If you’ve been in the yogurt section lately, you may have noticed Yoplait has Greek yogurt now for $0.99.  We like Greek Yogurt (extra protein, and extra creamy!).  Also, Yoplait’s flavored Greek Yogurt has regular sugar, as opposed to the High Fructose Corn Syrup.

I’m not aware if these coupons rotate or not, but currently there is a coupon for $0.30 off Yoplait Greek Yogurt on the coupons.com site!  So get it before it rotates away.Click Here

Post note: Dear Kim- We also like Dannon! We aren’t picky

I got a sweet note from a preschool teacher following my presentation on healthy eating several weeks ago.  Just goes to show you… kids are super teachable!

We are learning the letter Y this week.  Yesterday I put the words "Yum" and "Yuck" on the board and asked them to each name a thing that is yummy and yucky.  They named for our "Yum" list:  apples, strawberries, oranges, carrots, bananas, grapes, etc.  All good!:)  For our "Yuck" list they named a can, a piece of wood, carpet, etc.!  After a few weeks they still remember your lesson, especially the book about the goats and all the bad things they ate!  For 4 year olds that’s really good.  You made a great impression on them.

Thanks!

Heather

After every life event I have the same thoughts,

After my next test, I’ll spend more time in kitchen….

After TJ’s birthday, I’ll make more bread…

After the PTA fundraiser, I’ll soak my beans, rather than get them out of a can.” 

And what happens next: Another bigger and more time consuming thing!

So as a result, this menu plan is going to be Crockpot week or:

“I have no time to be in the kitchen” plan, but if possible, I’ll stick the kids in the kitchen in my place.”

If you have a healthy recipe you think our family would enjoy for future menu plans, feel free to email me a link, or the recipe, and I’ll be happy to link to your recipes in future meal plans! Thanks!!!

Disclaimer: All my children are in school, and I actually send them sandwiches in their lunch every day. These lunches are ideas if you need variety! 

Printable Meal Plans

If there is ever something in my menu that I didn’t post the recipe or link for (generally because its in one of my cookbooks), feel free to email me, and I’ll get it to you. amy@superhealthykids.com

What to look forward to this week: (subject to change if something doesn’t turn out right)

• Party/ Finger food
• Red Cabbage
• Coconut nests
• Crockpot recipe
• Indoor activity idea

I’m excited about the menu this week!  I’ve got some great links to recipes I saw this week from some of the blogs I love. 

As always, head over to the archive page for a printable version!  The photos aren’t as clear on the pdf, but I’ll figure something out for future menus.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Snack	Dinner
Monday	Cottage Cheese Pancakes	Butterfly Sandwiches	Vegetable platter with Ranch	Creamy Lemon Chicken and Rice Two Peas and Their Pod
Tuesday	Cereal with fruit and yogurt	Black Bean Soup Hungry Homemaker	Trail Mix with dried fruit	Coq-Au-Vin with Chicken breasts Nana’s Kitchen
Wednesday	Smoothie	Peanut Butter and Jelly	Cottage cheese and fruit	Sloppy Janes with Green salad Itzy’s Kitchen
Thursday	Apple-Cinnamon Pancakes Burnt Apple	Turkey Wrap with avocado	Fruit Salad	Spinach and artichoke Heart Quiche Three Kid Circus
Friday	Egg Sandwiches	Bagel Sandwiches with carrots	Granola Bars	Baked Vegetable Won-Tons A Life Less Sweet

Here is a new menu plan… If you get a chance, go check out the cute sidebar image for the link to the printable menu’s!

Also, we need your help!

This group; XX1st Century Kids 1st foundation is trying to win $50,000 to provide low income kids in the Chicago area with healthy food and lifestyle choices.  They just need your votes to win!!  Go here to vote!

I just finished watching Food, Inc.  Great Movie! The take home message is to buy local, and in season food! If you haven’t seen the movie yet, did you know you can download and “rent” the movie to watch from Amazon for $2.99!  I just realized this!  Right under “Buy”, you click WATCH IT NOW, $2.99 to rent.  

Although I’ve mentioned them before, after watching the movie, I was so glad we buy our meat local (beef and pork at least).  If you live in Utah and are looking for a local meat supplier, you must check out The Christiansens farm for well fed, well treated, organic, and super awesome meat!  Hollie Christiansen is my neighbors- sister.. which is how I found out about their farm. 

