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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Week 381 Menu

Happy Mother’s Day! My mom is in town and Nate, my dad and the kids served us a fabulous breakfast in bed. I’m taking it easy today and am going to get this menu planned as quickly as possible. I hope you’re all having a beautiful day celebrating the great women in your life!

weekly dinner plans from @janemaynard with free printable menu and shopping list

MONDAY:
– I’m traveling to Chicago to interview some senior folks at McDonald’s. If you have questions, feel free to leave them here! Can’t promise I will get to them all, but would love to find out what you’re interested in.
– Family at home will fend for themselves with Grandma and Grandpa!

TUESDAY:
– Rachel sandwiches
– Fruit and salad

WEDNESDAY:
– Homemade Pizza (we ended up making tortilla soup on Mother’s Day instead)

THURSDAY:
– Chili

FRIDAY:
– Take out

SATURDAY:
– Grill night (hot dogs, hamburgers, etc)

SUNDAY:
– Swedish pancakes and fruit (I keep not making Swedish pancakes and Cate is getting mad at me, so we have to make it happen this week!)

Click here for the free printable of this week’s menu plus the shopping list!

You know the drill – please share your dinner plans for the week, too!


18 Comments »

  1. 1
    Mona

    Happy Mother’s Day

    Sunday – Cookout at daughters, burgers, dogs, corn on the cob and ice cream
    Monday – Kielbasa, fried potatoes, applesauce
    Tuesday – Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad
    Wednesday – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, lima beans
    Thursday – White pizza, salad
    Friday – Salmon burgers, French fries
    Saturday – Leftovers

  2. Best of luck in Chicago!! Hope your meetings go well and the weather holds up. We went to the Chicago Botanical Garden today and enjoyed ourselves immensely. For Mother’s Day, I got a Whirly Pop! I’ve been making popcorn in my Le Creuset for years and now can make popcorn in half the time! I’m SO excited!

    Sunday: Big salads, cornbread, and sweet potatoes
    Monday: Dry rub ribs in the slow cooker and cauliflower rice
    Tuesday: Spicy nachos and broccoli
    Wednesday: Black-eyed peas and rice and asparagus
    Thursday: Baked pasta
    Friday: Leftovers
    Saturday: Out.

  3. 3
    Michelle

    Sun: Steak tips, grilled vegetables, couscous
    Mon: Teryaki turkey sliders, pineapple, salad
    Tues: Grilled cheese, fruit salad
    Wed: Salmon cakes, sweet potato fries, spinach salad
    Thurs: Tortellini in pink sauce, green beans
    Friday: Pizza, salad

  4. Interview with McDonalds? Well, I’ll be interested to hear what you ask them. I hit my lifetime limit of Mickey D’s some time in middle school, so I don’t even know what their menu looks like at this point to have a question for them. Here’s my menu for the week though…

    creamy salmon pasta
    leftover sliders
    pretzel chicken with broccoli
    crab legs and corn
    potato and leek pizza

  5. 5
    Tamsin

    Mon: Bean, corn and chorizo burritos, salad
    Tue: Straccetti di manzo and pepperonata crostini
    Wed: Pasta with tomato sauce, salad
    Thur: BLT pizza
    Fri: Dinner out for my granddad’s birthday
    Sat: Grill night (sausage and fennel kebabs, spicy new potatoes, slaw)
    Sun: Dinner at Mum’s

  6. 6
    tara

    Happy Mothers Day !
    Here’s my GF menu for the week
    Sun – Portabellos Lasagna & salad
    Mon – Chicken & veggies
    Tue – Black bean and quinoa burgers & veggies
    Wed – Tortilla soup in crockpot
    Thu – OUT for dinner. Seeing Jersey Boys in cleveland
    Fri – Steak & roasted redskins
    Sat – GF Pasta w sausage – carb loading as we are running the cleveland 10k on sunday. i’m nervous !

  7. There are times for complicated, use every pan in the kitchen type meals. Then there are times for PB&J type meals. This week is the latter type of week. Most of what I have in already in the freezer or pantry, which makes it even better.

