Menu Plan Monday: Eating with Purpose

Happy Labor Day to you all!  Hoping you are enjoying some rest and relaxation with your fabulous families.

Today I am going to steer off path just a tiny bit.  I am eating with more purpose and wanted to share what that is looking like with my readers.  First let me clarify.  Eating with purpose is not dieting!  Dieting does not work and I refuse to do it any longer.

Eating with purpose means eating intentionally by choosing food to help me live. Not living to eat food!  My goal is not to be thin, but to have the Lord's help in building a temple that is useful in His service.  (P.S.  This includes exercise  which I am less than enthusiastic about, but we'll talk on that later.)

We are largely gluten free now, due to the Scout's nutritional needs, so much of our menus will reflect that.  Here is our menu for this week, followed by the lunch menu at co-op for week #4.

FAMILY MENU:

Monday -

Lunch: Beef hot dogs & chili, roasted corn & salad (NO BUNS)

Mom's Meal - 3 oz turkey burger, 1 cup greens with lemon and EVOO, 1 small apple, 1/2 small banana & 1 cup Vanilla honey Greek yogurt, water with lemon

Dinner: Turkey burgers with cheddar, salad, broccoli (NO BUNS)

Mom's Meal - 1/2 cup albacore tuna, 1 slice GF toast, herbal tea

Tuesday -

Lunch: KIDS EAT AT S.H.A.P.E.

Mom's Meal - 1 cup cheese, 1 hard boiled egg and 5 GF crackers

Dinner: Sandwich bar with GF Bread

Mom's Meal - 3 oz lean meat, 1 cup raw broccoli, 1/2 cup carrots, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup Greek yogurt

Wednesday - 

Lunch: KIDS EAT AT S.H.A.P.E.

Mom's Meal - 1 hard boiled egg and a slice of GF toast

Dinner: Crust-less quiche, salad & baked potato soup

Mom's Meal - 1 cup tuna, 1/2 banana and 1 cup Greek yogurt

Thursday - 

Lunch: KIDS EAT AT S.H.A.P.E.

Dinner: Lettuce Wraps

Mom's Meal - Eats regular meal

Friday - 

Lunch: Ratatouille, Salad

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Dinner: Chicken spaghetti with rice noodles

Mom's Meal - Eats regular meal

Saturday -

Lunch: Baked Potato Bar, Salad

Dinner: Left overs

Mom's Meal - Eats regular meal

Sunday -

Lunch: Almond Butter Rolls, salad, carrot sticks

Dinner: Mexican Lasagna, salad, black beans

Mom's Meal - Eats regular meal

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This is a weekly update post for those of my readers that attend the S.H.A.P.E. Academy homeschool cooperative.  For my regular readers, this is a local Christian classical cooperative in our area.  I cook there, as the "healthy" lunch lady, 3 days a week.  I serve the students hot, fresh meals and my kids get to eat with their friends.  (Just in case my readers are going, huh?  Now you know.)

Greetings to all you S.H.A.P.E. families staying healthy with us in the Lunch Room!  Here is a look at the lunch menu for week #4 at cooperative:

MONDAY, September 11, 2012

REGULAR LUNCH OPTION - 

Chicken Alfredo Lasagna, Zucchini, Salad, Mini Cannolli

GLUTEN FREE OPTION -

Zucchini Chicken Lasagna, Steamed Carrots, Salad, Pineapple

HEALTHY OPTION -

Chicken Salad on Tomato, Cheese Chunks, Whole Wheat Crackers, Pineapple

WEDNESDAY, September 12, 2012

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REGULAR LUNCH OPTION - 
2 Slices Pizza (Pepperoni, Hamburger, or Cheese)
Salad
Cinnamon Sticks
(Extra Pizza - $1.00 for 2 slices, $1.00 EACH additional slice)

GLUTEN FREE OPTION -
Crust-less Pizza (Pepperoni, Hamburger, or Cheese)
Salad
Baked Cinnamon Apples

HEALTHY OPTION -
Turkey Chef Salad, Fruit Salad

THURSDAY, September 13, 2012 *PAJAMA DAY*

REGULAR LUNCH OPTION - 
French Toast Sticks with Syrup, Hard Boiled Egg, Fruit & Yogurt

GLUTEN FREE OPTION -
French Toast Sticks with Syrup (GF Bread), Hard Boiled Egg, Fruit & Yogurt

HEALTHY OPTION -
Italiano Salad: Antipasto, Chocolate Dipped Fruit
ALL LUNCHES SERVED WITH YOUR CHOICE OF THE FOLLOWING BEVERAGES:
Bottled Water, Sweet Tea, or Milk

*LUNCHES MUST BE PREPAID TO SECURE MEAL SERVICE*
Please message me with a comment below and I will send you my mailing address so you can order before school begins.  ORDERS received ON the day of lunch purchase will be charged a late lunch fee.

Children who do not bring their lunch will be given a Sacked Lunch: PBJ Sandwich, apple and bottled water - $2.00 will be billed to the parent.

Please let me know if you have any menu questions.  I will be happy to help.

Have a super eating with purpose week!
 
The Joyful Socks Mom 

8 Weeks To Becoming Fruitful--->Getting Depression OUT of Your Vocabulary!

The slippery slope of depression.  I know the path leading toward it far too well and the path victoriously walking away from it, far to little.  Depression has been a life long struggle for me.  Some that know me would be shocked by this statement.  I mean my nickname is "Joyful Socks" for the love of Peter Parker.  Others, who know me well, will not be shocked at all.  I recall a song, Smokey Robinson wrote, "The Tears of a Clown", that has consistently been me!

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Depression as a whole, in my life, has been a constant tug-of-war.  I will feel as though I am gaining ground and then loose it just as quickly when the next challenge arises.  Ignoring the fleshly pull of depression is not wise.  Allowing it too much "lip service" is equally dangerous.  What has the overcoming answer been for me?  How do I grasp onto the abundance of joy that the Lord promises?  How do I consistently live in His victory, far from the pull of depression in my daily life?

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2 Peter 1:4-11

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust: 

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brother kindness charity.

For these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."

I will be writing a series to this affect over the next 8 weeks.  Together we will share testimonies, examine scripture and edify one another to a higher walk in the Lord's service.

We will discuss and cover the steps to defeating everyday depression, examine and learn to walk in the power God has imparted to us through the Holy Spirit, and find the practical application of scripture in walking daily without depression, and promote the encouragement to begin this journey on the road from depression.

Week one of our study will begin next Monday, September 10, 2012 and the final post coming at the end of October.  I hope you will join us for this series and encourage others to join in too.

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The Joyful Socks Mom 

Winner, Winner, Winner, Winner, Winner and Another Winner!

We have some winners galore today!  Not, that you aren't all winners everyday.  You are all totally winners, or else why would you be reading this blog?  No brainer.

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