Monday Meals: Weekly Meal Plan

Okay, so yesterday (Sunday), we fully intended to have Bacon-Tuna Casserole (a concoction I put together combining two recipes). We had it ready to go in the slow cooker and everything! The Hubster got nervous that the noodles were going to burn (he’d left it on high), so he came home real quick to check it out. And, it’s a good thing he did! The noodles weren’t burned…they weren’t even on!! Ahhh…the joys of a busy Sunday morning! So, he turned it on then and I let it cook into the early afternoon and put it in the fridge for another day this week.

I’m continuing to make headway on clearing out our pantry for our transition to Real Food cooking!!! So, here’s what we’re eating this week!

Monday 4/30

Breakfast: Cold cereal

            Lunch: Grilled Turkey and Cheese

            Dinner: Frito Chili Pie or Spaghetti Red (I use the same sauce for both, so they can choose either chips or noodles!)

Tuesday 5/1

            Breakfast: Poptarts

            Lunch: HomemadePizza Pockets

            Dinner: Bacon-Tuna Casserole, green beans, homemade bread

Wednesday 5/2

            Breakfast: Homemade Pancakes, Sausage

            Lunch: Chicken Nuggets

            Dinner:  CheeseburgerMac & Cheese

Thursday 5/3

            Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs w/ bacon & cheese

Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas, grilled chicken fajitas

Dinner: Leftovers

Friday 4/27

            Breakfast: Homemade Poptarts

            Lunch: Leftover Cheeseburger Mac

            Dinner: Homemade Chicken Nuggets, homemade fries

Saturday 4/28

            Breakfast: Homemade Donuts

            Lunch: Fishsticks

            Dinner: HamTettrizini, green beans, garlic bread

Sunday 4/29

            Breakfast: Baked French Toast

            Lunch: TurkeyStroganoff, green beans, homemade bread

Dinner: Chicken Nuggets

NOTE: The lunch menu items usually pertains to my kiddos. I tend to eat leftovers to help purge and clean out the fridge.

Feel free to share your meal ideas here or link up to your own meal plan post!

Blessings,

Annette

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Monday Meals: Weekly Meal Plan

You ever have one of those weeks where nothing goes as planned? Yep, that was last week for us! We were stuck in the house until Wednesday afternoon since the transmission went out on our van…again! Thankfully, this time it was under warranty. But, that put a bit of a strain on our eating plan, because I didn’t have a vehicle to get to and from the store as needed. So, this week you’ll see a few repeats that aren’t really repeats. And, we’ll finally get to take Miss Priss out for her birthday lunch this week, which was put on hold with the van fiasco as well.

I’m continuing to make headway on clearing out our pantry for our transition to Real Food cooking!!! So, here’s what we’re eating this week! One week closer to Healthy Eating!!

Monday 4/23

Breakfast: Cold cereal

            Lunch: Homemade Mac & Cheese

            Dinner: Leftovers

Tuesday 4/24

            Breakfast: Cereal

            Lunch: Homemade Pizza Pockets

            Dinner: Ham Tettrizini, homemade bread

Wednesday 4/25

            Breakfast: Cereal

            Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas

            Dinner: Turkey Stroganoff, green beans, bread

Thursday 4/26

            Breakfast: Pancakes & Bacon

Lunch: Birthday Lunch with Miss Priss!!!

Dinner: Corn Dogs (kids); Pink Lemonade Cupcakes (Small group)

Friday 4/27

            Breakfast: Poptarts

            Lunch: Hot Dogs or Grilled Ham/Cheese

            Dinner: Sweet Chicky Nuggets

Saturday 4/28

            Breakfast: Donuts

            Lunch: Fishsticks

            Dinner: Cheeseburger Mac & Cheese

Sunday 4/29

            Breakfast: Eggs w/ bacon & cheese

            Lunch: Bacon-Tuna Casserole, green beans, homemade bread

Dinner: Chicken Nuggets

NOTE: The lunch menu items usually pertains to my kiddos. I tend to eat leftovers to help purge and clean out the fridge.

Feel free to share your meal ideas here or link up to your own meal plan post!

Blessings,

Annette


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Monday Meals: Weekly Meal Plan

We had a GREAT weekend celebrating our Risen Savior!!! I am indeed a blessed woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, granddaughter and niece! It was so fun watching my kids, niece and nephew hunt eggs. Their faces just lit up when they found them. Then, they had math lessons by counting them out! So much fun!! Hope you all had a blessed weekend too!

