Boring menu post this week. No picture. No cute stories. Just a bunch of sick people in the Maynard house. But that’s not going to stop me from getting a menu up on Sunday! Here goes…and here’s hoping we’re all pictures of health by Christmas Eve.
MONDAY:
- Annual chili party at a friend’s home…if we’re not sick, that is! If we’re sick, I think I’ll just make chili anyways!
TUESDAY:
- Bistro chicken (I ended up not making it yet, but love it and can’t wait to have it this week! chicken breasts browned in a skillet, remove & cook 1/2 c chopped onions 5 min, add 1 14oz can diced tomatoes, italian seasoning, 1 can of Campbell’s french onion soup, cook that together to reduce liquid 5 min, pour sauce over chicken in a casserole dish, add swiss cheese on top & bake for 20 min! I love this recipe – thanks to Jen Schulte! I like to serve with garlic mashed potatoes)
WEDNESDAY:
- Leftovers, hopefully
THURSDAY:
- Chinese Take-out (a Maynard Christmas Eve tradition)
FRIDAY:
- Swedish meatballs
SATURDAY:
- Leftovers (hopefully)
SUNDAY:
- Green Noodles (didn’t make this last week, either. basically I went to the grocery store with a very incomplete grocery list…I hope to plan better this week!)
Can’t wait to see your menus for this week! Love seeing what people do over holidays…and what you eat the rest of the holiday week…perhaps lots of takeout? 
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I figure I can post this week because I really only have to plan for a few days!
S-Lentil soup, blueberry muffins
M-Homemade pizza, fruit
T-Bistro Chicken (I LOVE it–thanks much!)
W-left overs
Th-Layered Mexican dip (old Violette family tradition) OR Chinese (being considered as a new tradition. Kids are lobbying for their pick.)and French Cream Pies (a piece is left for Santa)
F-HAM(my favorite), potatoes, spinach salad, cranberry salad, maybe cranberry slush (again, thank you!), dessert??
S-left overs!!
Well, this week I tried to keep is simple (even more simple than usual)… We are snowed in with over 2 feet of snow in the DC area, so basically we’re using what we’ve got in the house for now.
Sunday- Chili Mac
Monday- Spaghetti Pie (fortunately I bought ingreds last week and didn’t use them)
Tuesday- Chicken Fingers, Mashed Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts
Wednesday- Take Out
Thursday- Out for dinner for my b-day, which happens to fall on Christmas
Friday- Ham, Potatoes Au Gratin, Green Bean Casserole
Saturday- Meatball Subs (big family get-together)
Sunday- who knows! we gotta survive the holiday first!
-Soft Tacos with Shredded Tex-Mex Crock-Pot Chicken
-Broccoli Cheese Soup (didn’t make it last week)
-Leftovers
And then we’ll be at my mom’s. The only think I know from that is our Christmas menu (and that’s because I’m making it!)
-Bacon Wrapped Herb Pork Tenderloin, Rosemary Roasted Potatoes, Balsamic Glazed Asparagus, Rustic Bread, and Flat Cranberry Apple Pie and/or Clementine Spice Cake
Oh, and feel better soon!! {hugs}
sorry to hear about your current household status;(
m:leftover homemade chili
t:white fish/broccoli
w: ??
th:Chinese Take out- attempting to make this a tradition (I believe I learned from this here blog!)
f: Christmas dinner at sis n laws
sa:?? salad of some sort
su: dinner at friend’s house
Have a great week;)
Feel Better!
Monday-bbq chicken salad and rolls
Tuesday-baked sweet potatoes, pita with yogurt dip, bok choy
Wednesday-holiday party food
Thursday-something that goes with hot apple cider!
Friday-giant ham dinner with family
Saturday-leftovers (I hope)
Monday: leftover chicken & rice soup – maybe I’ll make some fresh bread to go with it. (It always makes me feel a little better to serve something new with the leftovers.)
Tuesday: Baked potatoes with chili
Wednesday: Friend’s house for dinner
Thursday: Homemade pizza at mom’s house (tradition)
Friday: Grilled Steaks, other side dishes I’ll plan later
Saturday: ???
Sunday: It’s mom’s week to cook sunday dinner.
We’re headed home for the holidays so I have no idea what we’re going to eat most nights.
M – traveling. we’ll probably stop at in-n-out
T – my sister’s b-day. i’m making homemade fettucini with alfredo sauce, grilled chicken, a salad and artichoke dip with chips. mom’s making brownies and peanut butter ice cream for dessert.
W – dunno.
T – Christmas Eve. mother-in-law’s fondue tradition
F – Christmas – no clue
S – dinner at an aunt’s house. probably take out
S – no clue
sunday – pizza
monday – meatloaf (son home from university his request)
Tuesday – chicken breasts with rice
Wednesday – something easy! not sure what
Thursday – chinese ( our family tradition too!)
Friday – lobster stuffed beef tenderloin
Saturday – leftovers!
Sunday:
-Ham & Mozzarella Paninis
-Balsamic Mushrooms
-Salad
Monday:
-Black Bean & Corn Stew
-Cheese Quesadilla
-Salad
Tuesday:
-Christmas @ The Hoovers
Wednesday:
-Fish & Chips
-Salad
Thursday:
-Rosemary Roasted Chicken
-Roasted Fall Veggies & Asparagus
-Stuffing
-Eve’s Pudding
Friday:
-Christmas @ Josh’s Mom’s
Feel better soon!
