Menu Plan Monday

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Monday ~ Chicken & Onions in Wine Cream Sauce
Tuesday ~ Homemade Chicken Pot pies
Wednesday ~ Homemade Macaroni & Cheese
Thursday ~ Chicken Parmarosa
Friday ~ Linguine & Clams
Saturday ~ BBQ Chicken Casserole
Sunday ~ Spinach Salad

I also do Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Overwhelmed with Joy, so this is making a great addition to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes!

Menu Plan Monday

MENU PLAN MONDAY

• Monday~Tacos with home made tortillas and re-fried beans
  
• Tuesday~Lasagna with Salad and home made balsamic vinaigrette
  
• Wednesday~Meatloaf with twice baked potatoes
  
• Thursday~Creamy Tomato Soup with baked Parmesan Croutons
  
• Friday~Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese with grilled bratwurst
  
• Saturday~Spaghetti & Meatballs & Salad
  
• Sunday~Hamburgers & Potato Salad
  

I also do Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Overwhelmed with Joy, so this is making a great addition to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes! And I'm also doing 5 NIGHT DINNER CHALLENGE hosted by Sommer Designs. Doing more than one helps keep me on track, though you'd never know this week!!

MENU PLAN MONDAY ~ 5 NIGHT DINNER CHALLENGE

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• MONDAY ~ Loose meat sandwiches and potato salad
• TUESDAY ~ Beer Cheddar Soup with homemade biscuits
• WEDNESDAY ~ Crazy Chicken & Salad
• THURSDAY ~ Tacos
• FRIDAY ~ Sloppy Joes
• SATURDAY ~ Fried Chicken & Mashed Potatoes
• SUNDAY ~ Chicken Pasta with Parmesan Garlic Cheese sauce

I also do Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Overwhelmed with Joy, so this is making a great addition to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes! I'm also doing 5 NIGHT DINNER CHALLENGE hosted by Sommer Designs. Doing more than one helps keep me on track, though you'd never know this week!!

~*~MENU PLAN MONDAY & 5 Night Dinner Challenge~*~

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Last week's menu went really well and we stuck to it except for a couple of baked goods that got snuck in for comfort with all the cold weather.

MONDAY ~ Oven Brisket, glazed carrots and garlic roasted red potatoes
TUESDAY ~ Tostadas made from the leftover brisket using a recipe from A Pioneer Woman Cooks
WEDNESDAY ~ Spicy Roasted Chicken & Salad
THURSDAY ~ RESERVATIONS at MAXSELLS on FISHER LAKE with a View
FRIDAY ~ Pot Roast Sandwiches and Cole Slaw
SATURDAY ~ Maple Glazed BBQ Chicken & Salad
SUNDAY ~ Pork & Noodles with Cucumber Tomato vinegar salad

Done in conjunction with Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Overwhelmed with Joy and 5 night dinner challenge hosted by Sommer designs.

~*~Sauteed Garlic Shrimp Pasta~*~5 night dinner challenge update~*~

This is the simplest recipe and smells and tastes great too.

16 medium shrimp
1/2 pound organic spaghetti
2 cloves garlic or 2 teaspoons minced jar garlic
1 bunch chopped green onions
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup cream sherry
shredded parmesan cheese

Trim Shrimp and rinse well. In skillet melt butter and oil together and bring to a medium high heat. Add shrimp and saute' well. Add garlic and onions and continue sauteing about 5 minutes. Add sherry and lower heat and cook until a thick glaze sauce forms. Toss with pasta. Shred parmesan on top and serve immediately.

~*~MENU PLAN MONDAY & my 5 NIGHT DINNER CHALLENGE~*~

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I also do Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Overwhelmed with Joy, so this is making a great addition to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes!

This week's menu:

Monday: Saucy Baked Chicken & Maple Glazed Carrots ~ appointments ran late so used the same chicken to make a quick soup and grilled cheese
Tuesday: Manicotti & Big Salad - thank goodness this is already in the freezer from the last time I made it, that way it will wait until next week since hubby just came home and told me we're going to the VFW for a taco night fundraiser. So this got changed twice since we never made it to taco night in the blizzard so we settled for Progresso Pot Roast soup and grilled cheese - I guess that changes tomorrow night too!
Wednesday: Creamy Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese ~ now meatloaf and broccoli
Thursday: Ham Steak & Cabbage Salad ~ Could this week get any screwier? I got caught in a blizzard Tuesday and came straight home instead of going to the grocery store as planned and now have to change tonight's menu too ~ Now it's spaghetti and meatballs so I can use what's on hand
Friday: Shrimp Pasta and Salad
Saturday:BBQ Beef and 3 Bean Salad
Sunday: Hot Wings w/ home made Bleu Cheese (it's Super bowl after all ~ what else would you have?

I'm also doing 5 NIGHT DINNER CHALLENGE hosted by Sommer Designs. Doing more than one helps keep me on track, though you'd never know this week!!

My mom has always said it amazes her that I plan the calender out and actually keep to it. We were actually better about keeping to it before this past move and the forced remodel of this house, but we're getting back on track!

