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  1. Sunday, February 5

    Week 263 Menu

    I’m in Utah this weekend surprising my grandmother for her birthday (she was super surprised!). The mountains are still majestic. The fry sauce is still darn good. And my sister-in-law made me pancakes for breakfast this morning. Life is GOOD. ;)

    Menu time! I have a few repeats from last week…it was kind of a rough week trying to get work done and get ready for my trip, so I didn’t get to the store and dinners did not go as planned. Those weeks happen, I suppose! Gotta roll with the punches…

    MONDAY:
    - Grandma’s Birthday!
    - Nate will be in charge at home with the girls

    TUESDAY:
    - Eat out (this is the day I get back, so moving eat out night up)

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Chicken & Broccoli Penne
    - Salad and bread

    THURSDAY:
    - Chili

    FRIDAY:
    - Stuffed Peppers
    - Salad

    SATURDAY:
    - Chicken Soup with Rice

    SUNDAY:
    - Leftovers

    Time to share your menus for the week!

    And…GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 11:25 am   39 Comments
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  2. Sunday, January 29

    Week 262 Menu

    Yorkshire pudding for breakfast this morning. It’s been a while…and it was YUM.

    Unbelievably, I don’t have any repeats from last week’s plan. That hasn’t happened in a long while!

    MONDAY:
    - Easy Peasy Bean Tacos with grilled onions and peppers
    - Guacamole and chips

    TUESDAY:
    - Chili
    - Cornbread

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Stuffed Peppers
    - Salad

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Eat out

    SATURDAY:
    - Chicken Soup with Rice

    SUNDAY:
    - Yorkshire Pudding (breakfast for dinner night)
    - Fruit

    We’ve been getting so many great menus every week – thank you all! Please keep the menus coming!! I love reading through all of your ideas each week to inspire my own!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 1:05 pm   72 Comments
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  3. Sunday, January 22

    Week 261 Menu

    This morning, French Toast. Mmmmmmm.

    I am simply stunned at how fast the weeks go by. How am I planning another menu already? Here we go!

    MONDAY:
    - Cream of Mushroom Soup (didn’t get to it last week)

    TUESDAY:
    - Island Pork with Sticky Rice (this recipe is amazing…can’t wait to share it with you!)
    - Veggies

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Stuffed Winter Squash

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Stir Fry
    - Potstickers

    SATURDAY:
    - Eat out

    SUNDAY:
    - Tacos

    Your turn! I am LOVING all the menus coming each week! Please keep it coming! Remember, all menus are welcome…no matter how fancy or simple they may be!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 9:51 am   81 Comments
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  4. Sunday, January 15

    Week 260 Menu

    I threw together some chocolate chip cookies last night. I didn’t eat them all. But I should have. The girls woke up this morning, saw the pan and proceeded to beg for cookies for breakfast. Really, I should have taken one for the team and put all the cookies down last night. Now I know. Lesson learned. ;) Also, for some reason, I just couldn’t let the girls eat a cookie for breakfast. Definitely a case of “do as I say, not as I do.” Not that they’ve ever seen me eat a cookie for breakfast, but, well, I’ll admit it may have happened before…

    Menu time!

    MONDAY:
    - Pesto Chicken Salad Sandwiches (recipe to come)

    TUESDAY:
    - Squash soup (using up some veggies from CSA)

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Cream of Mushroom soup

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Bistro Chicken

    SATURDAY:
    - Eat out

    SUNDAY:
    - Stuffed Shells

    I hope you all know how helpful your menus are for me (and others) each week. I love the inspiration! So, please keep the menus coming!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 9:16 am   63 Comments
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  5. Sunday, January 8

    Week 259 Menu

    This morning I cut into my first German butterball potatoes. Doesn’t that name just sound scrumptious? They are yet another new discovery from our CSA…and, yes, I live in the land of bread and honey…our CSA goes all year. If we ever move from California, I won’t know what to do with myself! Anyway, back to the potatoes. I was surprised how yellow the potatoes were inside. So fun!

    Menu time! A few repeats from last week because things didn’t go quite as planned…

    MONDAY:
    - Orange Chicken and rice
    - Roasted Cauliflower

    TUESDAY:
    - Homemade pizza, including Honey Goat Cheese with Caramelized Onions (I randomly made this last week and it was sooooo good…I have leftover ingredients, so making it again!)

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Chicken teriyaki and rice
    - Stir fry veggies

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Eat out with friends

    SATURDAY:
    - I don’t know yet! We’re running late this morning but I want to get this published so you guys can post your menus! :)

    SUNDAY:
    - Breakfast for dinner…TBD!

    Time for you to share your menu for the week! I love that so many of you are making it a resolution and loved seeing all the first time menu posters last week. Keep it coming!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 10:48 am   68 Comments
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  6. Sunday, January 1

    Week 258 Menu…and HAPPY NEW YEAR!…and a Resolution Suggestion for You!

    Happy 2012, everyone! We rang in the new year by drinking copious amounts of Coke and Martinelli’s and watching Karate Kid (which may have been obvious by my Instagram feed last night…see here and here and here). It was a pretty rockin’ party. That’s how we roll around here.

