I LOVE FALL. I know you all know that by now, but seriously, it’s the best season, hands down. We went to Arata’s Pumpkin Farm on Friday and had a blast. We did the giant hay bale maze, which was loads of fun for kids and the parents alike. Sad to say that Michelle (my friend) and I could not figure it out. We gave up and went in through the exit and, believe it or not, it was STILL hard. But seriously, that maze was HUGE, so can you blame us?
I love our little collection of little pumpkins and gourds. Aren’t those stems wonderful?
Okay, my menu has several duplicates from last week’s plan. Nate was gone most of the week, so the girls and I were able to last on leftovers longer. Oh, and we ate out a few times. When Dad’s gone, it’s party time! Now it’s back to being responsible. Phooey.
MONDAY:
- Broccoli Cheese soup
TUESDAY:
- Homemade pizza
WEDNESDAY:
- Pork chops…and this time I’m going to NOT massacre them like last time, so disappointing when you screw up!
- Veggie
- Brown and/or wild rice
THURSDAY:
- Leftovers
FRIDAY:
- Pumpkin pancakes
SATURDAY:
- Eat out
SUNDAY:
- Beef stew
Alrighty, folks…bring on the menus! Big and tall, or really small…we love ‘em all! (I should be a poet, no?)
I couldn’t decide which pumpkin picture to use, so I’m posting both. Hope you don’t mind me indulging my obsession with fall.
Hello! My name is Jane Maynard and you've landed yourself on my blog, This Week for Dinner™. Every Sunday I share a weekly menu...and then count on you to share your own! You'll also find other deliciousness that I hope you'll enjoy!
Look at those colors! We went to a pumpkin farm yesterday, and there was actually snow on the ground. I took my gloves off to take pictures, and my fingers almost froze!
Could you post your broccoli cheese soup recipe? Thanks!
Love the pumpkin pix! We went to a pumpkin patch last week, and the kids had a great time.
Sunday: Hawaiian Chicken, Steamed Snow Peas & Wild Rice
Monday: Veggie Soup & Buttermilk Biscuits
Tuesday: Blue Cheese Chicken Salad
Chocolate Drizzled Bananas with Peanuts
Wednesday: Red Wine Rosemary Lamb Chops & Microwave Goat Cheese Potatoes
Thursday: Roasted Broccoli Penne & Apple Walnut Toss
Friday: Chili Rice & Chopped Romaine Salad
Saturday: Natchez Balloon Races!
Can you put up your recipe for Broccoli Cheese Soup? Thanks!
Monday – Sausage-Ravioli Bake
Salad
Tuesday – Roast Beef in Crock Pot
Potatoes and Carrots
Wednesday – Eat at Church
Thursday – Beef and Noodles
Friday – Deli-meat sandwiches
Mac – n – cheese
Monday – slow cooker braised short ribs with green beans and polenta
Tuesday – grilled veggie and chicken paninis with salad
Wednesday – Sausage pepper and onion calzone with salad
Thursday – Salmon burgers, roasted potatoes, salad
Friday – Sunday – ?
Here is a super EASY recipe for cheesy broccoli soup:
Saute 1 chopped onion and 2 crushed garlic cloves in 1 T butter in a large skillet until tender. Meanwhile combine 2 (16 oz.) packages frozen broccoli with cheese sauce and 3 cups chicken broth in stock pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Whisk together 2 1/2 cups milk and 1/3 cup flour in skillet with onion and garlic until combined. Slowly add to broccoli. Cook 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Place half of soup in blender and puree. Return to stock pot. Heat and serve.
Big fan of fall too – spent the morning planting plants and bulbs with my wife… including our first blueberry plant.
Sa – Steak, twice baked pots, grilled zucchini
Su – Black bean encilladas, corn
Mo – pork loin, acorn squash, bisquits
Tu – Veggie lasagna (pumpkin, spinach, tofu – very fall)
We – Leftovers I think
Th – Pepper Parmesan chicken and pasta w/ some veggie
Fr – Corn chowder from the Dinasaur BBQ cookbook
amanda – when I make the soup this week I’ll take a few pictures and do a post with the recipe – it’s easy and awesome. and thanks to superstarter for a recipe!
mon- pot roast, all the fixins
Tues- shepherds pie
Wed- leftovers
thurs- i will be at work
Fri- pizza
Sat- out w family
Sun- chilli/cornbread–
totally loving the fall, I did a corn chowder this week and got soup bowls shaped like and colored like pumpkins from a local bakery! Super fun.
