It’s that time again: Weekly Meal Plans.
The photo above is a light meal/hearty snack the big kids and enjoyed last week. Homemade sourdough bread with broiled mozzarella, sliced tomatoes and garlic salt and pepper. So. Good. Not too bad health-wise yet it seems very indulgent!
This week’s meals:
*Spicy red beans and rice
*Homemade Pizza
*beef and bean enchiladas
*homemade hamburger helper
*potato soup and sourdough bread
*teriyaki pork loin
What’s on your list this week?
Breakfast: oatmeal (x3), eggs and toast, muffins, granola, fruit.
Lunch: english muffin/egg sandwiches, sandwiches with fruit and veggies, chili and rice, quesadillas and veggies, pizza crescents.
Dinner:
Tacos and refried beans
Homemade Pizza and salad
Beef and bean enchiladas
Chicken Curry (from this Fix Freeze Feast- an absolute must have)
What are you eating? Feel free to link in the comments.
Wow…I haven’t even touched my computer since Friday. It wasn’t a planned “break”. I was just busy with kids and knitting and shopping and cleaning and church and laundry. Chuck has a nasty cold and stayed in bed all weekend. He was supposed to go snow caving with Judah and Enoch for Boy Scouts but the Mountain revolted providing exactly the wrong kind of weather and the boys went on a bike ride instead.
Kalina and Hezekiah had friends over Sunday afternoon…
I don’t think I ever told the story and about Hezekiah and Taylor. I returned home from Houston just in time (literally- I arrived home at 11:30 the night before) for parent teacher conferences. Hezekiah’s teacher mentioned that he had a playdate with Taylor while I was gone.
“They had a great time!” I said.
“Oh…I was wondering how that would go…” she said slowly in an odd tone. I wondered if the boys had gotten into some kind of a fight at school…what exactly did she mean with that tone? I pondered it all afternoon until it suddenly came to me. She is looking at the situation from the outside…Hezekiah from his Large-Conservative-Christian-Homeschooling background and Taylor whose parents happen to be pierced and tattooed and a bit more into Rock&Roll then Chuck and I are. She had no way of knowing that Karyn and I get along swimmingly and I’ve known her since Taylor was a baby!
Karyn and I got a good chuckle out of that.
Anyway, enough rambling and onto meal plans:
Cheese steaks and potato wedges on sourdough, with a side of salad.
Spicy red beans and rice.
I soak kidney beans over night and turn the crockpot on high in the morning. I saute onions, garlic, green chilis and green peppers. I add these to the beans once they are cooked. For spices I add: taco seasoning, Frank’s RedHot Hot Sauce , 23 oz (680 ml)
Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, salt and pepper.
Tacos (need I say more?)
Homemade chili and cornbread.
Chicken alfredo.
This week’s dinners:
Tacos and refried beans.
I make my refried beans by soaking kidney beans (or pinto) overnight. In the morning I add onions, beef soup base and garlic, then turn the Crockpot onto high. Once the beans are cooked, I add garlic salt, taco seasoning and hot sauce to flavor. Sometimes I add salsa. I think use my submersible blender until the beans have a re-fried bean like texture, but are still chunky.
Chinese Orange Chicken, Lo Mein and rice.
For a variety of reasons the Chinese Orange Chicken never got made last week, so it is being carried over to this week.
The Lo Mein is a first for me. I order it when we go to our local Chinese restaurant, so decided to give it a try at home. I’ll let you know how it turns out!
Chicken Gravy over Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
For the chicken gravy I will cook a whole chicken in the crockpot, then debone it and make a gravy out of the drippings.
For the garlic mashed potatoes I will saute’ the garlic and caramelize the onions, then proceed to make mashed potatoes. My kids go *crazy* for these.
Homemade chili, cornbread and rice.
Homemade Pizza.
What are you eating?
Well, I’ve had a sick boy, so things have not gone smoothly this weekend. But you know what makes me happy? Knowing I have our major meals under control. Breakfast and lunch will be on the fly this week, but I did plan our dinners.
Dinners:
Potato Broccoli Soup
{Saute’ garlic and onions in butter, added chopped potatoes and saute’ those too. Add broccoli and cover with water. Boil until potatoes are cooked. Add chicken soup base (or bullion), salt, pepper, cream. Uses my submersible blender to thicken it. Add cheddar and Parmesan cheese.}
Homemade Baked Beans, Cornbread, Raw Veggies
Homemade Pizza and Salad
Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes, Veggies
Tacos and Rice
Chinese Orange Chicken, Lo Mein and Rice
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