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Menu Plan Monday

Can I say that Once a Month cooking rocks!  I can?  Sweet.  It does and I just said it.  I probably said it last week too,but I’m saying it again.  I thought that spending two weeks cooking and doubling meals made the two weeks off worth it, but in truth, that was totally counter productive and a waste of work.   If I was going to have another kid, I’d probably name her (because we don’t make boys) Once a Month Mom.

So, it makes my menu planning pretty easy

Monday

Chicken Marsala, pasta and asparagus

Tuesday

soccer practice

Beef Stew and fresh bread

Wednesday

Mexican cornbread casserole and salad

Thursday

soccer practice

Deconstructed broccoli stuffed chicken breasts and veggies

On the go with previous plans for the weekend.

Last week, I noted that we were having caramel apple pork chops for dinner.  They were pretty. I wish I’d have taken a picture, but they were so good all of us sort of inhaled them.  I guess 800+ reviews and an overall rating of 4.5 stars on allrecipes.com really does mean something.  It means yummy.

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Weekly Menu, week beginning 9/28

Well, we did it.  This weekend we tried out Once a Month Mom’s September Once a Month cooking plan.  We convered on my MIL yesterday afternoon and she helped with the cooking and kid managing and Big Daddy and I went to town.  It took 6.5 horus from start to finish (from beginning to clean up) and our outside freezer is stocked with 17 dinners (we halved the recipes based on our family’s needs), three separate breakfast options and four separate lunch options.

I’m so excited about not having to plan dinner for 20 of the next 28 days and I’m more than a little sure that this new plan will save us money.

Again, we halved the plan and figure we spent about $200 to do so.  We will be using the meals four days a week (one day a week will be our pizza night, one day a week will be wev. and one night a week will be special requests, grilling, entertaining, etc).

Next time, we will be sure to do ALL of the suggested early preparations EARLY.  Big Daddy spent the first hour or more chopping which slowed down our cooking prep.

Monday

Eating a Chili’s to support St. Jude’s hospital to support the fight against childhood cancer.  Even though I just spent a ga-million hours cooking, we’re going out to eat at Chili’s to offer our support.  If you can manage it,  you should too.

Tuesday

Soccer practice @6p

BBQ pork sammies and sweet potato fries

Wednesday

park play date at 4p

Deconstructed stuffed chicken breasts and pasta

Thursday

soccer practice 5:30p

Beef stroganoff, egg noodles and veggies

Friday

Pizza and a movie night.

Saturday

Usually on the run

Sunday

Caramel Apple Pork Chops mashed potatoes and fresh green beans.

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What’s for Dinner-Week of July 26

The Princess will be out of town this week. She’s spending time with my Dad in MI. My Dad’s place in Michigan is probably the Princess’s most favorite place in the world.


This is the Princess last October on the Old Mission Peninsula. Not exactly my Dad’s, but still pretty darn good.

Sunday Brats on the grill with corn
Monday Trader Joe’s delicious cheese enchiladas with corn
TuesdayFish Stick Po’ boys and cole slaw
WednesdaySlow cooked chicken djion with rice and sugar snap peas.
ThursdayEasy chicken scallopini with orzo veggie toss (yeah, we had it last week, but I liked it and think I can make it BETTER).
Friday on the go
Saturday on the run

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What’s For Dinner-Week of July 19th

We don’t have so much summer bounty going on here. My homemade topsy turveys are growing but the plants look a little stunted so I’m not sure they’ll ever produce. We’ll see. The only thing I’m growing with any success is lavender and weeds.


Sunday-
TBD, but something fresh on the grill
MondayItalian Style Pizza Potpie with Salad
Tuesday-Easy Chicken Scallopini and Orzo toss
WednesdayCrockpot Chicken and Dressing with sugar snap peas
Thursday-Lemony Chicken and Rice
FridayPizza and movie night
Saturday-The Princess goes to stay with my Dad and his girlfriend for a week, so we’ll meet them for dinner halfway between here and there.

We’re going to try making refrigerator pickles this week. My grandparents always had jars of these little beauties in their refrigerators during the summer time. I found this recipe on cookinglight.com and it seems pretty simple and sounds pretty good and makes me think of childhood summers. Because I love Big Daddy I might try the dilled green beans too. Thinking about trying Angry Chicken’s suggestion for iced too.

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What’s For Dinner-Week of 7/12

The honeymoon is over and it’s time for us to resettle into our normal routines, which includes one of my most detested chores-menu planning. Am I the only one who hates menu planning with the fire of a million suns? I don’t know why, but every time I sit down to do it I end up yelling out that I wish we just didn’t have to eat. It’s so freaking tedious.

Sunday-ribs (boiled in Guinness and barbecued), foil potatoes and corn
Monday-Guinness marinated drumsticks, foil potatoes and corn (yeah, we like the foil potatoes and corn quite a bit and since corn is coming into season, we eat our fill)

Tuesday-Cheese enchiladas and corn (thankfully, we like corn. This is in the freezer from Trader Joe’s and it’s DELISH!)
Wednesday-South of the Border Chicken and Pasta skillet with salad
Thursday-Weeknight Taco Salad
Friday-Dinner Out
Saturday-On the Run, but we do have a get together that I need to make an appetizer for.

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