Menu Plan Monday - Week of January 17

Sorry this is a little late! Just forgot to hit publish yesterday!


Here is our menu for the week:

Monday: Chicken Marsala (from America's Test Kitchen cookbook - YUM!), Asparagus

Tuesday: Slow-Cooker Week Night Chili (also from America's Test Kitchen!)

Wednesday: Chicken Fajitas (and again from ATK!)

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: Chicken Marinara

Saturday: Tacos

Sunday: Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Menu Plan Monday - Week of January 10

It's Monday and I'm linking up to Menu Plan Monday over at I'm an Organizing Junke!


I did some freezer cooking and baking this past weekend and I am excited about how it will help the rest of the month! I will share recipes after we try them - they were all new recipes!

But we are also snowed in so if I run out of anything, this menu may have to change! Flexible is the key word this week! And we do have leftovers to use up!

But here is the plan for now...

Monday: Spaghetti, Fresh Homemade Bread, Green Beans

Tuesday: Homemade Pizza

Wednesday: Grilled Cheese, Soup (still deciding what kind - potato? tomato?)

Thursday: Steak, Baked Potatoes

Friday: Sesame Chicken, Fried Rice (Sesame Chicken was one of my freezer recipes!)

Saturday: Hamburgers, Oven Fries

Sunday: Chicken Marsala, Asparagus

My First Offical Menu Plan Monday!

I'm an off-and-on menu-planner, but this is the year to be ON all year!

And to stay accountable, I'm joining in with I'm an Organizing Junkie's Menu Plan Monday Link-up each week! I actually have all of January planned out, but I'll just post it a week at a time!

Be warned - we are not super-adventerous eaters, but I am trying to expand our food horizons in 2011!

Here is the menu for the week of January 3rd!

Monday: Bacon-Wrapped Pork Chops, Oven Fries, Corn

Tuesday: Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken, Applesauce, Corn

Wednesday: Chicken Tacos (crockpot)

Thursday: Twice Baked Potatoes, Green Beans

Friday: Honey-Glazed Chicken Stir Fry, Rice

Saturday: Chicken Quesadillas (with leftover Chicken Taco meat!), Oranges

Sunday: Crockpot Ham, Baked Potatoes, Carrots

What's for dinner at your house this week?

Back to Planning: What's For Dinner in October?

Ok, time to get serious about planning ahead again!

Here's what we're planning for dinner this month!

Brinner
Homemade Pizza
Chicken Marinara
Steak Kabobs
Chicken Veggie Pasta
Twice Baked Potatoes

Chicken Tortilla Soup
Steak with Mushrooms
Chicken and Fried Rice (looking for a good homemade recipe!)

BBQs (aka Sloppy Joes)
Chicken Chili
Burgers and Oven Fries
French Dip
Glazed Ham Steak
Joanie's Chili
Cornflake Chicken
Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Any recipes we need to try next month? Please share!

MOM: July 2009

Darn vacations. Just throw me off.

Here is our July Month of Meals - finally.

July 1: Sandwiches
July 2: CHICK-FIL-A on the road!!!
July 3: Mom's Wonderful BBQs at the cabin (actually made by Mom!)
July 4: Amazing pork sandwiches at the cabin (made by my uncle and cousin)
July 5: I don't even remember - how horrible!
July 6: Turkey Tacos
July 7: Grilled Salmon
July 8: Sandwiches
July 9: Grilled Italian Chicken
July 10: Homemade Pizza
July 11: Burgers
July 12: Leftovers (Mommy to a wedding!)
July 13: Culver's for a MOPS fundraiser
July 14: Chicken Tortilla Soup
July 15: Salads
July 16: Spaghetti
July 17: Godfather's for Guys Night (Mommy has a retreat)
July 18: Steak
July 19: Small Group
July 20: Brinner (Breakfast for Dinner)
July 21: Cajun Chicken Strips
July 22: Sub Sandwiches
July 23: Chicken Marinara
July 24: Small Group Vacation!
July 25: Small Group Vacation!
July 26: Small Group Vacation!
July 27: Homemade Pizza
July 28: Pork Chops
July 29: Grilled Chicken Salad
July 30: Cornflake Chicken
July 31: Steak Kabobs

MOM will be a little late...

So I totally let this month get away from me and right about now I should be posting my Month of Meals for July but...well...I haven't even started it. And we're leaving for vacation on Thursday so I've lost all motivation to plan tonight.

I'll give you this much:

July 1: Sandwiches
July 2: Salads
July 3: At the cabin!!!
July 4: At the cabin!!!
July 5: On the road back

Happy 4th of July everyone - MOM will be back next week!

MOM: June 2009

Here is our Month of Meals (MOM) for June 2009!

We love to grill in the summer if you couldn't tell! The grill and crockpot are my friends in the summer when I don't want to use the oven and heat up the house! Our Wednesday nights are busy with church activities so we keep it simple those days - usually subs or leftovers.

June 1 - Turkey Tacos
June 2 - Chicken Chili
June 3 - Leftovers
June 4 - Oven-Fried Chicken
June 5 - Grilled Pork Chops
June 6 - Homemade Pizza
June 7 - Dinner with friends!
June 8 - Grilled Steak Kabobs
June 9 - Mexican Beef and Corn Bread Pie
June 10 - Subs & Salads
June 11 - Chicken Marinara
June 12 - Grilled Buffalo Burgers
June 13 - Out of Town
June 14 - Out of Town
June 15 - Godfathers (coming back from out of town)
June 16 - Chicken Tacos
June 17 - Subs & Salads
June 18 - Quesadillas (with leftover chicken taco meat)
June 19 - Spaghetti
June 20 - Guests from out of town - meal TBA
June 21 - Small group dinner
June 22 - Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breasts
June 23 - Pulled Pork Sandwiches
June 24 - Leftovers
June 25 - Chicken Veggie Pasta
June 26 - Grilled Salmon
June 27 - French Dip Sandwiches
June 28 - Summer Bash at church!
June 29 - Leftovers
June 30 - Chicken Tortilla Soup

A Month of Meals

Ok, I am finally getting around to putting up our monthly menu. I've thought about it for a while now but, well, I was just lazy. So now I will put it up as I finish it (usually the end of the month before - a few days late this time around).

Why a monthly menu? Stephen loves looking at the menu and knowing what's coming. I like not having to plan meals on the fly! It works well for us.

You will notice that we are very boring people as far as meals go. I may try to throw something new in every once in a while (for my benefit mostly), but I stick to the menu as much as possible.

Unless the Pioneer Woman posts something yummy. Or any of the new blogs I discovered this weekend. Then the menu might change.

If you ever want a recipe, just let me know! Or if you want to send me one, I would like that too!