Menu for the week of May 5 - 10

we had quite a busy schedule last week and there were a few times we didn't eat at home (wedding rehersal dinner, wedding night, g'pa's b-day celebration) so i have quite a few rollover meals. here they are in no particular order, i thaw out whatever sounds good that morning and i try to plan meals with leftovers also.

Poppy seed chicken (with baggie found with two chicken breasts shredded up in freezer)
broccoli

hawaiian meatballs
baked beans
homemade hot rollscorn

steak
baked potato
cauliflower

chicken quesadillas (from leftover chicken from the Roasted Sticky Chicken)
rice
beans

beans
mexican cornbread
fried potatoes

Italian pinto beans
crusty french bread

Also, while looking in my fridge in the garage, i came upon a frozen turkey breast, so i will incorporate that into next week's menu.

This week's menus

In no particular order, i am making:

fetticini alfredo with sliced chicken (using up two miscellanous chicken breasts found in freezer)
garlic toast (homemade)

Poppy seed chicken (with baggie found with two chicken breasts shredded up in freezer)
broccoli

hawaiian meatballs
baked beans
homemade hot rolls
corn

steak
baked potato
cauliflower

roasted sticky chicken
broccoli and cauliflower mix, steamed with garlic butter sauce
baked potato

chicken quesadillas
rice
beans

beans
mexican cornbread
fried potatoes

Italian pinto beans
crusty french bread

My menus for this week

I am not really doing a formal menu, but i will post what i have done so far, we are eating from our freezer this week, so it might ecclectic :) I got stressed yesterday and so i spent lots of time in the kitchen, cooking and baking from scratch. it is my stress outlet....at least my family benefits from that :)

Sunday - my version of Chicken Tetrazzini with broccoli and mushrooms. I seasoned the chicken with a new seasoning i just got. it was lovely and yummy! If you get the chance, go get some Herbs De Provinc seasoning. I found it at Reasor's. Smells wonderful when cooking and tastes even better!

Monday - Beans, cornbread and hot spanish rice (out of potatoes).

Tuesday (stressed day and no, NOT from taxes, LOL)- Homemade chicken and dumplin's with homemade hot rolls (Grandma E's recipe, will post pics and tutorial for that when camera quits acting wonky), and some strawberry shortcake. (will post recipe tonight - keep forgetting). I can't believe i made 23 rolls and all but 3 were eaten last night!

Wednesday - Lima Bean Soup with homemade crusty french bread. We have made this recipe many times and it is so yummy! Hint, make it up earlier in the day and let it set for a while to thicken up (that is, if you don't like soupy soup :) ) We are using leftover ham from Christmas in this dish.

Menu Plan Monday

Sunday
BBQ pork steak
Mashed potatoes
Rolls
Blackeyed peas
(mashed cauliflower for me)

Monday
Monteray Chicken
Baked potatoes
SB mashed potatoes for me
Broccoli and cheese
Salad

Tuesday
Chili

Wednesday
Chicken Picatta
Asparagus
Broccoli and cauliflower
Salad

Thursday
Ham steaks
Mashed potatoes
SB cauliflower
Ranch beans
Salad

Friday
Taco Salad

Saturday
Keilbasa
Ranch beans
Salad
Broccoli and cheese

Breakfast:
Eggs and broccoli omlet
Sausage and egg
V-8 juice
Canadian bacon
pancakes and cereal and oatmeal for kids.

Lunch:
Lunch meat rollups
SB fajitas

it has been a while since i was able to particate in MPM.
Lettuce BLTs

Menu Plan Monday

Those with an * beside it is a new recipe and will be critiqued about on this site in the coming days.

Monday - Monterey Chicken*, rice and broccoli and cauliflower

Tuesday - Impossible Cheeseburger Pie*

Wednesday - Dorito Chicken*, rice

Thursday - Top of Stove Casserole

Friday - Steak Quesadillas, rice and beans

Saturday - Creamy Ranch Chicken on noodles, peas

for more great menu plans, head over to Laura's.

Menu Plan Monday

I have not done this in a couple of weeks but here it goes!

Monday - Burratos (not burritos - tad bit differen), taco rice and refried beans with all lettuce onions olives and sour cream

Tuesday - Beans, cornbread and mexican rice

Wednesday - Hawaiian meatballs, baked beans, sour cream bacon potatoes, angel biscuits

After church snack - nachos

Thursday - Sticky chicken, loaded baked potatoes, steamed mixed veggies with garlic butter sauce

Friday - Pizza (dd's sleepover!)

Saturday - cheese enchiladas, rice and beans

snack after church of ice cream sundaes.

Sunday - Late lunch before church - Hamburgers with all the fixin's and oven fries.

After church - some type of leftovers.

Menu Plan Monday

Yes, i am an entire day early, but i wanted to make sure i could do this!!!! This is my FIRST Menu Plan Monday that i am a part of. I love reading others and was introduced to it through my friend Candi and i am just sorta kinda figuring out this blogging stuff ;)

I almost always plan menus, otherwise i am a basket case trying to figure out what to feed my family. i NEED my lists ;) With my busy schedule with three kids in soccer, church functions, my husband and oldest daughter hunting (yes, it is archery and muzzleloading season), i have to be organized or my household falls apart and none of us are happy campers. On top of all those reasons, if i don't menu plan, my grocery budget goes through the roof! and we can't have that! Here is what i have planned. i was trying to stay very frugal this week and i only had to buy two items of meat!!! How cool is that?! I bought one cutup chicken and one pound of hamburger and that should do me for 7 meals! Here is my menu in no particular order as to the day of the week we will eat it:

• Wild Rice Chicken Soup (with lots of veggies and barley, Homemade Old Fashioned Oatmeal Bread.


• Pinto beans with green chilis over rice topped with diced tomatoes and cheese, a recipe of Katie's.


• Spaghetti, homemade french bread with garlic butter, meat sauce and salad (if i go and pick up the fixin's for salad - i never buy salad stuff until the day i need it, otherwise it may go rotten in my fridge because i don't use it fast enough).


• Chicken Casserole, steamed broccoli, corn on the cob, fried cabbage


• Poppyseed Chicken, broccoli and cheese, buttered carrots


• Marlboro Man Sandwiches from here, sour cream potato casserole. I will let you know how the sandwiches are. they sure look good!!!


• Lentil-Spinach soup from Katie again. I am willing to give it a try. Don't know how well my family will like it though :). I will make this along with some homemade french bread with some good butter.

I try to plan my menus around stuff i already have in the pantry or what is on sale, etc. I have a master list of my "cheapest" meals on my computer and when i need inspiration, i go check that. Then, i make up a list of seven meals, plan three things for breakfast to be rotated and after school snacks. I then underneath each dinner meal, i list the ingredients needed to make that meal, including spices, seasonings, etc. Then, i enlist the help of my girls and, while i sit and eat bon-bons on the couch (yeah right! in my dream world!!!), they go searching through the pantry and spice cabinet and icebox when i call off items i am not sure if we have. i mark through the items i do have and then create my shopping list off of the items that are not marked through. I usually use 2-3 sheets of paper when i make my shopping list. I am sure there are other computer guru's who can do all of this on the computer, but frankly, i am stuck in my ways, LOL.... sorta like how you can't really grocery shop if YOU aren't the one pushing the cart.....it just doesn't "feel" right, LOL.