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Menu Plan Mondays

December 1, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Dec.1 (and the start of some great giveaways!)
Comments: 59 | Categories: Giveaways , Menu Plan Mondays

Here's another 2 week menu plan, as I continue to work on cooking to please my husband more:Monday: Chicken Divan over riceTuesday: Samosas (homemade, using the Nourishing Traditions recipe) with plum sauce and spinach saladWednesday: Quinoa Stuffed Tomatoes and Chicken Apple SausagesThursday: Lasagna, salad and garlic bread (with guests)Friday: Taco...

November 17, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- November 17
Comments: 6 | Categories: Homemaking , Menu Plan Mondays

I am really enjoying my two week menu planning! It feels so good to get it out of the way all at once, rather than to have to meal plan each week, and it takes much less time to just do an extra week while I'm already at it. For...

November 3, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- November 3
Comments: 8 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Gosh, it's been months since I posted my meal plan! But based on my post last week, and seeing how many people are in the same boat as me, with wanting to cook the comfort foods their husbands love (but still in a healthy way), I thought I'd share what...

July 27, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- July 28
Comments: 4 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

You will not believe what I just pulled out of my oven. Are you ready for this? Chocolate chip muffins made with a white, wheat flour store-bought mix!!!!! Are you all in shock? Here's the more shocking part... I didn't even wince when I bought the mix or made the...

July 13, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- July 14
Comments: 3 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

With the heat of summer finally upon us (after a long, cold, gray June), my garden is really picking up! At the moment, we have fresh snow and shelling peas, radishes, parsley, turnips, lettuce, strawberries (well, about 3 of them, to be precise), green onions, and my first zucchini is...

July 6, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- July 7
Comments: 9 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

After a hectic start to last week, and just a few bumps in the road, it seems that things are coming together a little bit with our ESL homestay students and having both children sleep in our room. Phew! My menu plan this week is simple, though. I am cooking...

June 22, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- June 23
Comments: 7 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Does anyone else find it hard to even think of cooking when you're sweating glowing away in a roasting hot house? About the only thing sounding good to me right now is an ice cold fruit smoothie! And I suppose, I can't really make that for dinner for the next...

June 15, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- June 16
Comments: 9 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Shopping for my groceries on Saturday left me feeling literally a bit sick to my stomach. None of the things that I had hoped to find on discount were on sale at all, and in fact, more items on my usual list had gone up in price. I wanted to...

June 9, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- June 9
Comments: 7 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

I am so sad to say, for those who were eager to know, that we didn't actually get to eat the raw meat last week! My menu plan went through several changes, with guests coming (who wouldn't have liked what I had planned for that night), and then being invited...

June 1, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- June 2
Comments: 8 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

I don't know about the rest of you, but there is only so much of Nourishing Traditions that I can incorporate into my cooking style at once. We were already very on-board regarding the quality of our foods (ie. natural, free range meats, some wild fish, organic dairy, raw cheese,...

May 26, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- May 26
Comments: 1 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Short and sweet, here's what I'm doing this week. Still have food in the fridge to use up, so that's what my menu plan is based on! After two weeks of basically no grocery shopping, I should have a nice clean fridge by next Monday! Monday: Salmon, qunioa, steamed broccoli...

May 12, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- May 12
Comments: 2 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

After a busy weekend with my extended family on Saturday and then our little family on Sunday (Happy Mother's Day to you all!), I decided that a fairly simple week of cooking was in order. Notice I'm also posting this after 8am, as I nurse my little one (who had...

May 5, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- May 5
Comments: 5 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Thank you all for your patience as I took a much needed week "off" from my blog! Overall, it was a fruitful week, as I was able to accomplish or begin most of the tasks on my list, as well as take a bit of a breather from post writing....

April 21, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- April 21
Comments: 7 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

We're back, after a wonderful, exhausting, thought-provoking, encouraging, passion-stirring weekend at a homeschool conference! I didn't have a chance to write my menu plan before we left on Thursday afternoon, so I just whipped it up a few minutes ago, and kept it fairly simple as I didn't have time...

April 14, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- April 14
Comments: 7 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

I find my menu plan posts are such a great way to start the week, and keep you updated on what's new with us. They always seem to be filled with littles tidbits of information, news, etc. so this week is no exception! I mentioned two weeks ago that my...

March 30, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- March 31
Comments: 11 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

Last week, I gave a bit of a review of recipes from the week before. I received several comments saying how much they liked it and I realized that I would love it if other menu planners did the same, so from now on, I will try to give a...

March 24, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- March 24
Comments: 9 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope that you all had a wonderful celebration of the resurrection of Christ! Last week, I tried out a few Sue Gregg recipes and wanted to let you know what I thought so far. Unfortunately, I didn't get to try out everything that I had planned...

