June 28th Menu #398

Breakfast:  

Butterbraid

Bagels

  applesauce

Mango strawberry green smoothie

Cinnamon swirl toast

Dole whip

    graham crackers

    blueberries

Lunch:    

Leftovers

Watermelon sorbet

pizza quesadilla

chicken salad

Snacks:

Rhubarb shrub

Dinner: 

Pasties

   salad

Lettuce wraps

     rice

     egg rolls

     

Salad & bread

   

Brats 

  grapes

Quinoa enchilada casserole

    fruit

Veggie burgers - I don't care for this recipe much

            Sweet potato fries

Boneless wings

   kohlrabi

   sugar snap peas

June 21st Menu #397

Breakfast:  

Apple fritter breakfast casserole - the kids like regular monkey bread better

cereal

Carrot zucchini bread (half recipe 1 egg) - because I had zucchini to use up

Amish Friendship bread

Lunch:    

Mostly leftovers

Cold rice salad - used leftover rice

    grapes

tuna melt

   cherries

buffalo chicken wraps

 apples

Snacks:

apples

watermelon

cherries

Tangy beet dip I only needed 2 beets to make 1 cup.  Eat it with club crackers and it tastes oddly like deli ham spread.

Dinner:  

Crispy black bean burritos     

           cantaloup

    

Orange glazed meatballs with baby bok choy and brown rice - I thought the sweet pepper sauce might be spicy for the kids, but it wasn't.  J said I should make it again sometime.

    oranges

Salad

   bread

Chicken pesto sandwich

    watermelon

Homemade pizza - Pizza crust   

   1) pepperoni & turkey sausage

   2) BBQ chicken 

   3) Pesto w/ yellow squash & green onion

Take out

    burgers & fries

Pasta w/red sauce

   salad

June 14 Menu #396

Breakfast:  

cinnamon rolls

Cereal

PBJ “donut” - This was my daughters invention.  Flatten a hamburger bun. Fill with jelly. Spread peanut butter on the top. Sprinkle with sugar.  Microwave 10-15 seconds

Blueberry slushy - the kids really liked this one

  bagels or banana bread

Nectarines

Lunch:    

quesadillas

    banana

Chicken

  raspberries

Ham & cheese sandwich

   orange

   carrots

Mini corn dogs

    pears

Snacks:

apples

goldfish crackers

Dinner:  

Pressure cooker fajitas - I wouldn’t recommend this.  The meat was pretty blah and the veggies were very mushy even though I shortened the cooking time.  The sheet pan oven versions are much better

Take out

Spaghetti & meat balls

   Lettuce & carrot salad

Instant pot sesame chicken- this was pretty good

        Stir fried bok choy

Fruit salad

   California grilled veggie sandwich

   Strawberry rhubarb upside down cake  3/4 pounds rhubarb = 2.25 cups.  This was good but it's a lot for a 8 inch round cake. It over flowed the pan while cooking (which i was prepared for).

12 hour salad (aka, 7 layer) 

     Chili

     artisan farmers bread

fridge clean out

June 7 Menu # 395

This weeks dinner was planned by my 12 year old.

Breakfast:  

air fryer pumpkin bagels - I was very leary of this recipe.  I made bagels in a food science class, and it was nothing like this.  First of all bagel are usually a yeast bread that is boiled and then baked.  But I had some pumpkin left over from last weeks scones, so I thought I’d give it a try.  I shouldn’t have bothered.

Chocolate chip raspberry pancakes - I used this pancake mix recipe these were pretty good.  Only B didn't like them

Cereal 

   fruit

Lunch:    

Leftover

bagel pizza

    strawberry smoothie

cheesy pretzel bread stick

   apple slices

Cheese & crackers

    grapes

Snacks:

Fruit

Granola Bars

Crackers

homemade ice cream (science class assignment)

Dinner: 

Grilled

    tomato soup

    yogurt parfaits

Orange Chicken - I cooked some of it in the air frier but I didn't like the results.  So I cooked the rest in a skillet.

    Rice

    Mango 

    kiwi

Crepes  w/ whipped cream & berries

carrots

 Walking turkey tacos

ham

   cranberry sauce

    dinner rolls

    pepper strips

    peaches

pizza

Sandwiches/clean out fridge