Monday's Menu Plan

After a busy, enjoyable weekend with family and friends--along with several tasty meals that I didn't have to plan--today it was back to the normal routine.

Mom, Grandma and I spent a couple of hours this morning replenishing our freezer meals. The cooking went quickly with three of us working, and I particularly enjoyed having extra hands to help out with Tinkerbell. We were able to put together four meals: spaghetti pie, enchilada pie, poppyseed chicken and maple glazed chicken--this last one is from Once a Month Mom's April freezer menu.

Although we don't always follow my meal plans, having a plan makes dinner time much, much simpler for me. So, here's the plan for this week:

Monday--Enchilada Pie

Tuesday--Garlic Parmesan Chicken

Wednesday--Crockpot Roast

Thursday--Pizza at school

Friday--Tacos

Saturday--Joel and I will be attending a banquet, and the kids? leftovers?

Sunday--Whole wheat pancakes

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Menu Plan

And here it is, the menu for the week:

Monday--Leftovers, salad, fruit salad

Tuesday--Sassy Chicken Pasta Salad and fruit

Wednesday--Homemade pizza with mushrooms, tomato and carmelized onion

Thursday--Caesar Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Friday--out of town

Saturday--out of town

Sunday--family lunch then a Passover supper with our small group. I'll be trying my hand at Matzo Apple Kugel or Crystal's Squares for Passover.

This Sassy Chicken Pasta Salad comes courtesy of my friend Karie. It's super yummy!!

1 C cherry tomatoes--halved

1/2 C mayonnaise (I use light miracle whip)

1 T. honey

2 C cooked chicken breasts cubed

1 C thinkly sliced celery

1 C red grapes halved

2 C cooked spiral pasta

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 C nuts (pistachios, cashews, almonds whatever you have!)

1. Combine all ingredients

2. Serve Chilled

How simple is that!!

Spring Break

Thankfully, the sun reappeared today to kick off spring break. Yay for the sun!! We were able to squeeze in a couple of fun days of camping by heading just far enough east to miss the snow and sleet that blanketed the area. Instead, we were able to spend Friday evening and most of the day Saturday enjoying the outdoors. I'll try to post some pics in the next couple of days. We did stay in a cabin, which while not equipped with central heat, did have two stone fireplaces, requiring quite a bit of attention throughout the night--yes, we were happy to return to the warm comforts of home.

While the kiddos are on spring break, we try to incorporate something fun into each day. Today we spent part of the day with Nana and Papa; then Joel decided to surprise the boys with a new basketball hoop. They were so excited.

With Spring Break this week, I'm trying to use up many of the meals from my freezer cooking earlier in the month, so without further ado, here's the weekly menu:

Monday--Four Cheese Italian Minestrone

Tuesday--Monterey Jack Chicken

Wednesday--Chili

Thursday--Creamy Chuck Roast with Mushrooms

Friday--date with Joel :)

Saturday--Garlic Parmesan Chicken

Sunday--Pancakes and Broccoli Quiche

Weekly Menu

This week is fairly low key in terms of menu planning because Joel has a meeting on Tuesday night and will be away for dinner, so the kids and I may eat out. Then on Friday we're going camping and will be sharing some meals with friends. If you have any good ideas for camping foods, I'd love to know what they are!

Monday--Leftovers

Tuesday--Eating Out

Wednesday--Crockpot Stroganoff

Thursday--BBQ Chicken Pizza

Friday-Sunday--Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Snacks, etc.

Weekly Menu

Monday--Dinner with Family
Tuesday--Chicken Black Bean Burritos
Wednesday--Meatballs
Thurday--Pita Pizza
Friday--History Banquet at School
Saturday--Marinated Chicken
Sunday--Pancakes and Eggs

One of the fun aspects of starting my own blog is joining some of the blogging forums that I enjoy perusing. One of these is Menu Planning Monday. So today I'm posting my menu for the week:

Monday--Incredible Pizza for a birthday party

Tuesday--Chicken Bruschetta Bake

Wednesday--Stir fry

Thursday--Chicken Ranch Pizza

Friday--Mediterranean Lasagna

Saturday--Four Cheese Italian Minestrone

Sunday--Egg Casserole and Cranberry Upside Down Coffee Cake

I'm also working on some freezer cooking this week. I'm hoping to get some Parmesan Garlic Chicken, Monterey Jack Stuffed Chicken, and Creamy Chuck Roast with Mushrooms in the freezer tomorrow while my grandma is here to help out. I'll let you know how it turns out!!