Exceedingly Mundane

Well, fall is here, but it’s still pretty warm. We’re expecting 80’s most every day this week, but I’m going to start putting some fall type comfort foods on my menu anyway. Maybe if I cook like it’s cooler, the temperature will actually turn cooler, hehehe 🙂 Last week went pretty much according to plan. I made everything on my menu but the spaghetti, but that’s always a “fall back” type of meal for me – I always have everything on hand, so I can make that anytime. This week – well, this week is another story. We have a PGA golf tournament here, two football games on TV (the Saints on Monday Night Football and our college team on Thurs PM), plus a German festival this coming weekend that we almost always go to and get brats. So — very little of this might actually get cooked! Sigh. A girl can plan though 😀

Thanks to Laura at OrgJunkie for organizing and hosting this each week! Go check out her blog and you’ll find tons more recipes and menu plans.

Monday – Golden Potato Soup, Buttermilk Wheat Bread

Tuesday – baked chicken, garlic smashed potatoes, green beans

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – eggs, oatmeal, toast

Thursday – Football Food – Pepperoni Bread, bean dip and chips

Friday – Date Night or Beef Stew

Saturday – Date Night or Spaghetti, bread, broccoli (stand by meal)

Sunday – German Festival or Frito Pie

Let’s see… last week I talked briefly about how I am really NOT in a cooking mood. That hasn’t changed! For whatever reason, I seem to be tired of making the meals I normally make, and unmotivated to look for, plan and try out any new recipes. Go figure 😀 Oh well, we have to eat, so I’ll put something together 🙄 This week’s planned meals may or may not happen. I’m not making any promises!!! 😀

As always, thanks to Laura at OrgJunkie for organizing and hosting this each week!

Sunday – we had Hamburgers, oven fries, Pizza Dip, tortilla chips

Monday – Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe over leftover chips (Tim) and over brown rice (me); Guacamole, chips

Tuesday – Waffles, Turkey Bacon

Wednesday – Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese

Thursday – Saucy Honey Dijon Chicken, orzo, green beans

Friday – Spaghetti, Broccoli, Crescent Rolls

Saturday – Date Night or Pizza or take-out Chinese

Let’s see… last week went pretty much according to plan. The weekends tend to get mixed up, and sometimes things don’t get made that I put on the menu. I use things like frozen pizza, spaghetti, sandwiches, etc. as items for our weekend. But, a lot of the time, we end up eating out. Oh well, I got most of my meals made 🙂 As always, thanks to Laura at OrgJunkie for organizing and hosting this each week!

Monday – Loaded Potatoes, Salad

Tuesday – Chicken Soft Tacos (using this recipe for the chicken), or maybe Chicken Quesadillas, Pinto Beans, Rice

Wednesday – Breakfast Burritoes, turkey bacon, oatmeal

Thursday – Soup, new recipe for bread

Friday, Saturday and Sunday – not sure about the weekend. We’ll probably eat out one night and then there’s things like grilling out, frozen pizza, take-out Chinese, and wings during the football games 🙂

Well, I’m a day late. Nothing like doing Menu Plan Monday on a Tuesday!

Last week went pretty much according to plan. I made every meal but one (the crockpot sweet and sour pork chops). I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to stick to this week’s plan. Between me not feeling well and Tim’s unpredictable work schedule, it may not be possible to stick to the plan. 🙂

Monday – Labor Day – grilled burgers, chips and crunchy slaw for lunch; grilled pork chops, rosemary roasted potatoes and corn for supper

Tuesday – Dawn’s Honey Lime Chicken tenders, sesame rice, sesame green beans

Wednesday – waffles, turkey bacon

Thursday – Saints vs Colts on opening night. Yee-haw! Wings, bleu cheese dip, bread, pasta salad or something on the side

Friday – Grilled Sausage Sandwiches, oven fries, leftover pasta salad

Saturday – USM game on PPV; Pizza

Sunday – TBD

Last week went pretty much according to plan. I ended up shuffling a couple of meals around, but overall, I made most everything I had on my menu. Yeah! I love sticking to a plan.

I also finally got around to entering some of the new recipes we’ve been trying lately, on the recipe section of my main website. Check the post below this one to see the recipe names and links. Check ’em out 🙂

Now, for this week. Here’s the general plan… Labor Day weekend is still up in the air, so no concrete plans so far for the weekend.

Sunday – we had take-out Chinese!!!

Monday – Taco Salad

Tuesday – Grilled chicken, smashed potatoes, sugar snap peas

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – eggs, oatmeal, toast

Thursday – Spaghetti with meatballs, french bread, salad

Friday – Crockpot Sweet and Sour Pork Chops, Rice or potatoes, green beans

Sat/Sun/Monday – TBD

Well, last week didn’t go quite according to plan. We ended up eating out a couple of times, and I pushed one meal to the weekend, and will have one carryover meal this week. Hopefully, we can stick to the menu this week! Here’s the general idea:

Monday – Meatloaf Patties, Parmesan Potatoes, butter peas

Tuesday – Carryover Meal: new recipe for teriyaki chicken, sesame rice, egg rolls

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – Grilled Chicken Salad

Thursday – Tuna casserole, broccoli, bread

Friday – Date Night or frozen pizza

Saturday – Spaghetti, French Bread or TBD

As always, thanks to Laura over at OrgJunkie for hosting this every week. Go over and check out all of the great menus and recipes submitted by the other participants -there’s tons of them 🙂

Well, the temperatures are forecast to be in the triple digits for the next five days, so cooking doesn’t rank high on my list. Sigh. So, I’m going to make poor Tim go outside and grill over a hot gas grill one night, and then I’ll cook the other nights. 🙂 As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – Grilled chicken (Tim)/Grilled Salmon (Stacy), smashed potatoes, green beans

