It is Monday. I really dislike Mondays. I like having my husband home for the weekend, I am not so outnumbered and I get to have adult conversations, and watch t.v with him. Mondays just plain suck because you know that there are 5 upcoming working days until I get to have him home all day to help. But it must be done, and I must plan my menu. This last week we had Morgan's birthday party (I will post on that later) and we also lost a really good friend and Tyson's fellow employee Carol unexpectedly on Friday night (as I type this, I know that she read my blog and it breaks my heart knowing she will not be updating Tyson on what is for dinner--she always informed him what I had put down for my menu!) But I still have to plan and I still have to feed the kids, and well I need to eat to. So, here is my menu
Sunday: Crock pot Chicken, peas and Prosciutto with bow tie pasta, and salad (I got this recipe from a crock pot cookbook I have)
Monday: Beef and Gravy with potatoes (I made this recipe up in my head, it is going to be like meatloaf, but I am going to brown the hamburger, pour gravy on it and mix with fried potatoes), corn and rolls
Tuesday: Sweet sausage, Penne with a vodka sauce (I have never made this, but found the recipe here), salad and garlic bread
Wednesday: White Chicken Enchiladas (I have made this once before, recipe is here, however I am going to add mushrooms and peppers to it--it needs more "crunch") Mexican potatoes and refried beans (the girls LOVE beans!)
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner, otherwise known as Brinner! Either Biscuits and gravy or omelets..haven't decided yet.
Friday: Italian Chicken Sandwich's (previously tried and burnt the bread, so must try again!), macaroni salad and fries
Saturday: Turkey Dinner (we weren't home for thanksgiving but I got a turkey anyways, and I really wanted the leftovers, so we are doing Turkey dinner night!)
We got a really good deal on Chicken thru Zayconfoods.com, we got 40 lbs of chicken for only $60! If you haven't heard about them they sell "bulk" amounts of meat and it changes every month, from bacon, beef, fish, chicken, seafood, etc. You pre order and on the day that they are in your city you go and pick it up. This was the first time we ordered from them, but I have to say we got a TON of chicken. Next up is beef, but we are not going to order because it is the same price we pay for it at Costco. However we are going to see about trying other things as they come to Boise. Have a great week!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Morgan's 4th birthday interview
Morgan is 4 today! It just seems like yesterday that she was born. It is so neat to look back at pictures and see how much she has grown up! My baby is slowly not a baby anymore!!! Now we are just trying to plan for her birthday party this Saturday, it should be a fun time and all week she has been talking about her cake and that she is going to eat the WHOLE thing! Here is her yearly birthday interview:
What is your favorite color? Orange
What is your favorite food? Pizza and Macaroni and Cheese
Who is your best friend? Her neighbors, Keaton and Makenna
What is your favorite cartoon? Dragon Tales
What is your favorite book? Animal Babies (a counting book)
What does Mommy do best? Take care of the babies (Cameryn and Jaidyn)
What does Daddy do best? Goes to work
What is your favorite animal? Dragons
What do you like to do with Mommy and Daddy? Help cook breakfast
Where is your favorite place to go? Chuckie Cheese
How old are you? Four
It is funny to see how much her interview has changed, here is her last years interview if you want to compare. I just really wish we had my parents here this year, last year at this time my mom was suppose to come out but had to have emergency surgery....they have since made it out but it was for the twins birthday...I am hoping for next year they can get here for Morgan's birthday! I will post another blog soon, after her party to show pictures and everything!
What is your favorite color? Orange
What is your favorite food? Pizza and Macaroni and Cheese
Who is your best friend? Her neighbors, Keaton and Makenna
What is your favorite cartoon? Dragon Tales
What is your favorite book? Animal Babies (a counting book)
What does Mommy do best? Take care of the babies (Cameryn and Jaidyn)
What does Daddy do best? Goes to work
What is your favorite animal? Dragons
What do you like to do with Mommy and Daddy? Help cook breakfast
Where is your favorite place to go? Chuckie Cheese
How old are you? Four
It is funny to see how much her interview has changed, here is her last years interview if you want to compare. I just really wish we had my parents here this year, last year at this time my mom was suppose to come out but had to have emergency surgery....they have since made it out but it was for the twins birthday...I am hoping for next year they can get here for Morgan's birthday! I will post another blog soon, after her party to show pictures and everything!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Food Review
I have been trying A LOT of new recipes lately with the intentions of giving reviews but I just ran out of time in my day. So I thought I would give an update on all the new recipes I tried last week!
