Hello friends! December is just charging right along, isn’t it? Here is our menu for the week, which includes Christmas! Yay!

MONDAY:
– Dinner at Legoland! 🙂
TUESDAY:
– Carnitas tacos
WEDNESDAY:
– Leftover carnitas
THURSDAY:
– Chicken Pot Pie (using leftover Thanksgiving turkey in the freezer!)
FRIDAY:
– Leftover chicken pot pie
SATURDAY:
– Chinese Takeout, our Christmas Eve tradition!
SUNDAY:
– Swedish Meatballs
– Bulle/Vetebröd (Swedish cardamom bread)
As usual please share your own dinner plans for the week! And Happy Holidays!
* Cookie recipes pictured:


Merry Christmas to all!
Sun & Mon: Out while in Plymouth, MA
Tue: Eggs, toast, & fruit
Wed: Shrimp stir fry & rice
Thu: Chicken fajitas
Fri: Leftover fajitas
Sat: Halibut, succotash, cucumber salad
Happy Holidays!
Monday: Bean and Rice Burritos and Tomatoes and Avocados
Tuesday: Twice Baked Potatoes and Fresh Veggies
Wednesday: Fried Chicken Sandwiches and Salad
Thursday: Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf and Green Beans
Friday: Out To Eat
Saturday: Sushi
Sunday: Turkey Gravy
Holy cow, how is it Christmas week already?!? I don’t even know what day it is, but according to our mischievous Elf, the kids only have a few days to get their acts together 😉
Easy meals this week so I could focus on crafts, baking, wrapping and enjoying my family.
Monday-Honey Ginger Chicken Rice Bowls with Broccoli
Tuesday-Chicken Fried Rice (using yesterday’s leftovers)
Wednesday and Thursday-Taco soup with corn chips
Friday-TBD
Saturday-slow cooker steak sandwiches with mushrooms and peppers with chips before church
Sunday-breakfast Brunch with extended family, then home for a very “traditional” Mexican lasagna 🙂
Sheet pan chicken potatoes green beans (new recipe)
Taco spaghetti
hot dogs, potato salad, corn
Chicken & noodles
Chili, cornbread
Better late than never. Christmas menu to come shortly….
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Sunday: Chicken carnitas in lettuce cups with fixins’s
Monday: Burgers and cauliflower rice
Tuesday: Leftover carnitas with sautéed kale and roasted sweet potatoes
Wednesday: Husband cooks Blue Apron
Thursday – Friday: Play it by ear with family in town
Saturday: Christmas Eve snackys
Sunday- sausage and meatball sandwiches
(After cookie making!)
Monday – salmon, broccoli and rice
Tuesday – leftover meatballs with spaghetti
Wednesday- shredded pork sandwiches
Thursday – fending
Friday – annual Christmas Eve Eve Chinese food extravagan!
Saturday- Christmas Eve Dinner ! Beef tenderloin, roasted potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts and bacon, roasted carrots. Black Forest trifle for dessert
Sunday – German brunch then steak and lobster tail for dinner
Merry Christmas Jane!
Week’s mostly over, but I’ll put it out there anyway.
Sun – Beef stroganoff, rice, green beans
Mon – Buffalo chicken & white bean chili (new recipe, everyone loved it)
Tue – Pork fried rice
Wed – Chicken taco salad
Thu – Crockpot turkey soup
Fri – Pizza
Sat – Extended Family Christmas at my sister’s
Sunday- Beef stroganoff, rice
Monday – salmon, broccoli and rice
Tuesday – Chicken Fried Rice
Wednesday- Shrimp stir fry & rice
Thursday – fending
Friday – Crockpot turkey soup
Saturday- Sushi, rice
one week simple