Week 424 Menu: Back at it!

Hi all! It's been months since I've posted a menu. Life just got busy, I guess. We still ate dinner and I kind of planned menus, but no blogging happened. We are starting our second full week of summer break and I'm ready to get organized.

Last week was full of camping, mosquito bites, helping at cup scout day camp, a hospital visit to get stitches, etc. My kids are excited to have a full week at home and actually get to hang out with their friends and go swimming too.

My garden is starting to spit out baby zucchini. I'm so excited...the green beans, cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are getting close too. We've been munching on snap peas and raspberries for a while...but I'm anxious for more garden veggies.

It's menu planning time...

Monday: chicken pot pie, fruit, hot chocolate cookies (taking dinner to a friend)

Tuesday: grilled 7 up chicken, BLT pasta salad, corn on the cob

Wednesday: lasagna, one hour breadsticks, green salad

Thursday: tacos

Friday: grilled teriyaki cedar planked salmon, veggies, rice/quinoa

Saturday: easy night

Sunday: honey lime enchiladas (feeding the missionaries), mexican rice, beans, homemade salsa, warm cookies

What about YOU? What are you making for dinner this week? Or are you on vacation? Or just grabbing whatever sounds good at the last minute? I love to hear what dinner looks like at your house. My family will tell you that more often than not I haven't made dinner and we have quesadillas or oatmeal.

I started a new hashtag #jennymakesdinner. When I do make dinner, sometimes I snap a picture of it and tag it. It's fun to see that I make the same things over and over and over. :)

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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