Week 150 Menu and a Giveaway!

This is my 150th menu post! I've been posting my menus every week since the summer of 2008. It's been a great habit and has made dinnertime at my house a lot easier! I don't always stick to my menu, but at least I have something planned.

Since it's my 150th post, I thought I'd have a giveaway. It's not anything big and fancy, since I'm not Pioneer Woman. It's just a little thank you to those of you that check my blog.

And, the giveaway is... two 1 year subscription to the Better Homes and Garden magazine. (2 winners!)

This is my favorite magazine. I especially love the recipes and the decorating ideas.

To enter the giveaway, just leave me a comment and tell me what your family's favorite meal is. You have until Sunday, September 25, 2011 to enter.

For an additional entry, become a follower on my blog (on the right hand side) and tell me in a comment that you follow my blog.

Now on to my menu this week. I'm using my new Ultimate List of Dinner Ideas for inspiration.

Monday: Orange Chicken w/rice, broccoli

Tuesday: Chicken Tacos (in crockpot)

Wednesday: Pork Black Bean Soup

Thursday: BBQ Chicken Pizza

Friday: Spicy Honey Chicken salad

Saturday: easy night

Sunday: San Francisco Pork Chops w/rice

What's on your menu this week? Have a great week!

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

Don't like your house to smell like food? I've got a kitchen tip for that!

I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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