Mar 14 Menu

 Baked oats - Healthy Breakfast - this was ok. I didn't love the texture of oat flour in this dish. I prefer baked oats that use whole oats instead. 

Dinner

Sun:

Beef and black bean Tacos

Mon:

Baked potato

Baked beans

Broccoli

Tues:

Savory pumpkin pasta sauce - makes way more than 4 servings, We got 7-8 from it.

Salad

Wed:

Instant pot Cuban chicken - ok recipe. 

Thurs:

Vegetarian Korma

Naan bread

Fri:

Salad

Ham casserole - As written this recipe has an insane amount of butter & cheese (aka: fat, cholesterol, & salt). So I made some pretty significant changes to this recipe. Everyone ate it without complaining.

1) boiled veggies for 8 minutes 

2) used unsalted butter

4) cooked veg and ham in 1 tbsp butter 

5) for sauce, 1 tbsp butter, 3 tbsp flour and 1 1/2 cup milk,  no cheese, no salt

6) offered shredded cheese has a topping.

Sat: 

(I'm not home this night, so this is what J & B choose)

Brats

Coleslaw

Potato chips

Pickles

Mar 1 Menu

Apple cinnamon muffins - these were ok

 

Dinner:

Sun:
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with Whole Grain Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Mon:
BLT on home made bread
Grilled peppers & Onions

Tue:
Gumbo in a jiffy - added additional seasoning (cajun & garlic)
This was ok. I might make again because it was easy. Kids didn't like it (too tomatoey)
Bread

Wed:
Whole wheat spaghetti + Meatballs + Salad

Thurs:
Cranberry Maple Chicken  - it was ok. I guess we would eat it again
Roasted Garlic Parmesan Fingerling Potatoes - H didn't really like these.

Fri:
Roasted Veggie & Hummus Pita Pockets 
Home made pitas

Sat:
Neat Sloppy Joes - bland. Use BBQ instead of ketchup. Added Liquid smoke. Wouldn't make again.
tater tots 
Brocoli or salad

Nov 2 menu

  Sorry I missed a week or two.  I was having issues accessing the site. As a side note, I didn't actually plan this week, but it is what we ate.

Cranberry bread - we adopted a large bag of cranberries, and this was a good way to use some.

Dinner
Sun:
Veggie Thai Red Curry with Jasmine Rice - Better than I thought it would be. The sauce is thin and soupy. I would maybe decrease the amount if I made again.
Cranberry orange relish - B just really wanted this because we had a lot of cranberries. He didn't use a recipe.

Mon:
Chicken Enchiladas - I've had better enchiladas. I found them to be very dry.
Jicama
Pomegranate

Tues:
Grilled Cheese This grilled cheese was pretty good.
Tomato soup

Wed:
Homemade spaghetti O's - Kind of fun and super easy. Flavor was fair, but very bland. I actually think real Spaghetti O's have more flavor. I'm not sure why, or what's missing from this one.
Salad

Thurs:
Loaded baked potato bar

Fri:
Pizza

Sat:
Veggie stir-fry - This recipe is for Mongolian beef. B want it, but beef is sparse and expensive right now. We used this sauce with veggies (peppers, onion, broccoli, carrots, pea pods).
Brown rice

Oct 19 Menu

 Dinner:

Sun:

Pork tenderloin carnitas tacos - I was not home to eat these. But other's said they were good.

Chili lime roasted sweet potatoes - these I hear were not that good

Mon:

Ravioli

Garlic bread

Tues:

Lemoney Mediterranean chicken - people liked this

Wed:

Curried vegetable pot pie - I like this but make some adjustments. I decrease butter to 1 TBS. Add the flour with the milk and keep wishing until lumps are gone.  I also add a little ground ginger. I used frozen broccoli and cauliflower, so I didn't precook them. I decreased the boiling time of potatoes and carrots to 10-15 minutes.

Thurs:

Pancakes

Breakfast sausage 

Hashbrowns

Fri:

Eat whatever we can find

Sat:

Simple turkey chili - ok chili recipe. I have had better.

Oct 12 Menu

Sun:  

Layered yogurt fruit salad

Mummy hot dogs

Mon:

Todds famous blueberry pancakes - not good, too much baking powder and not fluffy

Hashbrowns

Sausage

Tues:

Grilled cheese 

tomato soup

Wed:

Chicken fajitas

Thurs:

Hamburgers

Salad

Pickles

Fri:

Homemade pizza

Sat:

Veggie stir-fry lomain

Oct 5 Menu

 Dinner:

Sun:  

Veggie korma

Naan

Mon:

Chili - not the best chili

Garlic bread

Tues:

Greek tortilla salad - some people likes this, some didn't

Wed:

Absolutely ultimate potato soup - I followed the video's instructions to make it one pot.

Dinner rolls

Thurs:

Leftovers

Fri:

Chicken & bean enchilada casserole - not great. If I made a gain I would buy larger can of sauce; mix half into the chicken and poor the rest on top of the casserole so the top layer is dried out.

Sat:

Roasted veggie teriyaki bowls - this was well liked. kids voted for more broccoli.

Sept 28 menu

Chocolate zucchini bread 

Dinner:

Sun:  

Pumpkin waffles with apple cider syrup

Sausage

Hash

Mon:

Penne 

Turkey Meatsauce

Side salad

Tues:

Black bean & corn quesadilla 

Wed:

https://www.mommyhatescooking.com/gluten-free-slow-cooker-cheeseburger-soup?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=everything_you_love_about_a_cheeseburger_in_a_bowl&utm_term=2025-04-14   didn't have all the ingredients

I made this instead  Quick ground beef potatoes - H liked it.

Thurs:

Orange chicken

Rice 

Broccoli

Fri:

Pizza

Sat:

Butternut squash mac & cheese - ok. B said it was flavorless and wouldn't make again

Ham slices

Salad

Sept 21 menu

 Dinner:

Sun:  

Sheet pan sausage and veggie bake

Mon:

Pesto gnocchi (from Joshua Weissman cookbook) - people didn't like it

Salad

Tues:

Easy Korean ground beef bowl

Broccoli

Wed:

Sloppy Janes

Sweet potato fries

Easy lemon berry tiramisu 

Thurs:

Chrispy chicken croissant sandwich

Potato wedges

Fri:

Cacio de pepe (from Joshua Weissman cookbook) - thought it was too peppery

Salad

Sat:

tomato soup (from Joshus Weissman cookbook)

grilled cheese (from Josua Weissman cookbook)