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life's been busy, tis the season for northern family to visit, birthdays galore
and of course I have been sick for a month

anyhoozle-
menu for the next however many days---

Saturday-  grilled maple-glazed salmon - from The Lewis and Clark Cookbook and excellent cookbook and history book all in one
Sunday- chicken and broccoli, stoffer's frozen :) with garlic bread
Monday- million dollar spaghetti
Tuesday- leftovers
Wednesday- Greek salad and squash custard pie
Thursday- hamburgers and hot dogs with chips and leftover salad, soda and friends
Friday- homemade pizza

What we're flushing down the toilet this week...

day 1: manicotti
day 2: date night
day 3: sweet baby rays crock pot chicken
day 4: this veggie yummy meal
day 5: leftovers
day 6: soup and sandwich
day 7: pizza

that's it for this week, short and simple

back at it! this weeks menu

day 1: apricot stuffed chicken, pre-made before trip ready for oven
day 2: million dollar spaghetti
day 3: schnitzel with carrot casserole and rice 
day 4: quesadillas
day 5: invited to friends- make dessert, still deciding
day 6: leftovers
day 7: ?? date night, it's been awhile since I've had Thai?? or grilled cheese

breakfast: 
muffins
eggs
pancakes

lunches:
roast beef sandwiches
pb sandwiches
tuna

Apricot Coated Pork with Blue Cheese Sauce

I promise you that you will love this!
I mean you have to like pork and blue cheese, but if you do this is amazing! AMAZING!
Basically I took my stuffed pork tenderloin stuffing and layered it on top of pork chops.
Mixed the blue cheese sauce and viola! A yummy, gourmet easy to do meal!
You can find the real deal recipe here
but...
for the short cut version here's what I did:

~ 4-6 boneless pork chops, I pounded them so they were on the thin side
~ lay pork chops in an 8x8 or 9x9 pan for 4 chops or a larger pan for more chops
~ mix the stuffing mix and cover the pork chops evenly
~ mix my mom's famous teriyaki marinade and pour it over the whole thing
~ bake at 400 for 40-50 minutes

~ near end of baking time mix the blue cheese sauce
~ serve pork over rice
~ drizzle or drench with blue cheese sauce

and don't forget your salad or veggie

yum, yum

This Weeks Meal Plan

dinners
day 1- Greek Salad, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, feta, chick peas, cucumber
day 2- Tahini Tuna Pita
day 3- chili
day 4- bar-b-que pizza
day 5- apricot stuffed pork with blue cheese sauce, I don't have a tenderloin but I am trying a variation of this recipe with boneless pork chops
day 6- leftovers
day 7- out

lunches - my family needs options here, especially since ustin is home every dy by lunch 
leftovers
pb and j
homemade hummus
grilled cheese
smoothies

breakfast-
french breakfast muffins
cereal
eggs
french toast
cinnamon rolls

snacks-
muffins
fruit
crackers with homemade peach jalepeno jam
ice cream

EATS this week

My current prayer and desire is to enjoy all things home again.
Cooking and food is something I struggle with; so here goes...

Tuesday: Baked stuffed pork chops with corn
Wednesday: cod packets
Thursday: breakfast, pancakes with blueberries, sausage and fruit
Friday: pizza, homemade
Saturday: out
Sunday: oven roast
Monday: grocery shop

Also making and eating this week:
Zesty quinoa salad
French breakfast muffins

Meals this week

Meals this week:

Monday- Mimi's birthday dinner -- spaghetti with meatballs, b-day cake
Tuesday: rice with beans and corn (add pork for Steve and Justin)
Wednesday: Cod packets 
Thursday: chili
Friday: pizza
Saturday: Thai food
Sunday: date night

lunches:
Japanese style Sesame Green Beans
leftovers
hummus
Zesty Quinoa salad


to try:
apple ginger juice

Week

In an attempt to organize my life I have once again...
pulled out my, 3 ring "Home Planner" binder.
While recently on a 3 hour plane ride with a sleeping 17 month old I came up with a weekly plan.

Monday: "Home Day" and meal prep and snack making day; if you've done life with me then you know I always plan a day of the week where I don't leave home. No appointments, no meetings, no friends houses- just home. For this season Home Day is Monday.

Tuesday: Adventure day, I'll try to head out for a local adventure with Aubry

Wednesday: meal planning/grocery list day/grocery shop:: OK gonna give this a try, Mondays and Fridays fail at doing this so why not try good 'ole hump day

Thursday: friend day, last summer I had lunch with a friend on Thursdays and we enjoyed it and plan on it when we can, so Thursdays will remain open for that reason

Friday: unsure, have a few ideas

Saturday: Farmer's Market, mostly for their yummy mini-fresh-made donuts :)

Sunday: relax

This leaves our my cleaning days and other day to day home operations but it gives me a good outline for what's going on each day.
I also plan to eat something new each week and a for sure everyone loves it meal.

