Sep 26
Everyone,
This week I planned several weeks ago, and I’m not sure I want to continue with a few things. So I’m going to swap a few meals from next week. Hopefully I have all the ingredients on hand.
- Monday- Easy Peanut Butter Chicken. Already in the crock pot. This is a new recipe for us so we’ll see if the kids actually eat it.
- Tuesday- Goat Cheese Pasta. Butterfly’s FAVORITE dinner. (Recipe below.)
- Wednesday- Bangers and Mash. One of my favorites, and everyone eats it without complaint. This is one of our cold weather recipes that we only eat in the fall/winter. Basically it’s bratwurst and mashed potatoes and gravy.
- Thursday- Apple Pie Soup and bread. This sounds SO good!
- Friday- Dippy Eggs and toast. Basically it’s eggs over easy and toast to dip into the yoke. Juice will have scrambled eggs and the boys egg whites after they are done dipping their toast.
- Saturday- Leftovers. We should have something left (maybe?) but if we don’t my go to meal is hamburgers and hotdogs.
- Sunday- Potato soup from the freezer. I made this a few weeks ago and it’s easy to pull out and heat to eat.
Goat Cheese Pasta
1 box bow tie pasta
2 cups spaghetti sauce
8 oz goat cheese
Cook pasta according to the directions on the box and drain. Heat your favorite spaghetti sauce in a medium saucepan over medium heat. When the sauce is warm an just starting to bubble, add in the goat cheese and stir to combine. The sauce should be pink (ish). Combine pasta and sauce and serve.
This recipe is so easy and quick and tasty. I’m planning on having homemade bread and baby carrots on the side.
Safire
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Sep 19
Everyone,
I’ve never really posting our menu on here. Not because I don’t make one. I do.
Sometimes weeks in advance.
I’ve been known to plan even 1 month in advance. Why? When you have your family there that is actually GIVING suggestions without complaining (ahem, Juice) you go with it.
So far, I have this week, next week, and bits of the next week all planned out. Want to know what we’re eating?
- Monday- Pancakes. This is what Professor wants to eat every day for dinner. So we have them sometimes. Tonight was especially nice since I had made a ton of pancakes on my birthday (so we could have birthday pancakes too) and I froze the extras. All I had to do was heat and serve tonight. Very nice since Butterfly started swim lessons today and we don’t get home until 5pm.
- Tuesday- Tacos. Meat, check. Beans, check. Lettuce, check. Sour cream, check. Cheese, check.
- Wednesday- Left overs. Tacos make more than we can possibly eat in one sitting. Especially since the boys really only eat shells dipped in sour cream. And Butterfly only eats the re-fried beans on hers. And I’m on a diet where I eat my own food. So really, Juice eats tacos for 2 nights in a row.
- Thursday- Spaghetti and Meatballs. Mmm….we only have this meal in the colder months. Our first time this fall!
- Friday- Braided pizza. (We actually would have had this today if I had not broken my hand mixer.)
- Saturday- Grilled cheese. I’m out with my girlfriends for dinner and a devotional this evening so Daddy is in charge. And when Daddy is in charge, they have grilled cheese.
- Sunday- Leftovers. Sundays are CRAZY days for me. I just can’t cook a nice dinner AND do all that I need to do that day. So enter leftovers. Besides, it’s always a good idea clean out your fridge.
This is our pancake mix recipe. You make the dry ingredients first, and then scoop out what you need on the day you need it. This recipe makes 12 cups of dry. I make a double batch of the dry ingredients and store it in the freezer. Then, I use 3 cups of mix for dinner. It lasts me about 2 months.
Buckwheat Pancakes Mix
4 cups whole wheat flour
4 cups buckwheat flour
4 cups white flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
Combine in a VERY large bowl. Using a sturdy wire whisk or a pastry cutter, mix thoroughly.
To use:
1 cup buckwheat pancake mix
1 cup buttermilk OR 1 cup milk with 1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 egg
Combine well and scoop onto hot griddle. Turn over as bubbles form and edges look dry.
Enjoy!
(Juice hangs out around the griddle and eats the tiny ones I make right off the pan. Because they taste like cake. Seriously.)
Safire
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Feb 28
Everyone,
Wondering what we’re eating this week?
Yeah, me too.
So, um, here’s a menu!
Breakfast:
Lazy Granola, fried eggs and toast, egg salad sandwiches (yes, for breakfast…they love these!), oatmeal, bagels and cream cheese or peanut butter
Lunch (my hardest meal):
green smoothies, popcorn, macaroni and cheese, leftovers, chicken salad and crackers, chicken nuggets, dippy eggs (sunny side up eggs with toast fingers)
Dinner:
Monday- Coconut pork stir fry
Tuesday- Free pancakes at IHOP and orange juice
Wednesday- black eyed peas and ham soup
Thursday- leftovers
Friday- Goat cheese Pasta
Saturday- leftovers
Sunday- break the fast at our church. I’m bringing hot dogs.
So there you go. What are you having to eat at your house? Let me know if you want any recipes and I can post those too.
Safire
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