Menu Planning for July 2

I am going to TRY and get better about getting back to my blog, planning, etc.  I will have to do this to keep my sanity as I start the first year of homeschooling my children this fall!  My focus will be on my oldest for now and getting him through kindergarten.  A woman of many hats, indeed!

So, now on to this week's menu:

Monday:  Asian Crock Pot Chicken (recipe posting tomorrow!)

Tuesday: Pork with Cherries

Wednesday: Worlds Best Burgers with Baked Potatoes in the slow cooker

Thursday: White Bean Turkey Chili

Friday: Pepperoni Pull Apart

Saturday: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits for breakfast at least!

What about you?  Are you in the midst of a love affair with summer or already thinking and planning for fall?

Weekly Menu Planning

So, I'm a tad late, but hey, you're just looking for ideas, right? :)


Monday- Leftovers
Tuesday- Pork & Cherries- it warms my heart that my kids ask for this and cheer when I bring it to the table.
Wednesday- Cheese and Herb Skillet Meal from WildTree
Thursday- Red Pepper Pasta
Friday- Cookout dinner
Saturday- Fend for yourself- Mama's off duty!  Probably fish sticks & mac/cheese for the kids and a frozen pizza and wine for me and Daddy when I get home from my party.
Sunday- TBD


Question- What's cookin' at your house tonight?

Menu planning early

Menu Planning  a little early because I had a few spare moments...  (don't tell the sleeping baby, k?)

Saturday-Cheese, baguette and wine.  That's a dinner, right?  Perhaps some Cheddar Cheese Soup would round it out :P
Sunday- Spicy Stewed Beef with Cheesy Corn Grits (if I make it to the grocery store)
Monday- Sour Cream Noodle Bake
Tuesday- Sesame and Honey Crock Pot Chicken with Couscous
Wednesday- Fettucini alfredo from WildTree with bacon and peas and garlic bread
Thursday- Robust Tortilla Soup with cornbread
Friday- Pork and Cherries with Rice Noodles

Menu planning for the week

is made substantially easier with the love and kindness of friends to support us through the transition of being a family of 5.  If you haven't had the chance to bring a new mom a meal, I encourage you to do it.  She'll be forever grateful!  And if there's a group, look in to this awesome planning website for organizing Meal Trains.  You can put preferences, set up specific days only, etc.

Sunday: Chicken Chowder with Beer Bread
Monday: Baked Ziti with salad and bread (Meal Train Friend)
Tuesday: Pork Chops with mashed potatoes (Meal Train Friend)
Wednesday: Skyline for the big kids
Thursday: Chicken & Dumplings (Meal Train Friend- I have a feeling from my blog since this sweet momma has heard about my picky tendencies!)
Friday:Chicken  Noodle Bowl
Saturday: Chili and Cornbread (Meal Train Friend)

Have a blessed week!

I've linked up this post to the I'm an Organizing Junkie's meal plan post!

Menu Planning of sorts

I tried this week, really I did.  But, you know, life happens.

So, for this week, we have:
Monday: Lasagna
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Pork Tenderloin with Mashed Potatoes
Thursday: Corn & Turkey Chowder with biscuits
Friday: Chicken Noodle Bowl
Saturday: Lasagna Roll Ups (double batch for freezing)
Sunday: Pork & Cherries

And side note, I'm going to open my blog back up.  *sigh*

Weekly Menu Plan for the Week of 12/5

My weekly menu plan is working out great except we are not getting through every meal, every week.  Not that it's bad.  Just delays grocery shopping the next week. ;)

Monday: Sasha's Chicken Curry
Tuesday: Beef & Lentils with mashed potatoes
Wednesday: Skyline
Thursday: Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
Friday: Pork Tenderloin with hashbrowns
Sat: Black Bean Turkey Chili
Sun: Beef Brisket with WW Mac & Cheese

Lunches during the weekend are leftovers or frozen goodies.
Still have to plan weekend breakfast :)

Menu Planning (sorry for the haitus)

It should be better here in about, oh, 3 weeks or so...

Here's the theory.  I'm working on a menu to last for the next 2-3 weeks because of some happy and family change events happening.  So, here we go:

Tues: Pizza Night
Wed: Family Night at Skyline
Thurs: Cranberry Chicken & Polenta Fries
Fri:  Crock Pot Lasagna
Sat:  Leftovers
Sun:    (arrival at vacation destination!)
Mon:  Spaghetti and Frozen Meatballs with Buttery Garlic Knots
Tues:  Rachel's Mexican Chili with cornbread from Wild Tree Foods
Wed:  Pork Pizza
Thur: Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas with Rice
Fri:  Pizza Night (returning from vacation)

Menu Planning, sort of

It's so hard to do this and stick to it during a deployment.  BUT, I'm having some issues that are causing me to really look hard at the diet and regular offering of foods I'm giving my family and take stock.  So, here's the "suggested" meal for our week.

Sunday: Buffalo Chicken Calzones (without the celery and without the hot sauce for the kids)
Monday: Lasagna with garlic bread (version of this using homemade frozen spaghetti sauce)
Tuesday: Grilled Cheese and Cream of Tomato Soup
Wednesday: BBQ Chicken Breast and Baked Potato Fries with Peas
Thursday: Chicken Noodle Bowl
Friday: Pesto with Mini Bowtie Pasta (my daughter's choice at the Farmer's Market today), Fish sticks and carrots
Saturday: Apricot Pork Chops and Rice

I also plan to make more Breakfast Bars to use as power snacks and we've been making all variety of smoothie around here at night as a bedtime snack, sometimes with almond butter & honey sandwiches on whole wheat bread.  I also found a recipe for chocolate orange muffins that looks promising so I plan to make some of those and put extras in the freezer as well.

Menu Planning... been awhile I know!

It's been a while since I've posted much of anything, I know.  That's due to many reasons- travel, summer busyness, etc.  I made a real good try this week at getting a real list together of meal ideas so here goes:

Sunday Dinner: Cajun Spiced Chicken and Sweet Potato Fries

Monday:
Omelettes and English Muffins
Spaghetti, Green Beans and Garlic Bread
Skinny Chicken Tikka

Tuesday:
Chocolate Chip Ricotta Muffins
English Muffin Pizzas, Oranges
BBQ pork and macaroni and cheese

Wednesday:
Pecan Raisin Granola Bars
Grilled Cheese (with Pesto for me) and tomato soup
Ground Turkey with Peas and potatoes

Thursday:
Cereal/Oatmeal with fruit
Fish Sticks and Tater Tots with Corn
Chicken Sausage and Pasta

Friday:
Pumpkin Pancakes
Pizza Pockets
Leftovers/Frozen Pizza *babysitter*

Saturday/Sunday: leftovers

Also going to make: Strawberry and Rhubard Crisp for a dessert

We'll see how this goes.  There's a high chance it will just end in more dishes, tons of leftovers/wasted food and a very discouraged mommy...  Pray for us.

Menu Planning for the week of May Day!

Mostly basics, but it works...
Sunday
D: Chicken Breasts & Pasta

Monday
L: Picnic Playdate Lunch
D: Kids Pizza Ghetti

Tuesday
L: English Muffin Pizzas, Berries
D:  Turkey Burgers with Waffle Fries

Wednesday
L: Lunch out
D: Hamburger Helper Dinner

Thursday
L: Hot Dogs, Mac & Cheese, Green Beans
D: Fish Sticks, Rice, Peas

Friday
L: Grilled Cheese, Oranges
D: Cinnamon Apple Pork Roast

Saturday
L: Out to Lunch :)
D: Frozen Pizza

Meal Planning ..

I'm in need of recipes that are designed for 2, have limited ingredients that I like or freeze very well in single serve portions. 

Lunches*:
Tuesday: Spaghetti Sauce with pasta
Wednesday: Fish Sticks, popcorn, pineapple
Thursday: Grilled Cheese, Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Friday: Hot dogs, pasta (plain/mac & cheese), oranges
* This is what I serve the kids.  My lunches are usually something like Hot Pockets or an english muffin with the best PB ever-
White Chocolate Wonderful

Dinners:
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Chicken Tenders, Mashed Potatoes and peas
Wednesday: Frozen Pizza
Thursday: Chik Fil A
Friday: Hamburger Helper with broccoli
Saturday: Leftovers

Yeah, notice no links?  nothing up there is really homemade.  This is probably going to be more of a trend than I'd like but oh well!

Menu Planning

It's a special week, but one that requires low prep and high quality time to be shared.  So, the menu:

Monday: Pork Pizza
Tuesday: World's Best Burgers & Sweet Potato Fries
Wednesday: Roasted Red Pepper Pasta (will use jarred peppers as a time saver)
Thursday: Pork & Cherries
Friday: Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pizza (treat)
Sat & Sun: Easter Celebrations...

May your Holy Week be truly holy & blessed-

Menu Planning

Monday: BBQ Brisket, Green Beans & Baked Potatoes
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Sage & Proscuitto Risotto
Thursday: Parm Tilapia & Sweet Potato Fries
Friday: Mozzarella & Pesto Grilled Sandwiches
Satuday: Skyline Nachos/date night in
Sunday: Dinner out
Monday: Baked Ravioli Casserole

Menu planning for 3/28

A semi-normal week for us ahead...  Trying to use up pantry items this week!

