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This question drives me crazy.  I’ll admit…it’s been a minute since I’ve posted Menu Plan.  I’m posting something a little something different today just to share with you how you can eat OUT for 5 days with kids eating free and me eating healthy.  Can I do it?  We shall see.  I’ll post the location and planned menu for that day each morning so make sure to check back every day.

Today were going to hit Jason’s Deli {from the advice of my friend over at Coupon Chic} Since Monday nights are kids eat free night.

Child #1
$3.59 – (includes side & drink)Turkey & Cheese Kidwich(bread choice: wheat, white ororganic wheat wrap)
Child #2
3.59-  (includes drink) Bowtie Pasta & Meatballs, Salad Bar, Baked Potato, (natural buttery blend, cheddar, sour cream, bacon)

Mama
$5.29 Half Sandwhich w/whole grain wheat & water to drink

Total for the 3 of us.  $5.29 + Tax

Check back tomorrow to see what the three of of are having for din din.  FYI – were doing din din without the hubs this week since he’s got meeting racked up.  Truly I would just love a bowl of cereal but I thought what a treat for the little ones and me, to try and go out to eat at all our favorite places.  You can click on the picture above to check out other wonderful Menu Plans for the week, Hosted by I’m an Organizing Junkie!

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I will admit it. I have not planned our meals for what seems for about a month now. Between moving into the new home. Moving my blog over from blogger to wordpress. And pretty much everyday things that come up, I have just not had the time to get organized {funny right} We seem to be all settled into the new home. The blog; well…it will be an ongoing work in progress but our budget from not planning….HORRIBLE. It’s almost like falling off the wagon if you drunk…no..seriously. Here is my plan of attach for the week.

Monday: Shepppard’s Pie (Rachel Ray style)..it’s so yummy
Tuesday: Left overs
Wednesday: Chicken piccatta
Thursday: leftovers but making the chicken into a salad
Friday: Restaurant.com Hopefully, it’s been a while! (new code eff 2/22/10 SAVOR)
Saturday: Chicken Fajitas (Cowboy style)
Sunday: oh so yummy leftovers!

You can click on the picture above to check out other wonderful Menu Plans for the week, Hosted by I’m an Organizing Junkie!

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I will admit it. I have not planned our meals for what seems for about a month now. Between moving into the new home. Moving my blog over from blogger to wordpress. And pretty much everyday things that come up, I have just not had the time to get organized {funny right} We seem to be all settled into the new home. The blog; well…it will be an ongoing work in progress but our budget from not planning….HORRIBLE. It’s almost like falling off the wagon if you drunk…no..seriously. Here is my plan of attach for the week.

Monday:  leftover chicken tacos from Sunday with green salad
Tuesday:  Crock Pot Black Bean Chicken [this was really good & super easy]
Wednesday: leftovers w/ green salad & fruit
Thursday: Country Bob’s Marinated Steak [review to come] & Potatoes
Friday: left over steak turned into a FULL salad & side of fruit
Saturday: Restaurant.com {w/latest code: BLOOM exp 2/8  }
Sunday: Sundays are tough for me..any suggestions?

You can click on the picture above to check out other wonderful Menu Plans for the week, Hosted by I’m an Organizing Junkie!

Looking for a particular recipe? Want some other ideas? Me too….I love this new feature on my blog to help. I love all your suggestions and cooking pictures too, let’s keep the sharing going.

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Still unpacking (this might be forever) so I’m in no mood or have the time to cook.  I will be eating crock pot meals almost EVERYDAY and some leftovers from my darling parents.

Monday: Black Eyed Pea Soup

Tuesday:   French Toast w/ Turkey sausage (Thx neighbor for the French bread)

Wednesday:  Leftovers from Monday (They should be good now)

Thursday: Crock Pot Black Bean Chicken

Friday: Leftovers

Saturday:  Turkey Sandwiches with soup

Sunday: Spaghetti w/Cincinnati-style Marinara (Recipe of the Day for 1/4/10)

My Menu Plan Monday’s are ALL located towards the bottom of my blog’s main page…all together so you won’t need to do a search.  Check it out..Scroll down after clicking the home button.

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Happy Holidays to you all, and thanks for stopping by!

Monday:  Leftovers – Pizza (If you live in Henderson, NV…Metro Pizza is awesome)

Tuesday:   Stuffed Burgers with Pepper Jack Cheese

Wednesday:  Leftovers

Thursday: Going to be a late night! Cookies Cookies & more Cookies

Friday: Gumbo (Southern Style w/chicken, sausage, crab, shrimp with clear broth)~Family Tradition

Saturday:  OMG~Leftovers, we can eat this everyday for a week!

