Menu Plan: March 18 - 24

Welcome Dagen Kylee!  How precious is that baby girl?  I, happily, snuggled with her this past weekend...hence the late post.  While I was away I tried to remember what we needed to eat produce wise from last week (to create my menu).  Also, I did the standard Aldi run yesterday afternoon.  This week we will celebrate Davis' 4th birthday, well, just Thursday...so I will be a "cook to order" chef on her special day.  I did predict pancakes for breakfast but I'm not sure what she will choose for the other two meals.   

Sunday, March 18

Oatmeal, grapes
Wraps
spaghetti, grapes, spinach salad

Monday, March 19
Oatmeal, grapes
Whatever Aunti B makes us
leftover green enchiladas


Tuesday, March 20
Sweet potato biscuits, grapefruit
leftovers
Mushroom Stroganoff, peas, roasted cauliflower


Wednesday, March 21
Fruit pizza on tortilla/vegan cream cheese
Taco potato, steamed broccoli
Sweet potato burger with avocado slices, baked onion rings


Thursday, March 22
Birthday Girl Breakfast (prediction:  pancakes)
Birthday Girl Lunch
Birthday Girl Dinner


Friday, March 23
"normal" Biscuit with my strawberry freezer jam, banana
hummus, fresh veggies with ranch dip and fruit bar (as in assorted fruit)
Burrito Bar as requested from DH 

Saturday, March 24
Whole Wheat Waffles, kiwi
Something Sweet and Simple ;)
Leftovers

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Menu Plan: March 11 - 17

homemade whole wheat bagel with banana

  My week in the kitchen didn't start off on the right foot last week.  Monday and Tuesday's dinner were awful, like throw away-start over (Monday) or rinse off the pasta (Tuesday) bad.  So when Wednesday's Vegan Quiche (lunch) appeared on my menu I knew I couldn't afford another flop.  I did make one and boy am I glad I did.  It was EXCELLENT!  Darrell even took it for lunch on Friday and loved it.  (NOT kidding, I knew he'd hate it, glad I was wrong!)   SOOOO happy the week turned around with a hit!  So the Vegan Quiche is reappearing this week as dinner.  Saturday morning I whipped up a double batch of whole wheat waffles one for breakfast that morning and the other for the freezer.  I also made honey whole wheat bagels, pictured above for Monday (and the rest for the freezer).

I am looking forward to meeting my newest niece...HOPEFULLY she will arrive this week so we can return to the mountains for a quick visit and meet her.  (her due date has come and gone)

Sunday, March 11

Oatmeal, grapefruit
Burritos, oranges
leftover pizza, salad / chili potato deal


Monday, March 12
Honey Whole Wheat bagels with vegan cream cheese, bananas
Burritos, apple slices
Sweet potato veggie burger with avocado slices, baked onion rings, homemade coleslaw


Tuesday, March 13
Oatmeal, grapefruit
Hummus, cucumbers/carrots, pretzels, oranges
Delicious Big Bowl Quinoa, fruit

Wednesday, March 14
Sweet potato biscuits with maple butter, strawberries
St Patty Day Play date-Green Snacks
Spaghetti, spring mix salad, ww homemade bread knots

Thursday, March 15
Whole wheat waffles, fruit
leftovers
Vegan quiche


Friday, March 16
Biscuits with grapefruit
leftovers
Green goddess enchiladas (our St Patty meal early)


Saturday, March 16
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Menu Plan for March 4 - March 10

After the explosion last week, I am happy to report this week as "accident free".  We had the usual trip to Aldi today.  Everything above for $17...PLUS a small order from Whole Foods (5 lb organic carrots, kale, vegan cream cheese & butter, coconut milk, maybe 1 or 2 more things I forgot)...spent around $17 there too.  Speaking of, I canNOT wait for Whole Foods to open here!!! 

I'm not sure why I have all these soups going on this week.  Maybe it's because I'm a little chilly now and the sound of a soup/stew is warming.  The soup recipes are new to me so I just hope they are yummy!!  How about you...anything new you are trying this week?

