Do you wander how you will plan and prepare meals for you and your family for 21 days? This was my dilemma last year. I have scoured the web, recipes and resources to come up with 21 days of menus.

Today, I will be sharing with you the first week of my menu for the Awakening Daniel Fast that I have developed. Please understand this is my version of the recipes and is a plan to be a guide. I in no way am an authority on nutrition or give medical advice. With each menu I share there is breakfast, lunch and dinner. I hope you find this helpful.

Menu Week 1
January 10th-January 16th

Sunday
Breakfast-Oatmeal with blueberries and honey
Lunch- Thai Carrot soup and salad with balsamic dressing
Dinner-Bean burrito w/ tofu sour cream and Garden of Eatin blue corn chips

Monday
Breakfast- Blueberry muffins
Lunch-Hummus with Garden of Eatin blue corn chips and cut up veggies
Dinner- Pesto w/ 100% whole wheat pasta (check ingredients) salad w/ balsamic dressing

Tuesday
Breakfast- Toasted cinnamon Ezekiel bread w/ all natural Smuckers Peanut butter (the kind you have to stir)
Lunch-Tomato basil soup
Dinner- Corn and potato chowder w/ salad

Wednesday
Breakfast-Banana muffins
Lunch-Basmati brown rice w/ curried vegetables
Dinner-Tomato sauce w/ mushrooms and peppers over polenta

Thursday
Breakfast-Breakfast tortilla
Lunch-Leftover Tomato sauce over polenta
Dinner-Chili and corn chips

Friday
Breakfast- Ezekiel bread w/ honey
Lunch- Thai carrot soup w/ salad
Dinner- Baked potatoes with leftover chili

Saturday
Breakfast- Blueberry muffins
Lunch-Portabella wrap
Dinner-”Lasagna”

Tomorrow, I will start posting the recipes to these menus with detailed instructions.

Cooking rice can be sticky, and preparing brown rice usually takes an hour to cook. After I made a huge container of brown basmati rice during last years Daniel fast, I decided I would purchase a rice cooker. There are several things that make it nice.

• It shuts off when done
• Rice doesn’t stick
• Makes perfect rice
• Can make large quantities and freeze for other meals
• Even my kids could make the rice

Target has a rice cooker by Oster that steams veggies in the top while cooking the rice. I like this feature as well. The cost is $19.99 and I think it will be worth it for this year. I could cook all my rice on one day and freeze it in individual containers. I think this is a win!