So...
Meals this week
Wednesday: leftovers
Thursday: sweet and sour meatballs
Friday: pizza, duh
Saturday: Coconut curry chicken
Sunday: pot roast
Monday: Crock pot cream cheese chicken chili
Tuesday: BLT's

Also gonna make
black bean brownies
applesauce bread
smoothies

Meals This Week

OK so when I don't meal plan, we eat out. 
I may cook once or twice and then we eat leftovers, or I resort to cereal and sandwiches.
So here's to this week... wish me luck!

Monday: World's Best Chicken - a Pinterest find and we'll see how the name holds up
Tuesday: Million Dollar Spaghetti - again a Pinterest find
Wednesday: Sweet Baby Ray's Crockpot Chicken
Thursday: Thai Food (hey I am gonna be gone and I need me some Thai to hold me over)
Friday: Pizza, I will be gone
Saturday: leftovers
Sunday: let's face it, Steve will eat out or at a friends

Also making smoothies packs this week 
as well as jars of smoothies and veggies drinks for Aubry's BooginHeads drinkable packs.

For a lunch option: Cucumber Salad
Breakfast/snack: applesauce bread

OK so already I am wondering if I'll have time for all of this along with packing myself, prepping family to live while I'm gone and let's not forget the upcoming event I have the Friday after I return.
Eeeek!
We'll see.
Now to get going to the grocery.
Happy eats!

Blueberry Kale Smoothie

This was perfect to use in Aubry's Boogin'Head and good for me too!!

Gotta eat those greens

Blueberry Kale:

1 cup frozen blueberries

2 bananas

2 handfuls chopped kale

1 cup apple juice (could use water)

Optional: 1 T ground flax seed

Meals 4 Week

Here it is to help me stick to a menu and continue to eat down on my pantry

Sat: pizza
Sun: meat loaf
Mon: Quesadillas
Tues: fish
Wed: chicken alfredo
Thurs: chinese- b-day party
Fri: pecan chicken

I also want to make:
these muffins
Sweet potato fries
smoothies to have on hand

Now if I can just get the desire to make these things, it's gonna be a busy week so as much prepping as I can do will be helpful.

Another Week of meals

I just dislike cooking.
Simple.
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, I really don't like to cook.
The meal planning, the deal getting (I spent $42 last week and saved $58), the shopping, the preparing, the clean-up and then there is the eating healthy thing, I mean come on can't we all live on chocolate. Cooking just doesn't excite me, in fact it has been the #1 most neglected thing in my life lately.
But... since we can't live on cereal I must make an attempt to cook something, anything.
So here goes...
my upcoming meals.

Thursday: Publix chicken
Friday: crock pot fajitas
Saturday: chicken salad 
Sunday: chicken soup
Monday: turkey meatloaf
Tuesday: sweet and sour meatballs
Wednesday: mini calzones

OK so there it is, I am attempting to NOT eat out this week.
As far as snacks and other meals... those drive me nuts too, I mean a diet of cereal and chocolate really fits every meal. Poor Aubry May and the rest of the eaters in our home. Don't get me wrong I do cook and we do eat healthy it's just that I don't do it with a joyful heart and I think food made in love tastes the best. I guess that's what I ask God for, a renewed heart for the cooking aspect of my stay at home mom job. I mean I use to enjoy it, one season of my life. I'm sure of it.
So breakfasts and lunches can look like this

b-fasts: oatmeal, cereal, eggs, apples, bananas, pancakes
lunches: hummus, pb&j, ham sandwich, fruit and veggie puree'
snacks: yogurt, graham crackers, fruit, sweet potato fries

Well hopefully this list will help me and I know my asking God is a for sure help.
So now... off to the grocery, at 5pm, with a baby, while I'm hungry :)

Next 6 meals

OK so I've spent a bunch of time either eating what we have and being creative or just ordering out!
Here's the upcoming menu:

day one: Pecan coated chicken
day two: maple-glazed salmon
day three: homemade chicken nuggets
day four: homemade pizza
day five: jumbalaya
day six: leftovers

I also plan to make Monkey bread,
cookies (unknown what type)

Meal Plan Monday

This weeks menu... still in the works
I review recipes I cook from Pinterest, check it out on my Cooked it, Ate it, Reviewed it board

Monday: Sarah cooks, beef stroganoff
Tuesday: montery chicken (didn't make this last week)
Wednesday: smoky corn and black bean pizza, I'll add some sort of meat to it
Thursday: yoy and Chick-fil-a
Friday: pizza- make your own pizza bar
Saturday: sweet and sour meatballs
Sunday: crock pot cream cheese chicken, this was just so yummy and so easy, and i need easy right now
Monday: southwest chopped chicken salad
Tuesday: Sarah cook
Wednesday - shop and new menu

Monkey bread - because the biscuits are on super sale

Menu for the Week

OK so it's Wednesday -
here's the meal plan

Wednesday- soft tacos
Thursday- chicken alfredo
Friday- montery chicken
Saturday- Honey barbecue meatloaf
Sunday-  cream cheese chicken chili in the crock pot- lunch
           - leftovers for dinner
Monday- Sarah cooks
Tuesday- get creative- eat what we have in house