Sunday, March 4

Oatmeal, grapefruit
Burritos, grapes
leftover bean/spinach stew from last week

Monday, March 5
Applesauce Carrot bread, oranges
Burritos, apple slices
Tortilla & black bean blender Soup, peas, tortilla chips (maybe)

Tuesday, March 6
7 grain cereal, grapefruit
Vegetable Minestrone Soup
Spinach Pesto Whole Wheat Pasta, steamed carrots, spring mix salad, ww homemade bread sticks


Wednesday, March 7
Applesauce Bread, blueberries
trying my hand at eggless spinach quiche…hmmmmm - I'll report back on that one
Quesadilla on WW homemade tortilla w/ avocado dip, apple slices


Thursday, March 8
Warm Cinnamon Quinoa, blueberries
Bean soup, Whole Wheat Bread Sticks, green beans
Potato & Spinach Soup


Friday, March 9
Pumpkin muffins, Apples
Leftover-clean out the fridge day
Pizza, spring mix salad, applesauce

Saturday, March 10
Whole wheat waffles, oranges
hoping for more leftovers here too
Bean Chili on baked potato, steamed broccoli, garden canned corn


Snacks:
hummus with veggies for dipping
rice cakes (w/ almond butter for Davis) and raisins
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Menu Plan for the week (Feb 26 - March 3)

I had started to clean the mess at the arrow but thought a picture to capture the moment would be nice.

No, that isn't ice or the next in style kitchen decor.  That, my friends, is what use to be my 9x13 baking dish.   Apparently when you turn on a cooking unit and it heats a baking dish that is sitting on the 'eye' this is what happens.  Now, for clarification, I didn't mean to.  I thought I turned on the rear unit not the front.  On the front sat my dish patiently waiting for me.  On the other front unit was this...

Our dinner.  Just sitting there all sauteed up waiting for the liquid to cover it.  Then after the BIG explosion, I happened to see the lovely GLASS chunk.  Great, a whole pot of black bean veggie stew wasted, well the veggies anyway (and my time cutting and slicing everything).  I am pretty sure those are tiny peices of glass on my spatula.  Oh should I mention the fact that I was standing in front of the oven when this happened.  My dish actually hit my hip.  I walked away injury free, thankfully.  Also, a blessing to be mentioned is that I was making this Saturday and my children were not in the kitchen like they usually are. Glass was EVERYWHERE...from the laundry room, back door to our breakfast nook as well as all over the counter.  YUP my fun story from last week so now for our menu...


Sunday, February 26
Oatmeal, fruit
burritos
Chex cereal in coconut milk (yeah, we’re always stuffed from lunch and I love simple Sundays!)


Monday, February 27
Oatmeal with raisins (per request of Davis), apples
Burritos, oranges
Stuffed Green Peppers, fruit


Tuesday, February 28
Very berry roll up, strawberries
Back bean soup, avocado, some kind of bread-garlic knots maybe (thanks Anna)
Green Goddess Enchiladas (thanks Leslie via Pinterest)


Wednesday, February 29
Cranberry orange muffin, banana
Hummus/carrot sticks, cucumbers, with ranch, fruit salad
Taco potatoes


Thursday, March 1
Whole wheat waffles, grapefruit
Black bean soup, avocado, bread sooo leftovers
White Bean & Spinach Stew, broccoli, corn bread

Friday, March 2
Sweet potato biscuits, maple butter, triple berry salad
Leftover-clean out the fridge day
Pizza, spring mix salad, applesauce

Saturday, March 3
Brunch with sweet friends for me, whole wheat pancakes with strawberry toppings
Tortilla pizza/open faced pizza, spring salad, fruit
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Monday Menu: Update

I wanted to let you know that Friday morning our family welcomed a new baby boy.  With this new addition we are blessed abundantly will meals provided from our church family.  This being said I will resume our Monday Menu schedule January 31st. 

Not to worry, I will continue to blog as time allows...and since I have a trusty, deal-seeking and loving partner in crime, blog post will continue! 

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Monday Menu Plan Dec 13th

Monday - Spaghetti with Meatballs (homemade, hopefully the recipe will be in my inbox soon), Salad, Homemade Bread, Fruit

Tuesday -  Breakfast!!  Eggs, Biscuits (1933 recipe), Turkey Bacon, Gravy, Oatmeal/Cream of Wheat?, Fruit

Wednesday - Cheeseburger Soup, Bread, Fruit

Thursday - Memphis Ribs (recipe below), Red Potatoes dish (recipe below), Creamed Corned, Fruit

Friday - Left overs

Saturday - possible Christmas dinner....

