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  • Menu Plan 10/8 Dinner and Snacks

    Menu Plan 10/8 Dinner and Snacks

    I totally killed my month of no chocolate over the weekend!  I accidentally bought myself some mini rollos. Then I remembered I was going without chocolate, so I stashed them in my nightstand. Well little miss I can find anything that smells like sugar, even if you’ve never hidden it before, found them and opened them! That was it for me. Those rollos were gone before the end of the day. Saturday came, and we were at my parents watching the LDS General Conference. We always have lots of snacks during this weekend. Without thinking once again, I took those sixlets my mom was offering and ate them, plus the chocolate truffles she had in her fridge. Why mom why?!  So Sunday hit, and I decided the weekend was already doomed, so I grabbed the last piece of ice cream cake with chunks of chocolate from my 6year olds birthday, and ate it all to myself (ok I did share with Princess C a little…). I’m back to no chocolate though. I can make it through the rest of the month, if I plan out my desserts ahead of time.

    Monday – Pasta
    Tuesday – Hamburger Soup
    Wednesday – Chicken and Black Bean Burritos
    Thursday – Roasted Vegetable Fritatta
    Friday – White Beans with Rice
    Saturday – Date night
    Sunday – Meatball Sub Casserole

    After School Snacks and Desserts
    – Zuchinni Bread (recipe coming this friday!)
    – Apple Cinnamon Scones
    – Fruit Pizza
    – Snicker Doodles
    – Carrot Cake

  • Menu Plan 10/1 and Coupons

    Menu Plan 10/1 and Coupons

    Monday – Spaghetti (home made sauce with Wildtree seasoning)
    Tuesday – Zuchinni, tomato, and chickpea Stew
    Wednesday – Lasagna casserole
    Thursday – Fried Rice
    Friday – Leftovers
    Saturday – Girls (and kids) night at my moms!
    Sunday -Dinner with my parents

    To help you out shopping this week, here are some coupons you can print
     
    
     
     
     
    (read my review of these sauces HERE)
     
     
     
     
     
  • Menu Plan Monday

    Menu Plan Monday

     
    Monday – Rice with steamed zucchini and squash
    Tuesday – Chili in bread bowls
    Wednesday – Twice Baked Potatoes
    Thursday – Chicken Parmesan
    Friday – chicken fajitas
    saturday – leftovers
    Sunday – Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
    
  • Menu Plan 9/17 and Peach Honey

    Menu Plan 9/17 and Peach Honey

    I was sitting here looking at the week, and realized I don’t have to cook much! I’m pretty excited to have a slow week of cooking.

    Monday – Work social. We’re bringing Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
    Tuesday – Lentil Soup
    Wednesday – Breakfast for Dinner. Eggs, Hashbrowns, Pancakes
    Thursday – Bacon Stuffed Squash
    Friday – Dinner at my parents
    Saturday – Princess V’s birthday dinner at Applebee’s

    A sister from my church stopped by yesterday with a car full of tomatoes and some yellow squash.  I am really excited to try out Diane’s Bacon Stuffed Squash, and can some tomatoes.  We’re going to attempt some spaghetti sauce and salsa! 
    I’ve really gotten into canning this last year, if you haven’t noticed yet.  Having fresh produce al year long is always so nice!  A couple weeks ago I put up some peaches, while learning how to do that I found a recipe to make peach honey from the peels, so I did it!  It is absolutely wonderful, and pretty too.

  • Menu Plan Monday

    Menu Plan Monday

     
    Monday – Crock Pot Chili
     
    Tuesday – Steamed Zucchini and Rice
     
    Wednesday – White Pizza
     
     
    Friday – Tacos and Burritos
     
    Saturday – leftovers

  • Easy Meals with Progresso Recipe Starters

     
    Some nights I just want something easy. Something I don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen cooking. I do love spending time in the kitchen, don’t get me wrong, but some nights I’d like to just sit back and relax.  While we’ve been trying to unpack and clean this house at the same time, I’ve had many nights where I really just don’t want to cook, or do dishes for that matter.
     
    So I started using Progresso’s new Recipe Starters Cooking Sauce. I love these, and so far the family has loved them too!!  Each can also has a recipe on the label to get you started. Last week alone, we tried 3 of these cooking sauces. The fist we tried was the Creamy Parmesan Basil. WOW! We used it to make some Crispy Garlic-Pamesan Chicken. 
     
    That was some serious melt in your mouth chicken!  The secret for this recipe, I think is the chicken I bought. We live in a small farming/coal mining town, and have a very small market to get groceries. The plus is the chicken. I don’t know for sure, but I’m betting the store packaged chicken was from some local farmer. Oh it just cooked up so nicely!  I don’t think I’ll ever buy brand label chicken again while this is so readily available.
    The Progresso Sauce gets mixed into the breaded chicken, but then also acts as a great topping after it’s been cooked. It was wonderful as a gravy replacement for the mashed potatoes I cooked up as well. Add a green veggie, and dinner is served!
     
