Last nights dinner - veggie thai green curry, rice, cashew salad, avocado & cucumber!
My first six weeks of motherhood included a scary food bill, I tried not to let it bother me because as I’ve mentioned before, my focus was on one thing and one thing only – survival! Over the last couple of weeks as we settled into “normal”, a spring returned to my step {though my email address has thousands of unread emails, so I’m not exactly totally “normal” yet!} and I’m ready to embrace menu planning again! When I received my children, I was told my son only ate about 4 things, my daughter much more, but certainly was not on a diet that I would feed my child. I knew based on some of their special needs that diet was something that needed to change asap. I can tell you that apart from goat cheese and some hummus, my children eat everything – quinoa, avocado, almonds, broccoli and the list goes on and on and on! I am so so blessed because apart from loads of gentle encouragement, explanations about how our taste buds need to get used to foods and involving them in meal preparations, I haven’t had to do any more! So this week will be our first menu planned week and so far it looks pretty good!
Breakfasts
Cereal with milk, 1/2 cut up banana
Almond butter sandwich, fruit x 2
Beans on toast, fruit
Scrambled egg on toast, fruit
Cheese, yoghurt, fruit, almonds x 2
Lunch [they get lunch at school, so this week I only need to plan 3 lunches}
Tuna sandwiches, cut up slices of cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, fruit
Lentil soup, salad, fruit x2
Dinner
Vegetarian chili, rice, avocado, corn on the cob, salad, fruit x 2
Salmon, sweet potato fries, salad, green beans, fruit
Curried cauliflower and chickpeas, salad, peas, fruit x 2
Alfredo spinach pasta, salad, squash, green beans, fruit
Homemade potato wedges, eggs, spring rolls, salad, tomatoes, fruit salad
I’m also going to make a large pear crisp!
And there you have it; wish us luck 
Because I know you have so much time on your hands (wink, wink!), you really need to post a few recipes…vegetarian chili, curried cauliflower and chickpeas, and alfredo spinach pasta are the ones that sound best to me. The girls and I have been doing some major cooking lately and we’re always looking for yummy new recipes. Of course, I need to post some of mine too so whatever.
hmmm…would you mind setting an extra plate out for an extra eater this week? Plus I don’t mind hummus or goat cheese one bit! lol
YEA for children who eat a lovely plate full of fresh vegetables. And a big ‘WAY TO GO’ to their mother!
FT – You are doing a wonderful job with your new family and I am in awe of you! Your recipes sound fab and like some of the previous comments, I too would love some of the recipes. The curried cauliflower and chickpea one sounds especially interesting / yummy. Don’t be too hard on yourself as you get into a routine with everyone. I too have been trying to cook more and pull out recipe books to change up the regular. We had blueberry pancakes this morning and I was amazed how good they were, how quick they were to make and how cheap they would have actually cost to make. I wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. We all have a lot to be thankful for! I know I’m grateful / thankful for your blog. Have enjoyed reading it over the past few years.
So glad to hear everyone is settling in well! Your menus sound lovely, especially the pear crisp, lol.
I love fall when apples and pears get topped with yummy oatmeal crispiness. Do you put chopped walnuts in yours? I do my chickpea/cauliflower curry in the crockpot with coconut milk and sweet potatoes–so easy when I’m busy. Thank you so much for taking precious time to give us some updates. I continue to pray for you.
It’s great to see you have a routine going and are able to recipe plan again. Your kids are going to be so healthy
This sounds wonderful! I am so happy for you all!
I want to come and eat at your home!
You are doing better than many parents who have had the children all the time from birth. I like the way you told the children about taste buds. I can just imagine all the mental adventures your little ones are enjoying in their new lives. Wonderful. Cherrie
Good luck. You can cook for me any time. Great job on getting the kiddos to try new things!
And how did went, how are you doing
I know you’re super busy, but just wanted to say: I miss your blog posts!
No pressure to post again though!
Hope everyone in FT Land is well!
Ditto!
How have you been, FT? Everything okay?
Hope all is well with you and your family. Belated congratulations, by the way. Sending you good wishes across the ocean
Ditto! To all the above comments. Know you are busy but if and when (LOL!!) Life settles down a bit, I would love the cauliflower chickpea recipe too.
? An ebook, FT Family Cookbook??!!!! Gotta nice ring to it!
Blessings to the FT Family.
Adrienne