Tuesday – Fish sandwiches, oven fries

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – Tomato soup, salad or sandwich

Thursday – Teriyaki chicken, rice, egg rolls

Friday – Date Night – eat out or pizza

Saturday – TBD

I’m still not feeling like doing a whole lot of cooking these days. I think it must be the summer doldrums, or else our lovely August heat. Still keeping it pretty simple. 🙂 I’m also going to try to work in a night to have leftovers. I’ve been throwing food out at the end of the week lately, because I’ve been cooking every night, and we usually have food left. If we don’t eat it for lunch the next day, it usually doesn’t get eaten. And I hate throwing food out, so I’m going to see about a “leftovers” night. As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – Chili Cheese-Black Bean enchiladas, pinto beans, guacamole and chips

Tuesday – Crockpot Creamy Italian Chicken, fettucine, steamed mixed vegetables

Wednesday – Breakfast Burritoes with hash browns, oatmeal

Thursday – Sandwich night or leftovers

Friday – Date Night: Eat out or pizza

Saturday – family get together; haven’t decided what I’m taking yet

I’m feeling a tad unmotivated again, at least in the cooking department. I’m going to give myself a break, since I have been really good lately and I’ve tried new recipes three out of the last four weeks. All with good or really good success too, I might add. So, this week it’s just going to be really easy, really simple, no-brainer kind of cooking 🙂

As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – Spaghetti, Broccoli, french bread, salad

Tuesday – Cheeseburger Macaroni, green beans, salad

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – Tomato Soup and grilled cheese

Thursday – Taco Salad, pinto beans

Friday – Date Night or Pizza

Sat/Sun – TBD; Tim playing in a golf tournament, I may pick up take-out Chinese for me!

Last week’s menu included a couple more new recipes and both of them were pretty much hits in our house. I haven’t had a chance to type them up yet, but I will soon, and will try to post a link on my blog to them soon. I have one more new one on the menu for this week, and we’ll hope it’s a hit and not a miss as well. 🙂

As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – Fish Sandwiches (didn’t get to this on last week’s menu), corn on the cob, grilled zucchini

Tuesday – new recipe for a Sausage Skillet dinner, whole wheat egg noodles, green beans

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – Chef Salad

Thursday – Golden Potato Soup, homemade wheat bread

Friday – Date Night or Pizza

Last week’s menu included a couple of new recipes (that I posted about here). Both were hits in our house, so on the strength of that, I thought I’d be brave and pick out a couple more new recipes to try. Here’s hoping they work for us too!

As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – new recipe for a Beef and Noodle Bake (I’m going to try it with whole wheat egg noodles), corn, broccoli

Tuesday – another new recipe, this one as seen over at Laura (Org Junkie’s blog) – Crockpot Sweet and Sour Pork Chops, rice, green beans

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Thursday – Chicken-Olive Calzones

Friday – Fish Sandwiches, oven fries, coleslaw

Saturday – Date Night or Pizza

I’m feeling a bit uninspired as to menu planning, but I’m going to try to branch out and try a couple of new things this week. I have so many recipes that I’ve found in cookbooks, magazines, and mostly online. Including several from fellow MPM participants 🙂 As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – new recipe for Dawn’s Honey Lime chicken (thanks Dawn!), teriyaki noodles, asparagus stir fry

Tuesday – new recipe for Sirloin Shisk Ke Bobs (from Taste of Home Great American cookbook), rice

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in – Sandwiches or Eggs, oatmeal and toast

Thursday – not sure; maybe Crockpot BBQ chicken, baked beans, mashed potatoes

Friday – Sandwich night (we’re going to eat a big lunch out, so I’m hoping for light at suppertime)

Saturday – Date Night (eat out) or Pizza

We did a little better last week at sticking to the menu. We did order in pizza one night, rather than having the meal I had planned to cook, but other than that, we stuck to it pretty well. This week will be up in the air as well. We’re not completely sure yet what we’ll be doing for the holiday on Wednesday and the weekend. Oh well. My husband loves to fly by the seat of his pants 🙂

As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Sunday – Spaghetti over whole wheat noodles, broccoli

Monday – Crockpot Mushroom Chicken, sauteed zucchini, smashed new potatoes

Tuesday – Chef Salad

Wednesday – TBD: out of town family get-together or stay home and grill out

Thursday – Fish Sandwiches, oven fries, cole slaw

Friday – Maple BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, more oven fries, more cole slaw

Saturday – Pizza or eat out

Gosh, last week was not a good one for sticking to my menu. We ate out quite a bit and I didn’t make half the meals that I had planned. Oh well, there’s always this week to try and get back on track 🙂

As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Monday – Breakfast for Dinner: omelettes, al Fresco brand sausages (apple/maple flavor), hash browns

Tuesday – Chicken soft tacos (using meat made with this recipe), pinto beans

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in: either Grilled Chicken Salad or Tomato Soup & grilled cheese

Thursday – Chicken Quesadillas (use rest of tortillas left from Tuesday)

Friday – Date Night or Pizza

Saturday – TBD or spaghetti and meatballs

Ok, time to see what we can do about planning a menu for the week. We did really good last week and stuck to our menu 100%. Hopefully more of the same this week! 🙂 We’re going to eat some light stuff and I hope it helps with our weight loss. Plus, I haven’t been in much of a cooking mood lately, so I’m taking it kind of easy. 😀

As always, thanks to Laura, for hosting this every week!

Sunday – leftover ribs and sides

Monday – Grilled Chicken Salad

Tuesday – Grilled Chicken (Tim) / Grilled Salmon (Stacy), veggies, smashed potatoes

Wednesday – Breakfast for dinner (eggs, oatmeal, toast)

Thursday – Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe

Friday – Date Night or Pizza

Saturday – TBD