Menu Planning Monday

Monday....oh wait it's Tuesday since I am a slacker lately! Life has been very busy and was at the doctor for over 4 hours yesterday getting all kinds of tests run still trying to figure out what is going on with my daughter! Hence I never posted yesterday! (I am just ignoring the fact I never posted last week)

I actually plan my menus every Thursday to grocery shop on Fridays (hubby's payday) so I am going to start listing my menus Sat - Friday since I don't always know what I am making next weekend!!

Saturday - went out to eat since we were going to Zoo Boo at the Memphis Zoo!

Sunday - Spaghetti
Ground turkey and used whole wheat fettuccine pasta

Monday - Taco Bar

Crockpot Tuesday - White Beans and Smoked Sausage
soaked beans overnight then rinsed and threw in the crockpot with chicken broth and cut up smoked sausage sprinkled with some lawry's seasoning
Also made Sally Lunn bread in the bread machine

Wednesday - Chicken Noodle soup
Once again in the crockpot Chicken broth (I use the fit & active in a box from Aldi) cube up chicken, frozen veggie mix and a few fun spices. Let simmer all day and then the last 30 minutes before dinner throw in a bag of egg noodles

Thursday - Chef Salads
chop up lettuce, boil eggs, chop up whatever lunchmeat is on hand, whatever veggies I have then set up a salad bar

Friday - Chicken Parm Sandwiches
Grill chicken breasts then top with (leftover) spaghetti sauce and some mozzarella cheese on a hamburger bun
Baked french fries

what we are eating this week or Menu Planning Monday

It's Monday again...where did this week fly? It's also that time of year where allergies kill me so I am all kinds of stopped up and full of sinus pressure! Find more great menu planning ideas here
Since I am feeling all blah I am keeping it easy this week (not that most weeks are hard or anything) i.e lots of crockpot cooking! Slow Cooker Liners are my best friend!!

Monday - Chili and homemade bread
Cooking chili with ground turkey in the crockpot

Tuesday - Pork Chops potatoes and green beans
Cut up potatoes and throw along with the green beans in the crockpot. Add chicken broth to cover. Season pork chops (I am using cajun seasoning this time) and place on top

Wednesday - Italian chicken broccoli and homemade bread
EASY recipe....boneless skinless chicken breast in the crockpot
Cover with Italian dressing and a few shakes of parmesan cheese viola!
I will just steam the broccoli a little before dinnertime

Thursday - Spaghetti with sausage
Whole wheat pasta, homemade tomato sauce (I always make a double batch and freeze half)
Also I am don't like tomatoes but eat it usually once a week in spaghetti sauce b/c I love my family. I read in this month's Kraft Kitchens mag about adding a little cream cheese and basil to make a creamy basil sauce. I tried this last week just in my bowl and it was YUMMY!!

Friday - Taco Night

Saturday - Chef Salads

Sunday - going to the in laws

Hope everyone has a great week! Thanks for reading!

MPM

So glad that it's starting to turn cooler so I can get to making soups and fun meals in the crockpot!

Here is what we are having this week and also go here for many more ideas!!

Monday - Potato Soup with bacon

Tuesday - going to CiCi's Pizza for my son's 8th birthday (we let him pick and since pizza is his favorite food he picked this...mainly for the dessert pizza)

Wednesday - spaghetti
Whole Wheat Penne with spaghetti sauce and homemade meatballs

Thursday - Breakfast
Pancakes and Turkey Bacon

Friday - Crescent Hot Dogs homemade macaroni and cheese
Used the $1 off Pillsbury Crescent Rolls coupon

Saturday - Taco Bar
Ground Turkey meat, soft and hard shells and all the fixins

Sunday - Vegetable Soup in the crockpot

Hope everyone has a great week....I am feeling rather old having my baby turn 8 this week!

Birthday Celebrations Weekend

I am Exhausted (with a capital E)
Parker is turning 8 on Tuesday and all he wanted partywise was to have his best friend spend the night and order pizza. I was excited since that meant less money and less planning on my part! We decided to have a small party at our house just for the grandparents and aunts/uncle/cousins in town.
The boys stayed up until midnight...quite humorous as this was the MAJOR goal of the night. I got them to lay down a watch a movie in their sleeping bags about 10:30 and they kept waking each other up whenever one of them would start closing their eyes! My son kept asking "How much longer until midnight?" I got so sick of this question but boys will be boys...so finally it was midnight. They jumped up and down in delight! They could now say they stayed up until midnight
Best part of the night was they were both asleep by 12:08! Cracked me up!

I will soon post pics of the little get together and what turned out to be adorable (if I do say so myself) XBox controller button cupcakes

Monday...

It's that time of the week again....sorry I missed last week craziness ensued again.

Here is what we are having this week for dinner! Go here for many more menu planning ideas

Monday - Teriakyi Chicken with brown rice
Thrown chicken, teriakyi sauce, and crushed pineapple in the crockpot then make brown rice right before ready to serve also steaming some broccoli to get some green veggies in

Tuesday - Taco Pie casserole
Cook ground beef/turkey add taco seasoning, cut up tortillas (I usually use corn and use my pizza cutter) into strips place in bottom of 9x9 casserole dish, then layer taco meat, refried beans, shredded cheese (taco blend is yummy) then do another layer of tortillas and so on....until you reach the top then cook about 20 min just to warm up beans and melt the cheese

Wednesday - dinner at church

Thursday - Chicken fried rice
Making extra brown rice on Monday to get cold in the fridge to use
There are many recipes for this online I just cook an egg in the wok and remove...then cook cut up chicken breast, add frozen veggies, and when chicken is cooked add the rice and soy sauce just keep stirring then add back in the egg (chopped up)

Friday - homemade pizza
Make pizza dough in the breadmaker roll out and let everyone top their part with whatever goodies they want

Saturday - turkey burgers with roasted new potatoes

Sunday - not sure yet...I know I am a slacker but we will probably have leftovers or sandwiches etc...

