Menu 3/31 - 4/6/2014

Did you know I was still alive? Did you know I still cook almost every night? Well, I am and I do. I know this sounds like a broken record, but I am really trying to get back to blogging, at least here on the food site. I have some new recipes I have tried and want to put up. I just need to make it a priority. Something I do for me! Because I really like it. In any case, here is what we are eating this week!
Monday-- Breakfast for Dinner
Tuesday-- Cheeseburger Biscuit Bake
Wednesday-- Salmon and couscous (which will be a first for us)
Thursday-- Kobayashi Maru
Friday-- Hoppin' John
Saturday-- Chicken & Gnocchi Soup
Sunday-- Still open, maybe leftovers?

Menu Monday 5/20 - 5/26/2013

We are starting a whole new phase of life around here with a teenager in our midst! Here's a link to  his post if you are interested!

Monday-- Chicken & Gnocchi Soup
Tuesday-- Pork Roast Sandwiches
Wednesday-- Italian Crescent Casserole
Thursday-- Dried beef Gravy
Friday -- we are headed to the woods for Memorial Day Weekend. We will eat stuff like hot dogs/burgers, Macaroni Skillet and Hoppin John!

Menu Monday 5/13 - 5/19/2013

I hope you had a fabulous Mother's Day (if you are a mom)! I sure did, even though Jayme is not home, the kids made me feel great all day. Clay even made my coffee in the morning and brought it to me in bed :) I made Baked Ziti and Caprese Salad for dinner because I was craving it fiercely! As for the coming week, here's what's cooking:

Monday-- Teriyaki Noodles, egg rolls and pot stickers (all frozen or packaged so it will be quick and easy)
Tuesday-- Italian Crescent Casserole
Wednesday-- Chicken Strips with pasta salad (never made last week)
Thursday-- Breakfast or leftovers
Friday-- Jayme should be home, so I will have him pick something
Saturday-- Raley requested Chicken Enchiladas
Sunday-- I will be the official mother of a teenager; not too sure how I feel about that yet. In any case he wants to go out to either Red Lobster or Joe's Crab Shack and I am good with either of those!

Menu Monday 4/29 - 5/5/2013

Still no luck on challenge recipes! I guess with Jayme gone, I just don't feel like making anything new that the kids may not like. I need to just sit and find a big list of things to try instead of looking for something each week as I make the menu. I get too distracted! Last week I did pretty good though. I cooked every night!! Only once did I swap out something that was planned for something else. This week has a lot of easy stuff on it and nothing very exciting, but here it is:

Monday-- It's Spirit night for Pattie and Clay's school, but it's at McDonald's so we will have Fish Sticks and Mac & Cheese at home!
Tuesday-- Chicken Ranch Tacos
Wednesday-- Tuna Alfredo
Thursday-- I made Marinara sauce a while back and have some in the freezer. Spaghetti it is!
Friday-- Hot dogs, which I have been craving like crazy for some reason! Maybe I can find a side dish recipe to try out by then
Saturday-- Oven Fried Chicken Strips with pasta salad
Sunday-- Shredded Pork Wraps

Menu 4/22 - 4/28/2013

Menu time again! I did pretty well sticking to last week's menu but I did not make anything new. I will see what happens this week! Jayme is home so most of these are at his request:
Monday-- Mexican Chicken Lasagna
Tuesday-- Steak Fingers and fried potatoes with gravy
Wednesday-- Poached Tilapia and Parmesan noodles
Thursday-- Meatloaf (maybe a new recipe?) and mashed potatoes
Friday-- Kobayashi Maru maybe with shrimp
Saturday-- Homemade Pizza, I will blog after
Sunday-- Probably leftovers or something very simple!

Menu 4/14 - 4/21/2013

Trying to get my groove back! There is no challenge recipe this week. It will be a challenge just to get everything on here made and eaten! I may get brave and try another alfredo sauce recipe for Sunday's Chicken Alfredo but if I had to say right now, it would be a NO!
Monday-- Pork Roast with Mac & Cheese
Tuesday-- Mom will be here! Making her some Tilapia Tacos with Chuy's Creamy Jalapeno Sauce and possibly Casa Ole Green Sauce too.
Wednesday-- Letting Mom choose, either out or she can pick what I make
Thursday-- Daddy coming to get Mom and take her back home after a dinner of Chimichurri Casserole
Friday-- Corn Dogs and chips! Jayme will be home at some point that night :)
Saturday-- Crawfish Boil for my SIL's birthday at her house. I will be taking what's left of the dips from Tuesday night
Sunday-- Chicken Alfredo

Menu 3/18 - 3/24/2013

Well, life has settled down in some ways and skewed off the track in others. In any case, I do have a menu for this week so here you go!
Monday- We will be ordering Papa John's!! We don't do this often but as a special treat while Jayme is briefly home, we are going to go all out.
Tuesday- Cheesy Garlic Chicken and noodles
Wednesday- Pork Roast with Rice & Black Eyed Peas
Thursday- Spirit Night at Spring Creek BBQ for Pattie and Clay's school
Friday- Shrimp Scampi (challenge recipe)
Saturday- Not sure, headed to Grannie and Pop's after we drop Jayme off at the airport
Sunday- Leftovers!!

