Menu Plan Monday May 28th

Happy Memorial Day!  I hope everyone has a great day off to spend with family.

We have just come home from a weekend trip to the mountains.  We had a great time but I am so glad to be home and back in my own comfort zone.  Traveling with three little children is never easy.  Hiking part of the Appalachian Trail with three little children boarders on crazy!  They did good though.  Very little complaining and Jelly Beane slept on my back a lot of the way. 

This week's menu plan is all about me and my favorites.  My birthday is this week so I am planning all foods that are my favorites!  Of course, that does mean I am trying two new recipes and we will see if they make the cut to be added to the family favorties list. 

Also, to celebrate my birthday, Mr. Homegrown is taking me to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory saturday night.  I will be hanging on to that hope all week!  Any suggestions on what to order? 

Here is this week's line up:

Monday
Hamburgers on the grill

Onion Rings
Watermelon

Tuesday

Pasta e Fagioli

Garlic Bread Twists

Wednesday ~ Birthday!

Grilled Butterflied Brown Sugar Chicken
Asparagus
Rice

Peanuts in Coke Cupcakes
I am going to relive my childhood with this cupcake!

Thursday

Easy Egg Rolls
Pot stickers
Edammame

Friday

Pizza using Beer Batter Pizza Dough
Salad
Corn

Weekend
The Cheesecake Factory!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you have a great week!  I am linking up with Menu Plan Monday.

Menu Plan Monday March 26

Last week, we ate good!  Everything turned out so yummy. 

The little Beanes ate well, without too much fussing. 

We even squeezed in having some friends over to roast hot dogs over the fire pit.  I made some delicious S'Mores bars that I will share with you this week.

I am feeling the need to try some new recipes again.  Here is the line up for this week:

Monday

Breakfast for Supper

Sausage

Grits

Toast

Bananas

Tuesday

Pizza with Beer Battered Pizza Crust

Salad

Corn

Wednesday

Easy Egg Rolls

Peanut Butter Noodles

Thursday

Fish Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Rice

Friday

Grilled Butterflied Brown Sugar Chicken

Salad

Carrot and Celery Sticks with

No Milk Ranch Dressing

Weekend

Shepard's Pie

That's our week.  What do you have on your menu?

I am linking up with Menu Plan Monday.  Go check out all of the meal plans.



Menu Plan Monday March 19

We ate so good last week. 

My favorites were the General Tso's Chicken and the Bacon-y Rice and Chicken. 

Mr. Homegrown cooked oysters over the fire pit.  They were so good!  He is so proud of himself. 

Here is the line up for this week.

Monday

Sausage Panckes on Sticks

Scrambled Eggs

Baked Apples

Tuesday

Carmalized Baked Chicken

Rice

Broccoli

Wednesday

Pizza made with Beer Batter Crust

Corn

Salad

Thursday

Captain Crunch Thai Chicken Tenders

Soba Noodles with Sweet Ginger Sauce

Friday

Chicken Pot Pie (my mom's recipe)

Broccoli

Applesauce

Weekend

Pork Chops With Pineapple Fried Rice

What are your menu plans this week?

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Menu Plan Monday March 12

Ever since I started adding an extra meal to the plan, we have had more left overs than normal.

So, once again, I am carrying over a meal from last week to this week.

Here is the plan for this week.

Monday

Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken

Potatoes

Green Beans

Cantaloupe

Tuesday

Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

Cantaloupe

Wednesday

Pizza with Beer Batter Pizza Crust

Salad

Corn

Thursday

General Tso's Chicken

Pot Stickers

Rice

Friday

Bacon-y Chicken and Rice Bake

Broccoli

Mandarin Oranges

Weekend

Oyster Roast over the fire pit

Corn Bread

Slaw

What do you have planned for this week?

I am linking up with Menu Plan Monday.  Go check out what every one else has planned for this week.

Menu Plan Monday March 5

We had a few shake ups last week with our menu plan.

We ended up eating out one night and going to my mom's one night.

The extra bonus in that is two meals from last week carry over to this week.  Woot!

Here is this week's plan.

Monday

Chicken and Dumplings

(String Beane's Favorite meal)

Tuesday

Waffles of Insane Greatness

Bacon

Strawberries

Wednesday

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

7-Up Biscuits

Thursday

Honey Spice Pork Kabobs

Rice

Broccoli

Friday

Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup (Recipe to come)

Pizza Bread

Mandarin Oranges

Weekend

Crock pot Rotisserie Chicken

Rice

Green Beans

I am linking up with Menu Plan Monday.  Go check out what is on everyone else's menu this week. 

What is on your menu this week?

Menu Plan Monday Feb. 13

It is time to plan out my meals for the week.

  Adding an additional meal to the plan worked well last week. 

We had plenty to eat all week.

The Slow Cooked Sticky Chicken will be moving to our Family Favorites.  It was yummy!

We also really like the Sassy Won Ton Tacos.  It was a recipe that is a "lighter" version of a won ton.  All I could think about was how great that won ton would be fried up in some oil.  I am not meant for "lighter" versions of food.

