Epic Fail

So, Menu Plan Monday, has gone down the drain yet again.  I really should do it since I am cooking out of the pantry, but I have discovered the fine art and even more finely tuned science of the defrosting of frozen meats in the microwave.  Besides, I'd rather play with my babies.

Speaking of babies, Capitol Baby #3 is a GIRL!  We are expecting her around Halloween...let's just not go as late as November 11th at 11:11 am just so we can win some stupid contest LOL

Menu Plan Monday

Apparently, a little over a year ago I was menu planning for MPM and was in labor with my now one-year old Capitol Babies.  SHK...Go figure?  Hoping to get back into the swing of things and do some pantry cooking over here in our nation's capital.  Who knows how it'll go....we'll see around Halloween when Capitol Baby #3 is due to arrive LOL

Monday, 2 May 2011

• Spaghetti & Meatballs
• Meatballs are a "maybe I'll reveal the secret family recipe" later
• Sauce is a recipe from the original Biggest Loser Cookbook called "Superior Spaghetti Sauce"
• Garlic Bread
• Just use whatever rolls or bread you have on-hand.  We are using leftover homemade hamburger buns from a recipe I found on Food.com I believe.  Have to double check and will post the recipe when I do my series on homebaked breads.
• We mix margarine and some Tbsps of Tastefully Simple's Garlic Garlic & Onion Onion spices...usually like 1/3-1/2 cup of tub margarine & a 2:1 ratio of the Garlic to Onion seasonings and then bake til the bread is crispy

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

• Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas
• Minute Brown Rice (cause we have like 10 tons of it to use....the beauty of being a military family: when neighbors and friends PCS move, you're usually gifted with pantry leftovers that can't be packed :D

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

• Sweet & Sour Chicken (a combo of two recipes from Betty Crocker's Chinese Cookbook)
• Oven Baked Brown Rice (a friend gave me this recipe...it's super simple, but I will have to post it later since mommy-brain is making my brain into mush right now)
• Broccoli Florets

Thursday, 5 May 2011

• Busy-Day Cheesy Chicken (from some Gooseberry Patch cookbook...today is an appt with the good ole OB for CB #3 so I will prolly very lazily throw in a couple cups of frozen broccoli so I have nothing to cook when I make it off the Beltway)
• Leftover Rice from last night

Friday, 6 May 2011

• Vegetarian Chowder (oh yes to using the million pounds of dried beans I love to buy but don't know how to use.  WIC in our county is really great with education on nutrition and gives out lots of nifty things at your appointments and their events.  I got this recipe from a bean cookbook they gave out during a fair at our family readiness center on our base.)
• French Sandwich Bread

Saturday, 7 May 2011

• Grilled Chicken Breast (consisting of fileted b/s chicken breast then seasoned to taste on each side with Tastefully Simple's Garlic Garlic and Seasoned Salt.....no I am not a consultant for them)
• Creamy Scalloped Potatoes (another Betty Crocker masterpiece.....go get the 1969 version of the BC Cookbook...it rocks and teaches you some great techniques)
• Carrots

Sunday, 8 May 2011

• Chicken Breasts Diane
• Leftover Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
• Mixed Veggies

I plan on making two 'snacks/desserts' for the week as well.  One is "Pinto Bean Applesauce Raisin Cookies" (from that bean cookbook I was telling you about) and "Custard Pie" (from the Household Searchlight Recipe Book from the late '30s....and mostly making this because I have a ton of milk that I need to use and the recipe for the crust for tonight's Chicken Pot Pie made more like 3 crusts, not they typical 2 LOL).

I'll post Bubba and the babies' reviews throught the week or on next MPM.

Ciao for now!

<3 M

Menu Plan Monday! Week of 19 April 2010

No snarky comments or links (for now; I will update with those lata peeps :)

Monday, 19 April

• Texas Chili with Beans
• French Sandwich Bread

Tuesday, 20 April

• Baked Ziti Supreme
• Garlic Toast

Wednesday, 21 April

• Bacon, Egg & Cheese McMuffins (of no connection to Mickey D's)
• Hashbrowns

Thursday, 22 April

• Spaghetti and Meatballs
• Superior Spaghetti Sauce
• Garlic Toast

Friday, 23 April

• KFC Original Recipe Chicken Breast (b/c yes, we were lazy and went to Taco Bell last Friday)
• Shortcut Oven Fries (Off-Brand Ore Ida peeps)
• Brocolli (which I probably did NOT spell right)

Saturday

• Hamburgers with Fixins
• Baked Potatoes (also with fixins)
• Corn

Sunday

• Crockpot Pizza (RE: Friday's excuse)
• Peas

Menu Plan Monday! Week of 12 Apr 2010

You can decide whether it's my inclination towards 'slight' OCD or just nesting because of the baby girls...I've jumped on the menu planning bandwagon. We need to make room for other things in our pantry (maybe it is nesting?)...come jump with me! :)


Monday, 12 April

• Super Easy Crockpot Hamburger Soup
• French Sandwich Bread (p. 16)

Tuesday, 13 April

• Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings (minus the dumplings)
• French Sandwich Bread (p. 16)

Wednesday, 14 April

• French Toast Sticks
• Berry Syrup

Thursday, 15 April

• Whole Wheat Spaghetti
• Meatballs
• Superior Spaghetti Sauce (p. 191)
• Garlic Toast (via FSB)
• Salad

Friday, 16 April

• KFC Original Recipe Chicken Breast (p. 58)
• French Fries (cheating with Ore Ida....sorry taters! no oven for you! ;( )
• Corn

Saturday, 17 April

• Home Style Chicken Dinner
• French Sandwich Bread (p. 16)

Sunday, 18 April

• Crockpot Pizza
• Peas

Please leave a comment if the link to the book for the bread recipe is no good. I'll make it a point to post the recipe if you can't find access to the book some other way...

PEACEEEEEEE!

M

Menu Plan Monday

Jumping on the bandwagon....who knows whether or not it's a natural inclination to 'mild' OCD or nesting is your guess. Jump with me! :)

It's "FIXIN" day

Well, I think Stash BUSTA will have to be carried til the end of the month (or perhaps even a certain girl's last birthday in her 20s at the end of the first week of April). I don't know if it's the nesting from the 24/7 of the ultimate craft (baking TWO baby girls! :) ) OR just the fact that the pile of mending I need to do has now grown larger than the pile of UFOs. Until next time, you peeps can ponder why in the world a thrift store double-staples their price tags in rather conspicuous places on their clothing.....I'll be busy matching stash thread and dousing onesies in Fray Check.

Arrivederci

<3 M

Stash BUSTA!!!! Stash BUSTA!!!!

So you say that I have a slight addiction to craft supplies (sdkfbngskjrgYARNsdkfjbalkjfhbk)? I'd say, if you saw my garage you'd nominate me for an episode of "Hoarders: Craft Supply Edition". I self-intervened today and made a deal with Bubba that I would get through this:

within the next two weeks. Mind you, this is probably only like 2.5% of my stash which occupies what I will call a "teeny tiny" space next to the arm chair that camouflages the dogs' hidey hole.

Hidey hole and one of the critters that usually occupies it: