Meal Plan Monday #5

My plan is to be home all week working on my office/studio. Currently it is just not working for me, so I need a new perspective. I plan to clean it up, flip flop the furniture from one side of the room to the other, to see if finally, FINALLY, it appeals. That’s the plan. We’ll see. 

Because I plan to be home all week, I will be doing some cooking. On the days that I do cook, I’ll be trying new recipes from my new favorite cookbook (review coming), The Southern Living Party Cookbook. Here’s the plan:

Sunday — Crustless Quiche, Green Salad, Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies (To enjoy all week, naturally)

Monday — Chicken Salad in Pastry Shells, fruit

 
Tuesday — Charcuterie appetizer, Cobb Salad

Wednesday — Fried Pork Chops, Rice pilaf, Broccoli

Thursday — Pecan Chicken Tenders, crudités, apple dumpling

Friday — Something from the freezer

Saturday — Pancakes and Bacon

Breakfast for dinner is a long-time favorite. How about you? Do you enjoy breakfast for dinner? What do you serve?

This week’s place setting. To see more of this table, click here.

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Meal Plan Monday Week #4

It’s the end of the year, I am tired of cooking, and I really need to clean out the freezer, so I have deemed this to be “Eat Out of the Freezer Week.” That doesn’t mean I won’t be making a dish or two, but not many. 

Here is what I’m planning.

Sunday — Smoked Gouda Bean with Bacon Soup

Monday — Order empanadas from new Argentinean recipe restaurant using my $10 off GrubHub coupon. Woo hoo!

Tuesday — Spicy Mustard Ham Salad, finishing up the holiday ham.

Wednesday — Fish & Chips (Note: make tartar sauce)

Thursday — Pasta e Fagioli and Everything Rolls

Friday — Millie’s Meatballs, Salad

Saturday — Pizza

Are you taking a culinary break? Let me know what’s going on in your kitchen.

Here is my place setting of the week; you can see more of this table here.

 Happy New Year!

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Meal Plan Monday Week #3

Do I have a meal plan for this very busy week? Yes I do! This morning, as you’re reading this, I am on my way over to do my dad's taking a sizable brunch. The rest of the week may involve ordering in (I just downloaded the Grubhub app and received a $10 off coupon on my first order of $15, so hooray for that), eating leftovers, and pretty much taking it easy. Still, I have a plan. 

Here is what I’m eating this week.

Monday - Brunch at Dad’s: Ham, Cheese Peta, Blueberry French Toast, Eggsquisite Egg Casserole, French Country Potato Bake

Tuesday - Open-Faced Ham Sandwiches (using leftover ham)

Wednesday - Number 1 son and family deliver food to their old mom

Thursday - Dinner out with friends

Friday - Split Pea Soup using ham bone from above

Saturday - Creamy Beef and Shells

Sunday - Frito Pie Casserole

Here is my place setting of the week. To see more of this table, click here.

 Merry Christmas Eve!

Meal Plan Monday Week #2

​I am as pleased as punch* at how well I was able to stick to my meal plan last week. I tend to over buy food, finding recipe after recipe that I want to try, and then when push comes to shove, I think to myself, “I’m too tired to cook, I’ll just thaw something.” So, my hope is that this not only benefits me in my continuing effort to reign in the food funds and get organized, but also helps you in planning your weekly meals.

Here is what I’m eating this week.

Monday - Lunch out with friends

Tuesday - Mexican Cobb Salad and Corn Bread 

Wednesday - Coca-Cola Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, roasted broccoli

Thursday - Stroll Historic Main Street and Lunch Out

Friday - Meat Loaf sandwiches (Using leftovers from Wednesday), cup of soup

Saturday - Oriental Beef Casserole (share with dad)

Sunday - Spaghetti and Meatballs (share with dad)

Are you cooking this week, or eating on the run? I am ALWAYS looking for ideas!

My place setting of the week. To see more of this table, click here.

* “As pleased as Punch” derives from the puppet character Mr. Punch. Punch's name itself derives from Polichinello, a puppet used in 16^th-century Italian comedy.

Meal Plan Monday

​Fellow blogger, Gina, of The Cannary Family blog has long done something that I admire, and that is to make a meal plan each week. Because I’m nosy and always looking for ideas, every Monday I pop over to see what she’ll be fixing for the week. Week after week I tell myself that I’m going to do the same, but generally I’m too scattered to plan that far ahead. Well, not this week. This week I decided to, for once, be organized and plan a week of meals. So, my friends, here is what I’m having. (Click on the highlighted name to get the recipe.)

Monday - Creamy Ham Towers (Dad has had a craving, so he inspired this), Parmesan Roasted Broccoli

Tuesday - Pizza night with the grandkids

Wednesday - Ham Steak with Red-Eye Gravy (Using leftover ham from Monday), mashed potatoes, green beans

Thursday - Neighborhood Christmas Luncheon, day off!

Friday - Roast Chicken, Autumn Rice Pilaf (because, technically, it’s not winter yet), Roasted Carrots

Saturday - Prosperity Sandwich (Another idea from dad when he mentioned how my mother used to make the recipe from the old St. Louis Mayfair Hotel,) Cup of Soup (from my freezer stash)

Sunday - Taco Casserole (because I’m feeling spicy)

What are you all having this week? I am ALWAYS looking for ideas! By the way, I am asking Santa for one of these.

My place setting of the week. To see more of this table, click here.

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