Menu Plan for 7/31 - 8/6

Here's our menu for this coming week:

Sunday - spaghetti

Monday - Mexican stuffed pepper casserole w/ cornbread

Tuesday - pizza buns w/ salad

Wednesday - grilled ham & turkey sandwiches w/ basil rice pilaf

Thursday - Greek roasted chicken w/ potatoes & carrots

Friday - margarita pork chops w/ fried noodles

Saturday - fish sandwiches


With school right around the corner, now's the time to start thinking about lunch box fillers.

Here's a few ideas that work well:

pizza roll-ups
trail mix brownies
fruit, meat & cheese kabobs
chili cheese dog tortilla sticks


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Menu Plan for 7/24 - 7/30

I have a busy week ahead of me so our menu isn't that complicated. I'm trying some new recipes so keep an eye out for a thumbs up or down for them.

Sunday - grilled chicken legs, baked potatoes, and spinach/carrots

Monday - roasted chicken with wild rice soup (using leftover grilled chicken)

Tuesday - crockpot goulash (didn't make it last week)

Wednesday - blt pasta

Thursday - Mediterranean chicken salad with Asiago pepper bread (bread machine recipe)

Friday - rigatoni with new red sauce recipe and roasted pepper salad

Saturday - sloppy joes

Some delicious side dishes and desserts ideas:

bow tie pasta salad
four cheese and bacon mac n cheese
broiled tomato and goat cheese salad
lemon choc. chip cake mix cookie bites
toffee choc. chip pie

Have a great week, everyone!

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Menu Plan - Week of June 26- July 2

Let's see if I can get back on some sort of schedule this week. With my kids out of school, we seem to lose our ways around the house. I'm hoping to start back into a routine again.

Our menu for this coming week looks like this:

Sunday - Turkey & stuffing roll-ups with mashed potatoes and corn

Monday - Baked mastacolli

Tuesday - Ginger soy pork tenderloin with garlic roasted red potatoes and glazed carrots

Wednesday - Croissant pizza

Thursday - Rosemary Thyme chicken strips, rice & gravy, salad and green beans

Friday - southwestern mac and corn bread

Saturday - taco meat loaf and Spanish rice


My goal for this week is not to go out to eat anywhere. Wish me luck!

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Menu for May 15 - 21

This month seems to be flying by. We're not as busy this week as we were last week. My son has one game playoff soccer game scheduled for Tuesday if the weather holds out. Weather reports are conflicting right now. Some say rain, some say sun so we'll just have to wait and see. The end of grade tests are over so the kids can relax now. All reading points have been earned, too. It's just a matter of waiting it out 'til the end of the year. We are attending my son's honor roll awards ceremony on Thursday.

Can't wait until our tomato plants have tomatoes hanging on them. I've been craving fried green tomatoes. :) Haven't had them in so long. Yum.

On to this week's menu:

Sunday - meatloaf and mac n cheese - didn't have it last week

Monday - pineapple shrimp skewers with Asian noodles

Tuesday - blts and hashbrowns

Wednesday - pastitsio (Greek lasagna) with salad and bread

Thursday - Greek lemon roasted chicken with rice and corn

Friday - open

Saturday - Tuscany chicken and pasta with garlic bread

Enjoy the week! If you're reading this, stop by and say "hi!". I'll visit you back.

Menu Plan for May 7 - 14

Is it Monday already? Where did this weekend go so quickly?

I must admit, I felt sort of guilty for not blogging much for the last two weeks. But, in the same breath, I have to tell you that I truly enjoyed the first week with my kids while they were off from school on spring break....and then the ol' allergy/sinus infection caught up with me last week. I'm on the rebound and ready to blog again. :)

While the kids were on vacation, we planted containers full of herbs and flowers. We also filled our Topsy Turvys with tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. So far, so good! (More about our planting coming soon!)

