Week 345 Menu: Welcome 2016!

Hi everyone! Happy Back to School Day! My kiddos went back to school today. We got home Saturday night from spending the week with lots and lots of family in Utah. I'm working on laundry, cleaning, trying to figure out our new after school schedule, etc. I also have a giant pile of returns, but am waiting for my icy road to thaw a little before I head out.

I hope you all had a great holiday break! Ours was great and busy and fun. I even read a book last week. My amazing aunt had her first book published and I haven't had a chance to read it (I hate reading on my phone...), but once I started it I couldn't put it down. Can't wait for the next one.

I loved being able to spend time with family, sleep in and I didn't have to make one dinner last week! I didn't take as many pictures as I should have, but here are the kiddos in their new PJs on Christmas Eve.

Today I am trying to get organized. I have three kids playing basketball starting this week and am starting a few more piano students. I have to have dinner ready before the kids get home from school or we're just not eating until super late every night. Bring on the crockpot, make ahead and freezer meals! Time to menu plan!

Monday: Chicken tetrazzini, green salad, whole wheat bread

Tuesday: Chicken fajitas

Wednesday: BBQ chicken tinfoil dinners

Thursday: Fancy sandwiches on french bread (different meats, cheeses, avocado, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.) and baked sweet potato fries

Friday: fried sausage, potatoes, peppers and onions

Saturday: easy night

Sunday: Chicken Gnocchi Soup

What are you making this week? I bet you all have goals to menu plan, right? If you feel like it, feel free to share your menu with me. I'd love to hear what you're planning this week.

Have a great week! Hopefully I'll be back blogging soon.

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

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 1 T. olive oil

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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