Menu Plan Monday

 



The year has passed so quickly. The weather has definitely turned to winter. A new school year begins for us and a whole new year with all kinds of possibilities, goals and dreams to pursue. Remember don't look behind, look ahead and live a mindful live that suits you this New Year.

Hope it is filled with tons of blessings.  Happy New Year.

 

beans, cornbread, seasoned greens

shrimp stir-fry, clementines

ratatouille on polenta, mixed greens salad

bangers and mash, green peas

cheesy chili over spaghetti noodles, green salad

hoppin' John, green bean casserole, peach cobbler

veggie pizza, green salad

 

Remember to go over to I'm an Organizing Junkie for more yummy meal ideas and have a brilliantly blessed day.

Monday Menu Plan

 

 

Brrrr - things sure have turned chill here this past weekend, however I'm not going to complain. I've grown very tired of the hot humid weather that seem to have hung over us for so long. we are finally going to get to what Joseph has been waiting for in school a study of farming of sheep. Back in the late summer I purchased us some drop spindles and wool to use with this block and he has been dying to use them. He's been working on knitting - he already knows how to crochet. I' knitting him a Weasley sweater from Knitted Charms - hope to have it done by the end of December when cold weather really hits - maybe I'll get lucky and get it done for Christmas. His Monday baking will be making pumpkin spice cookies. Here's what will be on the dinner table this week.

potato & spinach frittata, salad, toast & jam
veggie pizza, salad
steak sliders, green bean casserole
roasted chicken, long grain & wild rice, maple roasted carrots
tomato lasagna, salad, garlic toast
salmon patties, herb roasted fingerling potatoes, seasoned greens, apple crisp
Italian Bean soup, rolls

Be sure to check out all the other yummy meal plans this week at I'm an Organizing Junkie.  Have a brilliantly blessed week.

 

Happy October! This year seem to be flying by ever so quickly. One month begins and then its done. I always heard that the older you get the faster time passes - it seems to be true. Oh, to be a child so that I could relish and delight in the slow leisurely days of time. I do hope you are having a wonderful day and here's what's on our table this week.

sausage stuffed acorn squash, green salad, grapes
BBQ chops, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans
steak sandwiches, salad, baked apples
Slow Cooker chicken tacos, Spanish rice
roasted butternut squash with kale, beans, corn muffins
veggie pizza, salad
Irish stew, soda bread

I'll also be making millet muffins for the freezer, pumpkin pasties and  polenta parmesan thyme crackers for the jar.
Be sure to check out all the wonderful menus this week at I'm an Organizing Junkie.

Have a brilliantly blessed week.

Menu Plan Monday

This is what on our table this week~~~~

Breakfast~
milk toast, banana
applesauce muffins, hot tea
boiled egg, toast, orange slices
baked apples, toast, hot tea
cinnamon toast, hot cocoa
oatmeal with dried fruit of choice (x2)

Lunch~
cheese & Black Bean Quesedillas, pineapple
baked potatoes (sweet or white)
ramen noodles with mixed veggies, cantaloupe
pumpkin waffles with maple syrup & cinnamon
macaroni & cheese, apple slices
chicken sliders, carrot sticks, orange slices
peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, banana

Dinner ~
Baked Potato Soup, garden salad, rolls, mock pecan pie
salmon cakes, veggie rice, green bean casserole
Macaroni and Cheese, steamed broccoli, corn on the cob
crock pot roasted chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, french peas
beans, cornbread, fried okra, spinach
Pineapple Meatballs over rice, garden salad, cantaloupe
corned beef, braised red cabbage and apples, popovers

For more wonderful menu idea this week pop over to I'm an Organizing Junkie. Yum-Yum!

Have a brilliantly blessed week.

Monday Menu Plan

Today is going just great! I'm still working on getting the blog and my links in working order so do be patient with me. The boys are outside playing soccer they have finished their school work and chores for the day. Joseph began rowing Another Celebrated Dancing Bear this week and will begin in Zoology 1: Flying Creatures, as well as his reading & math. The older two are still working through the Civil War and will begin Human Anatomy & Physiology. They did human body four years ago, however this is a more in depth study with them keeping a notebook and experiments. We ordered some wonderful science kits for the Apologia science books from Christianbook.com. They are much more complete than the ones we have ordered from Sonlight over the years and they are sorted out and bagged by lesson. Really nice for the the boys to grab and go to it.

