Monday, July 26, 2010

Menu Plan Monday



So last week ended up being a complete disaster as far as menu planning was concerned. I found out that Beauty & the Beast was playing at our local Opera House and just HAD to go!
It was quick spur of the moment and a nice treat, I went with my mom and so we grabbed drinks and dinner before the show downtown at a super yummy place called The Iron Cactus. So Wednesday's meal was shot and after that it was just all down hill. Thursday afternoon, little man came home from preschool with a fever and a rash so dinner was really just a mom & dad snack 'cause he didn't feel like eating. So this week I'll be playing catch-up with a few items....

Monday: Quick Roast Chicken, Yeast Rolls and maybe Chocolate Pie?
Tuesday: Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce, Crash Hot Potatoes and Grilled Corn on the Cob
Wednesday: Seven Veggie Tomato Sauce and Spaghetti, Garlic Toast
Thursday: Honey Teryiaki Salmon, Fried Rice and Orange Broccoli
Friday: Frito Pies! Hubby has requested this for awhile now so I'm giving in.
Saturday: Picasso's Pizza - It's Date Night! (well kinda, we'll still have the baby but the 'lil monster will be a grandma's)
Sunday: TBD I really need to do at least 1 new recipe to cut down my pile that's overflowing!

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Menu Plan Monday

ROAR!

It's been a roar-ing weekend and I can't believe it's Monday already! I feel like these days just seem to fly by now and I don't know where the time goes. How can our days feel so rushed when we really don't have school activities and neither my hubby or I work outside of the home!?!


So anyways I've been scrambling to figure out dinners lately so I really need to get back to my meal planning. I started back up with freezer cooking this month and I've found it's super helpful already!

Here's what's on the menu for this week. (I'm just doing dinners right now since I've got a stockpile of breakfast freezer foods)



Monday: Parmesan Fried Chicken Cutlets and Ratatouille
Tuesday: Purple Hull Peas & Rice, Fried Okra and Skillet Ham Steaks (trying to use up the rest of my CSA bushel)
Wednesday: Pork Chops stuffed with Feta & Spinach with Herbed Pitas
Thursday: Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce, Crash Hot Potatoes and Grilled Corn on the Cob
Friday: Frito Pies! Hubby has requested this for awhile now so I'm giving in.
Saturday: Beer Brats, Summer Pasta Salad, fresh tomatoes
Sunday: Quick Roast Chicken, Yeast Rolls and maybe Chocolate Pie?

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Monday, July 12, 2010

July Freezer Cooking

With 100 degree plus temps around here I'm really working to utilize my "pre-made" meals and crockpot. I've also found that if I can time things well, I can do some oven/stovetop cooking in the early morning before the temps soar. So this has meant that I've really started doing FREEZER COOKING once again. It came in handy when Cody was first born and I'm finding it useful again. The only thing I'm having trouble with is finding summertime recipes that really work for freezer cooking.

In addition to freezer cooking I've been testing my veggie variety. We been participating in a local CSA and I've gotten some great new veggies to experiement cooking with. Since I don't know what I get in each basket until I pick it up, it's thrown my meal planning for a loop.

However here's my tenative freezer cooking plan for July....

Breakfasts/Breads/Snacks
Pumpkin French Toast Sticks
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Cups (x2) (1 batch sausage, 1 batch bacon)
Cinnamon Rolls (x3) (using Paula Deen's Recipe)
Frozen Fruit Cups
Chocolate Butterhorns
Zucchini Bread
Sausage Cheese Biscuits

Lunches/Dinners
Beef & Bean Chimichanga Meat
Empanadas
Calzones
Ham, Cheese and Corn Muffins (I'm adding frozen corn to this recipe)

I'm sure I'll find a few more things to add along the way, and as always I'll prolly make some spaghetti meat sauce or sloppy joes to keep on hand.