Lunch with the Ladies

I am very excited about today! A friend from my high school youth group is coming in town. We haven't seen each other much over the years b/c she hasn't lived here in Memphis in quite awhile! We keep up with each other through facebook and I went to her wedding shower last year. There were 4 of us girls that used to do everything together! The last time the four of us were together Parker was about 1 1/2 and Julie was pregnant with her first (Parker is now almost 8 and her son is in 1st grade) It's been awhile!
Sherrill is in town and Julie is driving up from Little Rock so we are all having lunch today! Turns out I was the only one bringing kids so I called up my mom to see if she could watch them and of course she will never pass up the chance to spend time with her wonderful grandkids!
I GET TO GO TO A KIDLESS LUNCH WITH OLD (ok not old in age since we are all staying 29) FRIENDS and I am way too excited about it!

Menu Planning Monday

Here is the menu this week Find many more menus here

Monday - Spaghetti with sausage
whole wheat penne, tomato sauce, sausage, homemade Italian bread

Tuesday - Chicken Pot Pie
quick to put together the kids love to help with this one and YUMMY

Wednesday - dinner at church
Taco Night

Thursday - Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo salads
I know pasta twice in one week but I don't like tomatoes and I do spaghetti 3-4 times a month the family can have pasta the way I like it every once in awhile
Doing it the cheaters way....Alfredo sauce from a jar and cooking up the chicken in a skillet

Friday - Bacon Cheeseburger Roll
Yummy and a fun alternative from pizza

Saturday - Chef Salads
Chopped up lettuce, cut up tomatoes, boiled eggs, turkey lunchmeat, (and I am going to cook some extra bacon to crumble up on Friday night) let everyone make their own salad

Sunday - Fish Stick Tacos
Little bit healthier way to eat fish sticks and my kids love these! We use salsa and lettuce on them

craziness that is my life

We have been very busy lately and I have been neglecting my blog! So sorry blog...see further proof I am not a Supermom!
I have been busy making bows and monogramming like crazy! It's a total blessing that I am getting so many orders and I still want to set up my etsy shop I set up the account for like 3 months ago! (pictures were too big and I can't figure out how to size them but working on it I promise)

Homeschooling started back a few weeks ago and it's going well BUT Parker has already set in on the "doing the least amount he can as quick as he can" mode. Everyday it's a struggle to get him to do all his work! VERY frustrating! Everyday it's "can we just skip Math?" or "Why do I have to read this AND do worksheets about it?" While I keep my cool trying to explain YET AGAIN that we are required to do 4 hours a day (this has NEVER happened) and to be content with the 2ish we do. If he was back in public school he would be there for 7 hours...granted most of that is waiting in line to go to the bathroom or go to lunch or go home but still....
Just a little Saturday morning vent!

Happy Birthday to my Mom and hope everyone has a great week!

Monday...

I can't believe I went another week without posting anything between Mondays! Busy week still getting back into the swing of things with school. Also started speech therapy with Lyndee and it's totally the middle of our day and I am so scared I am going to forget it completely one of these days! Last week I remembered 20 minutes before it started...luckily we live 3 minutes away!

On to the good stuff...our menu!
I ROCKED the budget this week...using coupons to get a few things at Walmart (two items I got paid for) and then only spent $26 for the week at Aldi. All in all I came in $10 under my $50 a week budget!

Monday - breakfast turkey bacon, biscuits, eggs
the kids have been begging and I have to admit it's quick easy and yummy so I don't mind!

Tuesday - enchiladas
we were supposed to have this last week but I ended up doing like tostadas with the corn tortillas so I still had plenty tortillas and the enchilada sauce left

Wednesday - New potatoes with soups
Jeff has Chili on his and I have broccoli cheese soup on mine! The kids usually have some "character soup" on nights like this (Campbell's soups)

Thursday - playground with the kids
Jeff is getting more work done on his tattoo so I am taking the kids to a restaurant with a playground so we can burn off some energy!!

Friday - hot dogs baked french fries and fruit
Another quick and easy meal but I had a B1G1 coupon and got these great sounding Angus hotdogs so figured we would grill out

Saturday - Spaghetti homemade Italian bread
what would a week of me posting on here without spaghetti be?
I always "mix it up" this week I am doing homemade meatballs, whole wheat rigatoni, and adding some pesto to the sauce

Sunday - BBQ Chicken corn, green beans
grilling out. Doing corn on the cob in foil packets with butter and cajun seasoning. Green beans in a foil packet cooked with butter and bacon. I will probably do some bread in the bread machine too


Hope everyone has a great week!!

what we are eating this week

It's Monday again....where did the weekend fly? Lyndee had her 3 year old check up and got a fly shot on Friday so our weekend was not very fun! She was miserable!!
Here's what we are eating this week. Find many more menu planning ideas at orgjunkie.com


Monday - Oven Fried Chicken corn green beans and homebaked french bread
haven't tried this before but going to try it tonight!

Tuesday - Enchiladas refried beans
using ground turkey and corn tortillas

Wednesday - Spaghetti homebaked Italian bread
yes I know it's a weekly thing but it's my hubby's favorite meal and the kids ask for seconds so we have it a lot!
This week sausage as the meat and using whole wheat penne noodles

Thursday - breakfast
Pancakes, turkey bacon and maybe eggs (see what I feel like by Thursday)

Friday - Chicken Lo Mein
I am adding broccoli this time hoping the kids won't notice shhhh

Saturday - homemade pizzas

Sunday - going to the in laws