Menu Plan Monday ~ Nov 23rd
Hello everyone! I’m sure those of you in the US celebrating Thanksgiving this week are busy getting ready for the festivities. We celebrated last month here in Canada. I always try to prepare almost the entire meal in advance so when the big day arrives I can relax and enjoy my guests. My favorite make-ahead Thanksgiving recipes include:
Black Forest Cheesecake (I make ahead and freeze)
The only thing I’ve never tried to make ahead is the turkey but after reading this post of Amy’s, over at The Finer Things in Life, I think I’m definitely going to give it a try one of these fine holidays.
Here are a few other note worthy links this week related to food and Thanksgiving that you might like:
Easy No Roll Pie Crust ~ @ Reluctant Entertainer
Thanksgiving Crafts for the Kid’s Table ~ @ Alpha Mom
Quick and Easy Fall Centerpiece ~ @ (In)Courage
Have a great one! I’m thankful to all of you for coming by week after week to join me here as we bless our families and our budgets with our menu plans.
I’m also thankful for my youngest son with is four years old today (Sunday). I just can’t imagine life without him in it. The birthday supper he asked for was hot dogs and potato chips so that’s what we had :)
If you haven’t entered the giveaway to win a Kraft Foods Gift Basket, it’s not too late. The giveaway ends on Tuesday, November 24th at 9:00 pm PST.
Here’s what we’ll be eating in our house this week:
Monday: Zesty Corn Quesadillas with Spinach Salad
Tuesday: Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Wednesday: Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken served with french fries and veggies
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Fajitas
Saturday: Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage
Simple Supper Sunday (leftovers, omelets, grilled cheese sandwiches or something else easy)
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
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Menu Plan Monday ~ Nov 9th
Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing well and ready to get menu planning for an organized week!
So my recipe highlight of last week definitely goes to the slow cooked Rotisserie-Style Chicken. This recipe was so easy to prepare in the slow cooker and my hubbie gave it a 9 out of 10 for taste! I say wow to that because he’s a tough critic. The Makeover Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta recipe was also very good and easy to prepare. I’ll definitely be adding both recipes to our Family Favorite Recipe Index.
Unfortunately I wasn’t a huge fan of the Oven Chicken Fingers though, they just weren’t crispy enough for me. I’m going to keep experimenting with recipes on this one.
On my baking list this week is Kristi’s Famous Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. How about you? Baking anything special this week? Feel free to share your recipe link in the comments.
So here is what’s on our dinner menu:
Monday: Chicken Tortellini Soup (using homemade broth from last week’s chicken)
Tuesday: Slow Cooker French Dip (new)
Wednesday: Baked Chicken and Acorn Squash (family favorite)
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Baked Ziti with Spinach and Sausage (new)
Saturday: I’m hosting a ladies fondue party! (will post pictures next week)
Simple Supper Sunday
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
Menu Plan Monday guidelines and banner selections are here.
Menu Plan Monday – Nov 24th + giveaway!
Hi everyone! Many of you will be busy this week with your food preparations in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Us Canadians celebrated last month but all this talk on blogland about the delicious recipes many of you plan on making is making me drool all over my keyboard :) If you are posting/linking any Thanksgiving recipes in your Menu Plan Monday post please feel free to put the name of one of the recipes in brackets after your own name so we can all be sure to take a peek. I love checking out recipes especially holiday ones!
Last week a few of you were forgetting to leave spaces in the Mr. Linky name field. If what you enter is one big long string of words the columns will be all wonky and I get a little cuckoo. So please please leave spaces between your words :) Thanks!
So I thought it would be fun to do another giveaway this week as part of all this holiday hoopla! Because menu planning has been such a lifesaver for me I love to encourage others to give it a try as much as possible. I’m not alone in that endeavor and when I can I like to let you know about other great and helpful resources out there. Today Jamie from Baby Get Green is giving away to one Menu Plan Monday participant a copy of her e-book titled A Month of Meals. This 71 page e-book, valued at $19.95, is chock full of everything you need to organize and prepare a month worth of meals including menu plans, recipes, shopping lists and step by step instructions. The menu plans are designed to save you money because meals have been put together that have similar ingredients so that food is not wasted throughout the weeks.