We have a busy week ahead of us - my son's soccer games wrap up this week. We're waiting to hear about playoff dates. He will be busy taking EOGs (end of grade tests) on Wed., Thurs. & Fri. and I will be proctoring at his school for the tests, too.

Good news that my husband will go back to having his usual days off - Thursday and Friday. We survived with him having Mondays & Tuesday off but his regular-to-us days are coming back none too soon. :)

On with the menu for this week!

Saturday - hot dogs and sweet potato fries

Sunday - out to dinner for Mother's Day

Monday - Mediterranean pasta and meat sauce and salad

Tuesday - Thai style pork kabobs, cooked potatoes and a side veggie

Wednesday - chicken nachos and taco rice

Thursday - Tuscany cavatelli  and salad

Friday - grilled pork tenderloin, spinach parmesan risotto and side veggie

Saturday - meatloaf and macaroni & cheese

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Menu Plan for 4/17 - 4/23

After all of the storms over the weekend, it's absolutely beautiful here today. The sun is shining and the temps are in the 70s.

My kids and I are heading to Sam's Club for their "Taste of Spring". It will probably be crazy with lots of people but my kids love to run around trying all of the samples. They are willing to try foods that they would never try at home. Funny how samples work that way.

Here's our menu for the week:

Sunday - hot turkey sandwiches with mashed potatoes & gravy

Monday - ziti with hot sausage sauce

Tuesday - grilled pork chops with taco potato skins & a side of corn

Wednesday - Asian noodle bowls with chicken pot stickers

Thursday - breakfast for dinner...raisin bread French toast with turkey bacon

Friday - focaccia deli sandwiches with pasta salad

Saturday - chicken blt pizza

Enjoy the week!!


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Menu Plan Monday

Last week went so fast and Monday is here already.

Nothing really fancy on our menu this week. My kids and I are suffering from allergies/colds so I figured that I would just take it easy and not make anything over the top.

Last week's storms left some damage in our immediate area. We were without electricity for about 15 hrs. Even so, that's nothing compared to the baseball-sized hail some people had to deal with from storms over the weekend. We were out grocery shopping in that area but when I realized that storms were moving in faster than the forecasters were predicting, we headed home. I'm so thankful that we decided to do so. We might have been caught right in the middle of it. Storm season is here rearing its ugly head.

Sunday  - beef barley vegetable soup

Monday - 4 ingredient chicken casserole

Tuesday - chicken cacciatore over egg noodles

Wednesday - steak salad (didn't have it before) - using this marinade

Thursday - baked fish w/spinach & cheese, rice and green beans - this turned into southwest macaroni. So I think that I will move the fish to Friday and the ravioli to next week.

Friday - beef ravioli & salad

Saturday - Italian hoagies and antipasto salad


Have a wonderful week!!

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Menu Plan Monday - April 3 - 9

Can you believe that I've actually finished our menu for the week already? I have a lot to do in the next couple of days so I'm posting this now before I get busy and can't find the time to do it.

I managed to follow most of the menu last week, although I did switch out a couple of meals.

This week we're having: 

Sunday - *new* southwestern pasta & cheese & salad

Monday - hubby's birthday dinner - we're grilling steaks

Tuesday - *new* grilled Asian pork burgers, grilled veggies, & French fries - we will have dessert at McD's for my daughter's school fundraiser. I'll be working there for the school.

Wednesday - beef barley vegetable soup & egg salad sandwiches (hubby requested egg salad)

Thursday - *new* crockpot chuck roast sandwiches, 3 cheese mashed potatoes and stuffing. (I'm ending up with a super busy day. We are catering dinner at the elem. school for the teacher's parent conferences. I have to be there for delivery and clean up. In between, I will need to go to the middle school to train for proctoring for the EOGs and then after clean up of the food, my son has a soccer game. What a long night)

Friday - *new* Pizza Cordon Bleu and salad

Saturday - open right now

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Menu Plan Monday

What happened to spring? All of a sudden we are drifting backwards into the cold, rainy (and sometimes snowy) weather again! I have beautiful sunny spring days on my mind, not these cold, dreary days that we've been having. It's only 45* here today! I did some major spring cleaning over the weekend and boy am I glad that I didn't pack the sweatshirts and heavy pants away.

