Menu Plan Monday

Hey y'all. . . . I had a bit of a stomach bug yesterday and so last night was chicken noodle soup!

Tuesday: Whole wheat pizza with basil, spinach, pesto, and feta.
Wednesday: Turkey tacos, fruit, crudite'
Thursday: Beef tenderloin, baked potatoes, grilled zucchini
Friday: Ham and cheese stromboli, salad
Saturday: block party cookout, brownies for dessert.
Sunday: Grilled chicken, pasta salad, sauteed zucchini

Menu Plan Monday: One Day Late (Again) Edition

Hey, I'm back!! It's Tuesday, soooo we're a day late around here, but here goes:

Monday: rice lasagna
Tuesday: brats, turkey hot dogs, fresh fruit
Wednesday: penne pasta with chicken, zucchini, and mushrooms in garlic butter sauce, homemade bread
Thursday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade bread
Friday: chicken lo mein
Saturday: pulled pork sandwiches, baked potatoes, salad
Sunday: Pizza!

Menu Plan Monday: August 24-29, 2009

Minimal kid week this week, and Baboo's birthday:

Monday: rice lasagna, salad
Tuesday: leftover rice lasagna, salad
Wednesday: grilled steak, baked potatoes, steamed broccoli
Thursday: Subway sandwiches
Friday: Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza with pepperoni, black olives, and mushrooms; Mike's Hard Lemonade; dessert TBD.
Saturday: Baked potato bar
Sunday: grilled chicken teriyaki, brown rice, stir fry veggies.

Menu Plan Monday

G'morning, y'all. It's a busy week full of kids and back to school activities. Plus, I have four hotel pans worth of cinnamon rolls to deliver to a work breakfast for the Baboo. We're doing a lot of grilling and crockpotting this week.

Monday: Breakfast (oatmeal pancakes, bacon, fruit)
Tuesday: grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches, fruit, crudite' (this is a fancy french word for cut up veggies) and dip
Wednesday: Grilled pork chops, potato packets, grilled zucchini
Thursday: Hot dogs, burgers, chips, and fruit.
Friday: Mojito lime chicken in whole wheat pitas with salad greens (dinner in a pocket!)
Saturday: Crockpot italian chicken, rice, broccoli
Sunday: pulled pork sandwiches, tortellini salad.

Menu Plan Monday

Again, few to no kids this week, so we keep it simple:

Monday: leftover spaghetti zucchini bake
Tuesday: nachos with leftover taco-flavored chicken, rice, beans, and white queso sauce
Wednesday: pulled pork sandwiches, potato packets, broccoli
Thursday: French Quarter Chicken pasta (zucchini, shrooms, and whole wheat pasta in a garlic butter sauce), salad
Friday: blessed silence, a glass of wine, and a book. plus, cambezola cheese, fruit, and crackers.
Saturday: maybe date night! or maybe meatballs at Ikea.
Sunday: Whatever the Baboo desires. This is usually homemade pizza with white sauce, basil, spinach, and feta cheese, but he can choose and I will cook.

Menu Plan Monday: Back in the Saddle Edition

Whew, what a week it was! Vacation Bible School is OVAH, and I should be back to my old tricks this week. I have kids all week this week and we have a number of appointments so our menu is simple and kid-friendly again.

Monday: grilled chicken, potato packets, broccoli
Tuesday: blender pancakes, bacon, watermelon
Wednesday: Grilled barbecue pork chops, potato packets, spinach salad
Thursday: Hot dogs/hamburgers, veggies with dip
Friday: Spaghetti zucchini bake, salad, garlic bread
Saturday: Crockpot chicken tacos, salad
Sunday: Creamy italian chicken, rice, broccoli

Menu Plan Monday and Tightwad Tip Tuesday: Vacation Bible School edition

Please forgive my delay in posting, but this week, I am teaching Bible verses to a gaggle of beautiful three, four, and five year olds. I'm a little cooked by the end of the day! Because of that my menus are simple and to the point this week.

Monday: fending for self, Baboo tailgating at Brewers game: popcorn with parmesan cheese
Tuesday: Date night!! A backpacking cooking seminar at REI, then probably Qdoba (if I can talk my sweet baboo into it)
Wednesday: Pork loin, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad
Thursday: Picnic at softball game (hot dogs, chips, apples, cookies)
Friday: Date night!! Very likely to be dinner at Il Mito, thanks to my very best friend in the whole world, who gave me a gift card and told me to let someone else cook for a change.
Saturday: Costco!! Pizza!!
Sunday: Whatever my sweet Baboo desires.

My tightwad tip for today: use a lot of peanut butter and jelly? Make sure to use a good old kitchen spatula to scrape the sides and bottom of the jar. You can usually get another sandwich worth's, or at least enough to smear on the back of a couple chocolate covered graham crackers. (go ahead, ask me how I know).

Menu Plan Monday

It's a relatively kid-free week here at Chez Oski, so Baboo and I are taking advantage of the sitch and resorting to the DINK standbys -- pizza, pasta, salad, and takeout. Oh, and ice cream.

Monday: it's just me, so . . . Trader Joe's green chile cheese tamales and way.too.many Pecan Sandies.

Tuesday:Date Night! Olive Garden, using a gift card we got from Baboo's aunt Bets for our anniversary. Plus a coupon. (Baboo said to me yesterday, "if we do it right, we could get two dates out of that card!!" sheesh, what a romantic.)

Wednesday:Spinach lasagna and garlic bread.

Thursday:Crockpot chicken tacos and fresh fruit.

Friday: Chinese takeout.

Saturday: Grilled chicken salads.

Sunday: White spinach feta pizza with whole wheat crust.