Nate got Anna a white princess dress-up with accompanying veil yesterday. And I think this veil may become a permanent fixture on her head. It seriously hasn’t left her head.
Last week my 7-year-old Cate helped plan the menu. Each afternoon she would ask what was for dinner that night, and if the plan had changed (due to unexpected leftovers, errands, etc), she could remember what food item we had planned for which days. She would totally call me out on it and then re-plan out the week for me. It was sooooooo cute. And, thanks to her persistence, there is only one item we didn’t get to. Good job, Cate!
MONDAY:
– Enchiladas
TUESDAY:
– Asian Spinach SaladΒ (this is a really good recipe I haven’t done in a long time)
WEDNESDAY:
– Boursin Turkey Baguettes
THURSDAY:
– Leftovers
FRIDAY:
– Something on the grill, tbd with Nate
SATURDAY:
– Eat out
SUNDAY:
– Yorkshire Pudding
You know the drill…bring on the menus!
So cute! We have a pink tutu that is worn for days at a time (over dresses, under dresses, as a headband,…) then forgotten for months! Little girls are just hilarious!!
Sunday: Organic rib eye steaks and roasted mushrooms
Monday: Stuffed shells
Tuesday: Meatball subs on homemade hoagie rolls
Wednesday: Dinner at church
Thursday: Stuffed peppers in the slow cooker (stuffing = quinoa, cilantro, sweet potato, carrot)
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Out.
little girls seriously are hilarious. I can’t believe what I’ve let anna out of the house wearing…but it’s just so cute!
Sunday – out
Monday- penne with sausage
Tuesday-chicken breasts with rice
Wednesday- keilbasi and pierogies
Thursday- coconut chicken with rice noodles
Friday- pork tenderloin on the grill
Saturday – leftovers
Taking our 3 year old out to a movie and dinner tonight while the grandparents take baby. She’s been out of sorts since he was born, so some mommy and daddy time will hopefully help her attitude.
Sunday-Dinner and Movie out
Monday-Strawberry Balsamic Spinach Salad with French Bread
Tuesday-Chicken Tamale Pie and Steamed Carrots
Wednesday-Soup TBD with bread
Thursday-Spaghetti Pie and Green Salad
Friday-Homemade Pizza and Green Salad
Saturday-Friend’s house for supper
anna had such a hard time when owen was born last fall…it gets better, I promise! I hope the movie went well, I”m sure she loved it!
Mon: Soy Chorizo & Potato Tacos w/ Crock-Pot Cuban Black Beans
Tues: Arroz con Pollo w/ leftover black beans & southwest salad (I’m making an extra arroz con pollo for Meals on Heels…for families in our group who just had babies)
Wed: Leftovers
Th: BBQ ribs or chicken w/ broccoli salad & wheat rolls (making extra ribs/chick & brocc salad for Meals on Heels)
Fri: Cheeseburger Mac w/ garlic wheat buns
Sat: Teaching a French Cooking Class, so it’s Steak w/ Bernaise Sauce, Chicken in White Wine Sauce, & Creme Brulee!
Sun: Grilled Shrimp Kabobs w/ steamed brown rice & broccoli
this weeks csa bag was a good one and I plan to use it all up: everything is organic: eggs, honey, grains galore bread, 3.25 lb chicken, huge beefsteak tomatoes, huge cucumbers, and blackberry(but they are all gone already).
Sunday: Spaghetti, garlic toast (using grains galore bread), roasted green beans
Monday: Chicken, Baked Potato, salad (for me just a baked sweet potato and salad)
Tuesday: Stirfry and Egg Rolls
Wednesday: Pinto’s and Brown Rice, cornbread
Thursday:(hubby fave) Salisbury steak, mashed potato, veggie (for me and the girls we will have leftover spaghetti)
Friday: Tomato Soup and Grill Cheese Dunkers
Saturday: Breakfast: eggs and pancakes (and either bacon and sausage which ever they decide and I’ll do the veggie version)
not surprised the blackberries were gone so quickly – that always happens with my girls! π
Sunday breakfast for dinner
Monday grilled chicken enchiladas
Tuesday Hawaiian burgers
Wednesday pasta bolognese
Thursday steak fajitas
Friday pizza and a movie night!
Saturday leftovers
So cute! Is it bad that my attention was drawn to the yummy looking treats on the cake pedestal?
