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Menu Plan Monday Dec. 2

Happy December!

Do you ever feel like the Monday after a long holiday it excruciating?  Ugh! I can’t get anything done!

This was Sid’s first eating Thanksgiving.  He was only a couple of months old last year, so he didn’t try any of the food.  He still won’t eat mashed potatoes, neither will his brother.  What is wrong with my kids?

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Now that Thanksgiving is over and everybody is (hopefully) getting over whatever cold/illness they have had.  (all my boys were sick over the holiday, some worse than others)  I can officially start planning all our Christmas events!  Boy is it hard work!

This weeks meals will probably be quick and easy, I am talking casseroles and the crock pot.  I have a lot of shopping/wrapping/things to do!  The next few weeks menus will probably be the same way.  Hopefully this weekend I can get them all planned out so I won’t have to think about them again, until it is time to cook them.

Menu Plan 12/02-12/08

Mon: Take n’ Bake Pizza

Tue: Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne (Chicken will be cooked in the crock pot)

Wed: Sloppy Joe’s with potatoes and Tater Tots 

Thr: Crock Pot Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo (but sub canned soup with homemade cream sauce)

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun:  Pork Roast (didn’t make it last week)

 

Happy Cooking

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Menu Plan Monday Nov. 25

Not only is it the week of Thanksgiving, but ’round here it is also parent-teacher conferences.

I have been busy this week making some teacher appreciation decorations for my sister.  She is hosting a luncheon for the teachers at my nieces’ school.

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She is making pies for them, and so I made little bunting flags for the pies.  I think they are gonna be pretty cute.

 

Sorry, not a lot of links to recipes with this plan.  The holiday kind of changes things up.  It’s a busy week so we are having some easy-peasy dinners.  Until the big one that is!

We are having dinner at my moms, and so we all contribute something for dinner.  I am a master of mashed potatoes.  Which is what I will be making.

 

Menu Plan 11/25-12/01

Mon: Chicken Parmesan Baked Pasta with Italian Green Beans

Tue: Tacos with Spanish Rice

Wed: Dinner at my moms

Thr: Thanksgiving!! I am making potatoes

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Pork roast with veggies 

 

Happy Cooking

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Menu Plan Monday Nov. 18

It’s time for menu plan Monday again.  And there is less then two weeks until Thanksgiving.  Meaning December and the Christmas season is coming up soon. 

Are you ready?  I must confess, I am not.  I thought I would be, but nope. Not yet.

Ian is.  Everyday he keeps asking if it is still November.  And telling people it’s gonna snow next week.  I think he is looking forward to Christmas.

I am looking forward to Sid being able to participate in Christmas this year.

Baby Sid loves tomatoes.  I mean LOVES tomatoes.  He has consumed a whole tomato before.  I absolutely hate them.  They make me sick.  But now I have to order my food with the tomatoes on the side.

For him.

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Menu Plan 11/18-11/24

Mon: Roasted Red Pepper Mac & Cheese with Chicken Fingers

Tue: Slow Cooker Hoisin Beef Stew with rice

Wed: Enchilada Pasta Casserole 

Thr: Chicken Cordon Bleu Crescent Rolls

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Beef Stew in da crock pot

 

Happy Cooking

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Menu Plan Monday Nov. 11

Happy Veterans Day!  And a big thanks to those who have served, are serving and will serve.

I am sitting here writing this while watching this show called Brew Dogs. (on Sunday night that is)

It is my new favorite show.  It is amazing.  Not only am I very jealous of their jobs but I really want their beer!   OK let’s be honest, any beer will do.

Oh, wait, let me clarify, not ANY beer, but one that I would drink.  And one that I would drink would not be clear at all.

OK enough about beer.  Now that I think about it I should have a beer week recipe plan…

OK, now back to why you are really here.

First here is a picture of Baby Sid guarding his pre-bedtime snack with his light saber.

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With the cold weather coming it is time to make more and more roasts.  Most of my Sunday plans will probably some kind of roast.

Menu Plan 11/11-11/17

Mon: Skillet Lemon Chicken with pasta (chicken is not made in the skillet, by the way)

Tue: Sloppy Joe’s Under a Bun Casserole 

Wed: Chicken & Cheese Lasagna Rolls 

Thr: Crockpt Creamy Italian Chicken with noodles

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Pot Roast and Veggies

Happy Cooking

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