Meal Plan Monday: December 14th - December 21st

The countdown is officially on to Christmas!  I hope you are all surviving and not letting the preparation stress you out too much.  This week we have our daughter's first school chorus concert and a fun party to go to.  And, of course, we still have dance to navigate through.  This weekend we are going to bake our cookies.  What is your favorite Christmas cookie?

Monday: Spaghetti Genovese - This is an Italian dish with pesto, potatoes and green beans.  Eating Well added spinach to give it a boost.
Recipe from Eating Well

Tuesday: Quesadillas on the Go
This is concert night.  I make four at time in the oven.

Wednesday: Red Beans and Rice
Recipe from Cooking Light

Thursday:  Christmas Cookie Beer Pairing Party
Beat that Ugly Christmas Sweater Party!

Friday: Dinner Date

Saturday: Tostado Nachos and Movie Night
Recipe here

Sunday:  Pot Roast
We ended up not having this last week because my parents took us out to dinner after the girls Christmas Pageant.

Meal Plan: July 5th - July 11th

This is a quick post.  We got home from being out of town today and hit the ground running to get things done before heading to the dance studio.  More dinners at the dance studio this week.  And here I was ready to relax this summer.

Sunday: Dinner Out

Monday: Wegman's $6 Meals

Tuesday: Taco Tuesday 
Using homemade seasoning and oven baked crispy shells.

Wednesday: Black Bean Quesadillas
Recipe from Cooking Light

Thursday: Sausage Cauliflower Spaghetti 
Recipe from Food Network

Friday: Chicken and Broccoli
Recipe inspired by Skinnytaste's Beef and Broccoli

Saturday: Dinner Out

Bonus: Pizza Quinoa Bites 
My plan is for my oldest tiny dancer to eat these during her dance break.  She then told me she didn't like quinoa today.  I'm still going to make them and not tell her.  We'll see how that goes over.
http://autumncalabrese.com/blogs/quinoa-pizza-bites

Meal Plan: March 29th - April 4th

It's Spring Break week!  With as cold as it has been, I can't really say I'm excited about it.  We don't have anything planned.  Just looking forward to having a slower week.

Here is what we are having this week:

Sunday: Chicken with Carrots and Potatoes

Recipe from My Recipes

Monday: Chicken Parmesan Meatballs and Eggplant Cutlets 

Tuesday: Chicken and Black Bean Quesadillas

Recipe from My Recipes

Wednesday: April Fools!!  Meatloaf and Mashed Potato Cupcakes

Recipe from Courtney's Sweets

Thursday: Ravioli with Roasted Zucchini and Mac and Cheese Ravioli
Recipe from Real Simple
Mac and Cheese Ravioli found at Wegmans

Friday: Homemade Fried Rice

Recipe from Family Dinners Blog

Saturday:  Cheeseburgers on the Grill

Family Dinner Meal Plan: August 10 - August 16

With school on its way our busy schedule will be returning as well.  This year I plan on making freezer meals this year to take some stress out of dinner time.  I'm test driving a few recipes this week.

Here's what we are having for dinner this week:

Sunday: Frozen Pizza 
               Prepare Make-Ahead Shredded Chicken

Monday:  Pulled Chicken Sandwiches and Cole Slaw
Two bags of Make-Ahead Shredded Chicken for 4 Servings.  Reheat the chicken in your favorite bottle of BBQ sauce.  

Tuesday: Hot Dogs, Sausages and Baked Beans


Wednesday: Baked Bean Quesadillas

Thursday: Date Night during Dance Rehearsal
                   Chicken Nuggets and Mac and Cheese Packed Dinner

Friday: Baked Ziti (1 for dinner; 1 to freeze)
Quick Four Cheese Baked Ziti recipe

Saturday: Tailgating at Jimmy Buffet

What are we having for dinner?: June 15 - June 20

We made it through recital week.  We had a lot of Wawa subs but we did it!  And now we get a week off.

Here's what we are having for dinner this week:



Sunday: Father's Day Meal! Steak, Wedge Salad, Roasted Red Potatoes

Monday: Chicken Parmesan Casserole with Green Salad
Recipe from emily bites a fellow Wegmans shopper apparently.