Mon-Zucchini boats
Tues-vegetarian chili and fresh bread
Wed-Garlicky Spaghetti
Thurs-
Fri-leftovers
Sat-eat out
Sun-dinner at grandma’s house
Here’s my menu. I love the pumpkin photos!
Pasta with Fresh Basil, Tomatoes, and Mozzarella (using the last of my garden tomatoes)
Vietnamese Summer Rolls with Coconut Mango Sticky Rice
Butternut Squash Soup and ???
Chicken Pot Pie with Buttermilk Biscuit Crust
Leftovers as needed
Monday: Chicken Fricasee and Green Beans
Tuesday: Baked Four Cheese Pasta and Salad
Wednesday: Mac and Cheese and Apples
Thursday: French Onion Soup and Salad
Friday: Black Bean Soup and Cheese Crisps
Saturday: Bacon and Onion Tart and Salad
Sunday: Left Overs
m-steak, baked potatoes
t-cheese quesadillas w/rice
w-pasta, meatballs, garlic bread
r-mac and cheese
f-chicken fajitas w/spanish rice
s-chicken pot pie (Guy Fieri’s Bird in a Pie)
s-crockpot southwestern bean soup (Better Homes & Gardens)
This is my 4th week planning and posting my menu. For some readon, I found it hard to pull my thoughts and plans together to get this done tonight. I would’ve just left it, but I have a busy week ahead and I knew I’d regret it. Yeah me!
S: Cheese Quesadillas, refried beans & rice, sliced tomatoes
M: (ikea!) Swedish meatballs, cauliflower “faux-tatoes”, gravy, broccoli
T: Italian meatloaf, zucchini, garlic bread
W: Chunky Two Bean Chili, Lemon-Thyme Cornbread
Th: Out?
F: Chili-lime mariated flank steak, wild rice, roasted brussel sprouts
S: Creamy mac n cheese, autumn salad
Love your pumpkin pic! Here’s my menu this week copied from my blog (which has recipe links for some items)
Sunday
Pinto beans with pork (crock pot) and cornbread ~ shown above
Monday
Leftover pintos, cornbread, plus mac n cheese
Tuesday
Salmon patties, biscuits, english peas and cream potatoes
Wednesday
Canadian bacon/pineapple Pizza ‘pockets’ and salad
Thursday
Roast (found on sale), potatoes cooked in crock pot with rolls
Friday
Leftover roast, potatoes, plus baked apples
Saturday
Lasagna Roll ups , salad and garlic bread
Extras
Strawberry bread (for snacks)
Fried Rice (just in case we want to switch up meals)
Monday: Boneless Pork Chops & Roasted Yam Fries
Tuesday: Fajita’s
black beans
spanish rice
Wednesday: BLT Pasta with Turkey Tenderloins
bread
Thursday: Sloppy Joe Sliders
homemade potato chips
Friday: BUNCO night
You have inspired me to start putting a “menu list” up on our fridge each Sunday afternoon so we all can see in full view what the plans are! It does make life much easier during the week. Love the pumpkin pics by the way.
I see SupperStarter has Red Wine Rosemary lamb chops on the menu, want to find out more about that – my 4-yr-old just caught on to lamb chops and I’m looking for ways to cook them!
Monday-Crockpot Apple Cider pork roast, sweet potatoes
Tuesday-leftovers from weekend, made lots of pasta
Wednesday-Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans
Thursday-leftovers from Mon or Tues!
Friday-Stuffed shells, green salad
Saturday-birthday party pizza & cake
Sunday-a pumpkin carving ‘pot luck’ party, not sure yet what we are bringing!
Monday- Hamburgers with sweet corn and beans
Tuesday- Make your own Calazones with multi grain crust
Wednesday-Corn Chowder green salad and rolls
Thrusday-Chicken pot pie with biscuit topping
Friday-Spinach stuffed shells
Saturday-Beef Stew in slow cooker
Sunday-Meatloaf with sweet potatoes and salad
Pumpkin pancakes sound great. I’ll have to work on those in a gluten free way. It was great to meet you at BlogHer Food. I’m really enjoying checking out your blog. Thought I would also share my menu since you asked. It’s gluten free and dairy free and I share the recipes too. It’s great you get people to actually share what their menu is. It really does save time and money. I think I’ll start asking too when I share mine each week. You’re so smart!
