All right, ladies and gentlemen, many of you know I have a lifelong quest to be organized and know where everything is ... in some rooms I am doing pretty good. In a few rooms I am NOT! There is a challenge on one of my favorite blogs ... orgjunkie.com ... Coming up for the month of February that has me very excited to focus on just one room ... My Office/Scrap/Craft room. It is a horrible mess and the photos I just took make it look even worse! (Too embarassed to post them just yet!) It looks almost like a room shot from an episode of "Hoarders". It's bad, really bad. There is a little cluttered path to my computer and that is it. I really must get this room under control. FAST! So, wish me luck. I will be posting "before" pics as soon as I get the guts to show my mess. Then "after" pics very soon. Wish me luck!

Menu Plan Monday - 1/11/10

It feels good to be back to menu planning! I have my shopping list for today from this week's menu and off I go!

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What's up for the week of 1/11/10

Monday:
Fajitas with Flat iron Steak

Tuesday:
Chicken Fried Rice and Egg Drop Soup

Wednesday:
Spaghetti and Meatballs with bread

Thursday:
Chicken Enchiladas with homemade enchilada sauce

Friday:
Meatloaf made in the pressure cooker, mashed potatoes, corn

Saturday:
Crockpot Roast, potatoes, veggies

Sunday:
Baked Chicken Chimichangas

HOW WE DID LAST WEEK

Monday:
Breakfast for dinner - Made it, ate it.

Tuesday:
Fast Chicken Pot Pie - Made it, ate it.

Wednesday:
Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup - Made it, ate it.

Thursday:
Home Made Pizza - Made it, ate it.

Friday:
Eat out at new local bar and grill -Good!

Saturday:
Try something new day! (I'll be scouring the cookbooks and the recipe sites for something awesome!) - Went to Outback instead

Sunday:
Stuffed Chicken Rolls in the pressure cooker
- Miss Vicki's Page 236 - Still the plan! ;-)


Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Menu Plan Monday - 1/4/10

Whew! It has been a while! I started back to work and my routine fell apart! Talk about when you need menu planning the most! ACK! It was tough because it was Christmas, new job and busy all at once! But, we managed ... so this week, I actually had the menu plan, but just didn't get it up here. So, here it is! I am also working on this next week already! Go me! Happy New Year everyone!

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What's up for the week of 1/4/10

Monday:
Breakfast for dinner

Tuesday:
Fast Chicken Pot Pie

Wednesday:
Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Thursday:
Home Made Pizza

Friday:
Eat out at new local bar and grill

Saturday:
Try something new day! (I'll be scouring the cookbooks and the recipe sites for something awesome!)

Sunday:
Stuffed Chicken Rolls in the pressure cooker - Miss Vicki's Page 236


Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie

This is a recipe given to me by a friend. It makes for a very quick weeknight meal. It is one of my husband's very faves! The cool thing is, you can add more or less of anything according to your tastes or the number of people you have to feed and it always turns out great!

2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (cubed)
1 tbs. oil
poultry seasonings (I use Lawry's, Head Country)
1 slice minced onion (or use dehydrated onion)
1 package of country gravy mix (or make fresh gravy from butter flour and chicken bullion)
1 small package frozen mixed veggies (green beans, carrots, peas corn)
2 rolls refrigerator biscuits ( or frozen biscuits)

Preaheat oven and prepare biscuits for baking. In a skillet, stir fry chicken, seasonings and onion in oil. Meanwhile make gravy in a saucepan according to package directions (or from scratch). Also while chicken is cooking, heat up veggies in a little bit of water in the microwave then strain of water. Put rolls in the oven. Once the chicken is cooked through, add the gravy, and strained veggies. Stir to mix until hot. Split open or tear up biscuits and spoon over chicken/gravy/veggie mix.

Yum!

Menu Plan Monday - 11/30/09

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. It was a wonderful day spent with those we love the most. Brined the turkey this year. Used Alton Brown's recipe to the "T". Next year, we will brine but then go back to cooking it in the turkey bag too. I think it makes for a more evenly cooked turkey. Plus, that's the way my G-Ma used to do it! :-)

This is my last week of being a SAHM. I plan to make the most of it in getting ready for Christmas and getting the house cleaned and tasks completed. Gotta dig out my work clothes and polish up my shoes. I would also like to buy a couple of new outfits. Last week was way different than the plan, but the plan was a few days late anyway! LOL! So, here we are back on track with the Monday plan ...

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What's up for the week of 11/30/09

Monday:
Chicken Pot Pie - Carl's Fave

Tuesday: NEW!
Home Made Pizza

Wednesday:
Mom's Stew - Since it is my Mom's B-Day and she passed away in May, we have one bad of her stew left in the freezer. We are going to eat this in honor of her on her B-Day. Love and miss you Moma.

