It’s Sunday again. Time to start a new week. And that means time for a menu. Great way to plan for the week ahead. Last week we had to make a few minor adjustments to the menu so you might see some meals from last week on this weeks menu as well.

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Monica’s Menu For May 19 – May 25

Sunday: Steak with baked potatoes and mixed vegetables.
Monday: Orange glazed chicken with rice and broccoli.
Tuesday: Chicken tenders with french fries and carrots.
Wednesday: Tacos.
Thursday: Chicken piccata with egg noodles and carrots.
Friday: Ziti and meatballs.
Saturday: Breakfast for dinner.

Now it’s your turn. What’s cooking in your kitchen this week?

Happy Mother’s Day! Be sure to check out my post for my mom sometime today. But right now here’s my menu for the week. It’s a crazy week ahead so it’s going to be that much more important that I follow a menu to keep me on track.

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Monica’s Menu For May 12 – May 18

Sunday: Manicotti and garlic bread (hubby is cooking this for my Mother’s Day dinner, he’s so sweet).
Monday: English muffin BT sandwiches with french fries.
Tuesday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and broccoli.
Wednesday: Oven fried chicken with corn and rice pilaff.
Thursday: Steak with baked potato and mixed vegetables.
Friday: Homemade pizza.
Saturday: Chicken Quesadillas with carrots.

Now it’s your turn. What’s cooking in your kitchen?

I cannot believe it’s May. There’s lots of stuff coming up over the next few months. Spring always seems to bring out the busy time, which I love. I love it even more when I know what to expect when. I’m like a kid that way, I need to know what’s going to happen or I start having temper tantrums. Well, not really, but it really does make me feel much better.

So that’s why having a menu is super important for preparing for a week, especially when times are busy. If you aren’t sold on menus I urge you to try it out for a month. It saves you so much money and time when you have a menu. And of course the dreaded 5 p.m. “What’s for dinner” question is avoided. Everyone knows and it’s great.

Join me in Menu Plan Sunday. Grab my button and write up your own menu for the week and link it up here. I love seeing how other people plan out their week and maybe get some new ideas for my own weekly menu. Will you join us this week?

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Monica’s Menu For May 5 – May 11

Sunday: Happy Cinco De Mayo! Tacos.
Monday: Chicken Piccata with carrots and egg noodles.
Tuesday: Homemade Macaroni and Cheese with ham.
Wednesday: Steak with corn and baked potato.
Thursday: Barbeque chicken with rice pilaff and mixed vegetables.
Friday: Chicken Ceasar Salad.
Saturday: Leftovers.

That’s what’s cooking in my kitchen this week. Now it’s your turn. What’s cooking in your kitchen?

It’s Sunday again, time for a new menu. This week eating is going to be difficult. From Monday April 29 – Friday May 3 I am eating on only $1.50 a day for the Live Below the Line campaign to bring awareness to the extreme poverty felt by people around the world.

I have been talking to my two oldest about it and I think they are interested in joining in as well. I’m hesitant about allowing them, but I think they can handle it. I’ll just monitor them closely to make sure it doesn’t have a negative affect on them. It is after all for just 5 days. It could be a lesson well learned.

So $1.50 a day is difficult, but it’s made even more difficult by having to feed the rest of the family normally. Cooking food for them that I can’t eat was probably one of the hardest parts about last year. I’m hoping this year is better since I know what to expect.

So lets get on with this. Grab my button below, check out what’s cooking in my kitchen, and link up your own menu at the bottom. Feel free to join me in the Live Below the Line campaign or donate if the mood strikes you.

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Monica’s Menu For April 28 – May 4

Sunday: Grilled chicken breast with egg noodles and carrots.
Monday: Ziti and meatballs. I’ll just eat the ziti (wouldn’t eat meatballs anyways).
Tuesday: Hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill with pasta salad (I’ll eat a hot dog).
Wednesday: Chicken alfredo. I’ll eat just the pasta.
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner again, it’s cheap and hubby’s working.
Friday: Oven fried chicken with rice pilaff and corn. I can eat small portions of this because the chicken is only 99 cents a pound.
Saturday: Chicken parmigiana. It’s my favorite meal and I’ll get to eat normally again.

This is going to be a tough week. For the most part I’ll really only get to eat one meal a day and drink plenty of water. Will you join me and Live Below the Line?

What’s cooking in your kitchen?

New week new menu. Things are not settling down around here. Just have to get through another week and a half and at least the birthday month will calm down. Of course then starts all the crazy spring end of the year stuff.

So feel free to grab my button and link up your menu at the bottom. Check out what I’ve got cooking this week.

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Monica’s Menu For April 21 – April 27

Sunday: Hot dogs and sausage pattys with salad.
Monday: Chicken parmigiana for the birthday girl.
Tuesday: Tacos.
Wednesday: Ranch chicken with egg noodles and broccoli.
Thursday: Fried chicken cutlets with mashed potatoes and a vegetable.
Friday: Breakfast for dinner (hubby’s working so this is our only chance to do this).
Saturday: Party Pizza.

So that’s what’s cooking in my kitchen this week. What’s cooking in yours?

A new week a new menu. Check out what’s cooking in my kitchen this week, then link up to tell me what’s cooking in yours. Be sure to grab my button below.

