Breakfast

I did NOT come up with these, but they are too good to not pass on:
You can premake these and then enjoy whenever.  :)

NOT" Kellogg's Nutrigrain Bars
Cereal type bars from Duncan Hines Bake Shop in a Box
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter
2 and 1/2 cups quick oats
12 ounces preserves or jam (any flavor)
1 T. water
Preheat oven to 375. Melt butter. Combine cake mix and oats in a large bowl; stir in the melted butter until the mixture is crumbly. Measure half of this mixture(about 3 cups) into a greased 13 x9x3 inch pan. Press firmly into pan to cover the bottom. Combine preserves and water; spoon over crumb mixture in pan, and spread evenly. Cover with remaining crumb mixture. Pat firmly to make top even. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes--top should be very light brown. Cool completely before cutting into
bars.

Banana Breakfast Bars
Recipe By : Cookbooks Online
Serving Size : 1
3/4 cup soft butter or margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
4 cups uncooked regular or quick oats
1/2 cup dried currants -- raisins, prunes or
-- apricots
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. Cream together in large bowl, butter and sugar until fluffy, using electric mixer. Add egg, salt, cinnamon and bananas. With spoon, stir in remaining ingredients. Spread smoothly in pan. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely. Cut into 12 bars. Wrap individually, seal and freeze. Great way to use overripe bananas; makes a very nutritious "on the go" breakfast or snack.

Cheerios Breakfast Bars
Recipe By : Cheerios
Serving Size : 1
1/4 cup margarine
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup dry milk
1/4 cup orange-flavored instant breakfast drink
1 cup raisins
3 cups Cheerios®
Butter a 9x9x2" pan. Melt butter & marshmallows over low heat, stirring constantly. Stir in milk, breakfast drink, and peanut butter. Fold in raisins and cereal, stirring until coated. With buttered hands, pat evenly in pan. Cool and cut into squares.
Breakfast Bars1
Recipe By : Cookbooks Online
Serving Size : 1
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 cups cereal -- crushed
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup flour
Mix together and pat into cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cut while warm and spread cream cheese, when cool, on top and make sandwiches out of them.
Breakfast Fruit Bars
Recipe By : Austin American Statesman 9/14/94
Serving Size : 20
1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 egg -- lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ounces diced dried mixed fruit
2 tablespoons oats
Combine 1 1/2 cups oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, soda and salt. Combine juice, oil, egg and vanilla and add to dry ingredients. Mix well. Stir in fruit. Spread into a 13x9 inch pan that has been sprayed with no-stick cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining oats. Bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes or until lightly browned and edges pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely. Cut into bars. Store tightly covered. (Bars may also be frozen in individual bags. Thaw at room temperature or microwave on high for 30 seconds per bar.) Makes 20 bars.
Sugar-Free Breakfast Bars
Recipe By : Cookbooks Online
Serving Size : 1
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 ounce or more oatmeal
1 teaspoon honey
raisins (optional)
2 tablespoons liquid coffee or water
1 package sugar free nestle quik
1/3 cup powdered milk
Mix and freeze in plastic wrap or foil. May eat as a breakfast or make into small candy bars. Very good substitute for fattening candy bars.

Menu Ideas

I have no idea what happened to the pretty 2 month menu that I used to have, it was written out on the calendar and there was 2 months of dinners that were all different.  You will all have to make due with a smaller run down list of some of the favorites.  :)  If there is something that you don't know how to make, LMK and I will try and get some time to write up our quick and easy way of making it.

The majority of items that I make are "semi-homemade" due to time constraints, especially since I have a job now, no more home made pasta for this girl.  ;)

Lets start with some breakfast ideas:

Day 1: Pancakes
Bacon
Fresh fruit
Rice or almond milk

Day 2: French toast
Sausage
Fresh fruit
Rice or almond milk

Day 3: Eggs
Toast
Corned beef hash
Fresh fruit
Rice or almond milk

Day 4: Waffles
Bacon or sausage
Fresh fruit
Rice or almond milk

Day 5: Biscuits and gravy
Hash browns
Fresh fruit
Rice or almond milk

Keep in mind, now that the kids are in school, they don't want to eat at home, they want to eat school breakfast, and I am not home for breakfast anymore, so I get out of many breakfasts now.  This WAS the menu for me before though.  Most of the breakfast items were easy to do from scratch because you could set up the stuff earlier and then just add the wet ingredients when you were ready.  :)

Onward to Lunch ideas, again, the kids eat at school and I am not home for lunch, so I get to cheat now and skip most of the lunches during the week:

Every day will have a fresh fruit and fresh veggie and chocolate rice or chocolate almond milk


Ham subs

Turkey subs

Ravioli

Spag

Mac and cheese

Cream of potato

Chix soup

Veggie soup

Pizza

Copeland pasta (family recipe)


If they don't like lunch that day they may have pbj


We forward on and finally hit the dinner selections that are a favorite in this house:

Dinner

Every meal will have a bread served, veggie, fruit

Meatloaf

Terraki chicken

Taco

Chicken pot pie

Chili

Chix faj

Stuffed pepper

Lemon pepper

Swiss steak

Bbq chix

Swedish meatballs

Quesadilla

Chix parm

Roast

Chix fingers

Spag and meatballs

Kielbasa and beans

Bratwurst

Lasagna

Chix rice bake

Taco salad

Chix kabobs with pineapple

Phili cheese steak

There are no other dinner options, you must fill yourself up with provided dinner and there will be no backup food to choose from.

Everyone can come up with side dishes, I assume, but in case you are out of ideas... BAM... one or two thrown at ya...

Sides:

Fruit salad

Watergate (green fluff)

Trop fruit, starfruit, ugli fruit, strawberries, apples, pears, Mandarin oranges, cherries, peaches.

Carrots baby or brown sugar or reg with butter.

Potatoes... baked, mashed, fried

Salad

Corn. Cream or nibblet or cob

Green beans

Peas

Asparagus

Squash

Celery