Menu? What's a menu?

Hey there! It's Tuesday but I only know that because I had to drop my middle one off early at school today, just like every Tuesday. My youngest has been sick with one thing or another since the middle of Thursday night. Time since then has frozen. Last week's menu went out the window along with the challenge recipe ingredients I had thawed for use. Oh, well! She is on the mend now and will hopefully go to school tomorrow. We have been eating bland starchy foods for 5 days now and I am planning more for the rest of the week. But my hubby will be home on Friday and I plan to make last week's challenge then along with another for this week before the weekend is over. I just don't know what that is yet. I promise to come back and let you all know in the next couple days, please bear with me?

Menu Monday 2/18 - 2/24/2013

Is it Monday already? I guess it is, but I am not ready for it to be. We had a weekend that was too busy. Saturday we were in a mad dash to finish up some projects around the house and then my wonderful in-laws came over for a little while. Sunday we had to set our alarm clocks for 5:30 am!!! Jayme left for a two week long business trip and we had to drop him at the airport by 6:30. From there we went over to my folks' for breakfast and a day of fun.
I made my challenge recipe last week. It's another good one. I also made two other new recipes that I will be adding to the blog this morning so come back and see what's cooking!

Monday - Frozen pizzas
Tuesday - Cheesy Garlic Chicken and noodles
Wednesday - Pork Roast with rice
Thursday - Chicken Ranch Tacos (also some Shrimp Tacos, this week's challenge recipe)
Friday - Salisbury Steak and mashed potatoes
Saturday - Totally unsure! We may end up at my in-laws or go out
Sunday - Leftovers will abound I am sure :)

Menu Monday 2/11 - 2/17/2013

Well, I am doing pretty well with sticking to the menu lately! At least with sticking to the meals I have prepped for. I may shift the days around a bit during the week though. Last week's challenge recipe was pretty tasty and I will post it soon. I still haven't posted the one from the week before either-- oops! Here's what we have this week:

Monday-- Kobayashi Maru
Tuesday-- Raley's Open House so something quick, probably hot dogs
Wednesday-- Chicken Strips and mac & cheese
Thursday-- Valentine's Day! I'm making Italian Meatloaf (we went out to eat on Friday to my favorite place as an early Valentine's Day date)
Friday-- Leftovers/order pizza/out somewhere
Saturday-- Hamburger Noodle Casserole *This week's challenge recipe
Sunday-- Jayme will be gone starting today for two weeks so the kids and I will probably grab something fun or hit the store to stock up on things Daddy doesn't like :)

Menu Monday 2/4 - 2/10/2013

A day late again, but this time it was Pattie who was sick. Thankfully not the flu but she does have strep and a mild ear infection. She is back to school today and I am off to the grocery store to supply this week's menu!
Monday - Really simple bow ties with spaghetti sauce and meatballs
Tuesday - Mexican Chicken Lasagna 
Wednesday - Tortellini Soup *challenge recipe this week
Thursday - Breakfast, either French Toast or a Casserole
Friday - Leftovers
Saturday - Out? Maybe? I know I have been putiing this down a lot but we haven't GONE yet so I keep hoping. Since Jayme travles so much for work he has to eat out a lot and when he is home he wants my cooking. Downside is, we don't get to go out as a family much. But this month he is going to be gone A LOT, including Valentine's Day so I may guilt him into a dinner this weekend LOL
Sunday - Pork chops with potatoes

Menu Monday 1/28 - 2/3/2013

I'm a day late posting the menu but I have a SUPER good reason!!! When it was time to take my oldest to school yesterday morning he burst into tears and told me he just didn't think he could make. He had run fever on Saturday and felt blah since but I had no idea he felt this awful. So instead of school we went to the doctor. We spent three hours at the Walgreens clinic in total. And he has Strep Throat and....the flu. Poor guy. Now he CAN'T go to school until Thursday and I spent the day trying to make it up to him that I tried to send him to school. 
Then a cool thing happened when I went to my Blogger homepage to write this up. This blog has had 20,000 page views!!! I am amazed. Thank for coming by everyone!! Last week was pretty good. I managed to stick to the menu almost every night and I did make  my challenge recipe which I will post after this one. There was only one meal in the left-out section so we had it last night :)
Monday: Salmon Patties with Mac & Cheese
Tuesday: Jayme is out of town for a funeral so we are having frozen pizza
Wednesday: Soup and Grilled Cheese
Thursday: Double Decker Tacos
Friday: Fettucine Alfredo with chicken **
Saturday: Boys are going to Monster Jam and Pattie and I are going to my folks' so we will probably all eat out
Sunday: More than likely, leftovers

#200!! And A Challenge....

