chicken Casserole with cream cheese and mozzarella (rice for girls)	Taco lettuce wraps (tacos for girls)	Garlic butter chicken thighs & mushrooms Brussel sprouts (garlic bread for girls)	Unstuffed egg rolls Cauliflower rice (white rice for girls)	Date night	Zucchini Lasagna Green beans (garlic bread for girls)	Pressure Cooker Ribs
Week 4	Stuffed peppers Garlic bread (for girls)	Taco lettuce wraps (tacos for girls)	Low carb Big Mac bites Asparagus (tater tots for girls)	Chicken fajita roll-ups Asparagus (rice for girls)	Date night	Chicken lettuce wraps Cauliflower rice (white rice for girls)	Mississippi roast Green beans (noodles for girls)

She did what?!

I'm not sure if I want to cry or throw up. When I went to get in my van this morning, the entire driver side looked extremely dirty. No big deal, so I ran through the car wash before I came home. However, it still looks like that and it would appear that my 7 year old attempted to 'wash' my van with a sanding block. The sanding block was sitting in the middle of the garage floor and still wet. I knew she was messing with the outside faucet yesterday, but didn't think about what she was doing with the water. 

I was sick to my stomach all afternoon just thinking about confronting her about it when she got home.  She is remorseful and understanding of her punishment, no electronic devices for a period of time that will be determined when her daddy gets home.  I'm dreading showing him the damage when he gets home.  It looks promising for repairs though.  I have an uncle who used to own a collision repair shop and still has all of his tools, he thinks that the damage is probably just through the clear coat and can be buffed out.

Daniel Fast 2014

This weekend our church will be beginning its annual corporate fast.  It's up to each of us what and how we fast.  My husband and I tend to choose the Daniel Fast.  I've decided that, after a few years of spending too much time worrying about food during the 21 days, I needed to make up a meal plan for the full 3 weeks ahead of time.  Here's our menu plan:  

I'll make big batches of the breakfast muffins so that they're easy to grab on busy mornings.  I'll also make a triple batch of corn muffins to have on hand for soup and chili nights.  Since we have young kids, I will also be grabbing a big pack of chicken breasts to cook up and freeze.  This way I'll be able to easily throw some meat into the stir-fry dishes for them.

Here's the recipe links if you're interested:  

Tomato Basil Soup

Vegetarian Chili

Black Bean and Rice Stuffed Peppers  

Daniel Fast Vegetable Soup 

Split pea soup 

Lentil Soup 

Overnight Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal 

Banana Muffins 

Homemade Chips & Salsa

      

“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.” So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.  At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.  Daniel 1: 12-15

She's 7 already!?

We had an eventful holiday weekend celebrating my daughter's 7th birthday.  I can't believe she's already 7! When we were watching Hurricane Isaac last week, trying to figure out when we would see the rain and storms from it, I realized that we were outside looking at the storm damage from Hurricane Katrina when she decided it was time to enter the world.  She took her sweet time entering the world and she has done everything in her own time since.  She is my very own pokey little puppy.  I love my little red-headed fire cracker so much and pray that we're doing everything we need to do to help mold her into an amazing young woman.