Sunday: Crab Dinner with a little Gumbo…LOL

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Monday:  Pork Tenderloin with Honeyed Butter w/ Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts and Craisins  DESERT: Junior Mint Brownies (see recipe below)

Tuesday:   Southwest Pita Tostadas w/Spicy Corn 

Wednesday:  Leftovers

Thursday: Restaurant.com (I’ve been missing it for the past couple of weeks)

Friday: Hopefully leftovers or salad (really…enough cooking right!!)

Saturday:  Turkey Meat Loaf with Red Currant Sauce w/Garlic Mashers

Sunday: One-Pot Roasted Chicken Breasts with Kale & Potatoes w/ Marie Calendar’s Cornbread with Honey Butter  

Junior Mint Brownies

Prep time: 25 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes (there are a ton of variations of this brownie)

1-5.5 ounce box Junior Mints

1 1/2-cups butter, melted

3-cups sugar

1-tablespoon vanilla extract

5-large eggs

2-cups all purpose flour

1-cup cocoa

1-teaspoon baking powder

1-teaspoon salt

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
[1] Grease a 13×9 inch baking pan. In a large bowl, stir together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, beat until well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Blend well.
[2] Reserve 2 cups batter. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange Junior Mints in a single layer over the batter. Spread the reserved batter over Junior Mints. (such a lovely surprise) 
[3] Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into 16 squares, or if your like me…8!

My Menu Plan Monday’s will ALL be located towards the bottom of my blog’s main page…all together so you won’t need to do a search.  Check it out..Scroll down after clicking the home button.

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Week 6 with my Relish Menu Planning and I am still loving it, but since it’s Thanksgiving Week I will resume regular planning next week.   This wee is all about planning for Thursday.  I’ll be doing a little bit each day and freezing it for Thursday.  My goal is to eat lite, because heavy food is just too much for me.  However, for one day …I can do it!

Monday – HOLIDAY ITEM: Dressing. My family roots are southern so we make dressing and it is rich.  We start by making a couple hens, chickens or one small turkey.  Pretty much everything in those birds are going to be cook.  Neck, liver…it all (and I don’t like all that but trust me you don’t even taste when I’m done), celery, onions, broth, bread toasted, corn meal cooked to speck (it’s pretty dry when your done. Not like corn bread) Walnuts & cranberries.  This dish can be made weeks ahead of time.  The longer it has to sit, the better it taste.  With all this cooking going on this week, we could have cereal every day and I would be fine!

Tuesday – HOLIDAY ITEM: Vegetable Chopping & Dough Making & Potato Salad. Sounds simple but we use quite a bit for cooking and since I’ll be using a good chunk of my onions & celery mixture for my dressing…I will need to replenish that for other dishes. Dough is super simple so once it’s done, I just place it in the frig. I follow my hubby’s family recipe for potato salad and it is so simple and delicious. Potatoes, onions, mayo, sugar, vinegar, egg, salt & pepper.

Wednesday – HOLIDAY ITEM: Pies & Turkey Soak.  What’s on the list of Pies for our family?  Again my family is from the south so a Sweet Potato Pie is a must!! 6 to be exact. 2 for dinner and 4 for everyone to bring home.  I like to make my crust from scratch so I’ll use what was premade yesterday.  Love a flakey crust!  We will have other deserts but that’s all these little fingers will be pumping out.

Thursday – HOLIDAY: Here are the remaining items on the Menu to be cooked in the am. Sweet Potato Soufflés (I use ramekins because they’re so cute) We Grill out Turkey on the Grill so this will go on early to smoke. Green Beans, Mac & Cheese (my hubby makes the world’s best – and I don’t even want to know how he does it as long as it continues), Pecan Pie from my Grandma,  Dinner Rolls…….Then we’ll rollover onto the couch.

Friday – Left Over’s of course!

Saturday – If not left over’s….nothing!

Sunday – Really…are we still needing to eat?

Come back next week to see how our family comes down from this southern feast.

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Week 6 with my Relish Menu Planning and I am still loving it (but I’ve tweaked it a bit this week to accommodate what I have in the frig). Here’s a brief “how it works” – You enter how many you are cooking for and then pick and choose which recipes you like or opt for an express “already picked out” menu plan.  Then it will calculate the five meals, shopping list, directions and nutritional facts.  Love it!  You’ll notice little letters at the end of all my meals. You can read the legend below for descriptions. For me the price of $7/mo has worked it self out easily, read on that here. I love to cook but it’s sometimes challenging to constantly think of new ways to eat healthy for less.  This is a great option.  Serving Size for below recipes are for 4 People (two are pint sized).  Want to see these Recipes? Click Below to view the ENTIRE menu.  I just want you to see how lovely this service is and if your interested in trying it I have some free subscriptions for you.

