Perhaps the week before Christmas is not the best time to go gluten-free, but I gotta go with my motivation. My original goal was grain-free, but that seems like Mission Impossible to me right now.

Monday:  A.M. Prep: Make chicken broth
                 Chicken & rice soup
                                 
Tuesday:  Dinner at Mom's

Wednesday:  Slow-cooker Italian chicken & veggies
                       Prep: soak pinto beans

Thursday:  Layered taco dip w/ Mexican rice, homemade refried beans

Friday:  Sweet & Spicy Crockpot Chicken w/Basmati rice, steamed broccoli

Saturday:  A.M. Prep: Make mashed potatoes
                   Shepherd's pie, mixed baby greens salad

Sunday: Garlic-lime chicken, Basmati rice, glazed baby carrots (Papa Bear's Favorite :)

Menu Plan 5/21/12

The weather has been getting consistently hotter, so I need to avoid heating up the kitchen with the oven or long-simmering dishes. While I was trying to put my menu plan together, I realized that I need more crockpot recipes. My first stop was Stephanie O'Dea's A Year of Slow Cooking where I found a several recipes I'm going to try this week.

Do you have any tried & true slow cooker recipes?

Monday: Chicken & rice soup, salad

Tuesday: Slow-cooker Italian chicken & veggies, oatmeal bread

Wednesday: Spaghetti, salad, garlic toast

Thursday: Rustic cabbage soup, sourdough bread

Friday: Crockpot falafels on pita w/yogurt sauce, lettuce, tomato

Saturday: Sweet & spicy salmon, Basmati rice, garlic-butter green beans

Sunday: Honey garlic chicken, Basmati rice, steamed broccoli

Menu Plan Monday

Spring is official this week! Along with the warm breezes, thunderstorms, spring flowers, budding trees, and busy birds, comes soccer season. That means we'll be coming and going to practices, games, and cub scouts each week. And of course, that means I need a meal plan so we don't end up eating on the run.

My toddler is experiencing tooth decay, so I've been reading Ramiel Nagel's Cure Tooth Decay. I'll be incorporating as much homemade chicken bone broth as I can into our meals, as well as fish, cooked veggies and greens, yogurt, and maybe sauerkraut. The biggest challenge will be to reduce or avoid bread and pasta, except maybe some sourdough. My goal is to get a sourdough starter going this week. Wish me luck!

Monday
- Make sourdough starter
- Boil one dozen eggs for snacks
- Roast chicken, boiled red potatoes, garlic-butter green beans

Tuesday
- Feed starter
- Make chicken bone broth
- Chicken & rice soup, salad

Wednesday
- Feed starter
- Baked lemon-pepper salmon, sweet potatoes, steamed broccoli

Thursday
- Feed starter
- Chicken tortilla soup (served with corn tortilla strips & Greek yogurt)

Friday
- Feed starter
- Beef stew, salad

Saturday
- Feed starter
- New recipe, as yet undecided :)

Sunday
- Make sourdough sponge
- Grilled tilapia, rice & black beans, cole slaw

Menu Plan

Autumn is officially here and we're kicking it off with some of our cool weather favorites. I love Fall! Homeschool co-op classes and cub scouts make Thursdays our busy day each week, so that will be my slow-cooker day. Since Papa Bear is off on Sunday, I'll let him treat us to his special legs...grilled chicken legs, that is. They go great with Sunday Night Football!

Monday: Beef Stew, homemade bread
             
Tuesday: Baked Potato Bar (leftover taco meat, steamed broccoli, baked beans, cheese, Greek yogurt, etc.)
                 Prep: Boil chicken & stock

Wednesday: Chicken Pot Pie (extra one for friend)

Thursday: Barbeque Chicken Sandwiches, potato salad (made with leftover baked potatoes)

Friday: Turkey Sausage Minestrone

Saturday: Salmon patties, pasta salad

Sunday: Grilled chicken legs, broccoli rice, corn-on-the-cob

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Menu Plan Monday 8/29/11

Sunday, we made a family outing to the orchard and a farm stand and came home with lots of fresh produce. Needless to say, this week's menu will be making use of peaches, tomatoes, corn, peppers, squash, green beans, and eggplant (I haven't had much experience with this one).

