Weekly Menu

 Well, here we are at the end of March AND Easter.  Time is sure flying!  This next week we are on Spring Break which is really a nice break from school.  I hoping to have a few things to do - like meeting up with friends one day and seeing a moving another day - but also time at home because we are all ready for "do nothing days."  Personally, I have a lot of scrapbooking time penciled into my plan for the week.  We still need to eat though so here is the plan:

Friday - This is a new recipe - Cheese Tortellini with Sausage in the crock pot.  It sounds super good - we will see how it turns out HA!  

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's house. 

Sunday - it is EASTER!  This year I am hosting.  I'm planning Ham, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Beans, 7-layered salad, and some dessert.  :-)  

Monday - The best thing about cooking a big holiday dinner is all of the Leftovers!!!  So tonight is leftover night :-)  

Tuesday - One of my favorites - Scalloped potatoes and Ham.  I like to diced up a lot of ham and add it to my potatoes and then also serve ham as the protein.  

Wednesday - My guys have youth group this week - the teens voted and the leaders agreed so they are still gathering.  Darryl and I will have a frozen dinner (We are finding that Birds Eye has some good complete meals and they run about $5.00 a bag so that's a cheap meal!)

Thursday - I'm going to finish up using ham (the rest will go in the freezer to use later) and Corn Chowder.  This is another recipe that's been on my "try list".  It sounds amazing so we will see if it is a keeper!

Werkly Menu

 We have an impending snowstorm coming in.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out.  Here’s the plan for the coming week

Friday- Meatballs and Mac and Cheese

Saturday - dinner at my moms

Sunday - Joshua, Nate, and I are attending a program for a friend of theirs that is kind of a dinner theater.  Darryl will get to treat himself in the way home from church. 

Monday - pot Pies

Tuesday - Tacos for my guys while I have dinner with my Sunday School class.

Wednesday - lasagna and bread sticks

Thursday - spaghetti carbonara and French bread 

Weekly menu

We had a great week - it was a little quiet so we got a lot of school done yet we still had plenty going on!  We have been having amazing weather (I'm little concerned we are in for an extremely hot summer)  . . .I wouldn't mind one more snow storm . . .or even a snow flurry or two .  .. but even my Michigan heart is doubting we will get anything.  (Haters don't hate me LOL)  This next week includes one of my favorite holidays and that is St. Patrick's Day.  I just find it fun with zero pressure - just fun food, maybe some hidden candy by the "Leprechaun" but no gifts or expectations!  Here's the plan for the coming week (and it is actually an "easy" cooking week!) 

Friday - Presentation Night for our Co-op.  We serve snacks/appetizers so we will just eat there and get cereal at home afterwards if we are still hungry. Joshua, Nate, and I have to be there all afternoon for set up so it is a long afternoon/evening but so much fun! 

Saturday - Dinner at my mom's.  It has been a few weeks so it will be nice to be back around her table! 

Sunday - St. Patrick's Day!  We will have our annual feast of Stuffed Cabbage, Crash Potatoes, and Jell-O Salad.  I also have an Apple Pie because, well, I read that the traditional dessert of the Irish for St. Paddy's day is . . .. yep, Apple Pie!  

Monday - Thanks to my mom, I have a Shephard's Pie in my freezer that I plan to cook up for an easy dinner.  We eat in shifts as Nate has TKD and he and I are usually walking out the door while Darryl is walking in the door! 

Tuesday - Good Old Fashioned Spaghetti :-)  I have some leftover meat sauce from my Spaghetti Pie last week that I am going to add to in order to keep it a simple dinner.  Some frozen garlic bread to add to the meal is always good. 

Wednesday - Soup and Biscuits for Darryl and I while the guys are at youth group. 

Thursday - It's been awhile but Joshua and Nate will be volunteering and serving at the Community Dinner our church helps with every few months so I will eat there when I pick them up.  I'm not sure what I will have for Darryl yet.  Pot pies are great because they cook for an hour so I can put it in the over when I leave and he can take it out once he gets home :-)  

Like I said, it is a pretty easy cooking week.  Oh, and did I say that I love my fridge? HA!  I'm still figuring out storage on the fridge side as technically I lost a whole shelf and a whole long drawer so I am missing space but I'm slowly getting things in places that work well.  Surprisingly I like the tall freezer - it makes it nice to have everything easy to see instead of all down in two freezer drawers.  So, pros and cons but, the most important thing?? It keeps everything COLD!!!  

Weekly Menu

We have a fridge!!!  It is pretty and better yet, it keeps our food cold!!  While we do kind of miss the ice cooler it is nice being able to actually see what we have in the fridge instead of guessing what cooler something was in on any given day.  I really have no complaints though - it wasn't "hard" to live out of coolers which are really just little refrigerators. My meal planning is a little more creative now though since it everything is in one place AND I don't need to grocery shop 2-3 times a week due to space.  Here's the plan for the coming week. 

Friday -  my guys are hanging out with some friends so Darryl and I may just eat leftovers. 

Saturday- I’m heading out to a ladies activity so I’m leaving BBQ cups and fries for my guys. 

Sunday - a rare treat - dinner out after church

Monday - chicken tacos and chips and salsa

Tuesday - Tuscan chicken pasta and garlic bread

Wednesday- Pot Pies and Salad

Thursday - it’s “pi” day so we will have some pies - A Spaghetti Pie, Stuffed Mushroom "pies" (well, the caps look like a pie!) and ….. a pie 🤣

Enjoy your week! 

Weekly Menu

 Can you believe it is March??  I cannot!  We had a lot of fun with my brother, Ken, in town last week but now it is time to get back to planning meals a little bit more and we are anxiously awaiting our new fridge!  The cooler life is getting even older HA!  It will be nice to be able to open a door and see what I have on hand instead of looking through coolers 1, 2, and 3 :-)  At the writing of this - we are still waiting for our fridge to ship to the store so it could easily be another week or even two before we have it but that's ok - the coolers really do work well.  

Here's the plan for the coming week

Friday - I am going out to dinner with a long time friend (last minute plan!) but there will be BBQ pulled chicken in the crock pot for sliders as well as mac and cheese and chips for the guys.  

Saturday - For Darryl's birthday I gave him a "day out" and today is the day - we are going out as a family for dinner and then to a concert.  

Sunday - Swedish meatballs in the crock pot with noodles, zucchini, and crescent rolls

Monday - Broccoli Cheese Soup, Biscuits, and Ham

Tuesday - Roast in crock pot, noodles, and green beans

Wednesday - Pot Pies and Salad

Thursday - Tacos for my guys - my mom and I are going to hear one of our favorite authors speak and grabbing dinner before hand. 

That looks like a good week!  :-)