Italian Chicken Soup from The Pioneer Woman: I was so excited to try this recipe, I altered it a bit and cooked it in my crock pot because Cameryn had a 4 pm eye appointment that day and just wanted to make it easier for me to cook this with out it taking too much time! I just waited to do the cream and noodles once we got home from the doctor. It was tasting yummy before I left so I was really excited. We got a ton of leftovers, which I froze. I will alter a few more things. I thought there was too much cream, so I will probably only use 1 cup instead of two, and the 2nd change that both Tyson and I agreed upon was to add some spicy sausage to it. It was just missing "something" and I think that would be a great flavor to add!
The Marlboro Man Sandwich from The Pioneer Woman: I was a bit apprehensive on this sandwich as it calls for a lot of Worcestershire sauce, but it looked so good that I wanted to try it! I did add some mushrooms to it as well and I melted cheese on Tyson's, I wanted to try it without the cheese. Tyson liked it, he said that it was really good and he would eat it again. I thought it was okay, about halfway thru the sandwich the heat started to pick up from the hot sauce so I thought it was getting better. The next day we had enough for both of us to have leftovers and this time I melted cheese on mine and it was SO GOOD! So the changes I would make....add more hot sauce, maybe some green peppers with it as well and definatley melt cheese on top!
Cafe Rio Sweet Pork: I love pulled pork, I would eat it every week if I wouldn't get sick of it eventually. I wanted to find a new recipe rather than doing our normal BBQ Sauce. I stumbled across this recipe and now I have never eaten at Cafe Rio, I thought it was worth a try. It was nice to be able to put it in the crock pot and not have to worry about it the rest of the day! The verdict: it was good, but too sweet for me, I wanted more of a "kick" to it. It was bad, but it wasn't a wow, so I probably won't make it again. We had a ton of leftovers (I used a small pork roast) so the next day I made Taco's with it, which again, were just okay.
BBQ Whiskey Sliders from The Pioneer Woman: I was so, so, so excited to try this. I had never made sliders before and this just looked delicious! I was also going to make Shrimp Quesadillas, but since we had so much leftover pork from the night before I decided to do some fried taco's instead so we didn't waste the meat. The verdict: They were just as yummy as they looked, Tyson really liked them and said that they were so far the best that I have made from PW. I will make these again, they were so easy to cook as well! I am excited at some point to try the Shrimp Quesadilla's as well! Next month some time I will.
This week I am only trying a few new recipes. Next month I am going to go back and re visit a few recipes that we liked, one of them being the Italian Chicken Sandwich, also adding the spicy sausage to the Italian Chicken Soup, I really want to make some homemade pizza's on the grill as well as try a few more recipes that I have stored on my Pinterest! Now, I must go and find some crock pot recipes so we are not stuck eating Chicken Wings this week again (don't get me wrong, I like chicken wings, but as an appetizer, not a dinner)
Italian Chicken Soup from The Pioneer Woman: I was so excited to try this recipe, I altered it a bit and cooked it in my crock pot because Cameryn had a 4 pm eye appointment that day and just wanted to make it easier for me to cook this with out it taking too much time! I just waited to do the cream and noodles once we got home from the doctor. It was tasting yummy before I left so I was really excited. We got a ton of leftovers, which I froze. I will alter a few more things. I thought there was too much cream, so I will probably only use 1 cup instead of two, and the 2nd change that both Tyson and I agreed upon was to add some spicy sausage to it. It was just missing "something" and I think that would be a great flavor to add!
