It’s been awhile since I’ve participated in Menu Plan Monday and it feels good to be back. I won’t say how long it took to come up with this menu but it wasn’t a five-minute thing despite its simplicity. And I really should have cleaned out my fridge, freezer, and deep freezer before I made the menu plan so I could make the best use of use-it-or-toss-it items but I didn’t.

Monday: Slow-Cooker Pork Chops, carrots, edamame
Tuesday: Pasta Roll-Ups with Turkey and Spinach, salad
Wednesday: Mexican Lasagna, salad
Thursday: Moroccan-Spiced Tomato Chicken, brown rice, brussels sprouts
Friday: leftover lasagna
Saturday: leftover Moroccan Chicken
Sunday: Thanksgiving dinner at my mom’s (Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend!)

There are many, many more menu plans to be perused over at I’m an Organizing Junkie.

Today is a day off school for B and as the weather is still rainy (it’s been raining for two weeks) it might be a challenge for us to spend the day inside without going crazy and getting on each others nerves. I have some bananas to use up so muffins are likely in the works. I also grated up a zucchini the other day and froze it so zucchini muffins are also an option. If the rain holds off long enough in the morning B and I will dig some potatoes for the Slow Cooker Pork Chops. We may also head down to one of the garden centres to pick up some apples for making applesauce later in the week on one of my days off. I wish we had orchards around here but the nearest ones are at least two hours away and my work schedule isn’t meshing well with the weekend, when B is off school.

Now it’s off to bed for me for a few hours of sleep before my mom drops B at home on her way to work. I worked a night shift tonight (4 p.m. until 2 a.m.) so he slept at her place tonight.