Week One Menus (partial week)

Because we were on vacation until Sunday of this week, this is "week" of menus only covers Monday - Thursday.  We'll do the Friday - Thursday weeks from now on.  You'll notice that you hardly ever see breakfast listings for Jason, who leaves the house early and grabs something to eat at his desk in the mornings (I'm going to try to make sure there are muffins or other easy foods in the house so he doesn't revert back to buying Pop-Tarts).


Also, each week each of us is allowed to pick one "indulgence," that is, something that's not seasonal or local or organic but that we really, really want to eat that week.  Could be junk food, could be a fresh pineapple - doesn't make a difference to me.  Once you've picked it and eaten it, no fair changing your mind to something different that week (which Liza found out when she made her bid for Reese's peanut butter cups starting on Wednesday).

Week 1 - 
Indulgences: Liza - Nutella spread, Jason - regular orange juice, Gretchen - mixture of toppings for my oatmeal (it's the same stuff every day, and it's only about a tablespoon total per day)

Monday Breakfast:
- Liza: peanut butter and (indulgence alert!) Nutella sandwich on whole wheat bread
- Gretchen: Organic oatmeal with organic raisins and (indulgence alert!) brown sugar, pecans, and flaked coconut
Monday Lunch:
- ate out at Great Lakes Brewing Company
Monday Dinner:
- Giant Salad (local lettuce, organic spinach, organic carrots, organic celery, organic mushrooms, local hardboiled eggs, local cheese, pecans, organic sunflower seeds, local broccoli, local tomatoes) with homemade dressing (olive oil, lemon juice, and Penzey's Salsa Salad Seasoning, mixed into some mayo to make a creamy dressing)

Tuesday Breakfast:
- Liza: peanut butter and (indulgence alert!) Nutella sandwich on whole wheat bread
- Gretchen: leftovers from Monday lunch (pizza)
Tuesday Lunch:
- Leftover Giant Salad from Monday Dinner, plus Liza had some of the leftover mac&cheese from Monday Lunch
Tuesday Dinner:
- Roasted local organic chicken with potatoes and onions
- Local sugar snap peas in soy sauce/sesame oil/rice vinegar sauce
- A few leftover french fries from Monday Lunch
Tuesday Dessert:
- Homemade vanilla ice cream

Wednesday Breakfast:
- Liza: peanut butter and (indulgence alert!) Nutella sandwich on whole wheat bread
- Gretchen: homemade muffins with local raspberries I froze last summer
Wednesday Lunch:
- Gretchen: Leftover chicken and vegetables from Tuesday dinner
- Liza: Raw vegetables (organic carrots, local broccoli, organic spinach), local string cheese, local pita chips
Wednesday Dinner:
- Sandwiches with local sausage, canned mushrooms, canned tomato sauce, organic onions, local buns
- Local snow peas in soy sauce/sesame oil/rice vinegar sauce
- Side salad of whatever we had on hand (probably local lettuce, local tomatoes, organic carrots, organic celery, organic mushrooms, local cheese, and homemade dressing)

Thursday Breakfast:
- Liza: peanut butter and (indulgence alert!) Nutella sandwich on homemade whole wheat bread
- Gretchen: Organic oatmeal with organic raisins and (indulgence alert!) brown sugar, pecans, and flaked coconut
Thursday Lunch:
- Sandwiches with local sliced turkey, local cheese, mayo, local lettuce, local tomatoes, on either homemade whole wheat bread (Gretchen) or with store-bought whole wheat bread (Liza)
- Raw vegetables (organic carrots, local broccoli, organic spinach)
- Local pickles
Thursday Dinner:
- Local pitas stuffed with local scrambled eggs, organic spinach, local cheese, and leftover ham that was frozen since Easter
- Homemade whole wheat bread with homemade strawberry jam
- Raw vegetables ((organic carrots, local broccoli, organic spinach)