Monday: Kids Klub Pizza-Getti
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Pork Pizza
Thursday: Chicken & White Bean Chili (packet from McCormick)
Friday: Baked Parm Tilapia with Sweet Potato Fries
Saturday: (Pre-half marathon dinner)  Buffalo Chicken Pasta
Sunday: Celebratory Dinner!  Sage Risotto with Parmesan and Prosciutto (sans leek)

Menu Planning... may be on hiatus

Ok, I hate coming up with meals for weeks like this.  But, I'll give it a whirl and try to be practical.
Please don't judge ;)  Or if you do, offer helpful hints instead on ways I could have improved... I will be throwing in veggies and fruits where ever I can but am always looking for ways to serve them to my kids with a high chance they'll eat them.

I am going to make this Mom is Great Breakfast Cake to break up the monotomy of the same thing for breakfast every.single.day.

Monday:
Lunch: Picnic lunch with friends
Dinner: Chicken & Wild Rice Soup from the freezer (me), grilled cheese for the kids

Tuesday:
Lunch: Mac & cheese with hot dogs (kids)   Frozen Lunch (me)
Dinner: Leftover Pizza

Wednesday:
Lunch: Fish Sticks & Rice with Corn (kids)/ Sprouted Grain English Muffin with Peanut Butter (me)

Dinner: Chicken & Noodles


Thursday:
Lunch: Fruit, Ants on a Log and Popcorn
Dinner: Morning Star Veggie Patties with Zucchini Parm Crisps

Friday:
Lunch: Hot Dog Muffins, Yogurt, Fruit
Dinner: Silician Rice Ball Casserole

Saturday:
Lunch: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Dinner: Leftovers

Sunday:
Lunch: Quesadillas with frozen pulled pork
Dinner: Rachel's Mexican Chili

Menu Planning

Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Mock Beef Stroganoff
Tuesday: Turkey Meatloaves
Wednesday: Chicken Augratin Chowder
Thursday:  Skyline with Spaghetti and Cheese
Friday: Sausage Gravy & Biscuits
Saturday: Leftovers or Frozen Pizza I have PAR-TAY's all day :)

Menu for the week of 3/6

Some weeks are harder to plan for me than others and this was a hard week.


Sunday: Frozen Pizza
Monday: White Bean Turkey Chili
Tuesday: Chicken Augratin Chowder
Wednesday: Leftovers/Dinner with Friends
Thursday: Petite Turkey Meatloaves (Freezing 2) with mashed potatoes and Corn
Friday: Mock Beef Stroganoff
Saturday: Sicilian Rice Ball Casserole

Weekly Menu Plan

Back to normal this week!

Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas
Wednesday: Chicken Augratin Potato Soup
Thursday: Southern Pulled Pork BBQ
Friday: Mock Beef Stroganoff
Saturday: Party
Sunday: Ham Carbonara

A little menu planning

Here's the menu for the next few days...  getting back in to the swing of everything after vacation so forgive me!  Recipes will be coming...

Wed:  Scalloped Potatoes and Ham (modified- using frozen hash browns and no onions)
Thurs: Parm Tilapia & Sweet Potato Fries 
Fri: BBQ Chicken Tacos
Sat: Make Ahead Lasagna
Sun: Family Pleasing Pork Pizza
Mon: Leftovers

Menu Planning Week 3

Hi all!

Another week when things were a bit more frazzled than I'd planned so everything got shifted by including an unplanned meal of frozen pizza instead of what was on the menu, so you'll see a repeat.  And I'm trying to use up things I have on hand...

Monday: Butternet Squash Pasta
Tuesday: Beef & Cheese Burritos
Wednesday: Tilapia & Polenta Fries
Thursday: Stuffed Shells
Friday: Shredded Buffalo Chicken Pasta
Saturday: Laughing Cow Alfredo Pasta
Sunday:  Pepperoni Pull Apart Pizza



I'm also planning a Thirty-One Gifts party on Saturday.  An exciting sneak peek of our spring line for my past hostesses and friends.  Thirty-One Gifts was started by a SAHM who wanted to contribute to her family without compromising her time at home.  So, she founded the company and included faith: Thirty-One Gifts is based on Proverbs 31:31 "Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate."
I never dreamed I'd be doing this, but I'm thankful for the opportunity.

For the party, I think I'll make some of this: Peanut Butter Honey Fudge and maybe thaw a loaf of pumpkin bread.  It's about time with friends, not killing myself with prep :)
Check me out on Facebook- at 200 fans, I'll be doing a giveaway!