March 17, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- March 17
Comments: 11 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

I love a good, healthy cookbook. Some women may like manicures, fancy soaps, or a new purse. I wouldn't complain about any of those things but give me a new cookbook any day and it'll thrill my socks off! Ever since I started my blog, it seems that I can't...

March 10, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- March 10
Comments: 8 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

I think I got a bit of my motivation back, after last week (I was feeling frustrated with cooking for my very restricted diet and planned a bunch of the same meals we had just recently eaten). All new recipes for this week! On a side note, I've been losing...

March 2, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- March 3
Comments: 19 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

I have a question for everyone this week. I realized today that I cook very strangely (much more strangely than I thought) compared to most people. I guess over the years I've grown accustomed to the healthier and very homemade fare that we eat, and quite honestly am not even...

February 24, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Feb 25
Comments: 5 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

I had already prepared my menu plan last Thursday, but yesterday I realized I would have to rearrange it a bit. We went to an heirloom/organic seed event at a local garden, and I spent what little grocery money I had left for the month getting seeds! I'm thrilled about...

February 18, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Feb 18
Comments: 7 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

Hello again! I'm still puttering away with my restrictive diet... two weeks down, minimum of 6 more to go! Each week I am stretched to find tasty, interesting, healthy and still frugal meals that we can all enjoy. I'm finding that being really purposeful to make yummy dinners (and therefore,...

February 10, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Feb 11
Comments: 8 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

Many of you have kindly asked how my diet is going. This past week, I have been transitioning into the diet, so although I have tried to eat as strictly as possible, I have made some exceptions to allow for food that was in the house, my previous meal plan,...

February 3, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Feb.4
Comments: 11 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

Happy Monday, all! Well, tomorrow (I'm posting this on Sunday night) I officially start my new diet. I'm allowing myself a few days of grace as I use up some stuff that I have on hand, since I just found out my diet details on Friday, but over the course...

January 28, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Jan. 28
Comments: 6 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

I wanted to finish this last night, before bed (which was already past 10), but my wise husband told me to leave it and go to bed and do it in the morning. I was so tired all weekend (the result of a couple late nights and a baby that's...

January 20, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Jan. 21
Comments: 9 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

With all of the extra food that I bought and made last week, between the deals on organic dairy and some extra seasonal produce that I bought, I decided not to go shopping this week, but instead work on using up everything that I have on hand. Every once in...

January 13, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Jan.14
Comments: 10 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

Good morning, all! I got this up a little later than usual, as I just couldn't finish it by a decent time last night. Ryan and I are trying hard to be more disciplined in going to bed early, and I needed his encouragment to leave this post, finished or...

January 6, 2008: Menu Plan Monday- Jan. 6
Comments: 4 | Categories: In the kitchen , Menu Plan Mondays

As promised, here is my menu plan, complete with a step-by-step of how I planned it below: Monday: Spiced chicken breasts, quinoa, red cabbage coleslaw (all recipes from Nourishing Traditions- except quinoa- I just cook it like rice and we use butter and Bragg's on it) Tuesday: Taco salad with...

December 30, 2007: Menu Plan Monday- Dec.31
Comments: 8 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

After a blissful week of little cooking, back to my regular meal planning I go: Monday : At a New Year's eve wedding! Tuesday : Quesadillas (using brown rice tortillas and beans), with homemade salsa and guac (recipes here ) Wednesday : Chunky Butternut Squash soup- absolutely delicious! (recipe below)...

December 16, 2007: Menu Plan Monday- Dec.17
Comments: 5 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

My challenge for creating a meal plan this week was that we are going out of town next weekend, for a whole week. Because I absolutely hate to waste any food if I can avoid it, my meal plan needed to use up the fresh produce still in my fridge....

December 10, 2007: Menu Plan Monday- Dec.10
Comments: 7 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays , Recipes

I'm feeling uninspired this week. Perhaps it's that I'm doing this at 12:40am, or that I know my kitchen counters are full of dirty dishes. Whatever the reason, sometimes meal planning is just hard work. I suppose that what makes it hard at times is that I don't want to...

December 2, 2007: Menu Plan Monday- Dec.3
Comments: 3 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

One of the things that I am striving for in my meal planning these days is a good balance of red meat, poultry, fish, and vegetarian meals. This week I have 2 meals with red meat, 2 with poultry, 1 with fish, and 1 vegetarian: Monday: Turkey veggie pot pie...

November 19, 2007: Menu Plan Monday
Comments: 1 | Categories: Menu Plan Mondays

Here's my meal plan for the week: Monday: Hot turkey sandwiches with gravy, raw veggies and dipTuesday: Bean and cheese quesadillas with homemade salsa and sour cream Wednesday: Baked salmon with creamy dill sauce (substituted yogurt for sour cream), dijon scalloped potatoes, and cauliflower and carrots Thursday: Moose ribs (my...