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Lunch Time!

I feel like this thought process goes through my head at around 11:30 every single morning: "Ugh, is it lunch time already? Didn't we just have breakfast? Can't we just have more breakfast for lunch?"  As a food allergy mom (milk, egg, peanut, treenut, fish, shellfish, and soy-sensitive) lunch is the toughest meal of the day for me. I feel like I can never quite come up with enough lunch-y things that are safe for the boys. So today, I really sat down and thought about it. And once I thought about it, I realized we had more lunch 'recipes' (if you can call them that) than I had realized. Here are some of our go-to lunches: I'll start with what we had today, because I am SO EXCITED I finally discovered a yummy way to make chicken nuggets! *Baked chicken nuggets : I made a honey-mustard mixture, dipped cut up chicken breasts in it, then coated them with panko bread crumbs seasoned with Mrs. Dash (I love that woman...wherever she is.) Bake at 350 u...

What's for Dinner?

I figured I should start recording my menus so that I have a reference to look back on for ideas.  Here's what's for dinner this week. And please, feel free to share your meal ideas in the comments!! :) Sunday: Potato Leek soup and ham sandwiches Monday: Balsamic Roasted Chicken, Kale and beans, scalloped potatoes Tuesday: Chicken and Lime Chili (with the chicken leftover from Monday) Wednesday: Hot Dog crescents, broccoli Thursday: Spaghetti & Meatballs, Salad, Garlic Bread Friday: Tacos, tomato & corn salad, beans & rice Saturday: Pork -something (haven't decided yet), spinach, rice Sunday: Leftovers