Breakfast:

• Eggs & toast
• French toast
• Egg sauce over toast
• Oatmeal
• Breakfast burritos (eggs, turkey sausage, cheese)

Lunch:

• Tuna salad on toast
• Bean & cheese quesadillas
• Grilled turkey & cheese sandwiches
• Pasta salad
• Baked potatoes & beans

Dinner:

• Cheeseburger pasta 
• Slow-cooker Italian chicken & veggies
• Lemon-pepper tilapia w/garlic butter green beans
• Chicken tortilla soup
• Grilled chicken & vegetables (yellow squash, eggplant, corn)

Baking:

• Banana muffins
• Zucchini bread

Menu Plan Monday 3/14/11

Soccer starts this week and we have three boys playing this season. I'll definitely need to keep up on my meal planning because if I don't, we will end up eating out too much. Wednesday's dinner idea resulted from finding Coleman's Mild Italian Chicken Sausage on manager's special.

Monday

Dinner: Beef Stew, Salad

Tuesday

Dinner: Chicken Tortilla Soup

Wednesday

Dinner:  Red beans & rice with chicken sausage, Salad

Thursday

Dinner: Beef Shepherd's Pie (I may use cauliflower instead of carrots with the potatoes)

Friday

Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie

Saturday

Dinner: Italian Chicken & Veggies 

Sunday
Dinner: White Chicken Chili, Cornbread

Menu Plan Monday 1/3-9/11

Christmas break is over! Time to get back to our school work and a regular schedule, as much as possible. We haven't been eating fish very much lately so I'm going to try a new recipe on Tuesday. My guys are tired of lemon-pepper salmon. I'll be posting my recipe for Turkey Sausage this week too.

Monday

Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal

Lunch: Turkey sandwiches & fruit

Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie

Tuesday

Breakfast: Smoothies

Lunch: Refried bean and cheese quesadillas

Dinner: Fish sticks & oven fries

Wednesday

Breakfast: Pancakes & Turkey sausage

Lunch: Baked potatoes & salad

Dinner: Chicken Tortilla Soup

Thursday

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs & toast

Lunch: Tuna sandwiches & fruit

Dinner: Italian Chicken & Vegetables

Friday

Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal

Lunch: Egg sandwiches

Dinner: Vegetable Beef Soup

Saturday

Breakfast: Waffles

Lunch: Turkey sandwiches & fruit

Dinner: Tacos & Mexican Rice

Sunday 

Breakfast: Smoothies & Blueberry Oat Muffins

Lunch: Salmon patties & salad

Dinner: Spaghetti w/turkey sausage

Menu Plan Monday 11/8/10

We have family coming in to visit this week and we'll be having an early Thanksgiving dinner with my husband's family on Sunday. With four extra people in our house all week and a houseful this weekend, I'll need to fix easy and economical meals that feed many. I'm grateful that Laura's Lean ground beef is on sale for $2.99/lb this week!

On a side note: My new kitchen cabinets and counters won't be ready until the following week and I am currently (and have been since May) dishwasher-less!. Please pray for me. Just kidding...sort of.

Monday:  Garlic-Lime Chicken with Basmati Rice   

                 Prep: Brown beef              

Tuesday:  Vegetable Beef Barley Soup 

                  Prep: Soak oatmeal

Wednesday:  Spaghetti Bolognese  

                       Prep: Make homemade chicken stock

Thursday:  Chicken Pot Pie (make 2-9x13)

               

Friday:  Homemade Pizza (subject to change, maybe take-out)

              Prep: Baked French toast

Saturday:  Crockpot Barbeque Chicken Sandwiches

Sunday:  Potluck Thanksgiving Dinner (I'm still not decided on what I'm fixing.)

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Change: Our Thanksgiving dinner is actually Saturday (miscommunication), so no BBQ chicken this week and leftovers on Sunday.

Menu Plan Monday 10/25/10

Menu planning is essential for me to maintain my sanity and let's just say that I have been neglecting it for a while and my family is feeling the effects. Too much money is being spent eating out or on extra trips to the grocery. Kids get cranky when they have to wait too long because I'm not prepared. And my husband has been eating out way too often since he's on the road and only has a small window to take his dinner break. So, hopefully, this meme will help me maintain menu planning consistency.

Here is what we will be eating this week:

Monday:  Italian Chicken & Veggies (crockpot)

Tuesday:  Chicken Tortilla Soup

Wednesday:  Spaghetti Bolognese

Thursday:  Chicken Tacos w/Mexican Rice (crockpot)

Friday:  Pizza (chicken pesto, margherita)

Saturday:  Chili & Cornbread

Sunday:  Barbeque Chicken Sandwiches w/Home Fries (crockpot)


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