Tonight we will be cooking dinner together for our weekly rhythm. We are making Asparagus and Potato Tart, Green salad, and cornbread. Don't forget to pop over to I'm an Organizing Junkie for more yummy goodies to eat. Here is our weekly menu.

Breakfast-
Carrot Cake Oatmeal
onion and beet tops omellet, toast
honey cinnamon yogurt, toast
pumpkin bread, hot cocoa (x2)
Pumpkin and Rasin Biscuits, hot tea
dutch baby with apple filling, hot tea

Lunch-
roman noodles with veggies (x2)
grilled cheese, tomato basil soup
corn bake, salad
egg salad pitas
spaghetti with spicy penaut sauce
spianch and artichoke dip, tortilla chips

Dinner-
Asparagus and Potato Tart, gren salad, cornbread
Roasted Carrots and Beetsand pork chops
curried vegetables over rice, creamed spinach
veggie pizza, salad
Vegetable Biryani, Oven Roasted Tofu, cumcumber salad
tortilla chip soup, salad
Indian Carrot Salad (used grass fed ground beef), naan bread

Best wishes for a brillantly blessed week.

Monday Plan Menu

I hope this fine day finds everyone doing well. We are moving right along. I baked millet muffins this morning and printed out note booking pages for the older boys - they are studying the Civil War and the History of Slavery. Our younger one will be learning about Saint Patrick and Saint Francis in his main lesson block. If you notice the dates on my blog are varied, this is because I recently moved to Blogger and I am going over some of my old blog as I move it. I will be adding more menus, recipes and links and I go. The menus tend to be four days of vegetarian dinners and 3 days (sometimes but not always) with meat.  All breakfasts and lunches are usually vegetarian.  I do hope every one finds something they can use. 

Breakfast~

millet muffins, banana, hot tea

toad in a hole, grapefruit slices

carrot cake oatmeal

gingerbread, applesauce, hot tea

autumn wheat, almond milk (x2)

pancakes with banana & maple syrup

Lunch~
green chili corn pudding, pineapple chunks
mini veggie pizzas
spinach & artichoke dip, blue tortilla chips, apple slices
fruit smoothie, cheese stick, veggie sticks & dip
couscous & broccoli, orange slices
ramen noodles with mixed veggies
peanut butter & jam sandwiches, apple slice

Dinner~
tilapia amandine, sauteed asparagus, baked sweet potatoes
squash & eggplant bake, steamed broccoli
shepherd's pie, salad
potatoes au gratin, cabbage salad, seasoned kale
curried vegetables on brown rice, creamed spinach
cheesy quesdillas, black beans & rice, grilled asparagus
chicken cordon bleu, lemon rice, steamed broccoli

Well that about cover it for this week. I do hope everyone has a brillantly blessed day and remember to pop over to I'm an Organiging Junkie for more great meal ideas.

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast~ apple walnut muffins, happy honey bee tea (x2)
multi grain toast with cream cheese & strawberries, peppermint tea
potato cakes, veggie bacon, orange slices
oatmeal with pumpkin seeds & currants, almond milk
toad in the hole, apple slices
cream of quiona with raisins & walnuts, almond milk

Lunch~
baked potato with curried lentil soup
pumpernickel apple grilled cheese, pumpkin juice
baked tomatoes with basil & mozzarella, salad, roll
waffles & maple syrup, bananas
peanut butter & jelly, apple slices (x2)
green protein pineapple smoothie
Dinner~
summertime succotash, red radish tabbouleh
tacos, fruit salad
broccoli & potato casserole, steamed zuchinni, whole grain bread & jam
beans, collard greens, corn bread, fried okra
Mexican casserole, mixed  greens salad, glazed carrots
Moroccan Couscous with chickpeas, collard greens
veggie fried rice, seitan wontons

Besure to check out the rest of yummy menu ideas at I'm Am Organizing Junkie. Have a brilliantly blessed day!

Menu Plan Monday

I do hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Ours was very nice but we did quite a bit of rain (that we need desperately) so the egg hunt outdoors was out, however the boys used plastic eggs and had an indoor hunt - what I'm getting at here really is that we have two dozen eggs sitting in the frig that will be used here and there this week. I've been looking forward to this week for a while its our Spring Break from school work.  Will post the Easter pics later. This week Is clean it out and use it up week around here - didn't purchase any groceries except almond milk, eggs, strawberries, pineapples, bananas and mangoes.

