Menu Plan Monday

Many people dread Mondays. I've never shared that dread. I love Monday mornings. They're a new start. A fresh week. And they're menu planning days! I hope you'll come back for my recipes each day this week, and I encourage you to visit I'm an Organizing Junkie for roughly 300 more menu plans.

Here's this week's plan:

Breakfasts:

• bagels from scratch
• huevos rancheros
• butter pecan waffles
• other days will be oat bran hot cereal, oatmeal, cream of wheat, or scrambled eggs

Lunches:

• All lunches this week will be leftovers from other meals for adults.
• For children, packed school lunches will include sandwiches, fruit, carrots & ranch, cookies, and juice.

Dinners (I plan this menu a month in advance, so this is tentative. It depends on last minute schedule changes, appointments, and whims. I will get to every dinner item in the month of February, but here's what I have planned for the week ahead):

• Honey-Nut Chicken over vanilla rice, with gingerbread men for dessert
• (something I meant to get to twice this month already) chicken nuggets (homemade) with Alton Brown's mac & cheese
• Chicken Noodle Soup and Garlic Bread Sticks
• Beef-Barley Stew and corn muffins
• Mini Meatloaves and Twice-Baked Potatoes
• Red Beans & Rice, Cornbread, and Turnip Greens
• Lentil-Rice Tacos

Planned Snacks and Desserts:

• New York Style Cheesecake
• Cinnamon-Sugar Soft Pretzels