Monday – Asian Chicken Salad/ Crab Rangoon
Tuesday – Meatball Sandwich Casserole/ Broccoli
Wednesday – Leftovers
Thursday – Eat Out
Friday – Crockpot Chicken Tacos/ Black Beans/ Rice
Saturday – Yorkshire Pudding/ Fruit
Sunday – Rachel Sandwiches/ Sweet Potato Fries
Me too! I noticed those whoopie pies or something very similar in the background…they look yummy!
ha ha! lucky for you both I will be writing about those treats this week! π
I was hoping they would show up in a future post. π I just saw the recipe and can’t wait to try it out! BTW, we tried out the Rachel Sandwich today for the first time. Oh my goodness, it was good! Even got the three-year-old’s seal of approval, which is HUGE!
Sunday: Salmon, Lentils, Brussel Sprouts
Monday: Father and Grandfather in Law over for dinner: Pork Loin, Orzo Risotto and something else
Tuesday: Fish Tacos
Wednesday: Thai Chicken Enchiladas
Thursday: CP Chicken Cacciatore (Skinny Taste)
Friday: Beer Marinated Grilled Flank Steak with Peach/Tomato Salsa
Saturday: OUT
Sunday: Whatever is in my fridge in Upstate N.Y. Have to get rid of anything perishable because…
Monday: 6:30 p.m. reservation at Pesce Seafood Bar on Polk St. in San Francisco.
Tuesday: Still tossing around going to the Giants game. If so, dinner at the Public House. If not, TBA.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. reservation at Fleur De Lys in Nob Hill.
Thursday: I’d like to do Flour & Water, but this will likely be played by ear.
Friday: Early dinner at Ferry Building before our 6:10 ferry to Alcatraz.
Saturday: My guess is that it will be In N Out Burger by our hotel in the Fisherman’s Wharf before we get on our evening flight back East.
Follow along on my blog this week as I try to keep my weight gain below 40 lbs. Ha!
Go to the Giants game! Get nachos at Compadres in the stadium. Do this for me, please. A huge Giants and Compadres fan who no longer lives in the Bay Area. And enjoy In-n-Out.
Sounds fantastic! We’re heading out to San Fran and the northern California area soon. We’re trying to decide if the Alcatraz tour is worth the time ββ if you could report back how it was, that would be great! We’re staying at the wharf too ββ so excited to know there’s an In-and-Out burger there!
jared – have FUN!!!!! I need to do all these things you are going to do, we hardly ever get up to SF!
esther – everyone I know who’s gone to Alcatraz loved it – and they say the audio tour is great, just make sure you give yourself time to explore!
Sunday – Breaded pork chops, potato casserole, green beans
Monday – BBQ chicken, macaroni salad, applesauce
Tuesday – Beef Stew in the crockpot, biscuits
Wednesday – Kielbasa, corn on the cob
Thursday – Buffalo chicken pizza
Friday – Chicken cacciatore with curly noodles
Sunday: beef brisket in the slow cooker with Claude’s Brisket Sauce, rolls, green salad
Monday: throwing a bunch of leftovers together to create Pesto Pork Pasta…hope it’s edible
Tuesday: Monterey chicken sandwiches, watermelon, peppermint lemonade
Wednesday: Burritos with pork, potatoes, and peppers
Thursday: Spaghetti with Italian chicken sausage, mushrooms, and peppers
Friday: Leftover brisket
Saturday: Sushi
Just got back from a European dream vacation and getting back into the summer routine. Trying to stay in and cook a lot thanks to all this free time.
Sunday: honey lime chicken fajitas (on the grill) and rice
Monday: chopped salad and baguette with butter
Tuesday: steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Wednesday: puff pastry filled with roasted mushrooms
Thursday: chicken tenders and cruditΓΒ©s
Friday: shrimp scampi with linguini and salad
Saturday: BBQ with the cousins—-burgers, hot dogs, chicken, chips, veggies, ice cream, and apple pie
bummer, having to get back into the groove after a dream european vacation!!!
Sunday-Sour Cream Noodle Bake (via Pioneer Woman) and rolls
Monday-Chicken Salad sammies
Tuesday-Waffles
Wednesday-BLT’s and Smoothies
Thursday-Cheesy Chicken Casserole with roasted carrots
Friday-We will be camping! Fire Roasted Hot Dogs and Smores!
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted my menus here but I still visit your site all the time. Lately I’ve signed up for a produce co-op basket (Not a CSA but similar) and have really had to plan ahead to make sure nothing goes to waste. Here’s the plan for this week.
Sunday: Bacon and butternut pasta
Monday: Chef’s salad
Tuesday: Tacos
Wednesday: Chicken salad sandwiches
Thursday: Eat out
Friday: Hamburgers
Saturday: Butternut stuffed pasta shells with brown butter sage sauce
so glad you posted again! π
Your Saturday menu sounds divine!!
