Exceedingly Mundane

I really love this menu meme that Laura over at OrgJunkie does each week. I have been planning menus for a while now, but do admit to being a slacker sometimes. Doing this meme has really helped keep me on track! Be sure to check out all of the other menus posted this week!

OK, here’s the general plan for the week. I didn’t realize till I sat down to type it up that we’re having chicken every day!!! It’s a good thing we both really like chicken. I had fish on the menu originally, but we didn’t get to a meal I had planned for Sunday (yesterday), so I’m moving it to today.

Monday – grilled chicken sandwiches with honey mustard, oven fries, coleslaw

Tuesday – Sandra‘s Chicken and Mushroom Stew, brown rice, salad, homemade bread

Wednesday – Light Night before Tim weighs in at work — this week, grilled chicken salad with tons of veggies

Thursday – White Chicken Chili, homemade bread

Friday – Date Night or Sloppy Joe’s

Saturday – Taco Soup or eat out

Sunday – Game Day food… still working on that, probably a Frito Chili Pie and some dip using the new Harry & David relish Tim got me for my birthday!

As always, the wonderful Laura over at OrgJunkie has this great menu-planning meme. I love planning menus, love checking out others, and love seeing ideas and recipes. Be sure to go check out Laura’s blog, as well as all of the other yummy menus that everyone is posting!

OK, here’s what is planned for this week… gonna be an easy one with my birthday, less cooking for me!

Monday – Stacy’s Beef Stew, homemade bread

Tuesday – Slow Cooker Thai Chicken over whole wheat spaghetti noodles, stir fry veggies, salad (Didn’t get to this last week, and I want to make it, it’s so good!)

Wednesday – Stacy’s Birthday, but also Light Night before Tim weighs in. Tomato Soup and grilled cheese

Thursday – Ribeye Steaks, baked potato, salad, homemade bread

Friday – Date Night / Birthday Celebration… Stacy gets to pick (and I pick Fratesi’s, a local Italian place). I’ll have salad, garlic bread with olive oil to dip it in, probably an eggplant parmesan or some kind of pasta, and Tiramisu for dessert. Yippee!!

Saturday – TBD

Sunday – Game Day Food — this week, bratwurst with sauerkraut, chips

Once again, thanks to Laura over at OrgJunkie for sponsoring this meme each week. Be sure to go check out her blog, as well as all of the other yummy menus that everyone is posting!

OK, here’s what is planned for this week:

Monday – Mexican wraps (tortillas with this chicken made in the crockpot), Pinto Beans, Spanish Rice

Tuesday – Grilled Chicken (Tim) / Grilled Salmon (Stacy), baked sweet potatoes, butter peas

Wednesday – Light Night (before Tim weighs in at work on Thursday AM)… eggs, oatmeal and toast

Thursday – Cheeseburger Soup, homemade bread, salad

Friday – Date Night or Slow Cooker Thai Chicken over whole wheat noodles, veggies

Saturday – Pizza or Eat Out

Sunday – Game Day Food – Pigs in a Blanket this week!

Once again, thanks to Laura over at OrgJunkie for sponsoring this meme each week. I love getting ideas for menus, recipes, and just basically getting hungry reading everyone else’s menus!

If we can stay on track, here’s what is planned for this week:

Monday – Grilled Chicken Salad, with the Muscadine Vinaigrette I bought at Callaway Gardens, it is deeee-licious!

Tuesday – Teriyaki Grilled Pork Chops, baked sweet potatoes, cooked apples, salad… (unless I decide to throw the chops in the crockpot with some italian dressing)

Wednesday – Light Night (before Tim weighs in at work on Thursday AM)… eggs, oatmeal and toast

Thursday – Pretending it’s fall here (high’s in the 90’s all week is forecast!)… Homemade Chicken and Noodle Soup, homemade bread, salad

Friday – Ribs, potato salad, baked beans

Saturday – Date Night / TBD

Sunday – Game Day Food – wings, oven fries, maybe pasta salad

Laura over at OrgJunkie sponsors this great meme each week. I missed playing last week, since we were on vacation, but it looks like a lot of great menus were planned last week. I am going to try to get back into the cooking groove this week. I haven’t cooked in about 9 or 10 days!!!

Sunday – we picked up bratwursts and sauerkraut at a local GermanFest. It was really good!

Monday – Chicken Corn Chowder, Parmesan Cheese Muffins, salad

Tuesday – Grilling out (salmon for me, chicken for Tim), Stacy’s Pan Roasted Potatoes, veggie or salad

Wednesday – Light Night (Tim weighs in at work on Thursday) – either grilled cheese and tomato soup, or eggs/oatmeal/toast

Thursday – Spaghetti and Meatballs, steamed broccoli, homemade bread

Friday – Date Night or Crockpot Creamy Italian Chicken over no-yolk noodles, homemade bread

Saturday – TBD

Sunday – Game Day Food – wings, chips, appetizers, TBD

Laura over at OrgJunkie sponsors this great meme each week. If you like cooking or planning your meals, go check it out!

This week, I’m going to try to use up some ingredients I have on hand, before we leave on vacation. Yippee!

Here we go:

Sunday – “Game Day” food – brats and sauerkraut to celebrate the first full day of NFL football

Monday – Tortilla Torta, and ??? — I’m at a loss as to what to fix with it, maybe just a green salad. The dish already has beans in it, which is my usual side dish for anything Mexican or Tex-Mex

Tuesday – new recipe for Feta Chicken, my Pan Roasted Potatoes, veggie or salad

Wednesday – our “light night” – either eggs, oatmeal and toast or else soup and a sandwich

Thursday – TBD (probably grill out fish for me & chicken for DH, veggie, box rice or potato mix)

Friday – Date Night

Saturday/Sunday/Next Week – On Vacation – Tons of eating out!!!!

{a day late because of the holiday – sorry about that!}

Laura over at OrgJunkie sponsors this great meme each week. I love planning menus or meal ideas for the week – it really helps with the grocery shopping (cuts down on impulse buying) and saves that frustration every afternoon of staring into the fridge or freezer thinking “what can I cook?”

Here we go:

Sunday – turkey burgers

Monday – Labor Day; we ate at my in-laws (chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, etc)

Tuesday – Black Bean & Cheese Enchiladas, pinto beans, Spanish Rice

Wednesday – our “light night” – either eggs, oatmeal and toast or else tomato soup and a sandwich (Yes, I’ve had tomato soup on the menu for the last couple of weeks, but we have yet to have any!)

Thursday – spaghetti with meatballs, steamed broccoli, homemade bread

Friday – Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe

Saturday – Pizza

Sunday – TBD

Laura over at OrgJunkie sponsors this great meme each week. Go check out her new design by Susie at Bluebird Blogs — it looks great! I love planning menus, even though I don’t always stick to them 100%. Mine often have things rolled over from the previous week, and have to stay flexible on the weekends. We sometimes eat out a lot on the weekends, so you’ll often see TBD (to be determined!).

Here we go:

Sunday– tacos, refried beans for lunch. We splurged and had a big breakfast for supper – eggs, cheesy hash browns, turkey bacon and biscuits

Monday – grilled turkey cutlets, garlic smashed potatoes, sesame green beans

Tuesday – Easy Baked Fish (using tilapia), baked sweet potatoes, mixed veggies with cheese (frozen bag I’m trying to use up)

Wednesday – Light Night (my husband weighs in at work with his weight loss group on Thursday mornings) – either soup and sandwich or eggs, oatmeal and toast

Thursday – Stroganoff over yolk-free noodles, butter peas, homemade bread

Friday – Date Night probably

Saturday/Sunday – TBD

Monday – Labor Day, not sure yet

Check out OrgJunkie‘s website for the specifics… in the mean time, here’s the plan for this week (plan being the optimum word!):

Sunday – we had hamburgers
Monday – Grilled Chicken Salad, grilled zucchini, homemade bread
Tuesday – Italian Tortellini Stew, salad, homemade bread
Wednesday – Tomato soup, cheese toast (didn’t have this last week as planned)
Thursday – grilled chicken (Tim)/grilled salmon (Stacy), roasted sweet potatoes, homemade bread
Friday – tacos, refried beans, mexicorn
Saturday – eat out at NFL preseason game
Sunday – TBD

I really enjoyed this last week, so I’m going to try it again this week… and also do a little updating from last week’s menu plan, which I posted here. We ended up eating out less over the weekend than usual, and I cooked a bit more

Here’s the plan for this week, and an update to last week is on the extended page (just click the Read more button):

Monday – Turkey Burgers, homemade coleslaw, oven fries

Tuesday – Grilled Chicken (Tim)/Grilled Salmon (me), baked sweet potatoes, veggie (maybe sugar snap peas)

Wednesday – tomato soup and cheese toast

Thursday – Spaghetti, Broccoli, homemade bread

Friday – Date Night

Saturday – Out of town; eat out

Sunday – TBD

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I ran across Org Junkie’s blog and post last week and saw that there was a new meme starting up revolving around menu planning. Yippee! I have been doing menu plans for quite a while now, and have been posting them over in the forums on our main website, Hambones.org. I have been a bit lax with posting them lately, mostly because I don’t think anyone looks at them. They help me tremendously though, both for grocery shopping, reducing stress, knowing what meat I need to take out to thaw, etc, on a daily basis.

So, this week, I’m going to start participating in this meme on Mondays. I’ll post my menu, some items with links to the recipes on our main site, and some will have “TBD” – to be determined. We tend to eat out on the weekends a lot. We like to have date night!

Anyhoo, here we go, first time to do Menu Planning Monday:

Monday – Grilled Chicken Salad, with Maple-Mustard dressing

Tuesday – Toss up. The hubby is going to try to play golf with a friend. If he does, I’ll make Maple BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, veggie, probably chips or fries. If he doesn’t play golf, he’s going to get to grill out. Chicken for him, salmon for me, baked sweet potatoes, veggie or salad.

Wednesday – breakfast food (probably eggs, oatmeal, toast)

Thursday – something new – Annie’s Organic cheeseburger macaroni, corn, homemade bread

Friday – Date Night (eat out) or Frozen Pizza

Saturday – Frozen Pizza or Date Night

Sunday – TBD

P.S. I’m also on the hunt for a homemade spaghetti sauce, preferably a crockpot one. If anyone has a recipe they’ve used and liked, I’d love to see it. I have been using a jarred Prego sauce, which we like, but I’d like to try a homemade one.