Well it's a holiday, but for us that means nothing, since my husband always has to work. So nothing planned, no big bbqs, which I'm fine with. But, here the plan for the rest of the week anyway, oh and I'm back to work four days this week so dinners will be a little more rushed.
Mon - BBQ chicken legs, Mac n cheese, salad
Tuesday - hopefully something leftover? Maybe with some fresh hot dogs, and turkey burgers?
Wed - pizza night, catch up around the house
Thurs - chicken salad
Fri - lemon chicken with rice
I may end up moving the chicken salad to Tuesday because I don't want the lettuce to go bad? That's all for now, done a day ahead this week, boy this really is making things much easier.
Sight alteration to this week, I didn't make the roast pork I had planned for sat night, so it got bumped to Monday.
Revised week;
Mon - pork roast
Tues - leftovers, throw something together, it's too hot to turn on the oven
Wed - pizza still
Thurs - those chicken legs before they go bad.
Fri - chicken salad to use up the lettuce
Sat - lemon chicken with rice
Here's what I made for Monday night; I was feeling ambitious!
Store bought rosemary and olive oil marinaded pork tenderloin, covered it with some mandarin oranges and some snips of fresh rosemary I had in the oven, roasted at 350 for about 45 min.
I made a balsamic reduction using just balsamic and dark brown sugar 1:1 ratio heat to melt sugar then reduce on med low heat until thickened. This was drizzled over the roast pork.
For a side I went with a standard, spaghetti with a pesto cream sauce, topped with fresh diced tomatoes I had in the garden.
I wanted to keep it really light so I threw together a spring salad, added so e dried cranberries, sliced almonds, and a can of sliced peaches, and hearts of palm (also just things I had on hand) I tossed the salad in a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and a dash of marjoram.
For dessert I had a box of brownies and a can of puréed pumpkin, so I searched for a recipe in Pinterest, and they were delicious. I only had to make the pumpkin part, then just threw it into the box brownie mix. So simple.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Menu plan week of 8/26
Ok so I'm a few days late but it's only because I've been so busy with all our projects around the house, so it's a good thing. So here it goes.
Monday - buffalo chicken salad
Tuesday - this will be my pizza night this week, less to clean up and I have a visitor coming in the morning. Oh yeah and no leftovers since we didn't do a big dinner on Sunday.
Wednesday - lemon chicken and rice
Thursday - chicken Marsala with penne Alfredo, I think I will even cook the chicken altogether on Wednesday?
Friday - lets keep it simple, another chicken salad, don't want the lettuce to go bad.
Like I've said before I have a million things going on at home, bathroom needs finishing, the porch project is in full swing, I still have bins full of little clothes in my upstairs hall that need to go away! Painting, painting, and more painting. Oh and I still have no official kitchen (hence the reason I have pizza once a week!) it's just studs and some make shift countertops, oh and my appliances are in my dining room, sounds fun right? All in due time.
Anywho, that's it for this week in a nut shell. Hope this helps someone who may be without a kitchen, keep it simple, your family won't really care if you have the same meals every week for a month or so, and everyone loves pizza around here. Once fall really hits ill be making some crockpot meals to help.
Monday - buffalo chicken salad
Tuesday - this will be my pizza night this week, less to clean up and I have a visitor coming in the morning. Oh yeah and no leftovers since we didn't do a big dinner on Sunday.
Wednesday - lemon chicken and rice
Thursday - chicken Marsala with penne Alfredo, I think I will even cook the chicken altogether on Wednesday?
Friday - lets keep it simple, another chicken salad, don't want the lettuce to go bad.
Like I've said before I have a million things going on at home, bathroom needs finishing, the porch project is in full swing, I still have bins full of little clothes in my upstairs hall that need to go away! Painting, painting, and more painting. Oh and I still have no official kitchen (hence the reason I have pizza once a week!) it's just studs and some make shift countertops, oh and my appliances are in my dining room, sounds fun right? All in due time.
Anywho, that's it for this week in a nut shell. Hope this helps someone who may be without a kitchen, keep it simple, your family won't really care if you have the same meals every week for a month or so, and everyone loves pizza around here. Once fall really hits ill be making some crockpot meals to help.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Menu plan week 8/19
Back on the track again this week, a day late but it's ok I was already prepared in my head for this week. Also on a side note, I've decided Tuesday nights are from now on forward going to be our leftover night. Mostly because Sunday is a big dinner night and there usually a ton of leftovers, no one wants them on Monday, but by Tuesday it's a good time to eat them up before they are forgotten about.
Monday - chicken salad, chicken strips over greens, Cesar for me.
Tuesday - leftovers, beef stir fry, just need to add some fresh fried rice.
Wednesday - pizza, day at the lake, or park so this will be much needed
Thursday - turkey burgers macaroni salad, and hot dogs, last of the really warm weather so I better take advantage.
Friday - waldorf salad over greens, with chicken.
Just a reminder I am trying to minimize the amount of cooking and cost as much as possible right now. Lots of other projects I need to focus my attention on other than dinner!
