Menu Plan Monday

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Monday – Lasagna

Tuesday – Knit Night /Kickboxing – Sloppy Joes in Slow Cooker(scroll down for recipes)

Wednesday – Teriyaki Chicken in Slow Cooker(scroll down for recipes)

Thursday – Kickboxing/Youth Group BBQ/Sweater Class – Cantonese Dinner

Friday – J2’s Birthday Party – Beef Stew, fresh fruit, sourdough rolls

Saturday – Tijuana Topper

Sunday – Homemade Pizza

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Menu Plan Monday

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Trying something new!

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Monday – Meeting with J2’s teacher – Taco night!

Tuesday – Knit Night /Kickboxing – Baked Chicken with Curry over rice

Wednesday – Sour Cream Enchiladas

Thursday – Sweater Class – Chicken & Spinach Casserole

Friday – Eric’s night to cook – ??

Saturday – Sloppy Joes

Sunday – Homemade Pizza

 

Menu Plan Monday

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Trying something new!

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Busy week so keeping the recipes pretty simple!

Monday – Wache Picnic – Enchilada Casserole & Pasta salad

Tuesday – Knit Night /Kickboxing – BLTs & Grilled Cheese sandwiches

Wednesday – Chicken Cacciatore

Thursday – Sweater Class – Chili Mac

Friday – Eric’s night to cook – ??

Saturday – Sloppy Joes – oops – that won’t work – Eric & I are going to Chico for wedding reception – Do I have a babysitter yet? YIKES!!

Sunday – Homemade Pizza (First time in long time)

 

Granola Recipe

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This is a basic granola recipe that I found in an free menu planning ebook I got from the Schoolhouse Store. I think it allows for a lot of  adjustments for taste by adding nuts, dried fruits, coconut – whatever appeals to you!

Yummy Homemade Granola

  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 8 cups oatmeal (quick oats)

In a large, 4-quart saucepan, melt the margarine or butter and the brown sugar
together. Stir it up and let it simmer for a few minutes (2-3 minutes). Add the salt and
cinnamon, then the oatmeal. Remove pot from heat and stir until all the oatmeal is
coated. Spread the granola onto 2 cookie sheets (with sides) and bake at 375° for 10
minutes, until golden brown. Cool granola completely on pan, then break up into pieces
and transfer to an airtight container.

Random Catch-up Time

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Thanks to twitters at least I can’t say I’ve completely abandoned blogging.  But I feel like it’s been close.  I’ve just been too busy to really sit and catch up like I want to every day!  But I hope a few of you are still reading – cause here’s a real live update! 🙂

  • I wrote an article for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Summer 2010 issue.  It’s on pages 52-54 and it’s called “Making a plan and letting it go”.  I hope you can read it and let me know what you think!!
  • I’ve decided to paint my kitchen red and yellow….and then I changed my mind! LOL  Now it’s just going to be red and white.  The yellow would be nice, but my kitchen is too busy (some would call it messy lol) to have three colors I think.  See?
  • I went to Michael’s this week and picked up a few things to decorate my home:

A new centerpiece for the dining room table:

some flowers for the living room:

And, a simple garland for my hearth:

  • Also, we had a visit from a young man we knew while we were in Oregon.  His dad, Gregg, was Eric’s best friend.  Someone Eric could be completely comfortable and real with during our years of ministry.  Sadly, Gregg died a few years ago and we lost touch with his family as people do when their lives get busy – it’s so sad!  But last night’s visit with Allen was great! He was on leave from Ft Hood and traveling home to see his family before he leaves for Iraq.  We were so blessed to see what a great young man he has become!
  • In knitting news, I’ve been knitting socks.  I decided to create my own sock club with the sock yarn I’ve been stashing (HT: YarnHarlot)  Here are my socks so far:
  • June:
  • July(ish)
  • August

Well, it’s time (past really) to feed the kids and I’m trying to scrapbook our trip to IL & Mo so I’d better close!  Only 2 more weeks left to my summer!! Yikes!!