Mon: chicken tikka masala, naan, rice, sesame green beans
Tues: out with friends
Wed: Christmas Party-lasagna, salad, garlic bread
Thur: Shepherd’s Meal- potato soup, bread, cheese, fruit
Fri: maple glazed ham, garlic mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, baked pineapple, roasted butternut squash
Sat: party with friends
Sun: Italian shrimp pasta
Monday – Bacon & Tomato Pasta
Tuesday – Grilled Cheese & Tomato soup
Wednesday – Marzetti
Thursday – dinner at mom’s
Friday – dinner with family
Saturday – Italian Beef
Mon.pork chops a chance to use the
seasoning I just got as a present
Tue.Shrimp and pasta
Wed. out
Thur. buffet with homemade finger sandwiches(ham,seafood,and turkey) meatballs and beans and cookies!
Fri.stuffed shells
Sat. leftovers
Mon.-Beef stew
Tues.-pizza
Wed.-leftovers or grilled cheese sandwich
Thurs.-bacon wrapped chicken with cream cheese and chives,
garlic mashed potatoes, salad(field greens with craisins, feta, sugared pecans and raspberry/onion viniagrette from Costco), rolls
Fri.-beef rib roast with thyme/garlic rub, twice baked potatoes, salad, leftover rolls, maybe some chive butter to go with it.
Sat.-yummy leftovers
Sun.-don’t know
Check out http://budgetmenu.blogspot.com if you need more ideas. I do a weekly menu that corresponds with Arizona grocery ads. You don’t have to be an Arizonan to look at it though. Happy Holidays!
Swedish meatballs! Nice! We’re having that on Thursday plus jul skinka and sill med potatis. God Jul!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! 3 days till Christmas!
M- Sausage, Pepper, and Onion bake with Ricotta cheese and pasta
T- Tuna Pasta or leftovers
W- in Houston! probably sushi
Th- we celebrate Christmas on the 24th, so we’ll do the ham, turkey, and ridiculous amount of sides.
F- Standing rib roast
S- Parents’ anniversary, dinner out somewhere
Feel better Jane!
Feel better, Jane!
Has anyone tried the bistro chicken with another cheese like mozzarella or cheddar? I bought everything to make the bistro chicken dish and then came back and realized I didn’t know to buy swiss cheese? Well, I’m going to try it anyway and see how it turns out.
I’m sure it will still be great – I would go with mozzarella since it melts better than cheddar!
Thanks! I’ll let you know how it was. I’m not a big swiss fan anyway.
Hope you guys are feeling better. We just got our Christmas tree today since the kids had a nasty stomach bug and we kept waiting to get the tree together as a family. Thankfully, my husband finally decided to bring home a little tree just so we would have something.
Monday – Chicken drunsticks and roast vegetables
Tuesday – Falafel rolls
Wednesday – chicken skewers and salad
Thursday – Omellette’s and salad
Friday – lunch at cousins – ham, pork, prawns and salads
Saturday – lunch at inlaws being in Australia we have warm weather and have opted for a seafood selection entree – lobeter tails with herb butter sauce and garlic prawns Main – Coca cola ham (yum it melts in your mouth, salt and pepper squid, potato salad and a green salad Desset – Pavalova and lime tart Drinks – Craneberry and ruby red grapefruit punch and pineapple, banana, passionfruit and mint crushies
Sunday – Leftovers
I can’t wait for our feast on Saturday. Hope you all feel better soon. My family have been fighting off summer colds. Merry Christmas to all
Monday: Chicken and Rice and Corn
Tuesday: White Chili
Wednesday: Spaghetti and Salad
Thursday: Christmas Dinner at my house
Friday: Left Overs
Saturday: Rosemary Garlic Tilapia and Potatoes and Green Beans
Sunday: Left Overs
as always, thank you for your menus! keep them coming! and I want to come eat at all of your homes on thursday and friday!
and thanks for the well wishes for health…we’re on the mend, although still stuck at home. hopefully by christmas we’ll all be feeling better. the good news is cate’s fever finally broke. phew.
Feel better! This website is an inspiration to me. I just came across it two weeks ago.
M-crabcakes
T-vodka sauce, tortellini, spaghetti for DD (she’s two and she only eats spaghetti, though I think I need to find something else that she’ll eat)
W-grilled chicken, rolls, salad, couscous
Thu-Chinese now (copycat, I am!)
Fr-Big, big dinner at parents and inlaws
S-leftovers
S-leftovers
hope you feel better!
On the Bistro Chicken question, I have used shredded cheddar before and my husband actually prefers it … I usually throw on whatever cheese I have, and it works!
I have a plan and just realized I didn’t post it. Will put Monday too even though it’s already Tuesday!!
Mon-oven ‘fried’ chicken legs, butter noodles, broccoli
Tues-leftover stuffed peppers from the weekend
Weds-easy apricot chicken (thank you for that one!), rice & salad
Thurs-roast beef in the crockpot, green beans, biscuits
Fri-full traditional Turkey dinner
Sat-another biggie, other family coming so am doing the full ham deal this day, spiral sliced … yum
Sun … and for the forseeable future … leftovers!
Just found your blog and love it!!!
Here’s what our Holiday dinner is looking like this year if you’re interested! A twist on the expected, but hopefully delicious and fun to make. http://shutupandcook.wordpress.com/real-life-meal-plans/