Week 396 Menu: What we ACTUALLY ate

Hi there! I really started planning my menu for this week, but then didn't follow through with it. Guess I got distracted. That happens a lot! :)

Friday I finally tackled my gas grill. I called Char-Broil and told them I thought I needed a new regulator. They sent me one right away and it was still under warranty. Super great customer service! I didn't want to wait for my husband to replace it, so I figured out how to replace it myself. So happy it actually worked. Now the gas comes roaring out of the burners, while before it would barely even heat up.

I made our favorite BBQ Chicken Tinfoil dinners right after I fixed the grill. I put some sweet potato tots in a few of them. I liked it and so did my four year old (no one else got to eat them since they don't like sweet potatoes). They didn't get very crispy, but I liked the sweetness that it added.

So, here's what we actually ate this week...

Monday: Swedish meatballls, mashed potatoes, IKEA gravy and lingonberry preserves

Tuesday: leftovers for most of the family and dinner at the church for me

Wednesday: dinner fail!!! Costco chicken patties made into chicken sandwiches. So gross! They all got thrown away and we ate chips and carrots instead. I bought some patties from Costco after seeing some rave reviews for them on instagram, from some people that I thought had good taste. Ew, the word "patties" should have been the clue. Not good.

Thursday: chicken and wild rice soup

Friday: BBQ Chicken Tinfoil Dinners

Saturday: easy night

Sunday: grilled Asian chicken, instant pot brown rice pilaf, veggies and fruit

Well, that's what we ACTUALLY ate this last week.

One Hour Rolls

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

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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. They loved the ch

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