Menu for Week of January 5 through January 11, 2013

[ratherbeswimmin']

Charmie777 wrote:

ellie_ wrote:
Friday: Cranberry Crab Cakes (another recipe using that huge bag of cranberries I bought from Costco) and salad.
Saturday: Tuscan Bean Soup With Arugula in Crockpot
Sunday: ?
Monday: WW shrimp recipe
Tuesday: hotdogs and chips
Wednesday: Turkey Enchilada Casserole Ww
Thursday:WW recipe for shepherd's pie
Friday:fish/salad

Cranberry Crab Cakes sounds great!

I agree

[ratherbeswimmin']

mickeydownunder wrote:

I would like to thank my TWINIE as she is THE BEST TWINIE one could EVER have...

What's a TWINIE???

[Charmie777]

Sensational photos Mickey!!! I'll be going by and checking out your blog now!

[Charmie777]

ratherbeswimmin' wrote:
Morning everyone. We had the perfect NYE/NYD, too. Pizza, movies, kids and their friends, fireworks at MN, football, and more good food. Loved it.

Here is the plan, Mon-Fri:
Monday: Hot Chicken Salad Casserole, steamed veggies, salad

Tuesday: Basketball game night--Fiesta Pizza and salad

Wednesday: Cheesy Manicotti, roasted asparagus, salad, and Banana Pudding Trifle

Thursday: after-school swim meet--Hot Ham Salad Sandwiches, chips, and dill pickle spears

Friday: Basketball game night--eat out, then Pitcher Bloody Mary

Work Lunches: Red Lentil Soup w/ All-Occasion White Bread (Bread Machine) and Wild Rice Chicken Salad

Breakfast: English Muffin Delight

Snacks: Peanut Butter Cookies

Drop off meal for friend w/ NHL: Macaroni Salad, Deviled Eggs, Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup by Todd Wilbur w/ garlic bread

yum!! I love cheese manicotti. Now I have a craving!

[SarasotaCook]

ratherbeswimmin' wrote:

mickeydownunder wrote:

I would like to thank my TWINIE as she is THE BEST TWINIE one could EVER have...

What's a TWINIE???

I'm a twinie, Mickey and I have been friends for some time. Since we are so much a like in so many many ways, food wise and personally - we came up with Twinies or Twins. It's silly, but it just fits. We have been using it for some time now.

[ratherbeswimmin']

SarasotaCook wrote:

ratherbeswimmin' wrote:

mickeydownunder wrote:

I would like to thank my TWINIE as she is THE BEST TWINIE one could EVER have...

What's a TWINIE???

I'm a twinie, Mickey and I have been friends for some time. Since we are so much a like in so many many ways, food wise and personally - we came up with Twinies or Twins. It's silly, but it just fits. We have been using it for some time now.

Got it

[mickeydownunder]

ratherbeswimmin' wrote:
Morning everyone. We had the perfect NYE/NYD, too. Pizza, movies, kids and their friends, fireworks at MN, football, and more good food. Loved it.

Here is the plan, Mon-Fri:
Monday: Hot Chicken Salad Casserole, steamed veggies, salad

Tuesday: Basketball game night--Fiesta Pizza and salad

Wednesday: Cheesy Manicotti, roasted asparagus, salad, and Banana Pudding Trifle

Thursday: after-school swim meet--Hot Ham Salad Sandwiches, chips, and dill pickle spears

Friday: Basketball game night--eat out, then Pitcher Bloody Mary

Work Lunches: Red Lentil Soup w/ All-Occasion White Bread (Bread Machine) and Wild Rice Chicken Salad

Breakfast: English Muffin Delight

Snacks: Peanut Butter Cookies

Drop off meal for friend w/ NHL: Macaroni Salad, Deviled Eggs, Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup by Todd Wilbur w/ garlic bread

YUM Can I come over for some Fiesta Pizza and Bloody Marys?