Nothin' like soup to warm to warm us up. That's what's on the menu tonight. My daughter made a special request for this chicken noodle soup . I think that we will skip the grilled cheese tonight but I will fill it in with warm bread sticks.

Does anyone else have a hard time finding fresh herbs in the grocery stores around them? We have 3 major chains right in our area but none of them carry a good selection of fresh herbs and the ones that look decent cost a fortune. I've decided that I'm going to try growing some. I'm not much of a green thumb but since my kids and I were able to grow cherry tomatoes from seeds last year, I've caught the gardening bug. If anyone has any tips, I'd appreciate them!

On to this week's menu....

Monday - chicken and dumpling soup with breadsticks

Tuesday - tacos and Spanish rice. Trying a small side of chipotle potato salad

Wednesday - meatball and spinach calzones (didn't make them last week)

Thursday - chicken tortilla soup

Friday - breakfast for dinner: eggs benedict bagel sandwiches and fried potatoes

Saturday - homemade baked fish sandwiches and french fries or sweet potato fries

What's on your menu this week? 

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Menu Plan for March 20 - 26

Our menu for this week is a mix of new recipes, along with some family favs. There should be no complaining from anyone. :)

Sunday - cheeseburgers and wacky mac pasta salad

Monday - whole baked chicken baked with potatoes & carrots and cottage cheese on the side (I will be using the spices from this Atkins recipe.)

Tuesday - chili and corn bread

Wednesday - grilled honey & soy chicken wings and Asian noodles

Thursday - school function - BBQ plate dinner PTA fundraiser- I will be working at the school all afternoon and evening. We will probably grab something to eat out either before or after my son's soccer practice that evening. Sadly none of us like NC BBQ so that won't work for our dinners.

Friday - lemon sage chicken with mushrooms, jasmine rice and a Greek salad

Saturday - meatball, spinach & cheese calzones

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Menu Plan Monday

Back to the busy schedule this week.

Short and sweet. Here's our menu for the week:

Sunday - lime-glazed pork loin, potatoes, green beans and cucumber salad

Monday - pasta with red or white sauce

Tuesday - pork soulvaki, rice and salad

Wednesday - meatloaf, "stuffed" mashed potatoes and carrots

Thursday - cobb salad

Friday - bbq jack chicken, noodles and gravy and corn (hopefully I get to finally make this recipe.)

Saturday - taco chicken quesadillas and fiesta rice.

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Menu Plan Monday

We've been getting some much needed rain the last few days. But the rain also means that the kids are staying indoors....let the fighting begin. Oh, my aching head!! Anyone else dealing with this?

I thought that I'd stir things up a bit this week by including a new recipe in every meal. :)

Sunday: creamy garlic chicken stew

Monday: greek pasta & beef - ham & broccoli strata & strawberry french toast

Tuesday: lime glazed pork loin, cooked potatoes & salad - greek pasta & beef

Wednesday: cajun shrimp rolls & rice (didn't make it last week)

Thursday: ham & broccoli strata & strawberry french toast

Friday: bbq jack chicken & mac n cheese (didn't make it last week)

Saturday: either leftovers or out for pizza

Two weeks of my husband working daylight is over with, two weeks to go! You'd think that I'd be used to it by now but I'm not. I'm looking forward to life going back to normal for us!

Things have been a little crazy this week. I've managed to stick with our menu plan, just mix the daily menus up a bit. :)   I've made the changed in italics above.

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On My Menu This Week

Tomorrow starts our month of daylight shifts for my husband. Wish me luck. lol! It's a big change for all of us from midnight shift to daylight. We'll get through it, I'm sure.

