Menu Plan 2/10/13 - 2/16/13

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Sunday

chicken cordon bleu casserole

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Monday
teriyaki pork tenderloin, green beans, fresh fruit
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Tuesday

taco dinner tuesday for hubby and the kids
leftovers for me

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Wednesday

breakfast for dinner
eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, toast and my favorite; egg & veggie frittata

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Thursday
chicken pesto bake, steamed veggies, fresh fruit
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Friday
Leftover Buffet
we have lots of leftovers in the freezer to use
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Saturday
due to the storm we had to postpone our dinner out
Smith & Wollensky
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*first time making recipe

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Menu Plan 2/3/13 - 2/9/13

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Super Bowl Sunday
Since our favorite team, New England Patriots, are not in the Super Bowl today is all about snacks and commercials.

Breakfast:
Bacon (made in the oven...easiest way ever!!!)
oven baked pancakes

Dinner:
We will be heading to my MIL's house to watch the game.  She is making chicken fingers made with crushed cheez-its.  I will be making some teriyaki chicken wings, meatball sliders, shrimp cocktail and an appetizer tray that we picked up at store.

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Monday
breaded chicken fingers, steamed veggies, fresh fruit
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Tuesday

taco dinner tuesday for hubby and the kids
leftovers for me

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Wednesday
breakfast for dinner
eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, toast and my favorite; egg & veggie frittata

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Thursday
sweet and sour chicken*, rice
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Friday
Leftover Buffet

if there are no leftovers, we'll order take out
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Saturday
Dine Out - Smith and Wollensky
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*first time making recipe

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Menu Plan 1/27/13 - 2/2/13

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Sunday

spaghetti squash alfredo*

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Monday
key west grilled chicken*
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Tuesday

taco dinner tuesday for hubby and the kids
leftovers for me

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Wednesday

breakfast for dinner
eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, toast and my favorite; egg & veggie frittata

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Thursday
outback steakhouse alice springs chicken*, green beans
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Friday
Leftover Buffet

if there are no leftovers, we'll order take out
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Saturday
skinny greek chicken yogurt*, steamed veggies
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*first time making recipe

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Menu Plan 1/20/13 - 1/26/13

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Sunday

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Go Pats!!!

teriyaki chicken wings, vegetarian chili

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Monday
easy garlic chicken* (bumped from last week), green beans
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Tuesday

taco dinner tuesday for hubby and the kids
leftovers for me  

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Wednesday
breakfast for dinner
Eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, toast and my favorite; egg & veggie frittata
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Thursday
skinny chicken pesto bake*, mixed greens with fresh fruit
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Friday
Leftover Buffet

If there are no leftovers, we'll order pizza and salad. 
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Saturday
chicken enchilada stuffed zucchini boats*, mixed greens with fresh fruit
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*first time making recipe

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Menu Plan - 1/13/13 - 1/19/13

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Sunday
breakfast: crockpot hashbrown casserole* 

dinner party family is sick - dinner party cancelled
zucchini lasagna*

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Monday
shelley's mini mexican meatloaf*
mixed green salad with fresh fruit
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Tuesday

taco dinner tuesday for hubby and the kids
leftovers and salad for me

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Wednesday
teriyaki pork tenderloin, mixed veggies
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Thursday
easy garlic chicken*, green beans
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Friday
Leftover Buffet

if there are no leftovers, we'll order take out
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Saturday
slow cooked sweet barbacoa pork*, black beans
fixings: shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, diced tomatoes
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*first time making recipe

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Recipe Reviews

In last week's menu plan I had a few new recipes that I was going to try out.  Here's what my family and I thought about them.

On Wednesday I made ham and cauliflower casserole au gratin.  My kids didn't eat it because they were napping during dinnertime.  It was the first day back to school after winter break and they were both so exhausted.  Later in the evening they ended up having sandwiches.  This recipe was a great way to use up some of the spiral ham that we had on New Year's Day .  It does make a lot, so I took some for work the next day and still had some for Leftover Friday.

The verdict: It was pretty good.  It tasted just a tad bit bland.  Next time I will add some garlic or Rotel tomatoes for a little kick.  My husband is not a cauliflower fan at all.  He was hesitant to even try this dish, cut he ended up liking it.

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On Thursday I made crockpot honey apple pork.  When I make a slow cooker meal I like to do as much prep the night before as possible.  If I can, I will put some of the ingredients in the crockpot the night before then store it in the fridge.  That way I am able to just pull out the crockpot from the fridge, pop it on the crockpot base, press a few buttons and presto, dinner is cooking.      For this meal I seared the pork on the stove (which was not suggested in the recipe) then put it in the crockpot and in the fridge.  I didn't want to put the apple in it or any of the other ingredients because I was concerned that the apple slices would oxidize so I waited until Thursday morning to finish putting the recipe together.  The recipe also did not call for any liquid (i.e. water or broth...etc).  I decided to put a cup of apple cider in the crockpot.  I didn't want to risk the chance that the pork would dry out, plus I was hoping to add some extra flavor.

The verdict:  It was delicious.  The pork was very moist.  The house smelled wonderful when i came in from work.  My husband and kids liked it.  One of their friends was over the house and had dinner with us and he even liked it.  I will definitely be making this again.

Served with: a mixed green salad, chopped apples, cucumber, green scallions, diced red and green peppers topped with goat cheese and drizzles with fat free raspberry vinaigrette.

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On Saturday I was planning on making Shelly's Bacon and Onion Mini Cheeseburger Meatloaf.  I was excited to use one of my Christmas gifts from my DH; Mini Loaf Pan.  Unfortunately, we didn't end up making these.  We veered off from our menu plan and went out to dinner.  I still want to try them, but they will have to wait for another week.

Spiked Apple Cider

Servings: 1

Calories: 154

Ingredients

6oz Apple Cider

1oz Vodka

Directions:

Mix and enjoy chilled.

This tasted pretty good.  Vodka doesn't have too much of a taste so it doesn't overpower the flavor of the apple cider.  This would be a great drink in the fall.  I think I'll try it heated for a hot apple cider sometime.