Weekly Menu, April 17

It has been crazy around here. I keep waiting for it to calm down, but I'm sure that's just wishful thinking. It feels like someone has been sick here all year, or at least since October. It's never the same thing, or the same person, but our schedule keeps getting mixed up.  I am also still learning about all the activities that come with a school-age child. Spring carnivals and special peoples days, field trips and class parties. Stuff is always going on, which is a lot of fun, but can be super tiring to keep up with. I hope I get better at all this.

I'm not complaining, I promise. We are having so much fun with school and all the awesome learning and exploring that comes with it. I'm just trying to get the hang of it all. Last week, the menu went alright, but I definitely had to make adjustments along the way. I don't make lasagna often, and I wasn't happy with the recipe I tried this time.

Also, I didn't get to make stew meat with scalloped potatoes. It's one of my hubby's fave meals and he was down for the count with something so we postponed it for this week. Yeah for mac'n'cheese and homemade fish sticks! I also found a new biscuit recipe I'm pretty happy with. I'm hoping to get that posted here soon.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Sunday	biscuit sandwiches	cheese and crackers fruit cups goldfish	steak mashed potatoes green beans
Monday	oatmeal raisins	PBN crackers strawberries goldfish	pizza: alfredo, bbq, meat salad
Tuesday	waffles strawberries	cheese crackers grapes carrot sticks	chicken lazone (pin) angel hair pasta broccoli
Wednesday	cinnamon toast sausage links	PBJ sandwich apple slices chips	stew meat scalloped potatoes carrots
Thursday	pancakes eggs	CC & jam bagel graham sticks yogurt	The County Fair
Friday	biscuits & jam blueberries	PB-banana sandwich goldfish applesauce	Date Night
Saturday	breakfast burritos	turkey wraps peaches goldfish	BBQ meatballs rice broccoli

So, here's to another week of life...cooking, cleaning, and maybe if I'm really lucky a little quilting on the side. I have been working on some batik stars here and there and I'm hoping to get them laid out soon. We'll see how it all "pans" out. Ha Ha! Have a great week!

Weekly Menu 4-10

I was hoping to finish a quilt this week; I have one that is soooo close. Unfortunately I'm still trying to catch up around the house from having spring breaks. Maybe this week? I'm hopin'!! Until then, I have gotten the menu put together for next week.

I did not do a very good job at sticking to the menu last week, but I did have alternates other than eating out so I guess that's a win. Unexpected things popped up and my sister was visiting, which made me alter some of my choices. I have also been exhausted the last few days (really hoping I'm not getting sick; yuck) so I have been trying to rest a bit.

I did try the zucchini muffins I was interested in, but I was disappointed. They were way too sugary! I will need to keep working on that, and I got another idea in the meantime...sweet potato. I will play with those a bit and see what I can come up with.

Meanwhile, here's this week's menu. There are some repeats like the frozen pasta and the teriyaki skewers. I still want to try those things and they didn't make it last week.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Sunday	donuts eggs	cheese and crackers grapes	spaghetti meatballs broccoli garlic bread
Monday	pancakes blueberries sausage patty	PBJ chips applesauce	frozen pasta meal corn corn muffins
Tuesday	banana muffins	Strawberry & CC bagel strawberries yogurt	teriyaki skewers (pin) rice broccoli
Wednesday	egg biscuit sandwiches	PBN crackers peaches goldfish	lasagna (crockpot or oven) green beans garlic bread
Thursday	roll-up pancakes strawberries	ham & CC roll ups chips apple slices	hamburger baked beans salad
Friday	egg, sausage, potato b-fast burritos	PBJ pizza goldfish orange slices	Date Night
Saturday	biscuits & jam HB egg	hot dog grapes baked beans	stew meat scalloped potatoes green beans

Cheers! Have a fun cooking week!

Weekly Menu, April 3

Last week went pretty well. I really wanted to try the zucchini muffins, but time got away from me and I didn't do it. I am hoping this week they'll make it. We'll see. It looks like this week is shaping up to be a lot like last week, so I'm going to try.

I am throwing another experiment in there. Teriyaki beef skewers from pinterest. They look interesting. The more I do grilling stuff, the more I think I need a gas grill. We have charcoal, and I am never motivated to warm it up so I end up cooking on the kitchen griddle. That would be all good except that it makes a huge mess! It's no fun to clean up. Maybe this is the summer it will happen...we'll see.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Sunday	pancakes strawberries	Nutella and crackers puffy goldfish apple slices	BBQ ribs potato salad cherry pie
Monday	pancakes eggs	PBN sandwich strawberries graham crackers	leftover night          - pizza          - spag-meatballs salad
Tuesday	banana muffins sausage	CC & strawberry bagel yogurt graham sticks	crispy chicken mashed potatoes corn
Wednesday	biscuits eggs strawberries	PBJ sandwich chips fruit cup	teriyaki beef skewers (pinterest) rice broccoli
Thursday	zucchini muffins	ham-cheese sandwich goldfish apple slices	frozen pasta casserole green beans
Friday	oatmeal	cheese crackers carrots chips	bbq pizza, white cheese pizza salad
Saturday	roll-up pancakes bacon	grilled cheese chips strawberries	burgers baked beans broccoli casserole

Tuesday is no longer our late night, so I am going to take a break from the crockpot this week. I definitely plan to use it again in the near future. Hope I give you some inspiration for the week. Here's to it!