I’m lacking the desire to cook or meal plan (or eat much!) thanks to the heat, so I tried to stock some foods that will lend themselves well to more meze / tapa / quick and simple “snack” type meals. So not really a plan, just a list of things I’m thinking about for this week:
-Eggs with Salsa & Corn Chips & leftover salad
-Hummus, pita bread, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese, olives
-Broiled salmon, salad, bread & butter
-Turkey avocado sandwiches
-Jicama avocado mango grapefruit salad
-Chickpeas + rice + dandelion greens
-Goat cheese on toast + something with swiss chard
-Pasta with zucchini + chickpeas
-Chicken adobo (if we feel like some “real” food)
Wow, that doesn’t seem so bad after all.
doesn’t seem bad one bit! you are more inspired than you realize, apparently!
Monday=Leftovers from today, meatballs with a mushroom and onion gravy over rice with peas and carrots
Tuesday=Sub sandwiches and fruit smoothies
Wednesday=Baked pork chops, twice baked potatoes and green beans
Thursday=Blueberry pancakes, turkey bacon and scrammbled eggs
Friday=Going to Olive Garden!!!
Saturday=Pulled BBQ pork from the crockpot on kaiser rolls, coleslaw and bowtie pasta salad.
Sunday=Dad’s day to cook
My 4 yr old has princess shoes that she got for Christmas 2 years ago that she still wears. I wish she could stay little forever. I know she would love the veil too.
sooo sweet. π
Monday: Black Bean Burgers [made them last week… need them again!]
Tuesday: African Pineapple Peanut Stew
Wednesday: Stuffed Zucchini Parmesan
Thursday: Kheema [Indian Ground Beef with Peas]
Friday: leftovers
Saturday: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Sunday: appetizers and desserts at church
can you share the black bean burger recipe?!?!
I’m finding it harder to meal plan & shop in the summer w/ the kids home. This week I’m sticking to mostly familiar & simple recipes to make it easy on myself.
Here it is:
http://nearlynaturalnicole.blogspot.com/2012/06/menu-plan-625-71.html
summer is hard – all I want to do is laze about!
Mon: Turkey curry and rice
Tue: Pasta with broccoli, garlic and chilli, salad
Wed: Roasted vegetable, feta and cous cous salad
Thur: Chicken lettuce wraps
Fri: Working late, husband’s cooking
Sat: Baked suppli, tomato salad, griddled courgettes
Sun: Dinner at Mum’s, I’m taking cake
sunday: lunch: fish sticks, chips, peppers, oranges
dinner: BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots, coleslaw
monday: lunch: kids’ choice
dinner: pasta? (Jake has CC run from 6-7…. )
tuesday: lunch: grilled cheese and tomato soup
dinner: turkey enchiladas, fruit, chips and guac
wednesday: lunch: pizza
dinner: Hubby cooks. Ham and bean soup (or pasta from monday)
thursday: lunch: ravioli
dinner: Hubby cooks. swedish meatballs, rice, green beans
friday: lunch: chicken nuggest and fries
dinner: pizza night
saturday: lunch: kids’ choice
dinner: tbd
wow, you are a good mom to make such great lunches!
Sunday: Grilled cod, baked potatoes, broccoli, strawberries
Monday: Pork chops, mac and cheese, raspberries
Tuesday: Cheeseburgers on the grill
Wednesday: Waffles, strawberries
Thursday: Out
Friday: Not sure, something from the freezer
Saturday: At a graduation party
S: Shrimp Scampi Pasta and Homemade Cheddar Bay Biscuits
M: Spinach, Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad
T: Mac and Cheese
W: BLT Salad
R: Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
F: Leftovers or Pancakes
S: Grilled Chicken and Potato Salad
How sweet the veil is! My mom saved lots of my three sisters and my dress up clothes (my mom is an amazing seamstress) and they are now being worn by our daughters ββ so sweet!
It is definitely harder now that the kids are home all the time (minus work and camps) ββ there’s so much more thought going into lunches and snacks. Muffins have been a favorite the last three weeks ββ strawberry, banana, blueberry and peach so far. Trying to make extra of dinner foods to double as lunches the next day too so they aren’t bored with sandwiches all the time.
Sunday: Bobby Flay’s amazing grilled chicken breast stuffed with goat cheese with smoked chile cilantro sauce. Served with orzo risotto with grilled asparagus and zucchini, and peas. Milkshakes for dessert. The sauce is so amazing that we ate it on breakfast burritos this morning.
Monday: BLTs with antipasto pasta salad and green beans (maybe a three bean salad actually).
Tuesday: Leftovers.
Wednesday: Grilled coconut chicken with cilantro rice and broccoli.
Thursday: Chili Mac with turkey. Cornbread and whatever veggies look good at our farmer’s market that day.
Friday: Calzones ββ not sure what kind yet, but probably with an Italian-style chopped salad.