Well, here we are at post #200! This is pretty cool! I have been thinking about how I would celebrate my 200th post here and I have come up with this idea that will also help me get back to blogging and trying new things. I have challenged myself to make a new recipe every week! I have so many cookbooks and recipes I have cut out of here or printed from there and I need to MAKE some of them! First up for this week is one I just cut out of the newest Taste of Home magazine. It's for Swedish Meatballs which I have been craving as of late. It may have to do with the fact that ever since we moved here, 5 months ago, I have been wanting to go to Ikea but haven't yet found the time :( After we have them, if they are a hit I will post the recipe. Until then, here is my belated menu post for the week:

Monday: Hot dogs (don't judge me!)
Tuesday: Chicken Enchiladas *we had the plague run through the house last week and didn't get to several meals
Wednesday: Swedish Meatballs
Thursday: Roast
Friday: Salmon Patties
Saturday: Soup and Grilled Cheese
Sunday: Leftovers or out (if I am lucky)

I sure hope my challenge goes well, and I hope I keep up with it. Mostly, I hope you all keep coming back to motivate me :)

Menu Monday 1/14 - 1/20/2013

First Menu Monday post this year!! didn't take me too long to get back into the swing of things, I guess. Now if I can just get myself to FOLLOW the menu plan for once, we may be heading into the new year right! Here's what's cookin' this week:

Monday: Salmon Patties with Mac & Cheese
Tuesday: Roast (in the crockpot) with Mashed Potatoes
Wednesday: Chicken Enchiladas and salad
Thursday: My mom will be here so we will have pizza, either delivery or fancy frozen
Friday: Kids are out of school and we may end up going out
Saturday: Party at my in-laws
Sunday: Italian Crescent Casserole and salad

Shouldn't be too hard to foloow with three nights in a row not planned!! LOL Have a great week ;)

Menu Monday 11/26/2012

Alrighty then! Let's see if we can stick tot he plan this week, shall we?

Monday-- Kobayashi Maru with pork
Tuesday-- Mexican Chicken Lasagna
Wednesday-- Pizza (either frozen or Papa John's)
Thursday-- Tilapia Tacos
Friday-- Beef Stew
Saturday-- Chicken Strips with Mac & Cheese
Sunday-- Italian Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes **I need to get the recipe from my mom and then I will post it. It is super good!!

Menu Monday 11/5/2012

Can you believe it? I'm posting something on my blog!! I am hoping that I can get back into the groove here but it has been pretty slow going. We'll see if this week's menu kick-starts anything, even though it is a short menu with not all the days filled out :)

Monday--Grilled Cheese with Cheesy Potato Soup
Tuesday--Pork cutlets with sweet potatoes
Wednesday--Pumpkin Pancakes with maple sausage
Thursday--Chicken with rice and gravy

Menu Monday 9/24/12

Anybody still here? I know it has been much longer than I ever thought it would be since I posted something!! We are moved in and quasi-settled. I have been planning and even following menu plans for a few weeks now and after some rearranging I think I am ready to start posting them again. The biggest change is that I now do my grocery shopping on Monday if possible. I drop the kids at school and go from there. It is much more peaceful and I can take my time without having anyone with me begging for something :)
So with that comes the slight change in the menu titles. I used to just put the range of dates with Menu in front but now I will just call them Menu Monday with that Monday's date. Ihope you still come to see what's for dinner and maybe even try out a few of the things you see!
Monday-- After a weekend full of sick kids, I am going super simple with tuna salad pitas and soup
Tuesday-- Tacos
Wednesday-- Hot Dogs
Thursday-- Pork Roast with sweet potatoes
Friday-- Having friends in for the weekend and I am thinking Lasagna
Saturday-- Friends still here, I think Chicken & Dumplins
Sunday-- More than likely LEFTOVERS or dinner out somewhere

Menu 6/8 - 6/14/2012

Well, it's been a while since I posted a menu! Or even made one to tell the truth! Things have been so crazy around here with our big move getting closer and closer. This is about the last week I will have a kitchen full of stuff until we move into our new house next month so I thought I would put forth the effort to cook a few tasty things. Here's the plan:
Friday: Sloppy Joe Casserole
Saturday: Chicken Enchiladas
Sunday: Frozen pizza (Totino's for the clones and a Red Baron for me)
Monday: Grilled Cheese
Tuesday: Chicken Nuggets and Mac & cheese
Wednesday: up in the air still, might go out with my clonies
Thursday: Slow Cooker Pork Roast sandwiches

Menu 3/26 - 3/30/2012

Well, it's just a short week list for us this time. We were gone over the weekend and since I only plan to Friday, I am getting off kind of easy!
Monday-- Poached Salmon and noodles
Tuesday-- Steaks, twice baked potatoes, salad and this for dessert
Wednesday-- Chicken Enchiladas
Thursday-- Sloppy Joes
Friday-- Hopefully order pizza and hit the drive-in to see The Hunger Games!

Menu 3/2 - 3/8/2012

Well, I 'm a couple days late but I do have a menu and here it is!
Friday-- I made Chicken Spaghetti since Jayme was coming home for the weekend
Saturday-- We had a late, late lunch at Joe's Crab Shack so we weren't very hungry for dinner
Sunday-- We ate leftover Chicken Spaghetti!
Monday-- Pork Roast with rice and black eyed peas (Clay requested)
Tuesday-- Sloppy Joe Casserole
Wednesday-- Chicken Alfredo
Thursday-- Salmon and mac & cheese