Chef Lisa

Welcome to another attempt at Menu Plan Monday. This time, in an attempt to cut down on the confusion in the morning, I’ve planned out breakfasts and lunches for the kids and myself. Matt’s on his own for those two meals.

Saturday Breakfast: self-serve
Saturday Lunch: self-serve
Saturday Supper: Curried Chicken and Cider Soup

Sunday Breakfast: Giant Apple-Pecan Pancake
Sunday Lunch: mac & cheese or sandwiches
Sunday Supper: Spicy Slow Cooker Pot Roast, Opa’s Red Cabbage, potatoes

Monday Breakfast: Waffles
Monday Lunch: Ari and Donovan – hot lunch at school, Lisa – leftover soup & sandwich
Monday Supper: spaghetti (using italian sausage for the meat sauce), salad

Tuesday Breakfast: fried eggs & toast
Tuesday Lunch: Ari – sandwich; Don – hot lunch at school; Lisa – sandwich & salad
Tuesday Supper: German sausages and Applekraut

Wednesday Breakfast: hash browns and sausage
Wednesday Lunch: Ari – bagged lunch; Don – sandwich; Lisa – sandwich & veggies
Wednesday Supper: Curried chicken & rice

Thursday Breakfast: cereal
Thursday Lunch: Ari – hot lunch at school; Don – sandwich; Lisa – sandwich & veggies
Thursday Supper: Dirty rice

Friday Breakfast: scrambled eggs & toast, fruit
Friday Lunch: Ari – sandwich; Don – sandwich; Lisa – undecided
Friday Supper: Tacos

Welcome to another attempt at Menu Plan Monday. I’m always making menus to help with the groceries, but I don’t always post them here. Sometimes I forget, other times I think they’re simply not that interesting enough to share. That said, the sales at Meijer this week are encouraging me to use some recipes I haven’t done in a while, plus a new sourdough based recipe.

Saturday is Talk Like A Pirate Day! There will be much pirating to be had, and the day will be capped off by a trip to the Caribbean with Jerked Chicken with Roasted Peppers and Pineapple.

Sunday Breakfast: Blueberry Sourdough Pancakes
Sunday Supper: Spaghetti and meatballs

Monday: Spicy Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Tuesday: Sweet and Spicy Noodles with Shredded Jerk Chicken

Wednesday: Eggs Benedict

Thursday: Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese

Friday: Beef Tagliarini

As always, the menu is subject to change for whatever reason I see fit.

It’s not that I haven’t been making up menu plans, I just haven’t been posting them. I’m trying to get back into the habit of doing regular blog posts again. So, here goes!

08/29/09 – Breakfast: self serve
08/29/09 – Lunch: Sandwiches
08/29/09 – Supper: Beef Tagliarini
08/30/09 – Breakfast: hash browns with onions & green peppers, fried eggs
08/30/09 – Lunch: Sandwiches
08/30/09 – Supper: General Mike’s Finger Lickin’ Ribs, salad
08/31/09 – Breakfast: self serve
08/31/09 – Lunch: self-serve
08/31/09 – Supper: Chicken & Ham Marinara
09/01/09 – Breakfast: self serve
09/01/09 – Lunch: chicken salad
09/01/09 – Supper: Five Layer Chili
09/02/09 – Breakfast: self-serve
09/02/09 – Lunch: sandwiches
09/02/09 – Supper: Mexican Chicken Pasta Bake
09/03/09 – Breakfast: self-serve
09/03/09 – Lunch: mac & cheese (kids), chef salad (Lisa)
09/03/09 – Supper: Sausage Jambalaya
09/04/09 – Breakfast: self-serve
09/04/09 – Lunch: left-overs or sandwiches
09/04/09 – Supper: Mom’s Day Off (I’m not cooking)

It’s been a while since I got off my butt and posted a weekly menu. We’re in the midst of a kitchen renovation, so what we’re eating isn’t exactly typical. For cooking, we’re limited to microwave, grill, slow cooker and our George Foreman G# grill (the one with removable plates). Then there’s cold meals or ordering in pizza. The pizzas for ordering in cost us only the gas to pick them up – we won enough coupons for 6 free medium pizzas through a local fundraiser raffle.

So, without further ado, here’s the menu for July 18th through July 24th. Because the kids are off for summer break, I’ve had to plan lunches too.

Saturday
Breakfast: self-serve
Lunch: self-serve
Supper: slow cooker mac-n-cheese
Sunday
Breakfast: Overnight Oatmeal
Lunch: sandwiches
Supper: order in pizza
Monday
Breakfast: self-serve
Lunch: mac & cheese
Supper: bacon cheeseburgers, salad
Tuesday
Breakfast: self-serve
Lunch: BBQ pizza
Supper: chef salad
Wednesday
Breakfast: self-serve
Lunch: sandwiches
Supper: slow cooker chicken stroganoff, salad, rice
Thursday
Breakfast: self-serve
Lunch: frozen meal (family sized something-or-other)
Supper: order in pizza
Friday
Breakfast: self-serve
Lunch: sandwiches
Supper: frozen meal (family sized something-or-other)

I missed last week, naughty me. I blame it on the fact I was out of town until late Monday, and didn’t do up the menu plan and grocery list until Tuesday. This week, however, I’m on top of the game. Here’s the plan for May 30th to June 5th.

Saturday: Grilled Gyro Burgers
Sunday: grilled sweet Italian sausages on a bun, salad, baby cut carrots (raw)
Monday: Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork Fajitas
Tuesday: whole wheat spaghetti with meat sauce
Wednesday: smoked chicken breast
Thursday: Waldorf pasta salad with chicken
Friday: Eat Out!