Breakfast~
steel cut oats with bananas and pecans (x2)
boiled egg and 12 grain toast
creamed bananas on toast, hot tea
yogurt& strawberry parfait
fruit waffle
green pineapple smoothie, 12 grain toast

Lunch~
macaroni & cheese, orange slices
spinach patties, strawberries
peanut butter & jelly, apple slices
bean tostadas, pineapple
egg salad on crackers, carrot sicks
tomato basil soup, cheese toast
potato & cheese porgies, side salad

Dinner~
veggie fried rice, steamed broccoli
black eyed pea burgers, onion rings, potato salad
veggie tofu quiche, baby greens salad, rolls
pineapple with meatballs on rice, buttered peas
cabbage casserole with onions & feta, roasted potatoes and carrots
boiled egg over spicy rice, steamed zuchinni
baked gnocchi & sauce, baby greens salad, fried corn

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast~
banana chai smoothie, agave wheat toast
poached egg on whole grain toast, orange slices
autumn wheat, almond milk, banana
breakfast parfaits (vanilla yogurt, granola & banana), hot tea
pumpkin smoothie, agave wheat toast
wheat bagel with peanut butter, apple
oatmeal applesauce muffins, hot tea

Lunch~
mango & pecan waffles with maple syrup, banana
lemony lentils on brown rice
peanut butter & jelly sandwich, apples slices
egg salad & chard wrap, orange slices
tomato basil soup, cheese toast
meatball sub vegetarian meatballs recipe, carrot sticks
fried veggie sandwich, apple fizz

Dinner~
spicy Asian stir fry with linguine, cantaloupe
macaroni & cheese, steamed broccoli
baked potato with curried lentil soup, mixed greens salad
Hungarian chili on polenta, sauteed Swiss chard & garlic
asparagus & feta fritata, mixed greens salad, whole grain toast & fig jams
stuffed green peppers, roasted cauliflower & carrots
greens & quinoa pie, potato cakes, glazed carrots

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast~
9 grain toast, boiled egg, orange juice
cranberry granola, almond milk, banana
pumpkin raisin biscuits, happpy honey bee tea (x2)
steel cut oats with walnuts & apples, hot tea
polenta porridge with hot fig compote, apple juice
baked blueberry rice pudding, hot tea

Lunch~
peppered deli slices,baby mixed greens, tomato, red onion sandwich, plum
carrot raisin muffin, green pineapple smoothie
egg salad, spinach, tomato sandwich, carrot sticks
oat bran waffles with maple syrup, banana
whole wheat crust, roasted red pepper, red onion, vegetarian pepperoni pizza
curried samosas, green salad
peanut butter & jelly, apple slices

Dinner~
tacos
meatless brown rice stuffed peppers, roasted cauliflower & carrots
beans, collards, cornbread, fried okra
BBQ burgers, maple smoked baked beans, slaw
bean burritos, corn salad
meatless meatloaf, chard mashed potatoes, steamed asparagus
baked rice with black beans, corn & tomatoes, corn tortillas, mixed greens salad

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

This last week we have been busy planting in the front yard.  We added more flowers, a bird feeder, bird bath and fairy to the flower beds. Planted a bed of wildflower around the base of the tree and planted  container vegetables - tomatoes, green bell peppers, leaf lettuce, eggplant, chives, flat leaf parsley, basil, rosemary, and oregano.  We are planning on baking whole wheat agave bread for the freezer and sprouting fresh sprouts for sandwiches & salads this week. I' hoping to check out three new meatless meatloaf recipes this week to see which one we like the best. Been hankering for meatloaf, mashed potatoes, peas & carrots. Meatloaf sandwich wouldn't be bad either. I'm so glad that hubby and the boys have finally gotten down to one or two days with meat in their dinners a week.