Another couple notes, I'm getting my oldest son ready to attend nursery school, so will be prepping him for eating lunch more independently. This means stocking up on things he loves, and a new bento, lunchbox and making sure he can operate it. Goal for the next week!
Also, will be trying to plan some breakfast make ahead items from Pinterest, pancake muffins mmmm.
Monday - chicken salad, chicken strips over greens, Cesar for me.
Tuesday - leftovers, beef stir fry, just need to add some fresh fried rice.
Wednesday - pizza, day at the lake, or park so this will be much needed
Thursday - turkey burgers macaroni salad, and hot dogs, last of the really warm weather so I better take advantage.
Friday - waldorf salad over greens, with chicken.
Just a reminder I am trying to minimize the amount of cooking and cost as much as possible right now. Lots of other projects I need to focus my attention on other than dinner!
Another couple notes, I'm getting my oldest son ready to attend nursery school, so will be prepping him for eating lunch more independently. This means stocking up on things he loves, and a new bento, lunchbox and making sure he can operate it. Goal for the next week!
Also, will be trying to plan some breakfast make ahead items from Pinterest, pancake muffins mmmm.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Menu plan week 8/12
Monday - macaroni and meatballs, easy frozen no need to panic Lol. Scratch this....leftover turkey re-done somehow?
Tuesday - leftovers from Sunday dinner chicken and Mac n cheese no need to waste
Wednesday - pizza. We will be at the lake all morning a this will be a nice easy night.
Thursday - chicken and rice.
Friday - turkey burgers, sweet potato fries.
I have recently started working a bit again, and am trying to keep dinners organized, easy, and inexpensive in order to allocate the extra funds where they need to go.
Which reminds me I have leftover turkey from a few days ago, that needs to be eaten first so Monday may be another leftover day instead?
And I still need to make those zucchini muffins from last week! Muffins for breakfast for the week?
Oh and the pickles are still waiting for me too!
Tuesday - leftovers from Sunday dinner chicken and Mac n cheese no need to waste
Wednesday - pizza. We will be at the lake all morning a this will be a nice easy night.
Thursday - chicken and rice.
Friday - turkey burgers, sweet potato fries.
I have recently started working a bit again, and am trying to keep dinners organized, easy, and inexpensive in order to allocate the extra funds where they need to go.
Which reminds me I have leftover turkey from a few days ago, that needs to be eaten first so Monday may be another leftover day instead?
And I still need to make those zucchini muffins from last week! Muffins for breakfast for the week?
Oh and the pickles are still waiting for me too!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Meal planning do over!
I used to do this when my first son was little and it really helped. Since we've been doing a ton of housework and I now have two young children running around I thought it would be a great time to refocus on it again. Plus I finally feel like I'm out from under the overwhelming weight of day to day housework. Things just seem to be working in some sort of order right now? Why can't this, huh? Ok here goes...
Monday: chicken legs on the grill with rice
Make tuna salad for lunches, and zucchini bread/muffins for breakfasts. Do it today!!
**apparantly cannot do zucchini bread today, out of baking soda! It shall wait until tomorrow.
Tuesday: burgers on the grill if it doesn't rain, otherwise meatloaf. Potatoes etc.
Wednesday: chicken tenders made however I feel? With something, probably pasta or Mac n cheese for the kids.
Thursday: turkey. I've had it in the freezer for a while and took it out on Monday to thaw. Sould be good by now.
Friday, ? May be a vacation day so not sure where we will end up, I will call this a macaroni and meatballs day (something I always have on hand frozen that everyone will eat!)
Ok that's it for this week, wish me luck. I know it's sort of boring, but nice I get back into it I can plan some better dishes. I decided this morning to also clean out the freezer so most of these meals are from what was in there.
Also, side note...I am planning on getting an abundance of veggies from friends and will be planning to use them up as to not waste. My garden is still not growing well at our new house...no sun!! :(
Monday: chicken legs on the grill with rice
Make tuna salad for lunches, and zucchini bread/muffins for breakfasts. Do it today!!
**apparantly cannot do zucchini bread today, out of baking soda! It shall wait until tomorrow.
Tuesday: burgers on the grill if it doesn't rain, otherwise meatloaf. Potatoes etc.
Wednesday: chicken tenders made however I feel? With something, probably pasta or Mac n cheese for the kids.
Thursday: turkey. I've had it in the freezer for a while and took it out on Monday to thaw. Sould be good by now.
Friday, ? May be a vacation day so not sure where we will end up, I will call this a macaroni and meatballs day (something I always have on hand frozen that everyone will eat!)
Ok that's it for this week, wish me luck. I know it's sort of boring, but nice I get back into it I can plan some better dishes. I decided this morning to also clean out the freezer so most of these meals are from what was in there.
Also, side note...I am planning on getting an abundance of veggies from friends and will be planning to use them up as to not waste. My garden is still not growing well at our new house...no sun!! :(
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