This week I am glad to be home and eating with the family again! As fun as it is to eat out, the kids, my husband and even me, love a homemade meal. I am making a few new sides today for dinner, that I will post later today or in the week.

On Wednesday I will be on the Rachel Ray show, so we will make for dinner what she cooked that day!

Sunday – Hamburgers on the grill, Cherry pie filling fruit salad, corn dip.

Monday – I need to use up all the chicken and cream cheese I have so I am making Chicken Lasagna.

Tuesday – Slow cooker Pork Chops. I have a bunch frozen and need to use them up. I also work during the week and love to use slow cooker recipes.

Wednesday – Catch me on Rachel Ray! I am going to make her recipe from that day. Cincinnati Sliders!

Thursday – We have softball games tonight so I will bring the makings for sub sandwiches and a bag of chips to the game for the kids make a sub.

Friday – Homemade Pizza! We have pizza on Fridays, I always make it homemade and use ingredients in the fridge. This is the easiest and best homemade pizza dough recipes I have ever used. I can get it made and in the oven quicker than ordering it out. It is BETTER and cheaper homemade!

What are you having this week?

This week, I have a few nights to actually cook a meal. We like eating at home much better than eating out.

Monday – Chicken Lasagna, I posted about this deal HERE and the recipe.

Tuesday – Corn Chowder. This is a recipe from The Pioneer Woman and how can you go wrong with that?!

Wednesday – Chicken is $1.99 a pound at Randalls, I plan on picking some up tomorrow so I am thinking maybe Chicken Tacos or Fajitas.

Thursday – I have a bunch or frozen meals that we need to use up. Along with a bunch of Texas toast, so I think it is going to be a frozen dinner buffet tonight!

Friday – Pizza Night!

What are you having this week?!

Technology is truly an amazing thing. I had the most amazing last few days with my most favorite people on the planet ( my family :)) and with the kids asleep in the car heading back home, I am able to blog from the front seat of my suburban while my husband drives. Now i just need to keep from getting car sick!

I have a feeling I will be doing a lot of laundry this week and recovering so I am keeping it light. Plus, Paul reviews the recipes in the All You magazine so he has dinner a few times this week. Yea!

Monday: Harvest Soup. Easy and I have everything already.

Tuesday: Orange and Balsamic Chicken Breasts, from March All You magazine.

Wednesday: Something easy, we have a ton of stuff on Wednesday’s… I think we will have Egg Salad sandwiches and fruit salad.

Thursday: Fish Tacos. I like to use mild fish like tilapia and corn tortillas. I bake the fish until done and add shredded cabbage, tomatoes and a little salsa.

Friday: Pizza! Friday tradition. If you have not tried my pizza dough recipe it is really good, if I do say so myself!

It has been a long time since I have posted my weekly menu plan, I honestly miss doing it because I can’t tell you how much I love to cook. Well, all you have to do is look at me and you can see that I like to eat!

This is a feature that I am bringing back, and hope that you will post your ideas as well, either in the comments or eventually as a link when I add that feature.

Some of my older recipes when they got moved over to WP from blogger, the pictures did not move over correctly. You will notice that they are HUGE and don’t fit. I have to go in and re-size EVERY picture. I have been working my way through them but it is taking me forever…. I need a computer smart teenager for a day to help me!

** Also, it is our spring break so we have a lot of extra things going on, dinners will be not the normal this week!

This is my plan:

Saturday: I am sooooo excited for today! The mens group at the church where I work, were smoking some meat all night, they tossed in for me 2 pork loins and a rack of ribs! They cooked all night and I have to pick them up in a little bit. So, that is what we will be snacking on all day and night! With the left over pork I am making sandwiches for lunch tomorrow.

Sunday: Today is Paul’s birthday… he still has not decided what he wants for dinner! For sure we will be having his FAVORITE cake for dessert. Better than — Cake.

Monday: Paul and I have a date tonight so the kids will be at the sitters, I plan on sending dinner with them. I have a frozen lasagna and Texas toast.

Tuesday: Boneless Pork Chops ($2.99 at Kroger this week) and 7up Biscuits. I am going to try a new recipe for the pork chops, my husband does not like sweet main dishes, but we giving this one a try, Apricot Pork Chops.

Wednesday: Chicken Drumsticks ($.99lb. at Kroger also) the kids LOVE these! I actually made these for the kids at my preschool for Thanksgiving lunch, EVERY child ate them up… some of our little 2 year olds ate 3! All you do is place all your drumsticks on a grill pan, coat them liberally with Lowery’s and broil until they are cooked and brown. My husband does them on the grill the same way. For a side dish while you can still get them Acorn Squash.

The rest of the week we will be gone to Sea World! I am mostly excited about eating on the River Walk in San Antonio. If you have not been, they have the BEST restaurants!