Tuesday: Homemade Pizza
Wegmans 16in crust, pizza sauce and turkey pepperoni
I buy the 16in so we can have left overs for lunch.

Wednesday: Hot Dogs; Sausage with Peppers and Onions


Thursday: Loco Moco
Get the recipe here


Friday:  Spaghetti with Wegmans Pesto

Saturday: Hubby said something about going out to eat so...

 

 

 

What are we having for dinner?: June 8 - June 14

It's the last week of school AND recital week.  What does that mean for dinners?  We just have to eat when we can.  I was very overwhelmed at first and then I told myself it is just one week... we got this.

Here's what we are having for dinner this week:



Sunday: Crab Legs and Frogmore Stew - South Carolina State Dinner
My youngest has been asking for crab legs for a couple weeks.  She had a big day on Saturday so we made her wish come true.  I planned on having red potatoes and corn on the cob for our sides and just decided to add in shrimp and kielbasa to knock out a state dinner.

Monday:
The girls:
Perdue Chicken Nuggets
Easy Mac (Wegmans Brand)

The adults:
Frozen PF Changs

Tuesday:
I know that one of us is having pizza because she is going to an end of the year Girl Scout party.  Technically I did cook because I made cupcakes.  Oh yeah
The rest of us will eat when we can.

Wednesday: Cheeseburger Pie - Recipe Coming soon


Thursday: Pork Tenderloin, Southwest Bag Salad, Grilled Onion in foil


Friday:  Eating on the fly - Recital at 6:30

Saturday: Something - Recital at 10:00 and 1:00
Yeah we got this... Right?

 

 

 

What are we having for dinner?: June 1 - June 7

Here's what we are having for dinner this week:



Sunday: Frozen Lasagna and Salad
Keeping it simple after a day of errands.

Monday:
The girls:
Perdue Chicken Nuggets
Easy Mac (Wegmans Brand)

The adults:
Corn and Black Bean Quesadillas - Using leftover Corn and Black Bean salad from Saturday.

Tuesday: Johnny Cakes and Coffee Milk for Rhode Island State Dinner

Wednesday: Chicken Fried Rice - Recipe Coming Soon


Thursday: Cheeseburgers and Fries

Friday:  Eating on the fly


Saturday: Squash Casserole from My Recipes

 

 

 

What are we having for dinner?: May 18 - May 23

Or maybe I should say what we had.  It has been a crazy week.  The girls have had dance pictures almost every night since Sunday.  It feels nice to actually sit down, and do something I actually want to do.

Here's what we are having for dinner this week:



Sunday: Awesome Sauce Chicken with Spanish Rice and Refried Black Beans


On Friday we went out to a Mexican restaurant.  My husband's dinner came with this awesome avocado, jalapeno, cilantro sauce.  It was so good I wanted to drink it.  I hunted Pinterest to see if I could find the Copycat recipe.  I didn't find the exact match but this recipe from Tasty Kitchen.  It tasted just like the sauce as the restaurant.  I added more water so I could use it on the chicken as a marinade and kept half for a dipping sauce.  It was so good I was dancin'.



Monday:
The girls:
Perdue Chicken Nuggets
Easy Mac (Wegmans Brand)

The adults:
Wegmans Pasta Bowls

Tuesday: Easy Spaghetti Bolognese from Spoonful.com
I found this recipe for my husband because I was going out to dinner with a friend.  He said it was super easy since everything is made in the same pot and thanked me for finding the recipe.  The leftovers were delicious.

Wednesday: Black Bean Quesadillas with Cilantro Lime Rice
Quesadilla Recipe - My Recipes
Rice Recipe - The Recipe Critic

Thursday: Bacon, Tomato, Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup


Speed things up by buying the precooked bacon.

Friday:  Mrs. Flax Dinner aka Appetizer Dinner
If you remember the movie Mermaids from the 90's you know what I mean by Mrs. Flax Dinner.  "A word about Mrs. Flax and food: the word is "hors d'oeurves." Fun Finger Foods is her main source book and it's all the woman cooks." This stuck with my mom and I so whenever we have a meal of appetizers (aka to our family as pickies or appys)

Saturday: Our Niece is getting married!!

 

When you make a grilled cheese do you butter the bread or add the butter to the skillet?