Week 372 Menu: No More Slacking!

Hi everyone! I never got around to posting my menu last week and I honestly can't remember what we ate most of those days. The week flew by really fast, and this week is flying by too! And it's been hot too, over 100 every day this week. I don't mind the heat too much unless I'm standing in a parking lot and then I'm sure that my legs will burn up. I'd much rather be hot than cold.

I started painting my son's room last week that had been painted by previous owners like an ocean. I ripped out all the oak trim and baseboards, painted the ceiling white, and the walls gray. My husband is pretty amazing and whipped up some craftsman trim for around the windows. While we were doing all of this I didn't really want to make dinner. Ha!

Anyway...I didn't really make dinner last night and my family seemed a little disappointed. So, I will do better!!!

My daughter is gone this week for her first time at girl's camp with girls from church. I'm so excited for her and am hoping that she's having a great time. It's kind of weird just being here with the three boys. (They don't listen quite as well as she does. Ha!)

My garden is going crazy. I definitely have a good assortment of veggies to eat! I started a new hashtag on instagram with my garden pictures. #whatisonyourmenugarden

All righty...menu planning time. We have family coming on Saturday and I'm super excited to have visitors! Visitors = good food!

Monday: we had fried chicken sausage, peppers, onion and potatoes

Tuesday: we had grilled flatbread pizza on rosemary/olive oil flatouts - super easy and yummy (took like 10 minutes)

Wednesday: easy night

Thursday: grilled teriyaki salmon (it'll make my 7 year old happy), quinoa and garden veggies

Friday: breakfast burritos

Saturday: teriyaki meatballs, quinoa/rice, garden veggies

Sunday: honey garlic chicken, angel hair pasta, veggies, Macaroni Grill rosemary bread

Monday: french dip flatbread wraps

Tuesday: grill burgers, corn, pico de gallo & guacamole w/chips

What about you? What's on your menu this week? Have you been menu planning? Have you been skipping out on making dinner? 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 will be a little sticky, b

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

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:

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