Another year come and gone....they go way too fast anymore! Here's hoping for a blessed, healthy, and peaceful 2018 for us all!
One of the things I always do at the beginning of a new year is try to be more organized. I mean well! It doesn't always happen, but I try!
The one thing I usually keep up with, though, is menu planning. I try to plan ahead for the coming week, since I tend to get quite busy throughout the week. I always think I am going to re-use my menus the following year, but then it seems I never do. I keep making new ones as I go. Maybe someday I will, but for now I enjoy making them up as I go.
I only plan breakfast and dinner. We usually eat leftovers or a quick sandwich at lunch, or we eat breakfast late and dinner early so there's no need for lunch! It works for us!
I tend to cook and bake pretty simple things. I like things I can make ahead, put in the crockpot, or make on the stove quickly. Quite often I prep dinner in the morning, and then finish making it at dinner time.
Here is a look at this week's menu: (just click on the picture for a larger view)
Details for Breakfast:
Sunday - Pancakes are just a box mix - quick and easy
Monday - Omelet is just eggs with shredded cheddar folded in
Tuesday -
Breakfast Casserole (from The Recipe Critic); Fried Apples are canned from Luck's, warmed in a pan with a little extra cinnamon sugar
Wednesday -
Turtle Muffins (from Your Cup of Cake)
Thursday - self-explanatory
Friday - Toast a bagel, butter it, fill with 2 fried eggs, slice of cheese, and 2 strips of cooked turkey bacon; Oatmeal is instant apple cinnamon
Saturday - self-explanatory
Details for Dinner:
Sunday -
The Best Chili On Earth (from Pip and Ebby); Cornbread from a mix;
Glazed Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake (scroll to bottom of post for recipe)
Monday - Baked Spiral Ham (follow directions on ham); Cajun Rice is Zatarains; Cookies are
Pumpkin White Chocolate Chunk Cookies from Foster's Market
Tuesday -
Red Beans and Rice (from A Taste of the South magazine);
Paula Deen's Banana Pudding (from Pearls, Handcuffs, and Happy Hour)
Wednesday - Use your favorite spaghetti sauce recipe, or jars of sauce!;
Cherry Crisp (from Julie's Eats and Treats)
Thursday -
Baked Chicken (from Gimme Some Oven), I put chicken in the brine in the fridge in the morning, then bake later in the day, REALLY good chicken this way); Apple Slices are just fresh apples, sliced, sometimes sprinkled with a little cinnamon sugar
Friday -
Hamburger Vegetable Soup (from Spend With Pennies); Cole Slaw is purchased from deli; Chicken Salad is made from leftover chicken from Thursday mixed with mayo, mustard, salt and pepper and served on sandwich bread;
Ambrosia Salad (from gregkantner blog)
Saturday -
Simple Salisbury Steak (from Cincy Shopper)
Hope you find an idea or two to use for the coming week!
