Menu Plan Monday: Week of March 8th

This week's menu plan features just a couple of the recipes from my February Once A Month Cooking menu for two reasons: 1) we've almost come to the point of trying each recipe once (too soon to begin eating the same recipe the second time) and 2) I have been craving Chili Dogs and Cheesy Potato Soup for a while now!  Maybe it's a spring thing?  Spring is definitely in the air in our neck of the woods... and I'm lovin' it!

This Week's Menu Plan:
Monday - OAMC Easy Taco Bake
Tuesday - Chili Dogs & French Fries
Wednesday - OAMC Curried Chicken Tidbits & Veggies (didn't get to these last week)
Thursday - Math & Science Night at Marissa's school = Pizza for the family!
Friday - Fish fry at St. John's
Saturday:
Lunch - Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & tomato soup
Dinner - OAMM's Chicken Parmigiana
Sunday:
Lunch - Tacquitos & tortilla chips/salsa
Dinner - Cheesy Potato Soup

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Menu Plan Monday: Week of March 1st

It was wonderful last week being able to pull prepared meals out of the freezer and pop them in the oven on weeknights!  It saves me so much time.  I'm able to spend more time with the kids and not have to feel like I have to head right to the kitchen the minute I get home from work!  This week's menu plan also features quite a bit of OAMM meals from the February menu.  I can't wait to try them all out!


This Weeks Menu Plan:
Monday -  Leftovers - we have too many in the fridge and need to eat them up!
Tuesday - OAMC Sue Sue's Casserole
Wednesday - Miami County 4-H Recruitment Night for mommy, hubby and kiddos on their own.
Thursday -Spaghetti with garlic bread and salad
Friday - Fish Fry for local Rugby team fundraiser.... mmmm........ :)
Saturday -
Lunch: OAMC Curried Chicken Tidbits & veggies (although mommy probably won't be eating lunch.... she has an afternoon time slot for the Dayton Dragon's national anthem tryouts and might be a little nauseous nervous because of it....)
Dinner:  OAMC Pork Roast w/Apples & Pears and baked potatoes
Sunday -
Lunch: OAMC Sloppy Joes with french fries or chips
Dinner: Mommy has Wicked tickets with the girls! = hubby and Jakey on their own.

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Menu Plan Monday: Week of February 22nd

Surprisingly enough, I was able to stick to my menu plan last week - it worked out wonderfully!  Now that I have another month's worth of meals stocked in my freezer, I'm going to take advantage of some of the yummy new recipes, as you can see below. :)  I love trying new food (can't say the same for the kiddos, but they at least will try anything.)  The February OAMC recap will come later this week; it was interesting this month because my sister and I altered the OAMM menu a bit, but it was worth it and we finished in record time!


This Week's Menu Plan
Monday - OAMC Mom's Enchiladas
Tuesday -  OAMC Tuna Noodle Casserole
Wednesday - OAMM's Hamburger Soup
Thursday - OAMC Chicken Ranch Pizzas
Friday - Lemon Pepper Tilapia packets w/broccoli
Saturday - lunch: OAMC Beef Empanadas w/corn
                  dinner: Hubby's award banquet for work = steak dinner without the kiddos :)
Sunday - lunch: OAMC Black Bean Salsa Chicken w/Tortilla Chips
               dinner: Beer Battered Chicken w/rice and veggies

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Menu Plan Monday

Well, I have a confession to make.  "Life" happened over the weekend and sis and I did not finish our OAMC day.... in fact, we didn't even start. *gasp*! (Don't tell Once A Month Mom ;)  Honestly - it just wasn't meant to be.  My cooking partner wasn't feeling up to the task this weekend and I was a bit relieved when she brought up putting the big cooking day off until next weekend... we already had a jam-packed schedule without cooking.  Not having to cook on  Sunday also meant not having to spend a couple hours prepping on Saturday evening.  So Alan (hubby) and I were able to sneak in a nice, quiet (cheap) steak dinner after the kids were asleep.  It really was a breath of fresh air being able to eat a meal by ourselves at our own dining room table; I honestly cannot remember the last time that had happened.  It truly was the best Valentine's dinner I could have asked for this year. :) Anywhoo..... my menu plan for this week needed a bit of tweaking, since I had hoped for a freezer-full of meals to choose from that are now nonexistent... oh well.  I have found that life goes on even when plans change... and menu planning must go on as well!

Oh, and just for kicks, I thought I would include a wedding pic in honor of V-Day.  Because sharing a quiet, candlelit dinner in the comfort of my own home with my husband only reinforces how much I truly love him.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's weekend!

Monday - Stuffed Baked Potatoes
Tuesday - Baked Ziti
Wednesday - Mommy's teaching a night class, hubby & kiddos on their own = Leftovers
Thursday - Lemon Pepper Chicken and veggies
Friday - Dinner w/friends
Saturday - Family wedding = free meal (nope, I'm not afraid to say it :)
Sunday - OAMM Big Cooking Day (rescheduled) = scarfing food down when I have 5 seconds to spare! Hubby & Jakey might be on their own.

Menu Plan Monday - May 11th

My menu plan this week is admittedly a little sparse... but we have a busy agenda this week... again!

Monday - Eating din-din out due to visiting our beautiful new niece at the hospital!

Tuesday - Hubby & Kiddos on their own ... mommy arriving home late from workshop in Columbus

Wednesday - Alan's Homemade Chicken Fingers, green beans, fruit for Jakey

Thursday - Salmon Patties, pasta salad & corn

Friday - Pork Chops (didn't get around to making these this past weekend) , peas & potatoes

Saturday - lunch at Alan's (hubby) Disc Golf tourney / din-din at beer tasting festival in New Carlisle

Sunday - Pork Fried Rice with veggies, pasta salad and/or garden salad

Menu Plan Monday - May 4th

Yay - it's May! I'm so glad that May is finally here... generally in Ohio this means the nasty, snowy weather is behind us and warm weather is ahead :) If you can't tell by my menu this week, I'm in a summer kind-of mood! :)

Monday - BBQ chicken on the grill, cheesy potato & onion packets (our sick little cuddlebug [Jakey] may be having soup, however.)

Tuesday - Mom's Chili (quite possibly the last chili batch of the season - *sniff*)

Wednesday - TBD - quick & easy (Jakey's swimming class)

Thursday - Hot Dog Croissants a.k.a. Pigs in a Blanket(prepping to make these for OAMM Big Cooking Day), Succatash, Fruit

Friday - Left-over Chili (Marissa will be graduating from preschool this evening = need a quick meal!)

Saturday - Tacos!! :)

Sunday - Pork Chops (grilled - weather permitting), peas, salad and fruit

Menu Plan Monday - April 27th

Okay, this is my first attempt at publicizing my participation in "Menu Plan Monday." I have planned weekly meals in the past, but lately our family has been so busy that it has gone by the wayside. :( I'm hoping that this time around I can stick to it! Here is our menu plan for this week:

Monday - Spaghetti Pie left-overs

Tuesday - eating din-din out to celebrate mommy's promotion!

Wednesday - Lemon-Pepper Chicken packets, steamed carrots & baked potatoes

Thursday - Pizza Pasta

Friday - GF (george foreman) Hamburgers & green beans

Saturday - Lunch: hosting a garage sale = on the fly!
Dinner: ordering pizza to save our sanity!

Sunday - Dinner: Ham, Peas & Fruit

I'm hoping to participate in Once a Month Cooking next month with my sis, so hopefully I'll be adding some of those items to my menus in the near future. :)


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