This week is a happy one for me! We are finally packing (again) and getting ready to move this weekend into our house!!! Life will be getting back to normal! It is also sadly the last week of school at the preschool where I work. I will miss the kids through out the summer, but am soooooo happy to have the time off and the time to spend with my kids. I love summer time. I LOVE having my kids home.
Monday – It is my birthday and so I get to have whatever I *want*. NOT! Actually we are having ham and cheese on croissants, fruit and chips while watching little league baseball. Pretty much a perfect evening if you ask me! I think I am going to make PW’s Milky Way Cake.
Tuesday – I am sticking a pork loin in the crock pot for pulled pork sandwiches. Got the pork loin from Kroger last month for REALLY cheap and froze a bunch of them, plus we have the coupon for Sweet Baby Rays that came in the RP this weekend.
Wednesday – Mini Meatball Sandwiches These are a serious crowd favorite here! I cheat and use pre-made meatballs frozen from the store if I am in a hurry!
Thursday – Turkey Burgers. This is a recipe that we like, my kids don’t mind turkey at all. Also the buns featured are the only kind that we have used in the past year, even my husband likes then. Try it out!
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!
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Thanks for the recipe, i’m going to try making the pizza dough Friday Night.
Tiffany – there are much better mexican restaurants in The Woods than Rico’s. I am a born and raised Woodlandite. 🙂
Oh believe me we have been to them all! I really do like Rico’s followed by Los Cucos. Which ones do you like?!
I like Los Cusos the best.
My family likes Chuys
Los Cucos is probably my favorite. Sorry but Rico’s is my least fav.
There are so many to chose from..we have taken a liken to Mamma Juanitas lately
I am out of town for 2 weeks in MO and it really makes me realize how many really good Mexican food choices that we have there. Havent’ found any good mexican food here.
The low sugar, low carb thing is actually relatively easy…when it is just you :). The hard thing is to avoid “artificial sweeteners”. The good sweeteners include truvia (frequently has a Q) and Sobe life water light sweetened with erythritol which is part of the mega event at our Kroger store. Good luck, I am rootin’ for ya!
Do you substitute something for the wine in the chicken marsala? I’d love to have an alcohol free home version of this dish. Thanks!
We have enjoyed Mario’s on Rayford! Great service and the food is good too! It is close to home for us!
Tiffany, I loved your comments last week about your kids wanting homemade pizza every Friday. I started making homemade pizza two years ago and we have it EVERY Friday too! I TRY to switch it up but my kids start a riot if we don’t have homemade pizza on Friday. It makes our menu planning a little easier! 🙂
Of all the Mexican restaurants here Los Cucos is my least favorite. Mi Rancho is our favorite but it’s all the way down 2920.
I’m sure the candy I sent home with your cute kid on Mothers Day didn’t help with your goal. haha 🙂
Ramsey,
the kids were so excited. They said you rock!
You can send it home with me next time!
Girl, you are preaching to the choir about the sugar and carbs. I could live on cinnamon rolls and chocolate! Another problem is I like EVERYTHING. There are only about 3 things I won’t eat – liver, oysters and …well, maybe just two!
Such a good, tasty, easy recipe. Just me and my husband and we can easily eat two bowls in one meal!
Turkey Chili Taco Soup
Gina’s Weight Watcher Recipes
1.3 lbs 99% lean ground turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
10 oz can rotel tomatoes with green chilies
15 oz canned or frozen corn, drained (optional)
15 oz kidney beans, drained
8 oz tomato sauce
16 oz fat free refried beans (I use 1 can pinto beans)
1 packet taco seasoning (you can use 40& less sodium)
also use 1 packet ranch dressing/mix
2 1/2 cups fat free low sodium chicken broth
In a large pot, brown turkey on medium heat, breaking up with a wooden spoon as it cooks. When cooked through, add onions and pepper and cook 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes, corn, beans, tomato sauce, refried beans, taco seasoning/ranch seasoning and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and simmer about 10-15 minutes.
Serve with a few baked tortilla chips or on top of rice and cornbread and your favorite toppings such as low fat sour cream, jalapeños, reduced fat cheese, chopped scallions, onions, or chopped fresh cilantro. Freeze leftovers in individual portions for future meals
Thanks so much for posting your weekly menus! It is so helpful to have great ideas. I made your tortilla soup recipe last week, and my family loved it!
Besides being a couponer and homeschooling mom I am also a weight loss coach. Not too many programs pass my inspection, but I recently read the Carb Lovers Diet and it makes the list! It’s different than most diet programs and gives you a whole list of carbs that are good for you. You should try it out. If you lose weight with carbs, this might be just the thing to help you lose what you want to lose.
Wow, thank you Heidi! I will check it out!
Tiffany thanks for the homemade pizza recipe. I love making homemade pizza but hadn’t found a dough that made a crust that was really good but the whole family LOVED this recipe. Thanks again!
Hi Tiffany,
Thank you ever so much for posting your menus each week. It definitely helps to have new ideas. Will you please post your menu for this week (if you have the time with your crazy schedule 🙂 Thanks again.
Shannon
Happy Birthday! 🙂
so I cant find the coupon for the sweet baby rays bbq sauce but I WOULD LOVE to get my hands on a few of them. what was the coupon worth for this?
thanks,
Sarah
At the top of the site there is a link to the “coupon data base” …. type in baby ray and you should find it!
~ Happy Birthday!~