If you’d like to be entered in this giveaway simply link up below to your menu plan for this week and I’ll be selecting a winner from the Mr. Linky list on Wednesday, Nov 26th at 12:00 pm PST. Good luck!
Here’s what’s on my menu this week:
Monday: Beef & Vegetable Noodle Bake
Tuesday: Salsa Chicken and Black Bean Soup
Wednesday: Saucy Italian Pork Chops served with rice
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Polynesian Roast Beef served with potatoes and broccoli
Saturday: Hashbrown Sausage Skillet
Simple Supper Sunday: which usually means omelets or grilled cheese or leftovers
And in honor of Thanksgiving, here are a couple of ways to use up your leftover turkey:
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
Menu Plan Monday guidelines and banner selections are here.
Menu Plan Monday ~ April 21st
Hello menu planners! I’m so loving the comments from all of you that are new to menu planning and are finally enjoying the benefits menu planning offers. I honestly don’t know how I ever got by when I wasn’t menu planning. Well that’s not true, what I did was muddle along spending way too much money on groceries that I didn’t end up using or weren’t very healthy not to mention all the head space figuring out what to cook for dinner at the last minute took up. Menu planning has made such a huge difference in my life and I’m so thankful to have this platform to encourage and support others to give it a try. So if you are still on the fence, try it for just one week and see what happens. I’m confident, as I’m sure all the other wonderful ladies that join me here each week would agree, that you’ll find it’s worth it!!!
Aimee left me a great question last week that I thought I’d answer here. She asked “do you make something new each night/week or do you have favorites that you go back to over and over again?”. Truth is I’m not a very good cook on my own, I rely on good recipes to make me a better cook. Without them I think I’d be in real trouble. So I figure if I’m cooking with a recipe anyway why not try a new recipe out. I love pouring through my recipe magazines and picking out new recipes to try. I also get bored easily so trying new recipes keeps me excited about cooking. No they don’t always turn out but then I can just blame it on the recipe and not on my cooking….LOL. I will usually break out the tried and true recipes though when company’s coming over, you know just to be on the safe side :)
In case you haven’t seen it yet I’ve put together a separate post featuring helpful online recipe sites and other menu planning resources here.
Recipe highlights from my menu last week include:
Hash Brown Sausage Bake ~ this was a really delicious recipe, a great one to freeze or bring to a potluck
Oven-Baked Fried Chicken ~ yummy, quick and healthy!
On our menu this week:
Monday: Zesty Corn Quesadillas with Spinach Mandarin Salad
Tuesday: 40 Clove Garlic Chicken served with perogies and broccoli
Wednesday: Spud Special Soup with fresh bread made in the bread machine
Thursday: Yankee-Doodle Sirloin Roast served with rice and frozen veggies
Friday: Leftover buffet
Saturday: Burritos
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
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Menu Plan Monday ~ April 7th
Hello everyone!! I hope you had a nice week. First thing up I have to tell you how much I loved the Taco Salad Bowl recipe I made last week. So delicious and easy to make. It was also easy enough to adjust the recipe to make it lower in fat too. I used extra lean ground beef, Weight Watchers 100% whole wheat tortillas and low fat Miracle Whip. Yummy, yum, yum, yum!!
I also want to tell you about a great gluten free site for those of you avoiding gluten. Gluten Free Mommy is a terrific blog with many recipes and resources. She also runs a Gluten Free Menu Swap for gluten free menu planners that you might be interested in.
Have you entered my giveaway yet? I’m giving away a $200.00 to the Container Store!
So here is what’s on my menu this week:
Monday: Special Egg Salad served with soup
Tuesday: Daughter’s 11th Birthday and this is her request ~Hearty Hash Brown Dinner
Wednesday: Chicken Pulled Sandwiches (carried over from last week) served with Caesar Salad
Thursday: Dijon Grilled Pork Chops served with BBQ Potato Wedges
Friday: Leftover buffet
Saturday: Dinner out with hubbie!
WHAT’S ON YOUR MENU THIS WEEK?
Menu Plan Monday guidelines are here.
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