Saturday: Stuffed burgers with a roasted beet & goat cheese salad. Maybe fries too.
that is so cool that you have all your old homemade dress-ups. love it (and kind of jealous!)
my kids are SO sick of sandwiches already, I need to mix it up, too!
Making some of the kids favorites since they are about to leave us for a month. π
Mon- Baked pork chops, applesauce, green beans and loaded tater skins
Tues- Mixed spaghetti and meatballs, salad and garlic cheese bread
Wed- Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas, spanish rice, chips and guacamole
Thurs- Gourmet grilled cheese, pasta salad and tomato bisque
Fri- Eat otr since we are taking the boys to the country.
a month is a long time!!!
Camping in Yosemite most of the week! Yeah!
Sunday-blintz casserole with berries, baby broccoli
Monday-farmer’s market pizza, asparagus, cherries
Tuesday-camping! Friends making chili and cornbread I’m bringing salted fudge brownies and flan
Wednesday-camping! Greek chicken and sausage kabobs with veggies, pita bread, tatziki, big salad, roasted potatoes with lemon and olive oil and a friend making dessert TBD
Thursday-camping! Friends cooking TBD plus baked apples
Friday-dinner out on the way home
Saturday-TBD
I want to go camping with you!! We never ate that well on a camping trip!! π
have fun, erika!
bonnie – you’re onto something – Erika is an AMAZING cook, I think camping with her would be heavenly in the food category! π
I actually had this ready yesterday before dinner, but didn’t have a chance to post it, promise. π
Su: Lemony chicken saltimbocca and garlic asparagus
Mo: leftover chicken; arugula salad with plums, feta and white wine vinegarette; herbed bread
Tu: chicken and spinach calzones with salad
We/Th: Corned beef and cabbage
Fr: Spaghetti with meatballs and broccoli
Sa: leftovers
you could post it saturday night and I’d still be happy! π
Monday-Corn dogs, tots and carrots
Tuesday-Tostadas and mexican rice
Wednesday-??? We may or may not be having friends over, so I’m still unsure
Thursday-Crockpot lasagna, rolls and green beans
Friday-Homemade pizza night
Saturday-Eat out
Sunday-Burgers, baked potato wedges and fruit
Sunday – Turkey tenderloin and sweet potatoes on the grill, salad
Monday – “Fried” crockpot chicken, corn, salad
Tuesday – Leftover turkey in paninis, watermelon, veggies and hummus (then book club where I’m hosting. We’re discussing the Pioneer Woman’s book, so I’m making her cherry limeade and citrus butter cookies as a snack)
Wednesday – grilled cheese, fruit, celery with pb
Thursday – out
Friday – roasted chicken, baby potatoes and carrots
Saturday – grilled sirloin, pasta salad and grilled romaine
My little boy wears his Captain America costume to the grocery store regularly, complete with shield.
sat – out
sun – maple glazed salmon, green salad
Mon – spring rolls & rice
Tues – spinach tortelloni w/ veg’s (garlic, zucchini, summer squash, red pepper)
Wed – BBQ chic pcs, roasted turnips, side salad
Thurs – homemade fish sticks & cole slaw
Fri – homemade pizza to use up any leftovers
LOVE that!
I’m so late, but this is what we had this week while on vacation:
Monday: Greek Couscous Salad with Chicken
Tuesday: Creamy Black Bean Salsa Chicken with Avocado and Tomatoes
Wednesday: Slow Cooker Big Meatball Meatloaf with Pasta and Fresh Fruit and Veggies
Thursday: Thai Chicken Peanut Salad
Friday: Out To Eat (traveling)
Saturday: Pioneer Woman’s Carnitas Pizza and Avocado and Tomatoes
Sunday: Jalapeno Popper Pizza and Fruit and Veggies
My in-laws will be here on Monday and staying thru Sunday. It is way to hot for me to try to impress my mother in law with my cooking skills. I don’t want to be in a hot kitchen so here is my plan for their visit:
Monday–Sub sandwiches with lots of veggies, fruit salad, cheeseball and crackers
Tuesday–Out to eat at our favorite seafood place
Wednesday–Too hot to grill outside. Ribs in the crockpot, baked beans in the smaller crockpot, cole slaw, corn o the cob. Strawberry shortcakes for dessert
Thursday–Teriyaki Chicken in the crockpot, rice, green beans and lemon lush
Friday– Baked potato soup with mexican cornbread then go out for ice cream
Saturday–Roast with potatoes, carrots and onions in the crock pot, some whole wheat honey bread in the bread machine, apple pie from the bakery and I will make some wipped cream.
Sunday– the in laws will be gone by dinner time so we will just eat all of the leftovers from the week