menu plan monday - 02.04.08

Welp, 3/4 of us were sick last week, so there were a few nights we didn’t make dinner - we just sort of scavenged or ate pb&j.  So there are some meals we didn’t get to that I’m going to move on over to this week’s menu, and then just add a few new ones onto the end.

Monday:  chicken lo mein (recipe linked in last week’s entry)  We need to eat this asap before the bell peppers go bad.

Tuesday:  breakfast for dinner

Wednesday:  chili

Thursday:  monterey chicken

Friday:  swedish meatballs (this recipe) - served with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies

Saturday:  homemade chicken nuggets, served with french fries (or tator tots, it’s up to the kids) and a cheesy vegetable casserole (recipe here.  It’s so yummy and easy, I can make it in advance and just bake it off while Jason does the nuggets)

Sunday:  grilled chicken over salad greens.  I know we just had this week before last, but it was so good, I’ve been dying to have it again and plus it’s just so easy.  I’m all about easy!

Bonus meal:  hamburgers on the grill.  We’ve got extra patties in the freezer and lots of extra “instant” sides (organic mac & cheese, baked beans, frozen veggies, etc) so it’ll be our standby meal.  Which, btw, might seem weird to plan for, but last week one of our meals didn’t work out because the meat went bad 2 days earlier than it should have (grrrr) so if we hadn’t been sick and had eaten all the rest of our meals, we would have been short and probably would have ended up eating out.  Not that I don’t love to go out to eat, but in the spirit of saving money and trying not to eat an entire week’s worth of calories in one meal, I like to have something extra on hand just incase.

menu plan monday - 01.28.08

Two weeks in a row!  I’m on a roll!  ;-P

Monday:  monterey chicken, thanks to Carol for the suggestion a couple of weeks ago.  We tried it once already and loved it, can’t wait to have it again!  Mashed potatoes and sugar snap peas on the side.

Tuesday:  balsamic-honey pork chops.  One of my all-time faves.  Served with mixed rice and green beans.

Wednesday:  breakfast for dinner!  Jason makes pancakes from scratch (inspired by Alton Brown) with bacon and/or sausage on the side.

Thursday:  beef fajitas.  top sirloin steak, seasonings, peppers, onions and all the fixin’s on the side.

Friday:  chicken lo mein.  This recipe.  New recipe for us.

Saturday:  spaghetti and meatballs.  Easy meal - noodles, sauce, meatballs and some bread on the side.  Salad, too.

Sunday:  hamburgers on the grill.  Never got to these last week and we need to eat up the buns before the go bad!  Baked beans on the side, or maybe a pasta salad if I get around to making one.

Bonus meal:  homemade chicken nuggets.  I bought an extra pack of the chicken tenders at the store last week, so if we need them, they’re there.  If not, they’ll be on the official menu next week.  Mmmmm.

fall break, day #1

Jag’s officially on fall break - THREE WEEKS!  So far so good on the first day.  He cried when Jason left for work - he’s usually leaving with Jason so I think it threw him off a little to be stay behind.  First he cried that he missed Daddy, then he cried that he missed school.  Gosh, I hope he keeps up this love for school for the next 12.5 years!  Ah hell, for the next 16.5 years or even longer!  Not too long though - boy’s gonna need to get a job eventually ;-P

Our morning’s been uneventful, in a good way.  Good breakfast (how ’bout that, he ate well when there wasn’t a deadline!), some Prehistoric Predators (he is fascinated with this show and keeps watching the episode about the short-faced bear over and over), an hour at the park and now pizza for lunch while his Sister naps.  I’m actually scared for the afternoon, certainly it won’t continue to be this easy!

Trying to come up with ideas to keep him busy for the upcoming weeks.  He’s got football, but even so we’re going to try to get down to Orlando for a few days to see Grandmas, Grandpas, cousins, etc.  I promised him we’d go to the mall one day for lunch and some new jeans.  And I also promised him we’d go out looking for the Halloween Store that opens right around this time every year.  I suppose we’ll work on his costume too (he picked something really cool, I’ll tell more later but it was his best idea yet, I hope he doesn’t change his mind).

Wow, really boring entry.  ;-P  I’ll stop the torture and go get myself some lunch now…