Menu Plan Monday

After a long time of not posting I'm back. Until a few weeks ago I was still planning my menus but things have gotten crazy around here. So I've decided to start blogging again, and posting my menus. Thanks to Laura for hosting Menu Plan Monday.

Oh, and for some reason my spell checker is not working, so please ignore any misspellings.

Monday - Roasted chicken legs, rice, brocolli
Tuesday - Cranberry balsamic pork tenderloin, roasted potatoes, corn
Wednesday- Chicken fajitas, mexican rice, refried bean, queso
Thursday - Easy Baked Parmesan Meatballs, Spaghettti & sauce (either GF spaghetti for me, for spaghetti squash), salad
Friday - Family pizza and movie night
Saturday - Husband and kids to his parents for dinner, I'm planning on having friends over for dinner and scrapbooking and serving them Maple Chicken'n'ribs, and Ice Cream Cake with Butterscotch Sauce

Have a wonderful week.

Menu Plan Monday - August 20

Well, school starts next week. So we are busy getting ready for that. I can't believe that science boy will be in 3rd grade, and Lego boy in 1st. They are growing up so fast, it's scary. Little Princess doesn't start back to Mother's Day Out til September, so we'll be able to spend some "girl" time.

Here's this weeks menu:

Monday - Pork Roast, roast potatoes, broccoli, corn
Tuesday - Chick-fil-a (the boys have a cub scout event)
Wednesday - Panfried chicken w/ spinach salad, veggies
Thursday - Brisket, french fries, veggies
Friday - Family pizza & movie night
Saturday - a friend's 50th b-day party
Sunday - Spaghetti

Don't forget to go on over to Laura's to check out more menus.

Menu Plan Monday - August 6

Last week's menu went really well. I didn't follow the lunch one...well basically at all last week. and this week is looking to be extremely busy as well, so I will not be "planning" lunches. With my mom coming to visit, and various Dr. appt's for the kids and myself, who knows what we will be having.

Since it's also been an emotionally hard two weeks, I noticed that I'm doing a lot more carbs than normal. And mashed potatoes twice....and the good ones with cream cheese, etc. YUM! Potatoes are probably my favorite comfort food.

So here is this weeks dinner plan:

Monday - Cheese tortellini
Tuesday - Kielbasa & fried potatoes, carrots, salad
Wednesday - Sweet tarragon chicken, rice, corn, spinach
Thursday - Pork chops with maple mustard glaze, mashed potatoes, veggies
Friday - Pizza
Saturday - Over to my SIL for my niece's b-day
Sunday - grilled flank steak, mushroom Madeira sauce, mashed potatoes, Lemony broccoli & peppers

Menu Plan Monday

One of my first "organizational" tips was to start a menu plan. I've tried them in the past, but they weren't successful. Until I found Laura, at http://orgjunkie.blogspot.com. So four weeks ago I started again...and except for one week that we were busier than I planned, it works great. It has made that hour or so before dinner so much calmer. And since I'm not as "crazy" then the kids aren't either. And the "ugh, do I have to eat that", "I am not eating that", etc has not been a daily rant. Now don't get me wrong, they haven't liked everything, but for the most part they have not complained as loudly. I'm also not spending as much at the grocery store. yay! It is a little difficult to plan, since I have to eat gluten free, my husband and older son are very picky, and my middle son is a special needs child and has certain "criteria" on his foods. My daughter is pretty good, will try just about anything. Makes things interesting. So here is our menu for the week. Some is taken from Laura's past menus. Thanks.

Monday - Foil-pack taco chicken dinner, corn, green beans
Tuesday - Asian style barbecue pork chops, rice, carrots, spinach
Wednesday - crockpot 40 clove garlic chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli, corn
Thursday - Spencer's 6th birthday - Chick-fil-a (his choice)
Friday - Family movie and pizza night
Saturday - Spencer b-day party - smoked sausage (on grill), some kind of chicken on grill (any suggestions), baked beans, tomato salad, potato salad, and probably more
Sunday - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Not sure what we are doing...but I'm not cooking :)