    My husband teased me again about changing our Sunday morning breakfasts from crepes, fruit and bacon to shakes. Time consuming to simple. I told him he was more than welcome to make crepes … we all had shakes. 🙂

    Lunch:
    1.Eat out
    2. Spaghetti with meat sauce
    3. Dad’s Meatloaf with Tomato Relish (pre-made, in freezer), potatoes, corn, beets
    4. Pizza
    5. Superfast Salisbury Steak, rice, peas, beets
    6. Salad
    7. Sliced ham, potatoes, peas, beets

    Supper:
    1. Leftovers (from freezer, too)
    2. French Toast (pre-made, in freezer), spiced peaches
    3. Tangy Black Bean Soup (pre-made, in freezer)
    4. Chicken Enchiladas (pre-made, in freezer), rice with salsa, leftover veggies
    5. Sandwiches – salami/turkey salad, chips, pearsauce
    6. Shakes
    7. Salad

  8. 8
    Tracey

    Hope you had a relaxing and wonderful Mother’s Day. I sure did!
    Mon – Lasagna, Salad, Garlic Bread
    Tues – Turkey Meatball Subs, Green Beans, Salad
    Wed – Grilled Chicken Thighs, Cucumber & Radish Salad, Pasta Salad
    Thurs – Leftovers
    Fri – Eat Out
    Sat – Skillet Chicken, Potatoes, & Peppers
    Sun – Salmon, Spring Risotto

  9. Monday: Shrimp Ceviche and Avocado Salad
    Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner–French Toast and Fresh Fruit
    Wednesday: Crab and Avocado Quesadillas
    Thursday: Potato and Chorizo Masa Boats and Refried Beans and Corn
    Friday: Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Bread and Scrambled Eggs and Fresh Fruit
    Saturday: Pot Roast with Carrots, Shallots, Mint and Lemon
    Sunday: Meatball Lasagna and Broccoli

  10. 10
    Barbara

    Sun – cheeseburger salad
    Mon – tiliapia, rosemary-garlic fries
    Tue – Buffalo chicken salad
    Wed – Shrimp-quinoa-black bean bowls
    Thu – leftovers?
    Fri – speech team potluck
    Sat – tbd

    • Julia

      Hi Barbara,

      Can you share your cheeseburger salad recipe?
      Thanks, and Have a Great Day!

    • Barbara

      Happy to, Julia. It’s my version of a Pioneer Woman recipe, which turns out to be her version of a Pampered Chef recipe http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2012/01/cheeseburger-salad/

      I use less meat (but the same amount of sauce) and toast the croutons in the oven with olive oil (so I can pretend it’s healthier) and add avocado because I love avocado on a cheeseburger. My family LOVES it.

  11. Happy Mother’s Day!

    I’m wondering if you’ll keep to your menu and serve chili on the day it’s supposed to hit 102 🙂

    Sunday, May 11 (Mother’s Day-had my parents up for a BBQ)
    -Grilled Mushroom-Swiss Burgers
    -Chips
    -Watermelon

    Monday, May 12
    -Pizza Take-Out
    (It was just one of those Mondays, so my husband was sweet enough to pick up pizza on his way home.)

    Tuesday, May 13
    -Pasta with Meatballs
    -Green Salad

    Wednesday, May 14
    -Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
    -Fruit Smoothies

    Thursday, May 15
    -Slow Cooker Baked Potato Bar
    -Broccoli and Cheese Sauce

    Friday, May 16
    -Quick and Easy Tortellini Soup
    -Rolls

    Saturday, May 17
    -Leftovers

    • haha! I didn’t even think to look at the weather report. we’ll see! I really want to make pizza, too, but it just might be too hot!!!!

  12. 12
    Lisa

    Hope everyone had a fabulous Mother’s Day!

    M: mom’s visiting til wed & she made dinner for us all
    Chili Verde/Mexican rice/refried beans/tortillas

    Tu: brothers coming over for dinner to visit w/ mom
    lasagna/garlic bread/salad/pineapple upside down cake

    W: l/o

    Th: homemade pizzas & salad

    F: tortellini w/ vodka sauce/garlic bread/salad

    Sa: out to pizza after last baseball game of the season

    Su: end of season baseball party & backyard picnic while the little guys watch an outdoor movie, sandlot 🙂

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