Here's our menu for the week:

Saturday:  crockpot bbq chicken sliders with rice and salad on the side

Sunday: planned spaghetti & meatballs but ended up having tacos

Monday: super hot spicy chicken legs from RR with mashed potatoes and corn on the side

Tuesday: spaghetti & meatballs

Wednesday: spicy chicken & broccoli over jasmine rice

Thursday: pita pizzas & salad

Friday: mexi lasagna

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Menu Plan Monday - I'm Back :)

I did so well for quite a few months but then I fell of the wagon with menu planning. I've decided to hop back on board. I need to buckle down and start saving money and quit spending wasting it on eating out.

My week runs a little differently with my husband having Mondays and Tuesdays off now. Yes, it really does screw things up when you are used to another schedule for 15 yrs. Our menu now runs from Sat. to Fri.

So, here's our menu for this week:

S - turkey burgers, tater tots and onion rings, salad

M - lasagna and Italian bread - mini chocolate cupcakes for dessert for Valentine's Day

T- pork fried rice w/ egg rolls

W - beef veggie soup w/ grilled cheese

H - grilled chicken, fried potatoes, salad

F - chicken noodle soup

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Have a great week! The weathermen say that we should have some warm, sunny days this week! I can't wait! :)

Menu Plan Monday

I'm so happy to see Monday arrive! Here's our menus for the week...... 

Family Menu

M - stuffed pepper soup* - new recipe

T - blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs & turkey bacon

W - chili

H - fajita pizza* & salad - new recipe

F - Chili's southwest egg rolls* - new recipe

A - Asian chicken lettuce wraps & fried rice* - new recipes


My Low Carb Menu

M - low carb stuffed pepper

T - omelet & turkey bacon

W - tuna lettuce wraps

H - cheesy cauliflower bacon soup*  - new recipe

F - taco chicken salad

A - Asian chicken lettuce wraps* - new recipe


Have a wonderful week!

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Menu Plan

It's been a crazy week here at home but I did manage to get a menu planned for this week. I decided last week that I would start making some of the recipes that I marked in several of the magazines that I've been saving. Once again I'm keeping the menu simple so that dinner time will (hopefully) stay calm.


Family Menu

M- pork tenderloin, pierogies & green beans

T - pasta shells & sauce

W - Mexican tortilla pizza & Spanish rice (recipe from last week. Did not make it)

H - egg mcmuffins, fried potatoes

F - ham & turkey cordon bleu on a bun, cucumber salad & tater tots

A - Kraft quick beef and pasta post


My Low Carb Menu

M - pork tenderloin, zucchini ribbons & green beans

T - broiled tomatoes w/goat cheese & salad

W - Mexi-American burger

H - eggs and ham (not green. lol!)

F - ham & turkey lettuce wraps

A - leftovers


For more inspiration, check out the many other menu plans on Menu Plan Monday. 

Menu Plan

Somehow I've lost my mojo when it comes to being creative in the kitchen and blogging about it. I took last week of to spend with my kids while they were on spring break. I thought that it might inspire me.....  I haven't been bitten by the inspiration bug just yet. I'm working on getting it back!

I made it a point to plan simple meals this week.
I'm still trying new a couple of new recipes. :)

Our Family Menu

M - beefy vegetable soup (made with leftover beef roast from last week)

T - Campbell's chicken & cheese enchiladas

W -crockpot bbq roast beef sandwiches & pasta salad

H - Mexican tortilla pizzas* & salad - new recipe

F - blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs & turkey bacon

A - stuffed pepper soup* (if I can find a deal on green peppers - if not, plan on chili)


I'm back to strictly low carbing again. I was really off last week.

My Low Carb Menu

M - beefy vegetable soup with cheese crisps

T - chicken salad

W - roast beef  roll ups & mashed "faux"tatoes

H - Mexican pizza crisps* & salad - new recipe

F - omelet & turkey bacon

S - sloppy joe stuffed pepper ( could change depending on family meal)


I hope that you are having a great week!

