It's Menu Monday again!

Holy cow!  This week is making me nervous!  I don't have a set plan for the weekend because we will be traveling for our 4th annual "Honey Bee" (anniversary).  I know, from past experiences, that when I'm not fully planned/prepared, I will not be a huge success.  I have a general plan, but we all know that FOOD is such a huge part of traveling.  Especially for the Edwards Family.  Wish me luck!  Here's my plan for the week...I'm hoping I don't have to eat 3 grilled chicken salads this weekend...

I know it's somewhat generic...but it's the best I could do for the weekend. 

Recipes this week:

Monday-Sauteed Kale

Wednesday-Tuna Salad with No Mayo

Wednesday-Grilled Fish with Cucumber Cucumber Mint

Have a successful week!

Menu-October 6-12, 2014

It's #MenuMonday!  How am I staying on track this week?  Here ya go!

Notice the "grayed" in boxes....those are NEW recipes to try!  I can't wait!

I've also changed up the system a bit.  I've added a "workout" section & removed the "grocery list".  I tend to buy groceries without my menu, so why waste space there?

We have a busy week this week.  Monday after school, I've promised Cheyenne we would go see The Maze Runner.  We won't be out too late, so we can still have dinner at home. But Tuesday is where it gets all crazy!  Dusty & Cheyenne will be off to softball practice, while I head to Arkadelphia for the City Council meeting.  Wednesday, we will play catch up from a busy week beginning while Cheyenne is at AKC.  Thursday hits us with softball practice & a college night in Hot Springs for Wednesday.  Friday night we have football (Lyndsey) and softball (Cheyenne) while Saturday brings us a college visit for Lyndsey & a softball tourney for Cheyenne.  Just when I think things have gotten slower for our family, we get hit hard with a hectic schedule.

How do you stay on track when your family has you running?

Jenn

FFN Friendly Inspired by Pinterest

We've been pretty lazy around my house today. Dusty isn't feeling well and I've been so busy it was nice to just hang. So I trolled Pinterest looking for FFN Friendly recipes. What I found was quite a few that could be "tweaked" to fit in with the program. 

My first foray into recipe alterations came from a pumpkin and chocolate chip cookie recipe. I LOVE pumpkin. I'm not brave enough to use the shake mixes to make cookies, so I decided on a shake. I was super excited to figure out how to make a shake using this cookie recipe. My creation turns out pretty good, even Dusty thought so. 

Chocolate Pumpkin Shake

2 scoops of Chocolate Body FX 

1/2 cup frozen pumpkin purée

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp brown sugar Stevia

Blend in blender. Enjoy!

After that, I started searching for FFN Friendly soups for my sickly husband. What better to open up the nasal passages, right? After some searching, I came across one to tweak. Here's the result-

Not being real sure about the FFN Friendliness of this soup, I texted my sponsor and coach Penny to ask her. She approved, provided you use low-fat, low sodium kielbasa. I would not suggest a WHOLE bowl of this. Limit yourself to 1 cup because there's really a lot of protein in here! Plus, thermic veggies included! FFN Score!!!!

I love eating good in my FFN 'hood! Won't you join me?

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