Hi friends, I’m so excited I can hardly stand it. You see I absolutely love birthdays and mine is tomorrow! Everyone always told me that as I got older my love for celebrating my birthday would wane. Tomorrow I turn 43 and I haven’t not liked a birthday yet. Age is just a number and thanks to some positive changes I’ve been making to my diet and exercise routine I feel great! I’ve got a fun day planned tomorrow which I’ll be sharing on Instagram if you want to follow along with me.
Recipe Highlight:
Most definitely this week’s recipe favorite was the Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce. Yum, yum, yum! It was fast too because I just cooked the spaghetti squash in the microwave which took about 16 minutes. Here is the microwave instructions I used.
Menu Planning Resource:
One of my favorite ebooks on menu planning is by Stephanie Langford called Plan It, Don’t Panic. It’s an excellent thorough resource that walks you through the menu planning process step by step. It’s a really useful primer to get people going with meal planning, explaining different methods and ways for making it work. It includes a 4-week real food menu plan with recipe links, and 11 printable pages for planning.
And right now, for one week only, it’s on sale for 50% off using the code HEALTHYSUMMER. For more information and to purchase, click on the banner below.
It’s also available on Kindle on sale this week for $2.99 (reg $4.99).
Stephanie’s 50% off sale also applies to her other ebooks. You might also be interested in this one, Real Food on a Real Budget, written for families who want to learn how to save an average of 20-30% on their food budget ($100-$200 per month for most families), while at the same time serving better quality and more nutritionally dense foods. Click on the banner below for more information if this is something you are interested in.
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Have a great week everyone!
My Weekly Menu Plan:
Monday: Best Homemade Beef Tacos
Tuesday: My birthday! Lunch out with girlfriends, dinner out with family…can’t wait!
Wednesday: Lunch out with another girlfriend (spoiled or what!). For dinner we’ll be having Slow Cooker Greek Chicken
Thursday: This recipe sounds interesting, can’t wait to see how it turns out: Slow Cooker Steak n Fries
Friday: Leftover buffet
Saturday: Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta
Sunday: Bacon, Brie and Raspberry Panini
For a special treat, this week I’ll be making my 14 year old son (he’s allergic to dairy, gluten, eggs, fish, nuts) this Vegan Coconut Ice Cream recipe.
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU PLAN THIS WEEK? JOIN US!
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Happy Birthday to you!
Thanks for hosting another great link up. Have a wonderful birthday! Just followed you on Instagram, so I look forward to seeing how you celebrate your birthday!
Happy Birthday, Laura!
Happy birthday! Wonderful attitude!
Happy Birthday in advance, and I agree age is nothing but a number. Wishing you a wonderful birthday week – enjoy 🙂
Happy Birthday to you. I hope you have a great week. I make dairy free ice cream for my family. This week I’m making cherry chocolate chip. I hope the coconut ice cream turns out good. It sounds good.
Have a great birthday!
Have a wonderful birthday!!!!
Happy Happy Birthday to you!!!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday for tomorrow 🙂 It’s 5 hours away here in SA!
We love your blog. Thanks for hosting a fun party!
Best Wishes,
Denise & Aubrie
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday!
I noticed several of the meals on the meal plan contain cheese. If your son is allergic to dairy, what does he eat on those nights?
Happy birthday! Enjoy all your meals out – you deserve it!!
Happy Birthday! Wishing you a wonderful day.
I hope you have a very happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Laura!
Once again, thanks for such an outstanding job hosting this week and every week. Can’t wait to follow along with your birthday fun on Instagram! 🙂
Happy Birthday! Your menu for this week sounds great! I’m having trouble with the link for the Best Homemade Beef Tacos. Is the recipe listed somewhere else? Thanks! :O)
Hi Mandy, I just tried it and it works fine for me. Maybe it was just down temporarily.
Laura
We share the same birthday. We really are long lost twins (separated by about a decade)!
Hope you had a great birthday Michelle!!