Although I’m working this month to lower the amount of money I’m spending on groceries, I am still going to work to provide my family meals using as many superfoods as possible. Here are the breakfast and lunch ideas that I’ve worked on recently. I must preface this list by saying that the lunch ideas are more for me than the kids. They prefer sandwiches, some chips and fruit. I will use whole wheat or whole grain bread for their sandwiches and buy the nitrate/preservative-free lunch meat, etc.

• One omega-enriched egg
• ½-cup gluten-free oatmeal with ½-cup frozen blueberries, 1 cup soy milk, 1 Tbl ground flaxseed, ½-1 oz walnuts and sprinkled with cinnamon
• antioxidant-rich pomegranate/acai berry/blueberry juice or a cup of kefir

• One gluten-free oatmeal pancake topped with homemade blueberry or chunky apple sauce and a little honey or 100% maple syrup
• 1 omega-enriched egg
• green tea (hot or cold) sweetened with a little honey

• 1 cup plain or low-sugar yogurt; add berries, walnuts, cinnamon and flax seed
• homemade whole grain pumpkin muffin or slice of pumpkin bread
• ½ grapefruit and drink the juice leftover

• Fruit & Yogurt Smoothie. Here’s how I make mine. I dump one container of low-sugar yogurt into the blender. Then I fill the now-empty yogurt container with milk and pour into blender (I like to use vanilla soymilk). Then I add ½-1 cup of frozen berries and 1 Tbl. Ground flax seed. Blend. Sometimes, I add some ice cubes to make it thicker.

• French toast made with whole-grain bread, omega-enriched eggs and topped with berries
• One cup kefir or yogurt
• A quarter of canteloupe

~ LUNCH IDEAS ~

• Tuna fish on leaf salad w/veggies from list and olive oil-based dressing
• Whole grain crackers, optional
• Apple
• Green tea

• Chicken salad sandwich- whole grain bread, lettuce, tomato, etc.
• Sweet potato fries or a small baked sweet potato
• Serving of fruit
• Milk or tea

• Bean soup
• Pumpkin muffin
• Red grapes
• Milk or tea

• Baked chicken spinach salad; add grapes and dried cranberries, olive oil-based dressing
• One pear sprinkled with cinnamon and walnuts
• Drink of choice
• Leftovers from dinner

• Chicken fajitas or ground turkey tacos w/whole grain tortillas, avocado and veggies from the list; top with homemade salsa (tomatoes, onions, etc.)
• canteloupe

• Can add garbanzo beans (chickpeas), blueberries and other fruits to salads

• 1 oz nuts
• yogurt with various toppings added in
• serving of fruit or fruit salad (blueberries, strawberries, canteloupe, pineapple, etc)
• dark chocolate