But, it’s back to normal today.

So, here is this week’s YUMMY meal plan!

Monday 4/9

 Breakfast: Pop-Tarts

        Lunch: Fishsticks

        Dinner: Leftovers

Tuesday 4/10

        Breakfast: Cereal

        Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas

        Dinner: Cheeseburger Macaroni

Wednesday 4/11

        Breakfast: Cereal

        Lunch: Chicken Nuggets

        Dinner: Ground Turkey Stroganoff, green beans, homemade bread

Thursday 4/12

        Breakfast: Pancakes & Bacon

 Lunch: FIY lunch (Find It Yourself)

 Dinner: Out for Birthday Dinner

Friday 4/13

        Breakfast: Poptarts

        Lunch: Grilled Ham & Cheese

        Dinner:  Chicken & Rice, green beans

Saturday 4/14

        Breakfast: Dry Cereal

        Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas

        Dinner: Homemade Pizza (Family Movie Night!!!)

Sunday 4/15

        Breakfast: Eggs w/ bacon & cheese

        Lunch: Bacon-RanchChicken, green beans

 Dinner: Mac & Cheese

NOTE: The lunch menu items usually pertains to my kiddos. I tend to eat leftovers to help purge and clean out the fridge.

Feel free to share your meal ideas here or link up to your own meal plan post!

Blessings,

Annette


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Monday Meals: Weekly Meal Plan

So this coming Sunday is Easter Sunday (or Resurrection Day as we call it) and it’s also my birthday. (We’re not going to talk about how old I am though…I’m ignoring that fact for a while longer.) I am so excited to get together with my family and see everyone. We are doing dinner Saturday night because it’s just easier for us. I am super excited that my kids will be able to play outside in the evening AND we don’t need to rush home for naps with cranky kids!! YAY!!!

What are your plans for Resurrection weekend? Without getting into a theological discussion, does your family do the Easter basket thing & egg hunts? How do you celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord?

Here is this week’s YUMMY meal plan!

Monday 4/2

 Breakfast: Pop-Tarts

        Lunch: Chicken Nuggets

        Dinner: Leftovers

Tuesday 4/3

        Breakfast: Cereal

        Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas

        Dinner: Garlic-Lime Chicken, brown rice, green beans

Wednesday 4/4

        Breakfast: Cereal

        Lunch: Fishsticks

        Dinner: Ham Sammies & Grilled Cheese, chips

Thursday 4/5

        Breakfast: Pancakes & Bacon

 Lunch: out

 Dinner: Chicken Nuggets, fruit

Friday 4/6

        Breakfast: Poptarts

        Lunch: Ramen Noodle Soup

        Dinner: Homemade Pizza

Saturday 4/7 (Family Easter Celebration)

        Breakfast: Dry Cereal

        Lunch: Cheese Quesadillas

        Dinner: Lemon-crumb chicken & dessert

Sunday 4/8 Happy Resurrection Day!!!!

        Breakfast: Eggs w/ bacon & cheese

        Lunch: Roast, pot/carrots, Homemade Bread, green beans

 Dinner: Mac & Cheese

Does your family have a traditional “Easter” dinner? Or something that’s become a tradition? Feel free to share your meal ideas here or link up to your own meal plan post!

Blessings,

Annette

Monday Meals: Weekly Meal Plan

So, hopefully in the next few weeks you’ll start to see some changes in our meals. We have decided to go Soy-Free and Gluten-Free. Yes, I know that limits some things and cuts out a lot. But, I’ve recently read some good research that leads me to believe this is a healthier and better option for our family. You can read more about the soy issue here. And as for the gluten-free issue…I’ve read how it can help with hyper-active children and those with Asperger’s. Even though we don’t have that diagnosis, I think it’s worth exploring in our diet to see if it helps. I’m all for “natural” remedies rather than medication!!

So, with that being said…Here is this week’s (somewhat unhealthy, but YUMMY) meal plan!

Monday 3/5

 Breakfast: Oatmeal, cold cereal

        Lunch: cheese quesadillas

        Dinner: Queso Chicken Pasta

Tuesday 3/6

        Breakfast: poptarts

        Lunch: chicken nuggets, fruit, chips

        Dinner: Ground Turkey Stroganoff, green beans

Wednesday 3/7

        Breakfast: cereal

        Lunch: fishsticks, fruit, pretzels

        Dinner: Bacon-Chicken Crescent Ring, salad

Thursday 3/8 (Dad’s day off!!!)

