Thursday food planning

Not "foodie-Friday" like most blogs because Reed is in daycare Thursday, so this is when I get a bit of time...  maybe "Food-think Thursday"...

I've decided to start planning out my meals, get organized.  I find there is nothing worse than looking at the clock late into the afternoon, and then scrambling in the cupboards and freezer to see what I can pull together.  The hardest part is just thawing the meat, we have decided to get rid of our microwave and so no more quick thaw.

Since Colin started hunting, we do have a lot of meat, a lot of deer and elk (ground, cubed, sausage, salami...).  I feel really good that most of the meat we eat is so conscientiously (and locally!) harvested.  I am not sure I could go hunting myself... Colin asks me to come, he says there is nothing like it.  But the idea of sitting in one spot for hours in the cold (November) and just waiting... No not for me, I'd be consumed with thoughts about all the things I could be getting done at home.  Not to mention the actually act of shooting or witnessing the animal die.  Yes, it is sad.  But perhaps not as sad as the way in which most of the animals have spent their entire existence which we purchase at the grocery store.  At least I can be sure that this animal has lived a good life in the wild. 

Reed is waking up...

The point is the meal planning..

Here is my week of meals:


Thursday - Taco salad (my all-time fave)

Friday - elk spaghetti (Reed eats 'noo-noos' like nobodys business)

Saturday - chicken fajita

Sunday - Italian elk sausage and quinoa salad ... http://the-healthy-wife.com/a-new-recipe-kale-quinoa-sweet-potato-salad/

Monday - breakfast for dinner, scrambler or something..

Tuesday - salmon

Wednesday - pork chops (so not my fave, but Colin likes them)