Weekly Menu and Groceries (March 10th-16th)

Hey there! I have another weekly menu and grocery post for you. I also included a few pix of my fridge and what I have in my cupboards. 

As always it is my hope that showing what I buy and how I stretch it and what we do in general can help and inspire others to cook healthy in their kitchen too. 

For the most part all you see here, plus a few things already residing in my fridge and cupboards, will be able to breakdown into meals to feed our family of five ALL WEEK! And then some because of the bulk packages of meat. Not only do I love feeding my family healthy food, I love that it is economical as well.

This is really a general grocery haul and very typical for our family. Lots of veggies, lots of fruit, lots of meat (specifically chicken). A few things we are trying out this week that are new to us are a plantain and a spaghetti squash.

These are kind of the randoms. Some cream, milk, butter, yogurt, noodles (gasp), almond milk, diced tomatoes, and some mineral water (to mix with my happy planet juice). This really is the extent of our processed/packaged goods. I do have a few others in the cupboard but yeah, pretty minimal, just how I like it. 

Below is our family menu for the week. I have been really liking looking at it menu style as opposed to a spreadsheet, and then leaving our options for breakfast, lunch, and snacks more as guidelines as opposed to a strict plan. 

And now time for a a mini fridge and dry goods tour!!!! Please avert your eyes at the unhealthy selections you may see ;) 

The few things not shown here are my spices and my little bulk section where I have my chia seeds, hemp hearts, sliced almonds, alternative flours, and those kinds of things. That area was a disaster so no pix on that one.  Also my stash of tea and Shakeology aren't shown. Those almost deserve a post of their very own. 

Well, that about wraps it up. Hope you enjoyed this little peak into my fridge and little cupboards and are able maybe make some use of the weekly menu. I'll be getting tonight's supper on the roll shortly. Saucy Mozza chicken is going to ROCK (just not sure about the spaghetti squash). 

This Week's Grocery Haul and Basic Meal Plan

Yes it's Tuesday, and I'm a touch late getting the groceries this week and slapping a meal plan together, but I still got it together to get myself back on track. 

To make the meal plan this week I took a look at what was still in our freezer and cupboards and then decided what I wanted to make for supper and what we would need. We still had a few things leftover from previous Costco trips (mostly meat and cupboards staples) so we did have to do quite a big produce stickup. 

I have to admit that I do get a huge thrill out of seeing so much beautiful colour in my grocery cart. The greens, yellows, reds, etc, are so vibrant. Eat the rainbow for sure!!

So I'll break down what I am going to be making this week first. I decided to do it up more menuish than meal plan. Menu sounds nicer, lol, like I'm eating out at a restaurant…but at home ;)

Based off of my menu I bought the following groceries:

PRODUCE

MEAT AND DAIRY

MISCELLANEOUS

As you can hopefully see I make a variety of foods, everything sounds yummy, looks great, and of course tastes delicious. For one fancy night out at a steak house I can buy an entire week's worth of groceries to feed our growing family of five, and man do my growing kids eat A LOT. True we had a few things already at home from those previous Costco trips but they balance out and last a loooong time. 

As you can see there is very little in the way of any processed snacks. Mostly because we don't need them. I am busy, I am active, I need ENERGY. What I don't need are foods that are going to take a lot to fill me up, give me no nutritional advantage, and put yucky things into my body. 

Eating whole, real foods is so important to feeling your best, looking your best, and being able to Rock Your Life! 

Herb and Garlic Roasted Pork Tenderloin

Pork tenderloin is a great inexpensive cut of meat and something I make quite often. While making it for supper tonight I figured I would share with you one of my favourite recipes for making it. It is easy, quick, and super tasty. Enjoy!

For this Pork Tenderloin Recipe you will need:

Pork Tenderloin (usually vacuum sealed in a 2 pack)

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp dried parsley

1 tsp dried basil

roughly 1/2 tsp seat salt

roughly 1/2 tsp pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

Put the tenderloins into your roasting pan and sprinkle all the spices and oil and such over it. Using your hands make sure everything is spread over well. 

Then place them into a hot pan (at medium heat) on your stove and sear all sides. 

Put the seasoned and seared tenderloins back into the roaster. Put the the lid on. Roast in the oven at 375' for 30-35 minutes. 

Let tenderloin sit for 5 minutes after taking it out of the oven. 

Don't they look beauty??

Slice it and serve it up with two veggies and a clean carb (tonight we had a mix of broccoli/cauliflower and peas with basmati rice). 

I hope you enjoy this recipe. Have a rockin' day!

Homemade Meatballs

Do you love meatballs? I absolutely do. I love anything that has to do with protein and since meshing my clean eating and paleo philosophies together I can eat them totally guilt free. 

If you'd like to have some guilt free meatballs feel free to use the recipe that I came up with this evening for supper. You could do them with a tomato sauce and spaghetti squash for a healthy and wholesome spaghetti or you could go even simpler like I did tonight and had them with basmati rice, organic corn, carrots sticks on the side. 

Easy Homemade Meatballs

Mix all the following ingredients in a bowl and mash together well

-1 lb ground beef (organic or grass fed if you can)

-1/2 tsp sea salt

-1/2 tsp dried parsley

-1/4 tsp ground pepper

-1/2 tbsp almond flour

-1 egg

-1 tbsp finely diced red pepper

-1 tbsp finely diced onion

-1 garlic clove very finely minced

You can either fry them in a pan or bake in the oven at 350. In both cases within 30 minutes you can be eating a great supper.