Monday – Posole
Tuesday- Beef and Cabbage with Tomatoes
Wednesday- Turkey BBQ with Corn Fritters
Thursday- Balsamic Chicken with Figs and Onions
Friday- Western Omelets
Saturday- Strip Steaks, baked potatoes, broccoli
Sunday- Whole Roasted Fish
Love the pumpkin pic. Oh I see a lot of people are requesting for your Brocoli Cheddar soup… (me too). Sounds yummy! Here is my menu:
Sun-Baked Manicotti
Mon-Honey mustard crock pot porkchops
Tue-Shredded Pork tacos
Wed-Shrimp stirfry
Thu-Homemade Pizza bites
Fri-leftovers
Sat-out
Love love this site!! It helps with orginization and I need all the help I can get!!
Sunday-Chicken Noodle Soup
French Bread
Monday-Baked Chicken
Spaghetti Squash
Mashed Sweet Potatos
Tuesday-Homemade Pizza
Wednesd-Chicken Enchiladas
Thursday-Bean Chimis
Spannish rice
Friday- Reuben Sandwiches
Saturday Chili Dogs
Can’t wait to try the pumpkin pancakes Jane! Any excuse I can use to make pumpkin flavored food.
Finally back to normal this week!
M- Chicken Curry with Rice
T- Steak Fajitas
W- Steak and Mushroom Stuffed Potatoes
Th- Ravioli with Shredded Chicken and Pumpkin Sauce
F- Out
S- Baked Shrimp Scampi (a la Ina Garten)
Have a great week!
Love the ideas I’m getting from these posts – thanks, everyone!
M – homemade pizza w/tomatoes, basil, mozarella + salad
T – chicken pot pie
W – bbq pork (in crockpot) + coleslaw
Th – salmon w/sweet chile sauce + quinoa (w/soy & rice vinegar) + eggplant roasted w/sesame oil
F – rustic cabbage soup + bread
Sa – out to dinner!
Mon: Potato Soup
Tues: Breakfast (bacon, eggs, waffles)
Wed: Black Angus Burgers
Thurs: Fettuccine Alfredo
Fri: Enchiladas
Sat: Pizza
Monday: Chili
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad
Wednesday: Chili Leftovers
Thursday: Smoked Gouda, Mushroom and Spinach Frittata
Friday: Out!
Saturday: Some kind of pasta
Sunday: ?
Sorry I am late this week. I’ve been busy!
Monday-Long day at work equals cereal for dinner:)
Tuesday-Vegetarian Lenitl Soup:
http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/2008/12/recipe-for-vegetarian-lentil-soup.html
Wed-Salad with roasted sweet potatoes, dried cranberries, and feta
Thurs-whole wheat waffles w/fruit
Friday-maybe Cafe Rio?
Sat-Veggie Pasta of some sort
Monday- Out
Tuesday- Chicken Salsa Foil Packets (so easy and great) w/ flour tortillas, spanish rice
Wednesday- chicken, brocolli, cheese pot pie (using biscuit pie crust from Smitten Kitchen)
Thursday- Fish Sticks and baked fries
Friday- Pizza
Saturday- Beef Stroganoff and Egg Noodles
Oh, this is fun. Looking forward to poking more around your site!
Monday – Potato Soup
Tuesday – Cheesy Potato Soup (just add Velveeta to leftovers. I know I should consider Velveeta a monstrosity, but I just can’t.)
Wednesday – Roasted Red Pepper Pasta and Roasted Delicata Squash with Rosemary and Feta
Thursday – Out. We’re going to a concert.
Friday – Bring on the pizza, it’s Friday! And popcorn for dessert.
Monday: sausage soup
Tuesday: steak & potatoes
Wednesday: Little League game (pizza?)
Thursday: turkey burgers
Friday: Little League game (chinese?)
Not a very healthy eating week!
Clever idea, I’ve been avoiding menu planning this week (as you can see since it’s Friday), but you inspired me.
Friday: Barefoot Contessa’s Lentil Soup
Saturday: Venetian Rabbit with Polenta and parsnips
Sunday: Slow cooked Savoy, Bacon & Mushroom Sauce with Fresh Tagliatelle (Lidia’s Family Table)
Monday: Warm Beetroot Salad with Goats Cheese and Leftover Lentils
Tuesday: Pumpkin Pancakes (your idea)
Wednesday: Spiced Leek Soup
Thursday: Roasted Squash and Gorgonzola Pizza
Friday: Parisian Tuna Sandwiches
Saturday: Supper Club, we’re bringing homemade refried beans