        Breakfast: homemade sausage biscuits & sausage gravy

 Lunch: Grilled Cheese w/ Ham or Turkey

 Dinner: Leftovers, Small Group: dessert

Friday 3/9

        Breakfast: Dry cereal

        Lunch: Grilled Ham and Cheese

        Dinner: Sweet Chicky Nuggets, Cheddar-Bacon Ranch potatoes

Saturday 3/10

        Breakfast: Dry cereal or Oatmeal

        Lunch: fishsticks or Ham n’ Cheese, fruit, chips

        Dinner: Beef and Noodles, green beans, bread

Sunday 3/4

        Breakfast: Baked French Toast Casserole

        Lunch: Family lunch

 Dinner: Mac & Cheese

So, what’s on your Meal Plan for the week? Link up here and share your favorite recipes!!

Blessings,

Annette

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Baking Bits: Homemade Cheeseburger Macaroni

First off, I want to apologize for missing yesterdays post. Its still been one of those weeks. I’m still playing catch-up with dishes, laundry, cleaning and just life in general. I was on a roll yesterday morning but was quickly de-railed by my own exhaustion. UGH!!! It’s getting MUCH better though and so are the littles.

That being said, my 21mos old daughter (or at least she’ll be 21m on Friday) is having tubes put in on Friday. We’ve just finished a 4-week course of TWO different antibiotics to get rid of an ear infection – her 12^th since January 2011. So, this momma decided it was time to be done with the antibiotics and just get the tubes. So, this Friday our 3^rd child will undergo anesthesia and get tubes. So, if you don’t mind, please be praying and thinking about us this weekend as we comfort her.

Sometime last year I decided to do away with the boxed dinners. You know...Hamburger and Tuna Helpers? So, I searched the internet and found this YUMMY recipe. It quickly became one of our MOST favorite recipes. Well…actually its two recipes that you can combine for one FABULOUS dish. The Hubster absolutely LOVES these two dishes. They were both inspired by this and this from Heavenly Homemakers. We’ve just tweaked them to make them what we want. So, here’s how I tweaked them. ENJOY!!!

Creamy Mac ‘n Cheese

2 1/2 cups any pasta you like (my kids prefer Elbow noodles, but any will work)
2 cups whole milk

2 cups water
2 cups shredded cheese (I use cheddar, but you can use whatever you like)

Pour milk and water into large sauce pan. Heat thoroughly on medium-low heat, so you don’t burn the milk (and so you don’t have to stand there stirring constantly). Just before it starts boiling, pour in the pasta and continue cooking over medium-high heat STIRRING ALMOST CONSTANTLY until the pasta is tender (10-15 minutes). You’ll want to watch the level of milk as you cook. Be sure it doesn’t fall below the noodles too fast. About 12-14 minutes is usually how long I cook it. At that time you’ll want the milk just below the noodles. (Don’t let the noodles soak it all up, because you’ll need it to mix in the cheese.) Remove from heat.  Add cheese and stir until melted.  Serve immediately.

Cheeseburger Macaroni

½ - 1 Pound Ground Turkey (I use ½lb because I felt the meat over-powered the noodles.)
1 Tablespoon Taco Seasoning (I use this homemade recipe)

1 Recipe of Creamy Mac and Cheese (from above)

Okay, are you ready for these tricky directions???  Make the Creamy Mac and Cheese. Meanwhile, brown the meat.  Once the meat is fully cooked, sprinkle in the taco seasoning and ¼ cup water.  Stir the seasoned meat into the Creamy Mac and Cheese.  Done!!  Yep, that’s it!!!

This recipe is so versatile. You can substitute Ground Beef or even Tuna for the Ground Turkey. Now, if you do the tuna route, I would definitely take her advice and use White Cheddar!! That way it looks just a little different than your Cheeseburger Mac (and you’ll family won’t even know you’re using the same recipe).

This is one of our absolute FAVORITE recipes! Once you make it for the first time and know about how long to cook it and what it will look like.

NOTE: The noodles will not taste like ones you’ve cooked in water. They do soften, just not as much in milk. Just test-taste them to make sure they’re not too firm. Trust me, cooking them longer doesn’t make a difference. (at least not past 20 minutes)

So, I hope you’ll try this recipe one day and let me know how it goes. Let me know if you change anything!!

Happy Cooking!

Blessings,

Annette