Happy New Year! Might I suggest meal planning as a resolution? I’ll share my own food-and-the-environment resolution in the next week or two!

MONDAY:
– Cora’s Ground Beef Tacos

TUESDAY:
– Fajita Rice Bowls

WEDNESDAY:
– Crispy Coconut Chicken (stealing this idea from Vicki’s menu last week!)

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Chicken Soup with Rice

SATURDAY:
– Hors D’Oeuvres Extravaganza (have a few friends over that night, details TBD)

SUNDAY:
– Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
– Salad

Your turn! Share those weekly meal plans in the comments below! (Remember, it’s the best new year’s resolution ever, and posting your menu here each week is a great way to stay accountable. Just sayin’.)

Hello! In the last day or two I have decided to go on a road trip this week with my kids, so no menu from me this week. I haven’t the faintest idea what we’ll be eating for dinner let alone anything else the next 7 days as we galavant across the Old West!

I am certain that some of you will have your menus planned, which the rest of us will need desperately since I’m coming up short with inspiration. So, this week more than ever, please post your wonderful meal plans in the comments below! And now I must go pack the car.

Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays! Merry Early Christmas!

I just finished grocery shopping. I think we can huddle in for the next few days with no need to go anywhere. I am really looking forward to quiet time with our kids!

MONDAY:
– Christmas Eve Chinese Takeout (Maynard family tradition!)

TUESDAY:
– Swedish Meatballs, Boiled Red Potatoes and Lingonberry Jam (going to try making gluten-free, dairy-free meatballs for myself…we’ll compare to see if they’re any good!)
– Vetebröd (Swedish Cardamom Bread)

WEDNESDAY:
– Leftovers

THURSDAY:
– Pat’s Asian Chicken Salad

FRIDAY:
– Eat out night

SATURDAY:
– Homemade Hamburgers

SUNDAY:
– Breakfast for Dinner: Waffles, Eggs, Fruit

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UPDATE 12/18/18: This past week included two of my kids’ birthdays and my busiest work week of the year. As I add this update to this post it’s 5:00 pm and I still don’t know what’s for dinner! 😉 SOOO…please share your menus for the week of 12/18 in the comments below! A few of you already have and I love those people oh so very much. Have a great week! 

I have a few carryover items from last week’s menu, which means no grocery shopping until later in the week, woohoo!

MONDAY:
– Pressure Cooker Pot Roast
– Mashed Potatoes & Salad

TUESDAY:
– Homemade hamburgers

WEDNESDAY:
– Roasted Salmon with Urban Plates Chimichurri
– Side vegetable dish of some kind

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Chili

SATURDAY:
– Cate’s friend birthday party night! We’re going to have pasta for all the girls and they can choose between Bolognese or Alfredo
– Salad

SUNDAY:
– Leftovers (I think we’ll have even more leftover food by Sunday, so two nights of leftover this week!)

You know the drill…share those weekly meal plans in the comments below! And have a great week!

Hello friends! I am buried in work, so getting just now getting my weekly menu pulled together. But here we are, done! Once again the blog forces me to get a little organized, which helps alleviate some of the work stress for sure.

MONDAY:
– Carne Asada Tacos with Fresh Masa Tortillas

TUESDAY:
– Pressure Cooker Pot Roast
– Mashed Potatoes & Salad

WEDNESDAY:
– Homemade hamburgers

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Nate’s work party and kids going to a Christmas party with friends

SATURDAY:
– Eat out night

SUNDAY:
– Roasted Salmon with Urban Plates Chimichurri
– Side vegetable dish of some kind

Thank you in advance for sharing your own weekly menus in the comments below. I don’t know what I would do without them each week when I sit down to plan! Thank you!

Happy Post Thanksgiving Week! I hope all you cooked and/or ate well the past few days! We have just a few more leftovers, but I think I’ll have a mutiny if I try to push it too far. So, I’m disguising the turkey in a chicken a la king recipe tonight. Don’t tell my kids!

MONDAY:
– Turkey a la King

TUESDAY:
– Lasagna Baked Ziti

WEDNESDAY:
– Carnitas Tacos with Fresh Masa Tortillas

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Homemade Pizza – Honey Goat Cheese and Margherita

SATURDAY:
– Eat out night

SUNDAY:
– Pressure Cooker Pot Roast
– Mashed Potatoes & Salad

Please pretty please share your own meal plans in the comments below! They are so helpful to me each week and I know many others find your ideas incredibly helpful, too! Thank you!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! Below is our dinner menu for the week PLUS our plans for Thanksgiving. This week feel free to share your regular weekly dinner menu, your Thanksgiving menu or both in the comments!

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MONDAY:
– Corner Bakery Cafe (I have a work thing in the evening, so going to take advantage of the free kids meal night!)

TUESDAY:
– Bolognese & Pasta
– Salad

WEDNESDAY:
– Leftovers/Scrounge up whatever you can find in the kitchen, Family, as I’ll be busy cooking for Thursday!

THURSDAY: Thanksgiving 2018!

• Turkey (for real this is the BEST technique for cooking turkey, be sure to click through and check it out!)
• Classic Mashed Potatoes
• Classic Stuffing
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls and/or Squash Rolls
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce (as per Jess’s request, there will also be canned jellied cranberry sauce)
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Green Kale Salad with Dried Cranberries
• Dessert: Pumpkin Pie, Crumble Apple Pie, Chocolate Mousse

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Leftovers

SUNDAY:
– Turkey Soup with Rice
– Homemade Bread (my Grandma’s recipe that is not published anywhere…saving that for the book I may never write ;))

Can’t wait to see what you all have cooking this week! Thank you in advance for sharing!

Hello! Let’s get right down to business, shall we?

MONDAY:
– Chicken Tortilla Soup

TUESDAY:
– Chili
– Cornbread

WEDNESDAY:
– Lasagna

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Sausage, Pepper & Onion Sandwiches

SATURDAY:
– Eat out night

SUNDAY:
– Taco night with fresh masa tortillas

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Here is a link to all of my Thanksgiving recipes and posts. Also, this is the best way to roast a turkey. Just sayin’.

Back to this week’s dinner plans. Please share your weekly menu in the comments below! Thank you and have a great week!

Hey meal planning compadres. I totally didn’t plan a menu last week. My apologies! But I’m back. Let’s get this menu done. I’m sick of my kids asking me what’s for dinner and not having an answer!

MONDAY:
– Rachel Sandwiches

TUESDAY:
– Grilled Chicken & Vegetable Kebabs
– Roasted Potatoes

WEDNESDAY:
– Naan Pizzas
– Salad

THURSDAY:
– Chicken Tortilla Soup

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Eat out night

SUNDAY:
– Chili
– GF Cornbread (I learned I have a wheat allergy…so going to find a good cornbread recipe that doesn’t use wheat flour, wish me luck! or share a link in the comments if you have one!)

Can’t wait to see what you’ve all got cooking this week! Please share in the comments!

Oh man, it’s almost Monday night. I need to make a menu and I need to go to the store. Here we go…

MONDAY:
– Rotisserie chicken from Sprouts
– Roasted potatoes & salad

TUESDAY:
– Naan Pizzas

WEDNESDAY:
– Cora’s Mexican Ground Beef Tacos

THURSDAY:
– Kebabs on the grill
– Salad

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Eat out night (Halloween fun in our cute village)

SUNDAY:
– Breakfast for dinner, probably Vegetable Frittatas

Apparently I was a cooking slacker last week because I’m pretty much using the same menu, with a few tweaks. It’s one of those weeks I suppose!

You know the drill, share your own meal plans in the comments to help all of us get inspired! Thank you!