This week I’m working on some clearing out my freezer and prepping for the upcoming weekend. I’m the head of kitchen for a monthly LARP group. It’s a pretty physical activity with gamers being the player-base. It’s my personal mission to use mainly homemade real food while keeping with the typical items they enjoy. The game food will be bought at the co-op and Costco.

MONDAY

Sandwiches with Cheese, Caramelized Onions, & Boiled Lamb’s Tongue @ Allrecipes

Homemade Yogurt

TUESDAY

Leftovers

WEDNESDAY

Mac & Cheese

Homemade Sour Cream @ Tasty Kitchen

Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix @ Real Food Healthy Living

Italian Seasoning @ Allrecipes

Homemade Gatorade @ Texas Tootbloom (assemble dry ingredients)

Shred Cheese

THURSDAY- PREP DAY

Leftovers

Assemble Ranch Dip

Cook Sourdough French Toast @ The Nourished Kitchen

Cook Bacon & Sausage

Cook Potatoes

Cook Pasta

Cook Meat

Cook Scratch.Love Marinara Sauce @ Scratch.Love

Cook Whiskey Cream Sauce @ Simple Bites

Assemble & Wrap Soft Garlic Bread @ Simply Recipes

Cook Raw Apple Cake @ Simply Recipes

THE WEEKEND MENU

~Beverages~

Gatorade

Sweetened Iced Rooibos Tea, cold brewed overnight

Water

~Friday Night Snacks~

Tortilla Chips

Pretzels

Fresh Sliced Veggies

Cheese Dip

Salsa

Ranch Dip

~Saturday Morning~

Scrambled Eggs

Bacon or Sausage

Diced Potatoes with olive oil, black pepper, & salt (1 serving/person)

Cheese (to add to the eggs or potatoes)

Ketchup

~Saturday Evening~

Pasta or Rice and sauce

Ground Beef or Pork (to add)

Garlic Bread

Simple Salad

Ranch Dressing

Assorted Vinagrettes

Cake

It’s Monday, thought I’d go ahead and share our meal plan.

This week I shopped at Cub for my deals and decided to splurge a bit on seafood in honor of Mother’s Day.

If it looks like our meals are sparse it’s because I don’t plan our side dishes.

I just use what we have.

MONDAY

Garlic Butter Baked Crab Legs @ Food.com (Snow Crab Legs are on sale at Cub for $8/lb this week.)

TUESDAY

Rice and Black Beans @ Food.com

WEDNESDAY

Leftovers

THURSDAY

Bistro Clams @ The Nourishing Gourmet (I’m using mussels, on sale at Cub for $3.50/lb, and homemade chicken broth instead of wine.)

FRIDAY

Nourishing Potato Cheddar Soup @ Riddelove (You can pick up organic russet potatoes at Cub right now, $3.50 for 5 lbs. That’s .70/lb.  I’m using crockpot yogurt in place of the creme fraiche.)

MISC COOKING

Vanilla Granola @ The Summer House

Crockpot Caramelized Onions @Shockinglydelicious

Lacto-Fermented Lemonade @ Crest Cottage Creations

Apple Butter Pie @ Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker (I’m using homemade pumpkin butter and leaving out the sugar.)

Marble Painting

Impromptu Finger Painting

Geekette’s T-shirt WIP

Book: “Bridget Fidget and The Most Perfect Pet” by Joe Berger

Craft 1: Making a much smaller version of this super sized marble painting from let the children play

Craft 2: Dying our shirt with roibos tea and vinegar using the tut for the March Kids Craft Along at Simple Analogy

Field Trip: Nature Center, learning about Galls

Food Activity: Homemade Crockpot Yogurt from A Year of Slow Cooking

In case you’re wondering what to expert here it will probably be a lot of linking with the occasional original kids craft or money saving tidbit thrown in. I’m a geek, don’t get me wrong. What you might not know is that I’m also a bit of a hippie, committed to nontraditional education and typical family friendly stuff. I’m poor like a college student… okay, maybe not that poor. ^_^

I’m also a HUGE fan of the Leapfrog brand and multimedia education. I like to fit it in between our trips to farms, nature centers, and the like. I’m pretty big on arts and crafts but that’s probably not much of a surprise considering my other blog.

Really, at this stage we’re just home, doin’ our unschooling thang.