Saturday, January 25, 2020

Menu for January 25-30, 2020

Saturday, January 25-- BBQ Chicken with Bacon and Cheese, roasted veggies 

Sunday, January 26-- Sous vide pork chops, roasted potatoes, Rainbow veggies

Monday, January 27-- Chicken parm (regular noodles for kids, zucchini noodles for us)

Tuesday, January 28-- Chicken and cabbage stir fry

Wednesday, January 29-- Tacos with cauliflower rice

Thursday, January 30-- Salad with chicken


Saturday, January 18, 2020

Menu for January 18- 24, 2020

Saturday, January 18-- Beef tips using the Sous Vide with peppers and onions, roasted potatoes, green beans

Sunday, January 19-- Spaghetti Squash boats for Adam and I, regular spaghetti for kiddos

Monday, January 20-- Pork Chops using the Sous Vide, roasted broccoli,

Tuesday, January 21-- Instant Pot White Chicken Chili 

Wednesday, January 22-- BBQ chicken with bacon and cheese, roasted veggies

Thursday, January 23-- Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Chicken

Friday, January 24-- Frozen pizza

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Menu for January 11-17, 2020

Saturday, January 11-- Cheat Day!  Adam requested appetizers for the football games so....
Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs
Crock Pot Cocktail weenies with chili sauce and grape jelly
Potato Skins (regular store bought from the frozen food section)
Baked Ham and Cheese sandwiches (Hawaiian rolls, ham and cheese--bake them until the cheese melts.  Kids' fav)
Easy sliders (Using this cheeseburger wrap recipe, I'm going to brown the meat first.  Then put meat and cheese on the buns and bake them with the ham and cheese sandwiches) 

Sunday, January 12--  Sous vide sirloin steak, lima beans, potato wedges

Monday, January 13-- Roasted peppers, onions, and chicken sausage 

Tuesday, January 14-- Baked chicken fajitas, corn, black beans

Wednesday, January 15-- Baked mahi mahi, green beans, cauliflower mac and cheese using this recipe for the sauce

Thursday, January 16-- Sloppy joes,  roasted veggies

Prep this weekend:



Thursday, January 2, 2020

New Start to 2020!

Back to healthy eating!  No carbs for Adam and I... very little sugar for all 4 of us. Anyhow!
Back to life... back to reality!

Saturday, January 4-- Pork Chops using the Sous Vide cooker, roasted veggies

Sunday, January 5-- Sirloin Steak with the Sous Vide

Monday, January 6-- Spaghetti for kiddos, zucchini noodles for us

Tuesday, January 7-- Sesame Chicken Chopped Salad for Adam and I, leftovers for kiddos

Wednesday, January 8-- Baked Chicken Fajitas with cauliflower rice

Thursday, January 9-- Chicken in Instant Pot with Italian dressing, roasted veggies

Friday, January 10-- Make your own pizza... cauliflower crusts for Adam and I

Monday, December 23, 2019

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Menu for December 8- 12, 2019

Sunday, December 8--BBQ, potato wedges, roasted butternut squash, brussel sprouts and bacon 

Monday, December 9-- Baked spaghetti for kids/ zucchini noodles for us

Tuesday, December 10-- Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Chicken with cauliflower rice

Wednesday, December 11-- Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup

Thursday, December 12-- BBQ chicken with bacon and cheese, roasted veggies


Meal Prep:

  • Chicken Avocado Egg Salad for lunches
  • Chop veggies/ freeze for  chicken noodle soup
  • Make lemonade 
  • Prep zucchini noodles
  • Prep/ freeze Cilantro Lime Chicken
  • Make spaghetti for Monday



Thursday, November 21, 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

Mama and I
Brine the turkey the night before

Herb Roasted Turkey

Homemade Gravy without drippings

Ham from HoneyBaked Ham

Cornbread dressing in the crock pot

Green Bean casserole

Bread (Sister Schubert's rolls)

Mashed Potatoes (Mama's recipe)

Watergate salad (Mama's recipe)

Applesauce jello 

Chocolate Satin Pie

Red Velvet Cake (Mama's recipe)

Adam's mom
Pineapple casserole
Banana pudding
Sweet potato pie
Drinks
Napkins, silverware, paper plates

Adam's aunt 
Mac and cheese
Cranberry salad


Menu for November 21-30, 2019

Thursday, November 21-- Tilapia, salad, corn

Friday, November 22-- ??

Saturday, November 23-- Softball fundraiser

Sunday, November 24-- Instant Pot White Chicken Chili 

Monday, November 25-- Chicken sausage, roasted peppers and potatoes

Tuesday, November 26--  Chicken stir fry with bok choy, red peppers, and broccoli

Wednesday, November 27-- Take out--probably order a pizza

Thursday, November 28-- Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 29-- leftovers

Saturday, November 30-- Last home CCU game!

Friday, November 15, 2019

Menu for November 16-22, 2019

Saturday, November 16-- Chili

Sunday, November 17-- BBQ chicken with bacon and cheeseRoasted butternut squash, corn on the cob

Monday, November 18-- Salad for us, baked spaghetti for kids

Tuesday, November 19-- Healthy Roasted Chicken and Veggies

Wednesday, November 20-- Sesame Chicken, green beans, cauliflower rice

Thursday, November 21-- Cheesy Chicken Casserole, roasted veggies

Friday, November 22-- frozen pizza

Prep for the week:

  • Wash/ chop all fruits and veggies
  • Kids' fruits and veggies for lunches
  • Lunches for Adam and I
  • Celery Root hash (for breakfasts) 

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Menu for November 9- 15, 2019

Saturday, November 9-- Eggplant parmesan

Sunday, November 10-- Chili 

Monday, November 11-- Leftover spaghetti for kids (frozen from last week), salad for Adam and I
Zero time to cook.  So I've been cooking on Sunday and reheating at different times on Monday so each kid can eat before dance or karate 

Tuesday, November 12-- Baked chicken fajitas

Wednesday, November 13-- Bacon Cheeseburger Soup (crock pot meal)

Thursday, November 14-- Roasted chicken sausage, peppers, and onions 

Friday, November 15-- Leftovers


Now that cross country is over for Boy, he just has karate on Mondays and Wednesdays.  Harp still has dance also on Mondays and Wednesdays.... and Adam and I try to go to 9round after school Monday-Friday, if possible.  With everything going on, my window of time to actually cook dinner on weeknights is very short.  This is one reason why meal prepping on the weekends is so important to me.  This week, thanks to my Misfit Market boxes, I have more veggies than I know what to do with.  I'm going to do some freezer meals in hopes to preserve/ use up some of these vegetables!  The kids are at Adam's mom's house and Adam is planted in his chair with football on... so I'm free to do all the things with no interruptions!  Let's do this!


Prep:

  • Acorn squash and carrot soup 
  • Roast last week's leftover veggies for lunches
  • Instant pot chicken for lunches
  • Cut up veggies for this week's veggie tray 
  • Fruits/ veggies for kids' lunches
  • Prep/ freeze bacon cheeseburger soup 
  • Wash and cut up lettuce for salads 


September 2026 Meals

One Pan Golden Herb Chicken and Rice  Crock Pot Creamy Italian Chicken  with salad  Spaghetti Beef Stir Fry with veggies/ rice