This week is being tweaked a little.  Mr. Homegrown is taking me out to dinner for Valentine's Day.  Thanks to Pinterest, there are tons of Valentine ideas I would like to do for my family.  So, we will be celebrating Valentine's day as a family on Monday night. 

Here's the plan.

Monday

Spaghetti - My Grandma's recipe.  I will post later this week.

Fried Mushrooms

Garlic bread hearts

Applesauce

We will be using this activity to have a Valentine Mystery Dinner!

I am excited!  I think it will be a lot of fun.

Tuesday

Out to eat!

I will make heart shaped pizza for the Little Beanes using my favorite Beer Batter Pizza Crust.

Wednesday

Honey-Lime Chicken

Rice

Broccoli

Thursday

Pork Carnitas in the Slow Cooker

Black Beans

Corn

Friday

Caramelized Baked Chicken

Potatoes

Vegetable

Weekend

Hot and Crunchy Chicken
Rice
Vegetable

I am linking up with Menu Plan Monday. 

What is on your menu this week?

Menu Plan Monday Feb. 6

I think I am on the cusp of having to change a few things around here.

For the past few years, I have been able to cook 5 meals a week and feed all of us with enough leftovers to carry us through the weekend. 

That is changing!  My boys have really amped up how much they eat and my little Jelly beane likes to eat quite a bit.

I don't have leftovers anymore.  So, on the weekends, there is not much going on in the kitchen. 

I think this week I am going to plan 6 meals and see if that will help the situation.

How do you plan for your family?  Do you plan for weekend meals?  Do you go out to eat on the weekends.  School me friends.  I need the help.

Monday

Superbowl leftovers

I will post some of the yumminess this week.  There will be plenty left over for us to eat on Monday.

Tuesday

Slow Cooked Sticky Chicken

Mashed potatoes

Green peas

Wednesday

Sassy Won Ton Tacos

Rice

Salad

Thursday

Paula Deen's Sweet Sausages

Rice

Green Beans

Friday

Crunchy Coconut Shrimp Won Tons

Edemamme

Simple Sesame Noodles Family Favorite

Weekend

Sausage Breakfast Cups

Grits

Cantaloupe

Now, I hope by adding another meal we will have enough to feed all of us this week.  

What do you have on your menu plan for this week?

I am linking up a Menu Plan Monday.  Go check out what everyone else has planned. 

Menu Plan Monday January 2

I am out of my schedule!  I will be very happy to get back in our groove.  String beane went back to school today and Butter beane goes to preschool tomorrow.  I also get me hair done tomorrow and that always makes me feel good. 

We had some family come visit us New Year's Day and so we had a big family meal that has carried us through today.  So I got to start my weekly menu plan with leftovers!  Woot!  Woot!

I am hoping that I can get my act together this week and get my juju back.  I have a lot of resolutions to keep. 

Here is our meal plan for this week:

Monday

Left over Turkey

Black Eyed Peas

Rice

Broccoli

Sweet Potato Casserole

Lemonade Cake (Recipe to come)

Tuesday

PF Changs Copy Cat Lettuce Wraps

Simple Sesame Noodles

Wednesday

Honey Glazed Chicken and Bacon Bites

Corn

Garden Salad

Thursday

Meatloaf

Hassleback Potatoes

Left Over Salad

Friday

Taco Salad With Fritos

I am linking up with Menu Plan Monday.  I hope you all have a great week.  I hope we can all get back into the groove!

Menu Plan Monday Dec.12

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Last week's meals went pretty well.  I tried some new recipes and some family favorites.  The new one that really surprised me was the Sloppy Joe.  Mr. Homegrown loves sloppy joes.  Me, not so much.  I have never liked them.  The little Beanes seem to be on the fence about them, so I just do not make them often.  But this version of Sloppy Joes was actually pretty good.  I enjoyed it.  The little beanes ate it okay.  Bottom line.  Next time I make Sloppy Joes to make Mr. Homegrown happy, I will use this recipe.

This week will be mostly new recipes!  I love to try new foods so here we go.

Monday

Spaghetti

Garlic Bread

Salad

Tuesday

Mexican Chicken and Rice Casserole

Wednesday

Pizza using Beer Battered Pizza Crust

Corn

Left over Salad

Thursday

Captain Crunch Thai Style Chicken Tenders

Green Beans

Friday

Rotisserie Chicken

Cajun Style Cornbread

Applesauce

What do you have planned for this week?

I am linking up again at Menu Plan Monday.  Go check out what is on every ones menu this week.

The Thanksgiving Menu Plan

This year for Thanksgiving, I will be cooking at out house.  I love to cook for people and Thanksgiving is a great reason to cook!  This year I have the ability to add pecans and almonds in our recipes since String Beane has passed those food challenges. 

Here is a line up of some yummy things that will probably make our table. 



The Turkey

Throw it all in a Reynold's Turkey bag and let her go.

Sweet Potato Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

Squash Casserole

Cajun Cornbread Dressing

Cranberry Salad

My Mom will be bringing Deviled Eggs

7-Up Biscuits

Pumpkin Love

4 Layer Pumpkin Cake

Pecan Pie

What will be on you Thanksgiving table this year?  Happy Thnanksgiving everyone.  I hope you have a wonderful holiday and cherish them time with your family.

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