    Okay, so it’s time for me to do my annual spiel…you know the one telling you how AWESOME meal planning is and that you should make it your 2012 resolution? So, here we go…meal planning is AWESOME and I think you should make it your New Year’s Resolution, starting today! Okey dokey, spiel over…but if you need some reasons why you should do it, click here! And, yes, I am ‘spieling’ for purely selfish reasons…the more of you who jump on board, the more menus I get to read each week. ;)

    MONDAY:
    - Pulled BBQ Chicken (in the freezer) sandwiches, topped with coleslaw

    TUESDAY:
    - Chicken teriyaki and rice
    - Stir fry veggies

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Orange Chicken and rice
    - Roasted Cauliflower

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Eating out with friends for a birthday celebration

    SATURDAY:
    - Lasagna (in the freezer)
    - Crusty bread and veggie

    SUNDAY:
    - Waffles, fruit and home fries

    Your turn! Let’s see all of your menus! And for those of you who haven’t posted a menu before…give it a try, it’s January 1 after all!

    Also…even though I’m bugging you about the meal planning resolution…I am going to have another one for you later this week that I’m super excited about, building on my resolution theme from the last few years. Can’t wait to share it with you!

    Here’s to a delicious 2012!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 9:21 am   78 Comments
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  7. Sunday, December 25

    Week 257 Menu

    Merry Christmas!

    My Christmas present to myself this year is NO MENU! :) That’s right, I’m rebelling and not planning a thing for the week. We’ll just pull stuff out of the freezer, eat out, pick at leftovers…you know, holiday eating!  I’m thinking Christmas chocolate should keep us sustained, right?

    Hope you all have a great holiday season whatever holidays you are celebrating!

    And, if you do by chance have a menu planned for this week, please leave it in the comments!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 12:31 pm   10 Comments
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  8. Sunday, December 18

    Week 256 Menu

    Anna has officially taken butter to a whole new level. She’s such a pipsqueak, we figure a little fat will do her good.

    The holidays are here. Hanukkah starts Tuesday, Christmas is Sunday…I imagine many of us are running around like crazy people! I hope we can all find some quiet moments this week to enjoy the things that really matter!

    I for one am looking forward to making my annual batch of vetebröd, the yummiest Swedish cardamom bread this side of anywhere.

    MONDAY:
    - Pulled Chicken BBQ (in the freezer) sandwiches, topped with coleslaw

    TUESDAY:
    - Teriyaki chicken (in the freezer) and rice
    - Stir fry veggies

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Roasted chicken breasts (in the freezer)
    - Green beans

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Eat out, or maybe pancakes or something

    SATURDAY:
    - Chinese take-out, a Maynard Christmas Eve tradition!

    SUNDAY:
    - Swedish Meatballs with boiled red potatoes
    - Veggies on the side (whatever comes in my CSA bag. Yes, our CSA never stops all year. Gotta love California!)

    I can’t WAIT to see your menus for this week, as I’m sure many of you will have wonderful holiday meals (and sweets!) planned. And even if you don’t, I still want to see your menu, so bring it on! :)

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 1:14 pm   28 Comments
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  9. Sunday, December 11

    Week 255 Menu

    When I was out the other day working on one of my Picture the Holidays prompts, I snapped this shot of someone’s front gate. I still can’t believe it’s already Christmastime!

    Our menu plan went way off schedule last week…we ended up with lots of leftovers to work with between our soup and a rotisserie chicken Nate picked up one night. My menu is very reminiscent of last week’s…sorry for all the repeats, but I figured I may as well not recreate the wheel if I don’t have to!

    MONDAY:
    - Chicken Teriyaki with rice
    - Potstickers and a veggie

    TUESDAY:
    - Work party that serves dinner

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Barbecue Chicken
    - Corn bread and a salad

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Eat out or something super easy like grilled cheese…we’ll be wrapping up a birthday party right at dinnertime!

    SATURDAY:
    - Eat out (another birthday celebration that day!)

    SUNDAY:
    - Waffles
    - Fruit

    This week is both my girls’ birthdays, so I’ll be in birthday cake mode! Can’t wait to share what we come up with!

    Share what you’ve got planned for the week! I love reading through all your menus each and every week!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 7:22 am   39 Comments
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  10. Sunday, December 4

    Week 254 Menu

    Today we’re taking the girls to the Nutcracker, thanks to Mimi and Grandpa Herms! The holiday season has officially begun!

    I am absolutely loving having all these meals in the freezer…it really, truly makes life so much easier. Almost makes me want to do what my blogger friend Tricia does. But yeah, I have no illusions I will ever be that organized!

    MONDAY:
    - Butternut Squash Soup (we didn’t get around to it last week)

    TUESDAY:
    - Chicken Teriyaki
    - Potstickers and a veggie

    WEDNESDAY:
    - Barbecue Chicken
    - Corn bread and a salad

    THURSDAY:
    - Leftovers

    FRIDAY:
    - Kitchen Sink Quesadillas
    - Guacamole and chips

    SATURDAY:
    - Eat out

    SUNDAY:
    - Swedish Pancakes
    - Fruit

    Your turn! Bring on the menus!!!

    Posted by Jane Maynard at 11:22 am   38 Comments
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