Monday – Left over’s

Tuesday – Baked Ziti with Italian Meatballs & garlic bread ( I must use all the ground beef from the Albertson’s Sale)

Wednesday – Left Over’s with a large garden salad

Thursday – Grilled Chicken Panini Sandwiches, Edaname Beans 

Friday – Restaurant.com Din Din.  I want to try a different restaurant but at $8 for the 4 of us…how can I go wrong with Memphis BBQ

Saturday – ”BIG”Chicken Cesar Salad with manadarian oranges (I love oranges in salad..yummy)

Sunday – Crock Pot Dinner – pg 89 of December All You Slow-Cooker Mozzarella Meat Loaf

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Week 5 with my Relish Menu Planning and I am still loving it. Here’s a brief “how it works” – You enter how many you are cooking for and then pick and choose which recipes you like or opt for an express “already picked out” menu plan.  Then it will calculate the five meals, shopping list, directions and nutritional facts.  Love it!  You’ll notice little letters at the end of all my meals. You can read the legend below for descriptions. For me the price of $7/mo has worked it self out easily, read on that here. I love to cook but it’s sometimes challenging to constantly think of new ways to eat healthy for less.  This is a great option.  Serving Size for below recipes are for 4 People (two are pint sized).  Want to see these Recipes? Click Below to view the ENTIRE menu.  I just want you to see how lovely this service is. 

Monday – Chicken and Snow Pea Stir Fry Bowls | Fortune Cookies   KF

Tuesday – Roasted Cornish Hens with Apple-Cinnamon | Couscous with Pine Nuts   SG LC

Wednesday – Chicken Parmigianino | Classic Italian Salad   KF

Thursday – Upside Din Din (Breakfast for dinner)

Friday - Chicken Reuben Sandwiches | Red Leaf Lettuce & Buttermilk Dressing   Q

Saturday – Restaurant.com Offer (hopefully…all the cooking this week I’m sure will tire me out)

Sunday – Slow Cooker Dr Pepper BBQ Pork | Broccoli Slaw Salad   KF C | Oatmeal and Cranberry Squares   D

Also my Menu Plan Monday’s’ will ALL be located towards the bottom all together so you won’t need to do a search.  Check it out..Scroll down after clicking the home button.

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Tip: They also have a healthy lunch section also that’s kids friendly!

-Kid Friendly

-Quick

-Crockpot

-Simple Gourmet

-Vegetarian

-Lower Calorie

-Morning Prep

-One Pot

-Dessert

-Custom Meal

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Week 4 with my Relish Menu Planning and I am still loving it. Here’s a brief “how it works” – You enter how many you are cooking for and then pick and choose which recipes you like or opt for an express “already picked out” menu plan.  Then it will calculate the five meals, shopping list, directions and nutritional facts.  Love it!  You’ll notice little letters at the end of all my meals. You can read the legend below for descriptions. For me the price of $7/mo has worked it self out easily, read on that here. I love to cook but it’s sometimes challenging to constantly think of new ways to eat healthy for less.  This is a great option.  Serving Size for below recipes are for 4 People (two are pint sized).  Scroll all the way down for more info on my Menu Planning Giveaway

Monday -  Chicken Rollups with Goat Cheese and Basil | Apricot-Glazed Carrots   SG LC

Tuesday -  Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas | Black Beans with Cumin and Cilantro   KF

Wednesday -   Left over’s.   I’ll be doubling the above recipe to have two days worth

Thursday -  No Restaurant.com for us this week   But we will be doing out fabulous Upside Down Dinners. (Breakfast in the evening)

Friday -  Pork Lettuce Wraps with Plum Sauce | Stir-fried Snow Peas Q LC

Saturday -   Herb Dumplings with Baby Spinach | Skillet Corn   V LC

Sunday – Slow Cooker Sausage and Tortellini Soup | Herb-Cheese Crescents   KF / Desert = Caramel Apple Bars   D

Also my Menu Plan Monday’s’ will ALL be located towards the bottom all together so you won’t need to do a search.  Check it out..Scroll down after clicking the home button.

You can click on the picture above to check out other wonderful Menu Plans for the week, Hosted by I’m an Organizing Junkie!

Tip: They also have a healthy lunch section also that’s kids friendly!

-Kid Friendly

-Quick

-Crockpot

-Simple Gourmet

-Vegetarian

-Lower Calorie

-Morning Prep

-One Pot

-Dessert

-Custom Meal

Would you like to try Relish Menu Planning?  I’m giving away five 1-week subscriptions to see exactly it is I’m always talking about! 

Click HERE to enter.

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