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Menu Plan Monday & Bad Weather

We are very thankful today that we were able to escape harm from the terrible weather that surrounded us last night. If you watched the morning news today, you probably saw coverage of all of the damage that occurred around the Charlotte, NC area. We live smack dab in the middle of it. Yes, Dorothy, tornado season is here.

I spent most of the evening watching weather radars and standing outside on our patio watching the fabulous lightening show off in the distance....instead of menu planning. My kids were up late because no one could've possibly slept through the thunder and lightening or the noise of the rain and hail hitting the side of our apartment.

So, here I am once again posting a late menu. I'm ok with it, though, because my family and I are together safe & sound. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families who sustained damage by the storms.

And....   Let me tell you how one big storm can make for a class of very excited 1st graders! I walked into  my daughter's class this morning only to be surrounded by several students who were very eager to tell me their versions of what they saw last night. Watching their faces as they told me everything, seeing their eyes widen  with every descriptive word.....that just reassured me that even though I'm late making a menu plan or that my house is somewhat messy at times, I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to spend the morning with them whenever possible!

Have a great week! It's supposed to be sunny and warm here for the rest of the week! Yay!


My Low Carb Menu

M - turkey & egg cups on spinach* - new recipe

T - grilled sausage, grilled squash & salad

W - beef or pork kebabs, coleslaw & cucumbers in vinegar and oil

H - bbq chicken salad* - didn't try last week so new recipe this week

F- out with the family to celebrate my husband's BD

A - low carb pizza casserole

Family Menu

M - hot turkey sandwiches w/gravy

T - grilled hot dogs, pasta salad & carrot and celery stix w/ranch dressing

W - beef or pork kebabs, wild rice & cucumbers in vinegar and oil

H - bbq chicken salads

F - out with family to celebrate dad's BD

A - pizza loaf* and salad - new recipe


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Short and sweet.....

Here's this week's menus:

Family Menu

M - corned beef w/fried noodles and cooked carrots (my family doesn't like cabbage)

T - grilled chicken, hashbrown casserole and corn

W - Pastees*, salad and green beans - new recipe for St. Patrick's Day

H - steak salads

F - hamburger stroganoff and salad

A - pizza


My Low Carb Menu

M - corned beef and cabbage

T - grilled chicken salad

W - roasted tomatoes w/goat cheese* and sauteed green beans - new recipe, didn't try it before

H - steak salad

F - cheeseburger, salad, grilled squash

A - deep dish pizza* - new recipe


I hope to post 3 new St. Patrick's Day desserts this week, too, so be on the lookout for those! 

If you're looking for a great dessert for St. Patrick's Day, join The Cookie Carnival right here at Tami's Kitchen Table Talk! This month's cookie is a perfect dessert for St. Patrick's Day!

Have a wonderful week! It looks like we might finally get to enjoy a week of sunshine and warmer weather. YAY!

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The forecast for today was supposed to be sunny with a high of 66* -- look out the window now and you will see rain. Better than snow, I guess.

This week's menus are simple. Our budget is a little short this week so I'm working mostly with what we have on hand. Nothing to complain about, I'm so thankful that we have food in the freezer to eat.

Family Menu

M - leftovers from the weekend

T - baked chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, veggie

W - turkey sloppy joe pasta bake

H - 4 ingredient casserole (leftovers using baked chicken from Tues.)

F - pizza & salad

A - hot dogs & pierogies



My Low Carb Menu

M - leftovers - maybe in an omelet

T - baked chicken & broccoli

W - turkey sloppy joe stuffed pepper

H - chicken lettuce wraps

F - broiled tomatoes w/ goat cheese, sauteed green beans

A - undecided - probably leftovers in frig


Have a wonderful week! Hopefully we are seeing a peak of spring coming our way!

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