WHOO HOO

thanks for sharing..love seeing what people make around the world too!

[ratherbeswimmin']

mickeydownunder wrote:

ratherbeswimmin' wrote:
Morning everyone. We had the perfect NYE/NYD, too. Pizza, movies, kids and their friends, fireworks at MN, football, and more good food. Loved it.

Here is the plan, Mon-Fri:
Monday: Hot Chicken Salad Casserole, steamed veggies, salad

Tuesday: Basketball game night--Fiesta Pizza and salad

Wednesday: Cheesy Manicotti, roasted asparagus, salad, and Banana Pudding Trifle

Thursday: after-school swim meet--Hot Ham Salad Sandwiches, chips, and dill pickle spears

Friday: Basketball game night--eat out, then Pitcher Bloody Mary

Work Lunches: Red Lentil Soup w/ All-Occasion White Bread (Bread Machine) and Wild Rice Chicken Salad

Breakfast: English Muffin Delight

Snacks: Peanut Butter Cookies

Drop off meal for friend w/ NHL: Macaroni Salad, Deviled Eggs, Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup by Todd Wilbur w/ garlic bread

YUM Can I come over for some Fiesta Pizza and Bloody Marys?

WHOO HOO

thanks for sharing..love seeing what people make around the world too!

Anytime

[Meredith C-ville]

Hi there --

I managed to have a list and a shopping opportunity without having first made a plan, but I think I'll be fine thanks to my neighbor. DH has been tutoring their son in trig/algebra 2, so to say thanks she sent over 2 casseroles (1 now in the freezer) and a quiche! It really helps esp now that I have upped my working from 20 h/wk to 32 h/wk.

So here we go:

Sat – chicken and rice casserole from Mary, brussels sprouts

Sun – quiche lorrraine from Mary with some kind of veg (plus salad, but we have that every night so I don't tend to write it down)

Mon – rest of chicken/rice casserole w/veg

Tue –Salmon Soup with homemade bread from freezer (usually I make it with leeks which is awesome, but I will make do with onions this time)

Wed –Black-Eyed Peas With Mustard Greens and Rice – never ended up making this on New Year’s; better late than never!

Thu – Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Casserole but with ground turkey, with whole wheat egg noodles

Fri – leftovers or different plan entirely; my parents may be coming to town

Looking forward to a weather warmup later this week. --M

[HeatherFeather]

Trying again to get better about posting my menus! I am going to attempt to plan two weeks instead of just one, since so often things get pushed ahead for me anyway. I want to cut out half of my grocery trips, and I know that for me, the less time spent in the grocery store does result in less money getting spent on "extras."

I don't plan for specific days, just plan out the number of meals, including leftovers nights and eating out nights and post the list on the fridge. I then either pick something to make from that list,or let my BF or DD choose - as long as it is on my fridge list they can choose it. I cross the meal off once it gets made, and then once everything has been crossed off, the new list goes up.

I have been bad for the past two months and not really planning much at all - and it has resulted it far too many meals out at the last minute, unhealthy eating, and a bugger grocery bill. So hoping to get back to my routine, which works for me when I stick to it.

Here is my plan:

Meal 1 - Tuna Casserole, with a side salad, Boston Market Cornbread
Meal 2 - leftovers
Meal 3 - Painter's Pasta, garlic bread, Jeanne's Tossed Salad With Italian Dressing
Meal 4 - leftovers
Meal 5 - Chicken Tacos, Tex-Mex Black Beans & Saffron Rice, guacamole
Meal 6 - Soup & Sandwich Night
Meal 7 - eat out

Meal 1 - Meatloaf or Beef Stew or Pot Roast (depends on meat price), mashed potatoes, side salad, cornbread
Meal 2 - leftovers
Meal 3 - Grilled or Broiled Rosemary Chicken or Ranch Burgers
, Dreamsicle Jello Salad, corn on the cob or some other side veg
Meal 4 - Chinese Chicken with Black Pepper Sauce, rice
Meal 5 - Pizza, side salad
Meal 6 - leftovers
Meal 7 - Almond Chicken Casserole, side veggie, Whole Wheat Yogurt Honey Dinner Rolls Bread Machine

I also plan out 2 desserts - one type of cookies or brownies, and one type of other dessert. This time it will be Lemon Crinkle Cookies
and Easy Creamy Chocolate Pudding
.

