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Menu Plan

Meal Plan Monday

February 28, 2011

I hope all of you have been doing better at sticking to a Meal Plan than we have.  We lost my father- in- law last week and have had family in town. I think we will have eaten out more in the last week than we will for the rest of the year!  The service is [...]

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Kid Food

February 19, 2011

My kids were so excited about this dinner.  I sliced the hot dogs down the middle and added half a slice of cheese to each, then wrapped with Pillsbury Crescent Rolls.  Bake according to the directions on the rolls while you cook your tator tots or fries or both like we did. These are good with bacon wrapped [...]

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Freezer Cooking- Spuds Edition

February 12, 2011

  As I have told you before, I LOVE the idea of freezer cooking all my meals for a month and only cleaning up once but in reality it can be hard to pull off.  So I break mine down into sections.  Start with a few bags of potatoes, on sale, of course.  Set your [...]

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Freezer Cooking-What To Do With Chili

February 6, 2011

Like many of you, I made a huge pot of chili in honor of the Superbowl today.  What a nice treat to have simmering all day, making the house smell good while the snow is falling outside. But like everything else, I am chosing to multi-task with this and will stretch it out to get several meals from [...]

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Freezer Cooking- Chicken

February 5, 2011

Wondering what to do with that 20 lbs of chicken you just got such a great deal on?  If you are anything like me, you would just leave it in the fridge until it really starts to stink and then throw it out!  Above is my “Italian Chicken”.  I put the chicken breasts in the [...]

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Freezer Cooking Success!

January 25, 2011

It truly dumbfounds me to think that we used to eat dinner out 3 or 4 times a week, and did take out or drive through food for the other 17 meals.  On the rare occasion I “cooked” it was likely a heat up meat product, instant mashed potatoes and Green Giant Steamers, all courtesy of my [...]

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Meal Plan Monday-It’s back

November 8, 2010

I am so happy to be able to sit down and work on this after the crazy weekend.  My sister in law lives in the next building over from the one that burned yesterday.  She was inside her apartment and had no idea what was happening outside.  The closer we got to her building the [...]

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Baked Ziti from Meal Plan Monday

September 8, 2010

I had a request for the Baked Ziti recipe from Meal Plan Monday.   I was first inspired to try frezzer cooking by this site onceamonthmom.com.  I found the Baked Ziti recipe under the September 2009 menu.  I vary quite a bit from particular recipe as I don’t like cloves and don’t always have fresh basil on hand.  Basically, [...]

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Monday Meal Plan 9/6

September 6, 2010

Monday- Took the day off and let my man handle the cooking.  He picked up Baby-Back Ribs from Albertson’s (buy 1 get 2 Free sale) and made his own sauce and homemade french fries. We had a great visit with the family and the kids  (and the parent’s!) were worn out from all the fun. What [...]

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Monday Meal Plan 8/30

August 30, 2010

It looks like another busy week is upon us. I tried to let my husband take over Tuesday night’s cooking last week so I could work on the grocery ads.  Kids ended up eating Trix for dinner. So this week we are going to plan a little better.  I am trying to work in the Freezer Cooking Plan [...]

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Meal Plan Monday

August 22, 2010

I am happy to report I did a little freezer cooking last week so this week will be a lot less hectic.  Swim doesn’t start again until next Monday and my daughter’s choir and other activities are mainly in the mornings before school now.  We may have Girl Scout’s this Friday- I have to check [...]

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Giveaway Winners- 2 CookBooks from Once A Month Cooking

August 19, 2010

I am so excited to get to give these away.  I am totally sold on this method and love the fact that I have stacks of healthy meals at-the-ready in my freezer.  These recipes are all designed to be freezer friendly and even a less than stellar cook like myself can turn out a good meal. If [...]

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Taco Cornbread Casserole-Cheap and Easy Dinner

August 17, 2010

As promised earlier, here is a super cheap and easy dinner that you can make from your Morningstar Farm stockpile. Ingredients 1 tablespoon taco seasoning 2/3 cup water 3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 14 ounces creamed corn 1 box MorningStar Farms® Meal Starters™ Grillers® Recipe Crumbles™ 1 box jalapeno cornbread mix Directions Preheat oven as [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 8/16/10-8/22/10

August 16, 2010

Monday- Taco’s, Beans and Rice- I am pacing myself with freezer cooking this week.  I’ll divide a large pack (3-4 lbs of lean ground beef) and put some aside for the rest of the week’s meals. While I am working I will put together a meatloaf for Thurdsay and keep use the remaining cooked ground beef for Mexican Cornbread Casserole on Saturday [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 8/9/10-8/15/10

August 9, 2010

It’s not going to be a huge cooking week around here.  The house we live in is for sell and we get a lot of viewing during the dinner hour as people are getting off work.  Can you imagine being in the middle of making lasagna and have people show up and see your messy kitchen?  [...]

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Menu Plan June 13th-19th

June 12, 2010

It feels good to be home and settled in again.  This week the menu is pretty light Sunday-Taco Salads Monday-Mediterranean Chicken(giveaway to follow!) Tuesday-Dine Out(or carry in!) Wednesday-Hot Ham & Cheese Sandwiches, veggies Thursday- Leftovers Friday-Steaks, potatoes, steamed carrots Saturday-Fajitas and Rice

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Menu Plan May 30-June 5th

May 29, 2010

We’ll be at the lake this week which means grillin and relaxin every night!  And of course…we’ll be ending the nights with a roasted marshmellow…or four! Breakfast-the resort we stay at offers free breakfast so we’ll do that most of the mornings, but I’m also bringing some eggs, yogurt, cereal for the mornings we sleep in! Lunch-We’ll [...]

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Menu Plan May 23rd-28th

May 22, 2010

This will be a shorter week at home for meals as we’ll be traveling at the end of the week!  I’ll be busy packing lots of healthy snacks for the 11 hour car ride and planning meals for the following week.  Thankfully the Internet will help me plan my menu for next week-I’ll check the [...]

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Menu Plan May 17th-22nd

May 17, 2010

What a fun weekend!  Today I’m regrouping and getting things back in order!  We had a busy, but fun weekend with family!  The menu of course changed a little.  Last night it was just our family so we had some leftovers and kept it light. Breakfasts-pancakes, cereal, bagels, fruit Lunch- leftovers, pb&j, yogurt, fruit, smoothies, [...]

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Menu Plan May 9th-May 15th

May 8, 2010

Menu planning saves my family so much time and money each month!  I don’t know what I would do most nights if I didn’t have a plan! Breakfasts-Sausage & Egg Casserole, Homemade Cinnamon rolls, Cereal, toast Lunch-Tuna Melts, Sandwiches, fresh veggies & fruit, chips, leftovers Sunday-Grilled Chicken Breasts, Rice, Veggies Monday- Grilled Cheese & Tomato [...]

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