Preparing for Sunday: Thursday

Even if you are the kind of person who plans your meals an hour before the meal, you will greatly benefit on Sunday if you plan your Sunday menu today. 

Take time to decide what you are going to eat for breakfast, lunch, and supper on Sunday.  If you are missing any ingredients. make sure you go to the store today or Friday to pick up the extra items you may need.  Sundays with children are hectic enough, you don't need to be rushing around the kitchen trying to throw food on the table.

Here are some of my favorite Sunday meals:

Breakfast
Cereal
Crockpot Oatmeal
Cinnamon Rolls (made with a bread maker)
Donuts (made the night before)

Lunch
Roast, Carrots, and potatoes - all cooked in a crockpot (for lunch, you would need to cook on high).
Eating Out - great, if you aren't trying to watch the finances
Chili (warmed in the crockpot) - all children must change clothes first :)
Spagetti - again, all children must change out of Sunday clothes first
Any other one pot meal made in the crockpot, especially if you can assemble the night before.

Supper
I must confess, we rarely eat supper on Sunday's.  Growing up, Sunday supper was always fend for yourselves, so we typically will have a snacky supper - popcorn, cheese and crackers, hotdogs, lil' smokies, sandwiches, cereal, or even leftovers from the week prior.  However, if your family eats supper on Sundays, any of the lunch ideas would also work for supper.

I would love to hear some of your favorite Sunday meals.