5 Night Dinner Challenge Update & Recipe

So we were supposed to have Shrimp Pasta and Salad, but hubby drank the last of the white wine I 'd been saving for the recipe so I had to do a last minute substitution for the shrimp pasta or go to the store and it was just too cold here today ~ I didn't want to leave the house! So we had spicy tuna casserole instead.

SPICY TUNA CASSEROLE
1 large can white meat chicken
1 small can albacore tuna
3 green onions, chopped fine
1 can cream of celery soup
4 tablespoons Frank's hot sauce
salt & pepper
1 cup milk
2 cups al dente egg noodles
1 can Leseur baby peas
3 slices provolone cheese
1 1/2 cup crumbled potato chips

Drain chicken and tuna thoroughly. Chop the green onions fine. Mix soup and milk together thoroughly. Add salt and pepper and then hot sauce. Add the green onions and meat mix to the soup fix. Fold in noodles.

Pour 1/2 into baking dishes, layer cheese and pour remaining 1/2 on top of cheese. Top with crumbled potato chips and bake at 350 degrees fr 45 minutes.

5 night dinner challenge Update & recipes

Today was a super easy! Lunch was Kraft ~ yes, even I use the box stuff now and then, but I 'doctor' it up good. I add 1 tablespoon of Frank's hot sauce, 1/2 cup real shredded cheddar cheese and I had some left over grilled sausages that I sliced up. We loved a hearty comfort meal on such a cold day ~ it actually reached 8 degrees today.

Here's my update for the 5 night dinner challenge hosted by Sommer Designs.

Dinner was Baked Crunchy Chicken and I made a surprise for hubby, grams old decadent brownies ~ I forgot how rich those are and now we have those leftover for tomorrow night. We ate the salad while everything was in the oven baking.

BAKED CRUNCHY CHICKEN
1 boneless chicken per person
1 slice thinly sliced provolone cheese
1 green onion per person, chopped
1/2 cup stove top stuffing per person
1 can cream of mushroom, celery or chicken soup (your choice)
1 Tablespoon butter per person

Spray baking dish lightly with PURE. Arrange chicken breasts in bottom, sprinkle green onions (I was out of onions so I used tomatoes tonight) over top of chicken breasts and then lay a piece of cheese over each chicken breast. Spoon soup over and around the chicken breasts. Melt butter and toss with stuffing mix. Layer stuffing mix on and around chicken. Bake at 35 degrees for 45 minutes.

After I get this in the oven, I start the brownies and then they're finished just in time for dessert.

DECADENT CHOCOLATE BROWNIES (make 4 ramekins)
2 Tablespoons butter + 1 Tablespoon butter
1 ounce Baker's Bittersweet Chocolate
1 ounce Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1 1/4 ounce Baker's sweet German chocolate
1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon flour
1/8 scant teaspoon baking powder
1/8 scant teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in microwave safe ramekin for 30 seconds, add the bittersweet & semi-sweet chocolate and microwave in 30 second increments until you can stir it smooth. Set aside to cool slightly. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Mix together the egg and sugar and beat on high with a hand mixer until slightly thick and turns a dull yellow. Lower speed and add chocolate mixture to egg mixture. By hand stir in the flour mixture until consistent in color. Spoon into ramekins and bake on cookie sheet for 25 minutes or until centers are set. Just after you put these in, prepare the topping. Melt the other tablespoon of butter and then add the German sweet chocolate and melt until you can stir smooth. Just after the brownies come out of the oven, pour the topping over.

WARNING: THESE ARE RICH & DECADENT!

~*~MENU PLAN MONDAY~*~

I found this site today and was truly amazed by the amount of participants for Menu Plan Monday hosted by I'm an Organizing Junkie. My hubby always tells me I'm the only one he knows who makes lists and lists of the lists to keep track of all the lists. For years I have planned the menus around the calender because of budget constraints. If a recipe calls for half an onion on Monday's meal, you know I planned a meal on Tuesday that used the other half! Anyway, I'm so happy to see there are so many more of 'me' out there that are compulsive organizers. I already do Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Overwhelmed with Joy, so this will make a great addition to help keep me on track and hopefully I'll find some great new recipes! I also found another challenge 5 Night Dinner Challenge over at Sommer Designs that coordinates well here.

So here goes:
Monday: Pulled Beef Sandwiches & Coleslaw
Tuesday: Sauteed Chicken & Onions, Big Salad - hubby just nixed this one and requested Chicken Cacciatore instead - at least they both take the same chicken and onions
Wednesday: Meatloaf & Twice Baked Potatoes
Thursday: Crunchy Chicken Bake, steamed Broccoli
Friday: Shrimp Pasta & Salad - hubby is putting a BIG kink in my menu this week ~ he drank the rest of the white wine I needed for this recipe so now we're having spicy tuna noodle casserole
Saturday: Pork & Noodles, Cucumber & Tomato salad
Sunday: Beef Stew in Sourdough Bread Bowls

It'll take me awhile to get caught up with posting recipes as I like to do those with pictures, but will make a concentrated effort this week to make that happen.