Breakfast~
poached egg on multi grain toast, cranberry fizz
parsnip cakes, vegetarian bacon, orange juice
zuchinni muffins, orange slices, peppermint tea
oatmeal with cranberries & apples, almond milk
multi grain waffles with orange marmalade, banana, honeybush tea
pumpkin pie oats, apple
oatmeal with walnuts & figs, almond milk

Lunch~
macaroni and cheese, apple slices
pan seared oatmeal with fruit compote
veggie fried rice
baked potato with curried lentil stew
tostada
hash browns with egg, cornbread
grilled cream cheese sandwich with fig & honey, carrot sticks

Dinner~
riblet hoggies, steamed brooocli
vegetarian Irish stew, whole wheat biscuits
swiss chard tian, roasted carrots, parsnips & celery, multi grain toast
pumpkin and black bean casserole, tortilla chips & salsa (using butternut squash)
collards stuffed with red beans & rice, spinach salad (using cabbage)
black eyed pea mini burgers, OMG baked onion rings
pan seared talipia, roasted sweet potato wedges, green beans

Be sure to check out all the other Monday Menu Plans at I'm an Organizing Junkie.
Have a brillantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Hope this day finds everybody doing fine and dandy and ready to tackle the week. Last week the boys and I gave the living room/dining room/school room a going over. Took down the Irish lace panels & valances and washed them, moved all the furniture and vacuumed under it. Dusted and oiled all the wood surfaces. Vacuumed the carpet, then mopped the tiles. Hubby took out the old carpet in the hallway and put in stone looking tile. He painted the bathroom white and plans on putting the same tile in there also. The boys cleaned up mom's back yard -she had an old pear tree that we cut down last fall. Kody is buzzing away with his Sonlight curriculum, Collin is studying American life in the 1940's and Joseph is into China and ducks but mostly China and lovin' it. That's all the good news, now the bad. Hubby finally caught that crazy bug we hand last month and was feeling poorly through the week but he is feeling great now. Last night I had a sore throat and I'm coughing again. I don't want this again!!!  Here's what were eating this week.

Breakfast~
cranberry granola, hot cocoa
multi grain waffle, banana
toad in a hole, orange slices
multi grain toast with cream cheese & sliced strawberries, peppermint tea
oatmeal with pecan and apples, orange juice (x2)
gingerbread, applesauce, hot tea

Lunch~
Black bean quesadillas, pineapple
baked sweet potato, ants on a log
veggie fried rice
pineapple-strawberry protein smoothie
peanut butter & jelly, apple sliced (x2)
egg salad, crackers, carrot sticks

Dinner~
sour cream enchiladas, Spanish rice, mixed greens salad
roasted chicken, steamed asparagus, scalloped potatoes
General Tao's tofu, stir fried veggies, rice
broccoli, potato casserole, Harvard beets, rolls
corned beef, colcannon, glazed baby carrots, fresh apple cake
chicken tortilla soup, corn muffins
salmon sliders, fried okra, corn on the cob (didn't get to this last week)

Besure to check out all the other wonderful menu ideas at I'm An Organizing Junkie and have a brilliantly blessed day!

Menu Plan Monday

Late week has been our first full week that no one in the house was sick. Yea! This week it is back to business as usual. School, baking, cooking, cleaning, and all that jazz, and everyone is ready for it. Things have been so off key with everyone sick and a lot has been left undone so this week we will try to get back our rhythm of living.

The boys are beginning our new school year. Kody will begin working through Eastern Hemispheres from Sonlight, Exploring Creation with Physical Science, and Teaching Textbooks. Collin will be working through Beyond Five in a Row 1 & 2 and lap booking, Key to percents, decimals, & percents, Learning Language Arts through Literature. Joseph will be working through Five in a Row 1 & 2 and lap booking, the Complete Book of Math & Developing Number Concepts with Unifix cubes, Learning Language Arts through Literature. All of them will be working on daily & seasonal activities that I will get from Little Acorn Learning.

I will be trying to get back to the bathroom curtains that I am making and getting my list for spring cleaning  and home repair together. We are also going back to our three days vegetarian, one day soup, one day fish, and two days meat for dinner each week and vegetarian breakfasts & lunches. This was the pattern that we ate for years and everyone was healthier and felt better. It give us an more even variety of nutrients in our diet. This is what's on the menu this week.