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Monica’s Menu For April 14 – April 20

Sunday: Chicken Piccata with carrots and egg noodles (a push back from last week).
Monday: Eat out (one of the rare occasions we get to do this).
Tuesday: Chicken Alfredo.
Wednesday: Ranch chicken with broccoli and egg noodles.
Thursday: Oven fried chicken with corn and rice pilaff.
Friday: Paninis with carrots.
Saturday: My daughter’s 11th birthday party so we’ll do fend for yourself. It will be a grazing kind of eat all day long kind of day and my daughter has a friend sleeping over. No one’s going to want to sit down to eat at the same time.

So that’s what’s cooking in my kitchen this week. What’s cooking in yours?

Wow, it’s the 2nd week of April. Lots going on around these parts. My menu for this week is a little tricky thanks to some activities we have going on. I might need to edit it too as I do not know my husband’s entire work schedule for the week. So you might want to check back in for any upcoming changes on this week.

In the meantime feel free to grab my button and link up your own menu at the bottom.

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Monica’s Menu For April 7 – April 13

Sunday: Chicken Cordon Blue with baked potato and carrots (missed from last week).
Monday: Chicken Pattys, with perogies, and salad.
Tuesday: Tacos.
Wednesday: Ranch chicken with egg noodles and broccoli.
Thursday: Happy Birthday to my middle daughter. Her dinner of choice is Lasagna.
Friday: Chicken Piccata with egg noodles and carrots.
Saturday: Pizza. I think anyways, so long as hubby isn’t working we’re headed to the Penny Auction, I guess either way I might just order pizza if he won’t be home.

It’s going to be difficult to make some of this stuff happen, like my daughter’s birthday dinner because we have something to do that afternoon. I think if I get it all ready for the oven we should be good though. I was going to move her little birthday celebration to another day, but we’re pretty booked this week with concerts and penny auctions. So I’ll make this happen and a homemade birthday cake to boot.

What’s cooking in your kitchen this week?

Where is the time going? As I was cleaning out the cups from our Easter dye last night I was thinking wasn’t it just Christmas Eve? And now here we are celebrating Easter. Spring is here! In name mostly, although it is warming up around these parts. The realization that I have two birthday coming up within the next 4 weeks though has me a little panicked. Because not only have I not bought anything for their birthdays, but I also have not even begun to plan birthday parties. How is that even possible? My friends and family should be getting a huge kick out of this. I know it will happen though.

So time just keeps flying by. And it’s Sunday so time for another menu. Grab my button and link up your menu at the bottom. I would love to see what you’re cooking this week.

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Monica’s Menu For March 31 – April 6

Sunday: It’s Easter, so Ham of course with a homemade glaze. Scalloped potatoes and green beans for sides.
Monday: Omelets with the left over ham.
Tuesday: Pork chops with mashed potatoes and carrots.
Wednesday: Quesadillas with carrots and ranch.
Thursday: Fend for yourself (everyone will be eating at a different time because I’ve got conferences and lots of running around to do).
Friday: Homemade macaroni and cheese with ham.
Saturday: Chicken cordon bleu with baked potato and carrots.

And that’s what’s cooking in my kitchen this week. What’s cooking in yours?

Last week of March. Going to go with what we have in the house to avoid the grocery store this week. I already picked up my ham for Easter next Sunday. And with the holiday my husband is putting in extra hours so he’s not going to be around to bring home stuff for me to cook. So I’m going to see if I can finish out the week cooking out of my pantry and freezer.

I took an inventory of what I’ve got and I think we can do it. My emeals subscription has expired, but they did send me some holiday recipes. I don’t know that I’ll be using it. The main dish they recommended was a pork roast. I’m a ham kind of gal for Easter though. Some of the sides sounded interesting though. So we’ll see about that next week.

I hope you link up your menu this week. Grab my button while you’re at it. Let me know what you’ve got cooking in your kitchen.

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Monica’s Menu For March 17 – March 23

Sunday: Hot dogs and macaroni and cheese with carrots.
Monday: Chicken and rice casserole.
Tuesday: Leftovers.
Wednesday: Chicken Piccata with egg noodles and carrots.
Thursday: Ziti and sausage.
Friday: Cheddar jack and bacon pork chops with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Saturday: Chicken and broccoli.

So this is what it’s like cooking for a family of six out of my freezer, fridge, and pantry for a week. Not too bad, I found some pretty good stuff left over. Now it’s your turn, what’s cooking in your kitchen?

Time to start off our week. That means we need to plan our menu for the week. Happy St. Patrick’s Day by the way. Today should be an easy day, except we don’t do the traditional American St. Patrick’s Day meal. I say American because in Ireland they wouldn’t actually eat corned beef, it would be something with pork most likely.

We’re coming to an end of my emeals trial. I won’t be renewing because another week and there’s nothing I like on there. I’m too picky I guess.

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Monica’s Menu For March 17 – March 23

Sunday: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables.
Monday: Meatballs and ziti.
Tuesday: Chicken and rice casserole.
Wednesday: Tacos.
Thursday: Chicken Alfredo.
Friday: Calzones.
Saturday: Meatloaf with egg noodles and green beans.

For a special treat and to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I am making these mint filled brownies. Sound yummy, and it’s green.

Your turn. What’s cooking in your kitchen this week.