    Next we tried the Easy Weeknight Beef Stroganoff. Now I’ve been making Stroganoff for quite some time. It’s probably one of the first dinners I learned to cook. Progresso’s recipe is pretty simple, and easily compared to mine. I know Mark enjoyed this one more, because we used Beef strips instead of ground beef. It did make a nice fancy meal. The Creamy Portabella Mushroom cooking sauce took the place of my condensed Cream of Mushroom soup. This was another winner at our house!  Mark didn’t know I used the Progresso Recipe Starter for this, and was raving about how good it was. He was surprised when I told him it was Progresso! Score one for Mom.
     
    Last, I made the Chicken Pot Pie, using the Creamy Roasted Garlic with Chicken Stock.  For this one, I actually made a few of my own substitutions. Instead of buying a premade pie shell, I made my own. Then I just used what frozen, canned, and leftover veggies I had on hand, plus some chopped up onion.
    Chicken Pot Pie is one of my favorite meals! I just love the stuff. It is one of Mark’s least favorite meals. Guess who ate the leftovers? Mark! Thank you Progresso for making my favorite meal a family favorite.
     
     
    You can visit the Progresso Recipe Starters Recipe Website for these and more recipes!
     
     
    *A big thanks to Progresso and MyBlogSpark for providing the Progresso Recipe Starters for review. All opinions are solely mine.
     

  • Menu Plan Monday

    I think I’m ready to start planning meals again. We’ve honestly been really scrounging lately, coming up with whatever I could. Our house has not sold yet, which means we’re paying a mortgage and rent on a teachers salary. It’s doable, and because we’ve done what we could to get out of debt, it’s been possible.  I’ve learned a lot though! I can now make my own tortillas, baking a loaf of bread each morning has become routine, and beans are becoming more accepted by my kids. We’ve delved into our food storage. I am so glad we have stored food for these tough times.

    Monday – home made tortillas with beans and cheese
    Tuesday – Chili and cornbread
    Wednesday – Fried Zucchini and Rice
    Thursday – Pulled Chicken sandwiches
    Friday – lasagna rolls
    Saturday – leftovers

  • Menu Plan Monday 7/16

    Menu Plan Monday!
    Monday – What’s good in Spokane? We’re on vacation and will need a fun (but cheap) place to eat.
    Tuesday – ROAD TRIP! 13+ hours in the car with 4 kiddos – why yes we’ll more than likely be eating at McDonalds.
    Wednesday – Macaroni Salad
    Thursday – Hamburger Helper
    Friday – Ham and Potato Bake
    Saturday – Leftovers
    

  • Menu Plan Monday 7/9

    Well, it’s another Monday. The day most people dread as it means the start of another week. I personally love Mondays though. To me it means a brand new week to make better than the last.
    It has been HOT HOT HOT here! So hot, that even though we had a ton of fun last week, we all (kids and adults) have had some not so fine moments.  We’re looking upwards of the low hundreds this week and no rain in sight.  This week my plan is to do lots of things to keep cool. 
    That includes, minimal use of the oven.

    Monday – Cold Cut Sandwiches
    Tuesday – crock pot Pork and veggies
    Wednesday – Mark’s in charge. I’ll be at a church women’s function
    Thursday – Macaroni Salad
    Friday – Stroganoff
    Saturday – leftovers
    Sunday – Steak Pizzaiola

    I’m also planning a tea party with the girls and their friends this week. We’ll be serving some cool treats –
    Strawberry Lemonade (because we don’t actually drink tea)
    mini sandwiches
    veggies
    tea cakes
    popsicles

  • Menu Plan Monday 7/2

    Menu Plan Monday 7/2

    We had a crazy fun week last week. Mark’s parents were in town, so instead of cooking, we ate out every single night. It was definitely a treat for us, though it did get us a bit off our normal schedule.  The kids didn’t eat as well as they normally do, although Princess V ate better than she normally does – go figure.
    I did some major grocery shopping with my mother in law. I don’t think we’ll need to go to the store anytime soon. We had to take the ice box out of the freezer to fit all the food in it, and we had to get a little creative in the pantry.  I’d share some pictures, but we’re out of town now, and I didn’t bring the camera.
    Here’s what we’ll be eating this week
    Monday – family dinner at my parents. Possibly hot dogs at the baseball game.
    Tuesday – Pork Chops
    Wednesday – BBQ
    Thursday – Chicken and pasta
    Friday – Macaroni and Cheese
    Saturday – leftovers
    Sunday – crock pot pork and veggies
    We’ve invited my parents and siblings up for the 4th of July.  I’ve got some fun ideas for a BBQ that I think everyone will enjoy, thanks to pinterest.