This week the boys and I are going to make~

12 Morning Glory Muffins
12 Pumpkin Muffins
2 loaves of whole wheat honey bread
1 loaf of Whoo bread

Breakfast~
pumpkin muffins, hot tea
multi grain pancakes, bananas
biscuits & gravy
fruit & yogurt parfait
boiled eggs, multi grain toast
oatmeal with cranberries, apples & walnuts (x2)

Lunch~
veggie burgers, orange slices
grilled cheese, tomato basil soup
peanut butter & jelly, apple slices (x2)
pineapple strawberry smoothie, trail mix
veggie pesto pizza
spaghetti with spicy peanut sauce

Dinner~
vegetable korma over rice, fried okra
spinach & cheese enchiladas, grilled asparagus & green onions
salmon sliders, oven fries
banana & black bean empanadas, corn on cob, mixed greens salad
venison strips, mashed potatoes & gravy, steamed green beans
fried rice, Laolao's dumplings
shepherd's pie, steamed broccoli, baked apples

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Planning Monday

This past month has been filled with a house full of sick kids and very little time for anything else. You can read about it below. This is what is on the menu this week.

Breakfast~
oatmeal raisin scones, happy honey bee tea
pineapple protein smoothie, 12 grain toast
pouched egg on English muffin, orange slices
granola & yogurt parfaits, whole wheat toast
steel cut oats with walnuts & figs, whole wheat toast
12 grain toast with cream cheese & strawberry slices, peppermint tea
gingerbread, applesauce, hot tea

Lunch~
broiled tomato slices with mozarella, apple slices
baked potatoes with chili topping, salad
multi grain waffles with bananas
peanut butter & jelly, celery & carrot sticks
pea & feta egg cups, salad
grilled cheese, tomato basil soup
leftover pork roast with saurkraut

Dinner~
Venison strips, mashed potatoes & gravy, peas
macaroni & cheese with broccoli, salad
pork roast with potatoes, carrots, & pearl onions
eggplant parmasan, garden salad, garlic toast
salmon sliders, cinnamon roasted butternut squash
shepherd's pie, steamed broccoli
sun dried tomato, mushroom & cheese pizza, garden salad

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Just a popping in for a quick note to let you know what's going on our neck of the woods. The kitchen is now sporting a new color all white. It is a real change from the Italian rose that it has been for the last 6 years and I really like it. It's so much brighter and has a calmer feeling about it. The boys and I cleaned out the dressers of old tee shirts that were stained, had paint on them or were torn and all were turned over to Joseph to cut up and fill the rag bag with. They also made new 5 potholders from cotton loops and cut out 15 napkins. I made 8 new dish towels and now have 5 new dish cloths for the kitchen. I re-hung my quilt top valances in the kitchen over the french lace panels. I made the valences from a twin size quilt top that my husband had gotten from his great aunt had made a few years back. The had been packed away since the didn't matche the kitchen any longer. I also patched the knees of three pairs of Joseph's jeans for and he stitched up a vest and set of  felt boots for his Winnie the Pooh bear (the Classic, not the ugly yellow disney version) - we are reading through The World of Winnie the Pooh. He really is enjoying it and giving everyone wonderful narrations - finally. He also has gotten the writting bug. He carries around little paper notebook he made to copy down every word that he sees. Kody and Collin, well lets just say the are typical middle school boys doing what ever is required of them in the area of school work and the are done - although Kody seem to be reading more than he use to. Besides the Harry Potter set he is now reading through the Myrtars and Revolutionaries by DC Talk and of course Collin is always got some old cookbook rummaging through it. Well, I guess that about covers it for now. Here's our grub for the week.

Breakfast~
gingerbread, applesauce, hot tea
steel cut oats with walnuts & cranberries, pumpkin cider (x2)
biscuits & gravy, peppermint tea
rice pudding, green goodness juice
boiled egg, cinnamon toast, happy honey bee tea
potato cakes with cheese, orange slices, punpkin cider

Lunch~
black bean quesadilla, orange slices
pumpernickel, apple grilled cheese, tomato basil soup
spaghetti with spicy peanut sauce, celery & carrot sticks
peanut butter & jelly, apple slices (x2)
veggie fried rice, pineapple
leftover broccoli potato casserole, green goodness juice

Dinner~
eggs in potato crousades, mixed greens salad, rye bread & Jam
Swiss steak, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans
monastery harvest soup, cheese toast
baked whiting, scalloped potatoes, roasted carrots
broccoli potato casserole, Harvard beets, oatmeal bread & jam
marmalade pork loin, roasted potatoes & carrots, steamed broccoli
spicy lentil soup, mixed greens salad, cornbread

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Just popping in to let you know what's on the table this week. Hope you had a pleasant week. Things around here have been busy but rewarding. Joseph is into some serious birdwatching out his bed room window sketching what he sees two or three times a day. He finished up his Apple blossom Fairy book and Ant book he was making this week. The older two began a unit on Oklahoma History. They baked pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and 3 loaves of bread for the freezer. They also played a lot of basketball with our nice weather this week before the cold and snow moves in.

I'm in the process of recycling a beautiful white full size 100% cotton sheet I found at the thrift shop into tea towels and napkins for kitchen and a small curtain for the bathroom. I crocheted three new dish cloths and I am planing on making three more this next week. Our new family addition - Kody bought himself an Anole lizard - so we now have two birds (Tweety & Sylvester), two dogs (Martha & Grace), two cats (Mollie & Ruby), two tanks full of fish (who are nameless) and a lizard named George Washington. The gossip from hubby is that this spring he's thinking about getting chickens again. We have missed our Buttecup Ladies so much this past year.
Breakfast~
steel cut oats with cranberries & raisins, hot tea (x2)
potato cakes with cheese, clementine, peppermint tea
toad in the hole, banana, hot tea
toast, hot cocoa
oatmeal applesauce muffins, hot cocoa (x2)

Lunch~ 
broiled open face sandwiches, dill pickles(x2)
veggie fried rice, pineapple
ramen noodles, peanut butter celery sticks,
black bean quesadillas, apple slices
baked potato with chili topping, salad
peanut butter & jelly sandwich, pears

Dinner~
Southwest Brunch Bake, fruit salad, biscuits & jam
venison chili, corn muffins
Corn Chowder, savory apple casserole, green salad
lemon pepper & savory talipia, wild rice & long grain rice with mushrooms and red onions, glazed carrots
pumpkin waffles with  bananas & cinnamon
Anna Morse's Lemon Chicken, seasoned rice, steamed Brussels sprouts
Spinach Rice Casserole, steamed broccoli, corn

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

This last week has been filled with the last preparations of the beginnings of our new school year - we home school year round from January through December. That half a year here and the other half the following year drives me nuts! Well, the solstice saw us getting venison (deer) for the freezer and New Year's we received ducks for the freezer. Organic meat for free!! Hey, it gets me excited. My hubby's partner at work is a single young man who lives by himself and loves to hunt and fish on his off time.  Last summer he gave us a ton of fish. He even cleans and dresses out the meat for us, can't beat that. We tried buying organic meats , however our budget just couldn't handle it for very long. This has really been a blessing to us. We have found organic ground beef for a decent price actually it's only about a forty cent a pound difference. Needless to say our New Year's Dinner was changed to grilled duck breasts, sweet potato casserole and French peas (that's just a fancy name for buttered peas with a sprinkle of nutmeg in them). Our menu this week is the following~

Breakfast~
boiled egg and cinnamon toast, happy honey bee tea
pumpkin breakfast cookies, hot cocoa (x2)
oatmeal with walnuts & golden raisins, spiced apple cider (x2)
pancakes with bananas, hot cocoa
toad in a hole, peppermint tea

Lunch~
macaroni & cheese, carrot sticks
black bean quesadillas
peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, apple slices (x2)
tomato basil soup, cheese toast
spaghetti with spicy peanut sauce

Dinner~
Pouched eggs & sauteed spinach on toast, fried potatoes & onions
Granny's Salisbury steak, rice, buttered corn, steamed Brussels sprouts
cauliflower & smoked cheese soup; smoked cheddar soup, rye bread & butter, green salad
kedgeree, crusty bread & butter
veggie pizza, garden salad
shredded beef tacos, pineapple-banana-mandarin orange salad

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Do hope everyone had a great Winter Solstice and Christmas last week. Our's was wonderful and blessed! Solstice we found ourselves recieving a gift of a deer for the winter freezer and Christmas we found ourselves invited to our oldest son's house for Christmas dinner! It's about time someone else took this  task over. Now what we call  our busy season is over (October, November, December) it's time ot sit back, breathe and clean before we begin school next year. We home school year round beginning in January through December. It drives me nuts to try to keep track of half a year here and the other half the following year. Any whoo this is what we are munching through this week - -

Breakfast~
steel cut oats with dates & walnuts, hot tea (x2)
buttered toast & hot cocoa
breakfast burrito, clementine
rice pudding, pears, hot tea
pumpkin muffins, hot cocoa
biscuits & gravy, clementine