Last night, I pulled out our bag of frozen Edamame to snack on while I prepared dinner.  The kids devoured it! I forgot how much they liked this great snack the first time I bought it.  It’s definitely coming out more often this week.

As always, head over to the side bar, or Menu Archives to print the menu!

Don’t forget…. Monday is the last day to enter for Crest Pro-Health supplies,

and FRIDAY is the last day for the V8-V Fusion Visa $100 Gift card!

Here is next weeks menu for all those who like them.

And the printable menu plans on my side bar, or menu archives.

And a big announcement: I won a major award!!

Thank you Michelle from Family Fitness.

If I can narrow down the blogs I want to award to a few, I will pass it along. Such a tough task!

Also, I’d love for you to check out a website from my new friend Traci (Online friend, that I hope to meet someday )  Traci, who posts grocery bargains on HEALTHY FOOD on her website Healthy Deals and Steals!!  Thanks Traci for doing all the legwork for us.

Headed out tonight to see my friends very talented daughter starring in Les Miserable at her high school.  I’ve actually never seen it (not even the movie), so I’m excited.

Like I said, this week’s menu has got to be easy meals. Without much time in the kitchen, this week’s menu plan is going to have to do. Not exciting, but very necessary.

Head over to the sidebar for the printable version.

I’ve been having fun in my Nutrition class at the University of Utah.  One interesting point the teacher brought up was the necessity of a balanced diet.  When you eat fruit and not veggies, you are getting a good amount of vitamins, but not minerals.  The reverse is obviously true… eat vegetables and no fruit, you have a great source of minerals, but not necessarily vitamins.

I plan menu’s in two ways. First and easiest way, is sit down with my list of our favorite meals, and simply assign them a day.  When I’m rushed, this is my preferred method.  Second method is take out a cookbook, and randomly choose meals I want to try to make, or that sound good.  If I stick to one cookbook per week, then I get less confused as to where I found a recipe.

But now I have a third way!! Instead of one cookbook for the week, I am using ONE WEBSITE!!!  I chose to spend a lot of time browsing Meal Makeover Mom’s!  These ladies are amazing!  Not only do they put out great recipes that my kids will normally gobble up, they test the recipes before they are put out to the public.  They are professional and smart, and I completely admire them!

So, every single recipe in this weeks menu is from Meal Makeover Mom’s! You must check them out if you haven’t already.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Snack	Dinner
Monday	BLT with More	Ham and Cheese wrap	Baked apple with walnut and dried fruit	Chicken Pot Pie Bundles
Tuesday	Raspberry Breakfast cake	Peanut butter swirl sandwich	Goji raspberry frosty	Tuscan Minestrone Soup
Wednesday	Little Monkey Muffins	Crunchy Quinoa with almonds and apricots	Crazy Face Fruit Kabobs	Sausage Mushroom and Cannellini Pesto Pizza
Thursday	Pineapple, applesauce, pumpkin muffins	Turkey and cheese pretzel sticks (to assemble at school)	Krispy PB and chocolate treats	BBQ Pulled Turkey Sandwiches
Friday	Berry Good French Toast	Mac & Cheese and Carrots	Fruit with peanut butter dip	Broccoli bean, and cheddar soup. Whole wheat rolls

Don’t forget the BIG GIVEAWAY LATER THIS WEEK!

I am committed!! I love new weeks, new years, setting goals, new menu’s, new commitments, new everything!  And I love exclamation points! How else will you all know how excited I am!!

So, it is my goal this week to make everything on our menu!  (include snacks and lunches)  I am sticking with it this week.  Why make menu plans, if I’m not going to follow through, right?  I’ll post pictures this week, if the meal looks appetizing, and I’ll report if my kids ate what was scheduled.  Breakfast may be the most difficult.  With being out of school, I sometimes spend too long at the gym, and they’ve eaten before I get home.  But I’m going to try!

Don’t forget- to print the menu, go to the menu archives page and click on the pdf.

Here is the menu for this week.  I’m so excited its Christmas week!  I love holidays. And, whether you are ready or not, it still happens.  I’m not ready!  But I’m sure I’ll be by Christmas day. 

For the printable plan, go here: Menu ideas

For spice recipes, visit McCormick’s website!