Menu plan for the week of September 25

It has been unseasonably warm here for the past several days.  It's autumn, according to the calendar, the meteorologists, and the position of the earth relative to the sun, but we've been in the high 80s and even over 90°, and humid.  I'm not positive, but I think this past week has been hotter than it even got during the summer (we were out of town during the hottest week of the summer, so it's possible it was warmer then).  It's reminded me of my week on a mission trip in Tennessee: it was so hot and humid that I would dry off after my shower, and immediately be wet again.  Yuck.

When it's hot (and humid), it's hard to even think about food, but somehow, I managed to come up with a menu for this week.  And praise God, it's supposed to be much cooler for the next several days.

Here's what's on the menu this week:

Supper:

• Slow cooker bacon ranch meatloaf (to my surprise, everyone liked this the last time I made it), mashed potatoes (leftover from last week), green beans
• Chipotle citrus chicken, corn & black bean salad, fruit
• Fend for yourself/breakfast
• Italian sausage and veggies sheet pan meal
• Nachos with taco toppings, guacamole
• Marinated grilled chicken sandwiches, buns, oven fries, broccoli/cauliflower/carrots
• Hot dogs or brats, buns, chips, grilled green veggie, caramel apple salad (leftover from last week)
• Sausage pinwheels (I usually double the sausage and I always forget the chives), carrots

Other:

• Cocoa roasted almonds
• Applesauce?  The apples are ripe, and we'll be home this weekend, so hopefully... We're down to our last 4 jars from previous years.
• (low sodium) Honey whole wheat bread (sub oil for shortening, reduce honey to 1/4 c and reduce salt to 1 t)
• M&M cookies or Monster cookie dough bars