Lunch~
veggie soup, crackers, apple slices, cheese stick
poorman's meal
eggsalad & crackers, carrot & celery sticks
Banana Protien fruit smoothie
left over baked beans, corn muffin
peanut butter & jelly, cheese stick, banana(x2)

Dinner~
penne with roasted vegetables & pesto, garden salad, whole wheat roll
baked beans sugared parsnips & carrots, corn muffin
roasted chicken, rosemary roasted potaotes, sauteed garlic& spinach
salmon cakes, baked sweet potatoes, green beans
roasted red pepper & carmelized onion pizza, garden salad
poched egg on sauteed mixed greens & whole wheat toast, baked apples
pork chop casserole, steamed broccoli

Have a brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Things are a whirlwind around here as I am sure it is at your place this holiday season. I do hope every one has a very blessed Winter Solstice and a very Merry Christmas.
Breakfast~
buttered toast, hot cocoa
gingerbread with lemon sauce, spiced cider
banana muffins, hot cocoa (x2)
oatmeal with pecans & dried cranberries, spiced cider (x2)
French toast with bananas & cinnamon, hot tea

Lunch~
grilled cheese, tomato basil soup
toad in the hole, applesauce
macaroni & cheese, carrot & celery sticks with ranch dip
chabatta roll pizzas, side salad
peanut butter & jelly, celery sticks, apple slices (x2)
each man is out for himself - I'm cooking Christmas dinner!!

Dinner~
cider glazed pork chops, mashed potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts
Winter Solstice - Granny's potato, garlic toast, baked apples
salmon patties, fried potatoes & onions, peas
Beans, cornbread, seasoned greens
Christmas Eve at Mom's - finger foods & desserts
Christmas Dinner at our house - cinnamon apple baked ham, mashed potatoes & gravy, brown sugar glazed parsnips & carrots, rolls, Black Forest cake
scalloped potatoes & ham, green beans, Harvard beets

Have a Brilliantly blessed week!

Menu Plan Monday

Do hope everyone is doing well at this busy time of the year. Life has been filling our lives fully so I haven't been posting. One week was down with a cold, the next my uncle who lived with my mother passed away, the following week was Thanksgiving dinner for the family- thankfully we have finished up school for the year and plans for the next are already laid out. Did get a spot of wonderful news this week. Our oldest son and his wife are going to have a baby - that will give them 5 and us and even 10 grandchildren. It's hard to belive that it was just hubby and me thrity-three years ago!

So the plan is just Christmas  for the next three weeks. We have all our shopping done except for one person. Planning to put up the tree this week and do some baking. Now about the baking - My mom and the boys went to Braum's for ice cream the other night and they were putting out  fresh bananas. My mother made the off hand remark that they should make them down in stead of throwing them away to one of the boys. The salesman asked her if she was interested. She asked what the price was and he asked,"How about $2.00?" She said, "I'll Take them!" Now this is a woman who doesn't cook much and bakes even less. Guess who ended up with a large brown grocery bag filled to the top with speckled bananas! So I peeled, sliced, froze and bagged up all the bananas to use in smoothies and baking. I only had to toss out three that were mashed and had holes poked in them. I ended up with 3-one gallon freezer bag full. I was amazed at how many sliced bananas could fit into a freezer bag! The boys and I figured out that 13 slices equal one banana for recipes.

Breakfast~

rice pudding, hot cocoa

banana muffins, hot tea (x2)

toad in a hole, applesauce

oatmeal with walnuts & figs, hot tea (x2)

peanut butter on toast, banana, hot cocoa

Lunch~

veggie fried rice

grilled cheese sandwich, carrot, celery sticks with ranch dip

Leftover Irish stew, soda bread

baked sweet potatoes, ants on a log

Leftover ziti, orange slices

peanut butter & Jelly sandwich, apple slices (x2)

Dinner~

beans, fried potatoes, spinach, cornbread

feta & pea egg cups, herb roasted potatoes & carrots, bread & jam

baked fish, fried okra, french style peas, seasoned greens

Irish stew, soda bread

ziti, garden salad, garlic toast

creamed turkey on biscuits, roasted parsnips & butternut squash

chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans

Have a brilliantly blessed week.