The Marlboro Man Sandwich from The Pioneer Woman: I was a bit apprehensive on this sandwich as it calls for a lot of Worcestershire sauce, but it looked so good that I wanted to try it! I did add some mushrooms to it as well and I melted cheese on Tyson's, I wanted to try it without the cheese. Tyson liked it, he said that it was really good and he would eat it again. I thought it was okay, about halfway thru the sandwich the heat started to pick up from the hot sauce so I thought it was getting better. The next day we had enough for both of us to have leftovers and this time I melted cheese on mine and it was SO GOOD! So the changes I would make....add more hot sauce, maybe some green peppers with it as well and definatley melt cheese on top!
Cafe Rio Sweet Pork: I love pulled pork, I would eat it every week if I wouldn't get sick of it eventually. I wanted to find a new recipe rather than doing our normal BBQ Sauce. I stumbled across this recipe and now I have never eaten at Cafe Rio, I thought it was worth a try. It was nice to be able to put it in the crock pot and not have to worry about it the rest of the day! The verdict: it was good, but too sweet for me, I wanted more of a "kick" to it. It was bad, but it wasn't a wow, so I probably won't make it again. We had a ton of leftovers (I used a small pork roast) so the next day I made Taco's with it, which again, were just okay.
BBQ Whiskey Sliders from The Pioneer Woman: I was so, so, so excited to try this. I had never made sliders before and this just looked delicious! I was also going to make Shrimp Quesadillas, but since we had so much leftover pork from the night before I decided to do some fried taco's instead so we didn't waste the meat. The verdict: They were just as yummy as they looked, Tyson really liked them and said that they were so far the best that I have made from PW. I will make these again, they were so easy to cook as well! I am excited at some point to try the Shrimp Quesadilla's as well! Next month some time I will.
This week I am only trying a few new recipes. Next month I am going to go back and re visit a few recipes that we liked, one of them being the Italian Chicken Sandwich, also adding the spicy sausage to the Italian Chicken Soup, I really want to make some homemade pizza's on the grill as well as try a few more recipes that I have stored on my Pinterest! Now, I must go and find some crock pot recipes so we are not stuck eating Chicken Wings this week again (don't get me wrong, I like chicken wings, but as an appetizer, not a dinner)
My Menu
Here is my menu for the week. I am currently trying to find some new crock pot recipes as I like to use the crock pot on Sundays and Fridays, since those are the days I struggle with not wanting to cook. Yesterday, nothing sounded good for dinner so we ended up not using the crock pot but made wings instead. I am determined for the next month of meals to have some "new" crock pot recipes as well as making a few of the ones we like.
Sunday: Wings and potatoes
Monday: Country Club Chicken, Olive garden bread sticks and green beans
Tuesday: Pork Chops, au gratin potatoes (from Pioneer woman), and corn
Wednesday: Taco's (I am doing this recipe from PW, but instead of chicken I am going to do a layer of beans and than taco seasoned hamburger), re fried beans and tator tots
Thursday: HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY MORGAN! Homemade Mac and Cheese (from pioneer woman), chili and baked potatoes (now this is subject to change by our birthday girl if she requests something different)
Friday: Need to find a new crock pot recipe--I want to maybe try Vegetable beef soup, with a side of grilled cheese
Saturday: Morgan's birthday party, we are having pizza, chips and dips, etc.
We did try a bunch of new recipes last week, stayed tuned for another post, as I am going to give my reviews and let you know what we liked and didn't like! Have a great week everyone!!
Sunday: Wings and potatoes
Monday: Country Club Chicken, Olive garden bread sticks and green beans
Tuesday: Pork Chops, au gratin potatoes (from Pioneer woman), and corn
Wednesday: Taco's (I am doing this recipe from PW, but instead of chicken I am going to do a layer of beans and than taco seasoned hamburger), re fried beans and tator tots
Thursday: HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY MORGAN! Homemade Mac and Cheese (from pioneer woman), chili and baked potatoes (now this is subject to change by our birthday girl if she requests something different)
Friday: Need to find a new crock pot recipe--I want to maybe try Vegetable beef soup, with a side of grilled cheese
Saturday: Morgan's birthday party, we are having pizza, chips and dips, etc.
We did try a bunch of new recipes last week, stayed tuned for another post, as I am going to give my reviews and let you know what we liked and didn't like! Have a great week everyone!!
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