{Monday's Menu November 9th-13th}

I think I finally figured this whole thing out this time.  lol  So here's our plan for this week.  Like I've said before....I have a list of meals that I use during the week and I pick one in the morning that's going to work for that day since our schedule changes so often.  So many times I'll plan something and then it just doesn't end up working because something comes up!  lol

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  Orange Beef
  
  
  
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  Chicken & Stuffing
  
  
  
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  Tuna Noodle Casserole
  
  
  
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  Tatortot Casserole
  
  
  
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  Sausage Pasta Bake
  
  
  
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  Baked Pork Chops
  
  
  
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  Leftovers
  
  
  

{Taquitos}

The other night I decided to try and make taquitos by myself....I used to buy them in the store, but it just got too expensive....The Mr can eat a whole BIG box of those things to himself.  Well this is another of those mexican type meals that our kids don't REALLY like, but I've noticed as they are getting older that they are trying more and more....especially like Mr E....he eats these now, and Mr A ate a couple of them....so not too bad.  lol
I love the site http://www.allrecipies.com/ when I'm looking for new things for make for dinner.  So I looked on there but there was only one recipie for taquitos, and it was for chicken and The Mr likes beef ones.  lol  So go figure I just kinda winged it.  lol  I made a beef mixture....ground beef with a little minced onion, little taco seasoning, cumin, and some salsa.....made sure it was all tiny since I was putting it into the small corn tortillas.  Then I heated the corn tortillas in the micro for 15 secs just for they wouldn't break when I rolled them....so I took my small scoop and pput two scoops of meat onto the tortilla, rolled it up, held it together with two kabob sticks (cuz that's what I had onhand lol) and stuck them into some hot vegtable oil to fry.  The kabob sticks actually worked out nicely because they are long and it was easy to handle them with the hot oil, and then I turned them around to cook all sides....removed them and let them drain on some papertowels.  I also made some refried beans, some rice (my fake mexican rice with salsa) and a salad on the side.  It was really nice.  The Mr's and my plate looked like it came from a mexican resturant!  :-D  I only took on bite of one of the taquitos because of my stomach....it was really good, but I didn't want to push it.  :-D
Just wanted to share!  :-D

{Monday's Menu Nov 2nd-8th}

I'm not going to assign a day to any of the meals because that's not actually how I do my meal planning.....I set up meals for the week, and I make sure I have on hand what I need to make these meals, and then each morning I pick which meal would work best for us or simply which one sounds good lol that morning.
So here goes for this week!  :-D

• Chicken Enchiladas
• Italian Sausage Speghetti
• Chichen Noodle Soup
• Taquitos
• SlowCooker Roast
• Sloppy Joes (made with leftover roast)
• Leftovers

PS-Someday I'll figure out how to do the whole Mr. Linky thing and link this to the Menu Plan Monday over at http://www.orgjunkie.com/ !  lol  :-D

{White Chili}

White Chili

• 3-4 Chicken Breasts
• 1 cup Chicken Broth
• 2 Cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 2 Cans White Navy Beans (don't drain)
• 2 Cans Corn ( don't drain)
• 1 Pound Velveeta Cheese (cubed)
• 1 Can Rio-Tel Diced Tomatoes w/green chilies (don't drain)
• 1 Medium Onion, chopped

Boil chicken breasts until done (45 min). Reserve 1 cup of the chicken broth. Shred chicken and add broth to a 5-quart crock pot. Add all other ingredients to the crock pot (it will fill the pot) and cook on high for about 3-4 hours. Stir when needed.

*I really tend to use leftover chicken for this meal....or even leftover pork (like a pork roast).....if not, I would pouch the chicken which is just a fancy word for boiling it with seasonings lol.....like salt & pepper to start nothing fancy if ya don't want to and I usually use canned chicken broth lol to boil the chicken in lol and put that in with the chili.  I also drain all the canned things in the recipe....I like a thicker chili.....so this is something that you just have to know about yourself and play with.  :-D
Have fun & Happy Cooking!!!!  :-D

{*Edit to Menu Plan*}

* I wanted to make an edit to our menu plan.  We were completely blessed yesterday.  I'm getting teary eyed just thinking about this as I'm typing.  My friend called me yesterday.....and not that we haven't talked or anything.....we just haven't been able to make our schedules work lately.....you know how life gets sometimes......so she calls me kinda out of the blue.....and asks me if we could use some ground beef!!!  I said "You have NO idea!" So she comes over with THREE groceries bags FULL of all sorts of different meats!  I couldn't believe how blessed we were!!!  It really was such a blessing in such a stressful time!
Thank you Lord, and Thank you Tiffannie!!!  :-D 
So we will be able to make a few changes to our menu planning!  Not quite so much chicken....not that we don't like chicken!  lol  :-D

{Monday's Menu October 19th-30th}

Yay! Two weeks in a row! lol :-D
It's going to be a rough couple of weeks for us. So I'm making these next two weeks meals from things that we already have on hand and in our pantry. It will be a stretch this time, but I'm sure I can do it. So, I'm going to put up my meal ideas that I have for the next two weeks.

• homemade chicken nuggets and homemade french fries (I made this tonight for dinner and it was a HUGE hit with my family!)
• pancakes
• chicken parmasean
• pasta bake with bratwurst
• tuna casserole
• bbq chicken legs
• spilt pea soup
• hot dogs
• chicken tortilla soup
• roasted chicken
• chicken & stuffing casserole
• crispy oven-roasted rosemary chicken with sausage & potatoes

I did a lot of roaming on http://www.allrecipies.com/ and will be trying some new recipes from there with the ingredients that I have. If we like them I'll share them. lol There's some recipes that I've been wanting to share that I have misplaced.....So as soon as I find those I'll get them on here. :-D

{Monday's Menu for October 13th}

I know it's been a long time since I've done this, but I really do want to get into the habit of doing it again.....so here I am giving it a go again. lol It's a pretty busy week for us so it's a pretty easy food week. :-) Here it is! :-)


Monday: Oma's for Dinner

Tuesday: Hubby cooking Dinner

Wednesady: PorkChops & Rice

Thursday: Some Kind of Chicken

Friday: Grilled Cheese Sandwhiches & Tomato Soup

Saturday: HotDogs (Ashton's BDay Party)

Sunday: Something in the SlowCooker