Sunday - Something Simple

Cheeseburger Soup

4 c chicken broth
1 T dried onion
1lb gr beef or turkey, browned and drained
1 bell pepper, diced
2 potatoes, cut in chunks
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 c milk
24 oz velveeta
Add all ingredients except milk and cheese in crockpot and cook. Alternatively, put all in a soup pot and bring to a boil. Simmer for 1 hour. Add milk and cheese the last 20 minutes.  Great with sourdough bread.

Memphis Rub
1/4 c paprika
1 tbsp firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 tbsp granulated sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1-3 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
Combine all ingredients in a jar, add lid shake to mix.  Store away from heat and light for up to 6 months.  Makes about 1/2 cup; enough for the 4 to 6 racks of ribs. 

Memphis Mops Sauce
Vinegar, yellow (ballpark mustard),  salt....mix to taste (not sure of amounts, sorry)

Red Potatoes:
red potatoes, cut into small pieces, then boiled

~1/2 c. red onions, sliced thin
seasoned salt/pepper
1 box stove top stuffing, prepared
1 block 2% velveeta, cubed
1/2 stick butter/margarine, cubed
season the potatoes then spread into greased glass baking dish. sprinkle red onions over. arrange 1/2 of the cheese over the onions and potatoes. then layer the stuffing, rest of the cheese, then butter on top.
cover with foil and bake at 375 for about 30 mins.
Recipe Credits:
Cheeseburger Soup:  Leslie
Memphis: The Barbecue Bible By Steven Raichlen
Red Potatoes:  Joanna
I will (most likely) substitute the velveeta cheese for regular cheese...hope it still tastes the same!
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Menu Plan Monday: November 8th

Monday:  Make your own pizza served salad and apple slices

Tuesday:  Black beans burgers served with pickles, homemade potato wedges, avocado

Wednesday:  Pork chops served with brown rice, broccoli, orange slices

Thursday:  Broccoli cheddar soup served with homemade bread and apple slices

Friday:  Meatloaf served with mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and bread (and a yummy dessert!!)
Saturday:  Tailgating!  WHOAA!!

Sunday:  Leftover Buffet!!

Now that the pizza dough is making I had time to get this down, sorry I'm late posting! 

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Monday Menu Plan: May 10th

Monday -  Grilled Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Spring Mix Salad, Potato Salad 

Tuesday -   Parmesan Pan-Fried Pork Cutlets (deal here) served with Corn, Avocado and Tomato Salad  (we ended up eating at a friends house and not eating this...) probably carrots too

Wednesday -  Quiche: Spinach Bacon and Cheese (recipe to be posted tomorrow for Tasty Tuesday!!),  Grits, Hashbrowns

Thursday -  Homemade Pizza, steamed broccoli

Friday -  Leftovers

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Monday Menu Plan

Monday - Mexican night: refried beans, avocado, chicken quesadilla's

Tuesday - Organic yogurt chicken, potato salad, peas

Wednesday - BBQ chicken legs, Crash hot potatoes, green beans

Thursday - Twice baked potato bar, broccoli, strawberries

Friday - leftovers

Saturday - Pizza Party!

This week I am also going to try my hand at making ketchup and barbeque sauce. I need the ketchup in order to make the barbeque sauce needed for Wendesday. I have a pretty full week so hopefully I will be able to get some recipes and pictures posted. I feel a little under the gun finishing up a dress for my daughter. She will turn 2 on Monday however we have her photo session already scheduled with Candi Friday evening! Yikes! Still lots to do and soooo little time!

Enjoy your week! As always, more menu ideas here at Org Junkie

Side note: Salad will again be offered at each lunch and dinner since we still have TONS to eat!!

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Monday Menu Plan

Monday - Breakfast for dinner: Pancakes, strawberries, turkey bacon

Tuesday - Spaghetti with homemade sauce, bread and salad

Wednesday - BBQ chicken, broccoli, fruit, potato salad,

Thursday- Pork Tenderloin, mashed potatoes, salad

Friday - Leftovers!

Yipee, I am so excited I was able to get this posted MONDAY and not later! If you think we have salad often you are right! I have been purchasing the Organic Spring Mix by the POUND lately. It's less expensive that way and good for you so why not?! The only thing with 2 adults and one little one it takes a while to get through that much salad. I will say we have not let any go to waste!!

What's for dinner at your house?? Here's what others are having!

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