Meal Plan First Half of November

Life happens quickly around here, and for that reason alone, I am always thankful for leftovers and freezer meals especially when illness strikes me.  With all that said, I am behind on my meal planning seeing it is already November 1st today, so we indulge for a couple days on freezer meals while I get to the store and prep meals.


If  this is the first time you are reading one of my meal plans, go here for an explanation of what I do and why I do it

Breakfast

Kefir over Homemade granola (3 breakfasts first week/ 3 breakfast the second week)
Granola Recipe- Catherine Elder
9 cups of oats, 1 cup coconut oil, 1/2 cup water, 3/4 cup sweetener (I use honey), mix and spread on cookie sheets! Bake at 225 for 1.5 hours and let cool in oven overnight.  Make sure it is fairly dry before you turn the oven off for the night (not too wet, not very brown--just taste it!). 


Butternut squash with coconut milk fruit smoothie
As you can tell we cannot ever eat enough winter squash! Recipe by Mary Collins (3 breakfasts first week/ 3 breakfast the second week)
Butternut squash
Slice the whole thing in half & scoop out the seeds. Put it in the crock pot with an inch of water. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg & a pinch of salt. Flip it on low right before you go to bed. Turn it off when you wake up in the morning. Add some butter to get all melted and decadent. To serve, scoop the flesh from the skin and top with nuts, raisins, and coconut milk.
Coconut fruit smoothie
1 cup of unsweetened coconut milk, cinnamon, 2 tbsp. honey, and 1 cups frozen fruit- blend (serves 2 / 4ww points)


Egg, avocado, bacon wraps cooked in a pan with coconut oil (3 breakfasts first week/ 3 breakfast the second week)

Lunch

Spaghettti Squash Burrito Bowls - BeCa Fisk (1 week lunches)

http://www.makingthymeforhealth.com/2014/09/24/spaghetti-squash-burrito-bowls/

I cook a whole chicken and use all of it's meat, some black beans, corn, a red onion, some garlic, a couple bell peppers and some cheese to top. I sautéed the raw ingredients together and then added the chicken to heat it up before filling the pre-cooked spaghetti squash boats.  I scooped out about 2/3 of the squash and then filled with the tex-mex goodness. I didn't layer like the recipe says.  I saved the extra spaghetti squash for a veggie squash spaghetti dish listed below.  We use 3 spaghetti squash per night to feed our family.  

Butternut squash lasagna rolls up (2nd week lunches)
http://www.blessthismessplease.com/2013/02/butternut-squash-lasagna-roll-ups.html

Dinner

8 healthy crockpot freezer meals in 45 minutes
( I plan to double so that I have 16 and these will be my meals for the next 2 weeks.)
*All recipes are simple and include a meat, veggie, and homemade sauce.   Each bag will have enough for 6 servings. 
2 bags of beef fajitas
2 bags of Italian veggies and chicken
2 bags of honey Dijon chicken and red potatoes
2 bags of barbecue chicken and carrots
https://newleafwellness.biz/2015/02/23/8-healthy-crockpot-freezer-meals-in-45-minutes/