Week 378 Menu: House Reno Update and more

It's officially fall, I guess. Today is actually chilly and I'm enjoying wearing a hoodie. I'll be honest and say that I would love to live somewhere where it never gets really cold and snows. I love being warm. :)

Anyway...if you follow me on Instagram you will have noticed that we've been doing some home reno projects. I had good intentions of posting my menu last week, but I was painting like crazy and our dinners were pretty thrown together at the last minute. This week will be much better. My family is much happier when I have an answer for them when they ask what is for dinner.

My husband and I are working on painting and replacing trim, doors, etc. in two of our kids rooms. We worked on another bedroom in August, but real life was too busy to do much reno work. We're getting rid of the builders beige walls and ceiling and all the honey oak trim and doors. We're replacing it with white ceilings, gray walls, tall white baseboards, new white 2 panel doors and pretty white craftsman trim. It is tons and tons and tons of painting (my husband builds and I paint), but it looks so great!

This Sunday was a nice break from working on the house. We got to stay at home and watch General Conference on TV instead of going to our regular meetings.

It was my favorite day for lots of reasons: truly a day of rest, day with my family, I made pumpkin granola and cinnamon rolls, and the talks gave me much needed guidance and inspiration. I especially loved these this talk about finding joy (found here).

Ok, menu time and then I've got to go tackle some ceiling and wall painting (the fun part!!!).

Monday: we had turkey meatball sandwiches (Costco torta rolls, my favorite turkey meatballs, spaghetti sauce and a slice of swiss cheese)

Tuesday: chicken gnocchi soup and fresh whole wheat bread

Wednesday: beef enchiladas

Thursday: grilled Greek chicken and tsatziki sauce, grilled flatbread and veggies

Friday: steak and/or chicken stirfry

Saturday: something with a pork roast (to be determined I guess)

Sunday: leftovers

What about you? How was your weekend? Do you have any home projects going on? What are you eating this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do!

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Need more dinner inspiration, check out all #378 of my weekly menus here.

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

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