[Charmie777]

Meredith C-ville wrote:
Hi there --

I managed to have a list and a shopping opportunity without having first made a plan, but I think I'll be fine thanks to my neighbor. DH has been tutoring their son in trig/algebra 2, so to say thanks she sent over 2 casseroles (1 now in the freezer) and a quiche! It really helps esp now that I have upped my working from 20 h/wk to 32 h/wk.

So here we go:

Sat – chicken and rice casserole from Mary, brussels sprouts

Sun – quiche lorrraine from Mary with some kind of veg (plus salad, but we have that every night so I don't tend to write it down)

Mon – rest of chicken/rice casserole w/veg

Tue –Salmon Soup with homemade bread from freezer (usually I make it with leeks which is awesome, but I will make do with onions this time)

Wed –Black-Eyed Peas With Mustard Greens and Rice – never ended up making this on New Year’s; better late than never!

Thu – Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Casserole but with ground turkey, with whole wheat egg noodles

Fri – leftovers or different plan entirely; my parents may be coming to town

Looking forward to a weather warmup later this week. --M

How nice of your neighbor AND your DH!

[Charmie777]

HeatherFeather wrote:
Trying again to get better about posting my menus! I am going to attempt to plan two weeks instead of just one, since so often things get pushed ahead for me anyway. I want to cut out half of my grocery trips, and I know that for me, the less time spent in the grocery store does result in less money getting spent on "extras."

I don't plan for specific days, just plan out the number of meals, including leftovers nights and eating out nights and post the list on the fridge. I then either pick something to make from that list,or let my BF or DD choose - as long as it is on my fridge list they can choose it. I cross the meal off once it gets made, and then once everything has been crossed off, the new list goes up.

I have been bad for the past two months and not really planning much at all - and it has resulted it far too many meals out at the last minute, unhealthy eating, and a bugger grocery bill. So hoping to get back to my routine, which works for me when I stick to it.

Here is my plan:

Meal 1 - Tuna Casserole, with a side salad, Boston Market Cornbread
Meal 2 - leftovers
Meal 3 - Painter's Pasta, garlic bread, Jeanne's Tossed Salad With Italian Dressing
Meal 4 - leftovers
Meal 5 - Chicken Tacos, Tex-Mex Black Beans & Saffron Rice, guacamole
Meal 6 - Soup & Sandwich Night
Meal 7 - eat out

Meal 1 - Meatloaf or Beef Stew or Pot Roast (depends on meat price), mashed potatoes, side salad, cornbread
Meal 2 - leftovers
Meal 3 - Grilled or Broiled Rosemary Chicken or Ranch Burgers
, Dreamsicle Jello Salad, corn on the cob or some other side veg
Meal 4 - Chinese Chicken with Black Pepper Sauce, rice
Meal 5 - Pizza, side salad
Meal 6 - leftovers
Meal 7 - Almond Chicken Casserole, side veggie, Whole Wheat Yogurt Honey Dinner Rolls Bread Machine

I also plan out 2 desserts - one type of cookies or brownies, and one type of other dessert. This time it will be Lemon Crinkle Cookies
and Easy Creamy Chocolate Pudding
.

Painter's Pasta looks great!

[Meredith C-ville]

Welcome back HF!!

I think it's great that menu planning happens and that people figure out what kind of system works best with their lifestyle. It is really not one size fits all.

I especially agree about reducing shopping trips!!!

[Charmie777]

New menus are up early!!!