Week 328 Menu: Back to School

Hi everyone! Summer has officially ended at our house. The kids went back to school yesterday and the weather is turning fallish. I snapped this picture on the way to the bus stop this morning.

Things at my house are a little different this school year. My daughter headed off to middle school for 6th grade. She leaves a full hour earlier than the boys leave. This is making me rearrange my exercising schedule. I'm just going to have to get up even earlier now, I guess. That means I need to go to bed earlier than midnight. Ha!

My boys are starting at a new school that is closer to our house. The school was full when we moved to Washington in January. They're happy to be there, but it's kind of like starting over again...learning new teacher's and fellow students names, bus numbers, school layout, etc. I'm very happy because the kids ride the bus to and from school.

It's nice to have all day with just me and my two year old. He cries a lot less without his siblings bugging him. I'm sure he misses them though. It sure is quiet with just him at home. I have a lot more flexibility now without morning kindergarten pickup.

Anyway...let's talk about menu planning. I posted my menu last week and I followed it exactly! I don't always do that, but it worked out great last week. I've got to get this week planned out so I can head to the grocery store.

Tuesday

Last minute I made orange chicken instead of going out to eat to celebrate back-to-school (I ate a few pieces of chicken, but mostly ate sauteed garden veggies...yum!)

Wednesday

We get to have the missionaries over for dinner. We're having french dip sandwiches, roasted new potatoes from the garden and sweet potatoes, fresh green beans and cherry tomatoes and fruit. Warm chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

Thursday

Spaghetti with homemade roasted tomato sauce (spaghetti squash for me, noodles for the family), garlic bread, green salad, fruit

Friday

Pan fried new potatoes, chicken sausage, peppers and onions with homemade ranch for dipping

Saturday

Crockpot taco soup (without meat and cheese for me)

Sunday

Ham, potatoes, one hour rolls, salad and garden veggies (I'll just eat less of the high cholesterol items and eat more veggies)

What about you? What are you eating this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do!

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 ...

Chicken Angelo

Don't forget to enter the Whirley Pop giveaway . It ends tomorrow! Am I the only person that asks their friends what they're making for dinner all the time? That's kind of why I started this blog, because I want to know what my friends are making for dinner. The other day I asked my friend, Juli (who is great cook), what she was making for dinner. She told me she was making Chicken Angelo. Then she told me what's in it. I knew I had to try it too because she has some picky eaters at her house like I do. I figured if they'll eat it then maybe it was worth a try at my house. This Chicken Angelo pasta has my favorite things, artichoke hearts and mushrooms in it. But don't be fooled into thinking that my family likes these things too. Because they don't. They won't touch an artichoke or mushroom with a ten foot pole. That being said, my family loved this pasta dish. They even gave me the go ahead to make it again. ...

The Best French Bread I've Ever Made

This is the best french bread I've ever made. I got this recipe from my friend, Nikki, who gave us some of this bread as a thank you for my hubby helping them move a piano. I remember it being delicious and we gobbled it up fast. I was intimidated for some reason by the recipe and waited a few years before I made it. We needed some bread for to make some turkey, provolone, avocado sandwiches, so I made some of this bread and it was perfect! We sliced one loaf like they do at Subway. Then later I made normal shaped sandwiches with the rest of the bread. Delicious... light and fluffy and yummy! Update 2/22/12: This is still my favorite bread after making it for a year! It turns out perfect every time and it's gone in a flash! printable recipe French Bread recipe from my friend, Nikki Yield: 2 loaves Ingredients 2 c. warm water 1 pkg (or 1 heaping Tbsp.) yeast 1/4 c. granulated sugar ...

What is on your menu this week?

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