Thursday:
Eat Out

Friday:
Stuffed Chicken Rolls - Another of Carl's Faves

Saturday:
Potato Soup - Been wanting to make this since it has gotten colder

Sunday:
Chicken Fried Rice and Egg Drop Soup


HOW WE DID LAST WEEK of 11/23/09:

Monday:
PB&J - Yep

Tuesday:
Spaghetti - Yep

Wednesday:
Grown Ups - Late, late lunch at Chipotle. Kids ate later Raviolis and Spaghettios - Yep

Thursday:
TURKEY DAY! Turkey, dressing, relish tray, green bean casserole, corn casserole, broccoli casserole, salad, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, baked beans, cheeseball, pumpkin pie, white chocolate mochas and pumpkin spiced coffee. - Everything except the coffee!

Friday:
Leftovers! - Ate out. (Did have leftovers for lunch though)

Saturday:
Turkey n Noodles w/ Mashed potatoes - Made turkey enchiladas. They were OK.

Sunday:
Manwich and Velvetta mac n cheese.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Menu Plan Monday - 11/23/09

Better late than never!

This has been a busy, crazy week. Preparing for Thanksgiving and also trying to fit in as much as I can before I start back to work in a couple of weeks! We have mostly been easting leftovers and simple, quick meals. Mostly soft foods because my husband had that surgery on his teeth last Monday.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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What's up for the week of 11/23/09

Monday:
PB&J

Tuesday:: NEW!
Spaghetti

Wednesday:
Grown Ups - Late, late lunch at Chipotle. Kids ate later Raviolis and Spaghettios

Thursday:
TURKEY DAY! Turkey, dressing, relish tray, green bean casserole, corn casserole, broccoli casserole, salad, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, baked beans, cheeseball, pumpkin pie, white chocolate mochas and pumpkin spiced coffee.

Friday:
Leftovers!

Saturday:
Turkey n Noodles w/ Mashed potatoes

Sunday:
Chicken Enchiladas


HOW WE DID LAST WEEK of 11/9/09:

Monday:
Leftover Buffet - Leftover Buffet

Tuesday:: NEW!
Potato Soup (Recycled from last week) DH is having surgery on his teeth so we need to have soft foods for a while ... - Mac n cheese, cottage cheese

Wednesday:
Chicken Noodles and mashed potatoes - Egg salad sandwiches, raviolis, cottage cheese

Thursday:
Meatloaf -Tomato soup Mac n cheese

Friday:
Chicken Enchiladas - Ate out

Saturday:
Eat Out - Ate Out

Sunday:
Spaghetti and Meatballs - Leftovers


Have a great week everyone!

Menu Plan Monday - 11/16/09

Isn't that a pretty icon for Thanksgiving?!

We just finished up a very busy birthday week and this week will prove to be just as busy as we get started preparing for next week's Thanksgiving Holiday. WE plan to have it at our house with close family and lots of food. It will be my first without my Mom here. That will be hard, but I know she is peeking in on me and helping me! We are going to have baked beans in her honor. She always wanted baked beand on Thanksgiving. (Even though I thought that was weird!)

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What's up for the week of 11/16/09

Monday:
Leftover Buffet

Tuesday:: NEW!
Potato Soup (Recycled from last week) DH is having surgery on his teeth so we need to have soft foods for a while ...

Wednesday:
Chicken Noodles and mashed potatoes

Thursday:
Meatloaf

Friday:
Chicken Enchiladas

Saturday:
Eat Out

Sunday:
Spaghetti and Meatballs


HOW WE DID LAST WEEK of 11/9/09:

Monday: NEW!
Baked Terikyaki Chicken (I may try this in the crock pot) - ATE ON WEDNESDAY - Tasted good but crockpot texture was icky. May save to try in the oven ... maybe not ... Monday we ate out.

Tuesday:
Roast in the crockpot w/ potatoes, carrots, rolls (Recycled from last week) - DH brought home pizza. OK! Not gonna argue with that! ;-)

Wednesday:
Out to eat, Birthday Girl's choice! - She chose Outback Steakhouse! YUM!

Thursday:
Potato Soup (Recycled from last week) - See Monday above ...

Friday:
Pepper Steak - Friends Birthday Party - Made it, took it, got lots of recipe requests and compliments!

Saturday:
Pizza Party for Birthday sleepover - Pizza, pizza, pizza!

Sunday:
KC Strip, Velveeta Mac n cheese, fried potatoes, veggie (Recycled from last week) Forgot that we were having people over when I made the menu. We actually planned to have a cheesburger/hot dog cookout this day. We did and it was good!


Have a great week everyone!