I am telling you, spring sports season always kills us on meal plans. Especially because we have had so much rain, the kids games and practices have been rescheduled so many times and at the last minute that we are all over the place at dinner time. I think we have had sandwiches more this spring than the entire rest of the year combined!

Friday I made a HUGE batch of homemade granola and threw in everything but the kitchen sink as far as freeze dried fruits and nuts. I have been eating that almost 2-3 times a day since. It is so easy to make and so good! You can see the recipe HERE. I more than tripled it.

Monday Dinner:
Pork Chops, salad and fruit.

Tuesday Dinner: (girls have games… boys have scouts)
Something quick, I am thinking Harvest soup with Rhodes rolls.

Wednesday: (again, baseball and softball)
Taco TVP’s (husband’s speciality) and fruit.

Thursday Dinner: (son headed out for scout camping, girls games)
Pizza, I am switching, we usually have it on Friday’s but it’s my sons favorite and he won’t be here Friday! Also, I am craving fruit like a mad woman so I am sure we will have a fruit salad also!

Friday Dinner: 
I am going to see what you guys are having and go from there!

What are you having this week?

I have completely failed at my menu plans for 2 weeks! As a result, we have eaten out more times than we should have. Honestly, it makes a huge difference if I plan what we will be having. First, I take a look at what we have in the fridge that has to be eaten up, then I move to the freezer and finally to the pantry for what just plain sounds good. I also take into account what is on sale at the store that I know I will have a chance to pick up. I don’t plan for lunches or breakfast anymore. I pack all the kids lunch and breakfast lately is cold cereal or bagels with cream cheese. Easy.

What are your plans for dinner this week?

This time of year has snuck up on me once again! I know for all you further north and those under 2 feet of snow don’t start your spring sports for a few more months. Here in the “south” we have already had our drafts and start baseball/softball practices this week. This means for me, my life changes for the next 4 1/2 months. With 3 kids playing baseball/softball, one in soccer and another in ballet, I have no life. 
Dinner really suffers! I have to be realistic! Many meals are “lunches” that I pack and we eat at whatever park for practice we happen to be at. I try my hardest to avoid fast food for the price and just how unhealthy it is.
But, to be honest I love this time of year. I love being outside every night and coming home wore out from the fresh air, I love my kids getting filthy dirty in the sand and clay of the fields, and I love the “lighter” dinners that we eat.

Monday:
Dinner ~ Leftovers from the superbowl! We have sandwiches, guacamole, crackers and cheese, etc.

Tuesday:
Dinner ~ Grilled Chicken with Salad, no recipe, just as easy as it sounds.

Wednesday:
Dinner ~ I can’t believe I am going to admit this! Hamburger Helper… does anyone else’s kids LOVE this as much as mine??

Thursday:
Dinner ~ Harvest Soup. My grandma’s recipe. I will post it on Wednesday.

Friday:
Dinner ~ Pizza. 

What are you having??

Last week’s plan went really well. I found that my husband even looked to see what was on the plan and got dinner started one night. Brilliant! Anything in blue is a link to the recipe.

Monday:
Dinner: Hamburgers found pre-made patties at Kroger for a steal!

Tuesday:
Dinner: Tuesday nights are crazy for us, so I think I am going to have Breakfast for Dinner! Either Banana Pancakes or Cream of Wheat with toast and fruit. Either way the kids will love it!

Wednesday:
Dinner: My cheapest meal ever only $.58 a person! Kroger mega event leftovers! Chili and salad!

Thursday:
Dinner: Pan Fried pork chops and asparagus. I have to use the chops up in the freezer, now I justhave to remember to pull them out!

Friday:
Dinner: Pizza of course! Unless I find a great deal on something I can’t pass up!

What are you having??

I personally find that if I have at least some kind of plan for dinner during the week…
#1 We eat out less
#2 Makes shopping easier
#3 I can recruit more help 🙂

Monday:
Stuff!
Dinner: I have left over large baked potatoes from the baked potatoe bar we had on Saturday so I am going to fry them up with sausage and my kids FAVORITE meal called “stuff”!
Recipe HERE.

Tuesday:
Roast in Crock Pot
Dinner: We have scouts tonight so we have to eat early, my husband has been dying for something in the crock pot so I am going to pull out a frozen roast I have from Kroger’s sale last week. I am going to pull a recipe off allrecipes.com

Wednesday:
Taco Salad
I have a meeting so I will be gone for dinner, this means the husbands and kids favorite, Taco Salad!
Recipe HERE

Thursday:
Left Over Soup!
I will make soup with the left over roast. I use this Turkey soup recipe and add left over roast. It is actually really good! I am also going to make homemade rolls.
Recipe HERE for soup
Recipe HERE for rolls

Friday:
Homemade Pizza
This is a staple on either Friday or Saturday night! My husband and I are amazing pizza makers, just ask us:) I can’t believe Ihave never posted our dough recipe…. I will do that this Friday!

Weekend meals will depend on what I find at the grocery store on sale this week 🙂

What are you having??