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_Tookasmama_ · 06-29-2002, 11:38 AM

FINALLY!

~Sat: Breaded pork chops, mashed potatoes and some sort of yet to be determined veggie.

~Sun: Cranberry Sauce Chicken, rice and stir fry veggies

~ Mon: Baked Raviloi and salad *cheesy I know..LoL*

~ Tues: Broccoli Chicken Cheese soup and bread

~ Wed: *Cuban Night* [Well as cuban as this midwestern gal' can get from allrecipies.com

ROFL] Cuban Pork Roast, black beans and rice and fried plantains (not sure if those are actually "cuban" or not, but there were a few reccomendations at the web-site...tee hee hee

~ Thurs: Hamburgers, Macaroni Salad, Baked beans...maybe cherry pie for dessert if the cherries stay fresh that long, if not we'll be eating that on Monday or so

~ Fri: Yet to be determinded as I normally grocery shop on Fridays

Whew! I hate making a menu, but I like making new stuff. I've been doing "ethnic" food at least once a week too which is fun. Latin American and Italian are really easy to come by, so now I have to start looking for middle eastern and european type foods. One week at a time I guess..

~Ash~

kimberlee · 06-29-2002, 12:07 PM

Bahahaha, okay done laughing. Your family eats like mine some weeks.

This week we did

Black Beans and rice on a tortilla
Lentils with rice (which we ate for 2 days)
Chinese Fried rice
and last night I am not sure we ever made it to dinner. We had take out Chiptoles for lunch and had extra for dinner?

throwbackmama · 06-29-2002, 01:50 PM

Grilled marinated sirloin steak and veggies on Monday

Marinated grilled chicken and baked potatoes on Tuesday

grilled cheese on whole grain bread with tomatos

Brown rice chicken primavera on Thursday

last night was a potluck but we had taco salad, brown rice and brocoli casserole, and BBQ turkey sandwiches with ice cream sundaes for dessert.

Hmmmmm what to make tonight? Prolly sketti!

throwbackmama · 06-29-2002, 02:04 PM

Reading through all of these posts reminded me what to make tonight. I cooked two extra chicken breasts on Thursday when I made the brown rice chicken primavera--so now I can use that to make a yummy pasta chicken salad for dinner tonight--but I'll still need to make something for the boys, probably leave some pasta and chicken plain. Now to plan next week's menus.

Pam

Kristin · 06-29-2002, 06:50 PM

Woohoo! Mamas thank you so much! I am going to print this out and tape it to the inside of one of my cupboard doors for some new ideas! Thanks so much!

This morning we had my 'famous' pancakes that my 10 y-o DS made and then for lunch we had grilled cheese - also courtesy of my 10 y-o DS who is known as "Chef Francois" around here.

Okay, here is what I cook most often:

Meatless Lasagne - in the crock pot
Shepherd's Pie - sometimes I use a meat subst. with mushrooms
Rice and Bean burritos (baked) - my family loves these
Burgers with salad (sometimes veggie burgers - sometimes beef)
Black Bean Chili - this is made with vegetable juice and is yummy!
Tuna or Chicken Casserole
Macaroni salad
Beef Barley Soup (in winter)

I just can't think of any other dinners. Isnt' that awful? I haven't been cooking much these last couple of weeks because of the sweltering heat and the humidity.

Thanks again for all the wonderful ideas.

Nutmeg · 06-29-2002, 07:16 PM

So I have the whole month planned out and cooked. It is in my tiny freezer, in Ziplock freezer bags. All of these dinners are homecooked and easy! This week:

(this is GREAT for summertime-- no need to heat up the kitchen every night!)

Sun**chicken enchiladas
Mon**Stringy Meat (aka pot roast)
Tues**Half and Half Pizza (half chicken ranch half all meat so dh and I can both have what we want!)
Wed.**grandma's spaghetti
Thurs** Tacos
Friday**Meatloaf
Saturday** Lemon Chicken
Sunday**Baked Ziti
Another great thing about this is that we have the leftovers for lunch the next day!

I serve everything with a big helping of salad--italian style (salad served last)

Megan

06-29-2002, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kristin's Cloth
Meatless Lasagne - in the crock pot

Kristin, can you explain how you make lasagne in the crock pot? I am still learning how to use mine. Thanks!

Kathiesl · 06-29-2002, 08:34 PM

I'm a shoot from the hip kinda gal, so this week we had . . .

- Homemade chicken noodle soup (make with leftover meat from KFC from the previous weekend and those awesome frozen egg noodles.)
- dinosaur soup (from a can, lol) and grilled cheese sandwiches
- Shrimp Scampi on pasta with corn
- Spaghetti & meatballs
- breakfast for dinner - scrambled eggs, pancakes, fruit
- Chicken nuggets, green beans and homemade creamed corn
- cheese/broccoli stuffed chicken breasts with scalloped potatoes

And tomorrow night, I am making stuffed shells marinara with broccoli.

Sometime this week I intend to make crockpot beef stew and Chili Colorado (for the grownups)

kimi · 06-29-2002, 09:28 PM

Hmmm, this week-

Lasagna
Lasagna leftovers
Lasagna leftovers
Portobella mushroom burgers
Portobella mushroom burgers
Frozen burritos

boodamama · 06-29-2002, 10:47 PM

Monday-Jerk Tempeh with brown rice and veggies.
Tuesday-Pasta.
Wednesday-Pasta leftovers(just too hot to cook).
Thursday-Grilled Tofu and fried rice with veggies.
Friday-Veggie Burgers with grilled onions and peppers.