So, I thought it would be good to make a list that I could reference and share with others as well!
Dinner Ideas:
***As a general rule all of our ground beef/steak is grass-fed, chicken is organic and free-range, eggs are cage-free/organic, and bacon is nitrate free
***Bread, tortillas, pasta and all baked goods are whole grain
- Tacos - make your own. Either using black beans, fish, chicken, steak, or ground beef
- side ideas: cheese (shred yourself), avocado, salsa, grilled veggies, sour cream, guacamole, olives...
- Bacon, lettuce, avocado sandwiches (we don't like raw tomato, but you could use it)
- Whole chicken in a crockpot <--Recipe link
- Make chicken stock with the leftover bones then have...
- Chicken Noodle soup (Recipe link) the next day or
- Beef Stew (use the chicken stock from above... NOT beef boullion)
- Macaroni and Cheese - Homemade
- Grilled chicken, fish (wild caught), or steak with a "side" see below for list of sides
- Homemade Chicken Nuggets (Recipe Link)
- Spaghetti (or other pasta) with either ground beef or Homemade meatballs...
- I usually buy the organic marinara from Vons or Traders for this, but we have also made our own sauce with fresh tomatoes
- Meatball sandwiches using the meatballs from above
- Pizza (homemade, a good meatless option)
- a whole grain dough recipe has been tough for us to find that we like, so we use either Trader Joes whole wheat pitas, their wheat dough (which is NOT whole grain, so not great), or we have been trying different recipes
- We use a mix of whole milk mozzarella, sharp cheddar, and fresh parmesan...all freshly shredded. (preshredded cheese includes an anti-caking preservative)
- Eggplant parmesan
- use homemade whole wheat breadcrumbs
- Quiche (Recipe Link)
- Salad... endless possibilities (link)...with homemade dressing
- I try all sorts of dressing recipes off the internet... as long as they have real ingredients
- Almost all storebought dressing is full of preservatives and soy, it takes about 3 minutes to make my own and they taste SO much better
- for the kids we do the salad ingredients in bowls and they can choose what they want either on a salad or seperately
- Omlettes, fritada, waffles, pancakes, french toast, hootennanies (these are a cross between scrambled eggs and french toast)
- whatever breakfast for dinner you can do using whole grain flour/bread
- Use fresh fruit and 100% pure and organic maple syrup
- Brown Rice
- Quinoa
- Whole grain couscous
- Noodles and breadcrumbs
- Baked potatoes
- Red, sweet, yukon potatoes (roasted)
- Grilled/roasted veggies (whatever is in season)
- FRUIT!! <-- We have fruit at every. single. meal.
