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I’ve had an exciting or should be exciting weekend hovering over my chicken egg incubator, but I’m sad to say I’ve had absolutely no action. The chicks due date is today to be exact but I was really hoping for some early takers. Hopefully today I won’t spend most of the day hovering also but I will have some chicks hatching. Wish me luck. On other news I will also be busy cooking some of my favorite foods this week, cookies and soup. What’s on your menu plan this week?

Last week we enjoyed:

Cajun fish and Shrimp over Cheese Grits and Red Repper Coulis

Chicken Fried Steak

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Eggs and Toast

Fresh Fruit and Oatmeal

Cereal with fresh berries

Dinners:

Pork Chops in Creamy Champagne Sauce with Rustic Garlic Mashed Potatoes (recipe to come)

Sticky Chicken with veggies

Mexican Chicken Stew

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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I am back to menu planning after a week off, it felt strange to not have my menu planned, and we unfortunately ate out more and ate more convenience foods like frozen pizza, etc. I wasn’t organized at all or motivated to cook. It was good to take a week off, but I am glad to be planning my menu with some healthier foods and new recipes this week.

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Whole wheat banana pancakes

Eggs and Bacon

Cereal with fresh fruit

Dinners:

Chicken Fried Steak

Cajun Snapper and Shrimp over Bacon Cheddar Cheese Grits with Red Pepper Coulis (recipe to come)

Spaghetti and Salad

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Banana Nut Muffins (Recipe to come)

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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Wow what a busy Bloggy Spring Break. It was good to enjoy the time off the computer, but I missed it. I missed everyone, and have lots of catching up to do. What a week. Unfortunately we didn’t get everything done we would have liked, but the duck/chicken coop is finished, the garden is partially planted, and the taxes are partially finished (I keep hoping the will magically finish themselves overnight).

Last week we had:

Fish Cakes with Sweet Potato chips

Caramel Croissant Pudding

Goulash

and

Sloppy Joe Stuffed potatoes with fresh fruit using this sloppy joe recipe

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Huevos Rancheros

Eggs and Bacon

Smoothies

Dinners:

Ribs with Mac and Cheese and mixed veggies

Montana Mike’s Chicken (recipe to come)

Fish tacos with Lemon Butter Sauce

Easter feast- Mexican Theme = YUM. Serving Enchiladas, Crock-pot Pinto beans.

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Tres Leche Cake (recipe to come)

Grapefruit Zabaglione

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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It’s Spring Break, well not really for us, since none of us are in or working for a college anymore. But DT will have off several days this week so it will be like a mini break for us, including me and my menu plan, though I do have some fun new meals plan, nothing extravagant.

I feel like I haven’t been blogging much lately, my life has been slightly consumed with chicks (I have 8 now) and I’ve even joined an online chicken lovers forum called Backyardchickens.com. It’s so neat and the people there are wonderful and could answer every little chicken or duck question you could think of. I can feel another chicken post coming soon, please bare with me. You will be amazed at how big the chicks and ducks are, AMAZED!

Ok back to menu planning.

Last week we had:

Huevos Rancheros

Creamed Corn with bacon

Mini Shepard’s pie

Zucchini Quesadillas

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This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

French toast with fresh fruit

Eggs and Bacon

Smoothies

Dinners:

Sloppy Joe Stuffed potatoes with fresh fruit using this sloppy joe recipe

Barbecue ribs with roasted turnips and carrots

Goulash

Fish Cakes (recipe to come) with sweet potato fries

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Caramel Croissant Pudding (recipe to come)

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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We have lots of leftovers and tons of turnips and carrots from our garden, so I plan on freezing some of the carrots, and trying some new turnip dishes.

I am thinking about starting a weekly garden meme, that would show your garden progress each week, maybe start a new topic, like pest control, organic gardening, freezing and storing produce, and many many more topics. I know many of you have a summer garden so I’d like to here from you if this might interest you.

Also be sure to check out Money Saving Mom and her 31 Days to a Better Grocery Budget series, she’s recently been talking about menu planning and included one of my comments in her post, (too cool). Be sure to check it out she has some great tips.

Last week we had:

Pound Cake with Lemon Curd

Carrot Zucchini Pancakes (picture and recipe courtesy of Finding Joy in my Kitchen)

These were delicious and filling.

Chicken Fried Steak, with turnips and green salad

Mexican Mess Crock-pot Recipe (new from Smockity frocks) We really enjoyed these, I add some frozen corn and this was also great on top of a salad.

Homemade Pizza with side salad

Sweet Bean Burritos

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Huevos Rancheros (recipe to come)

Scrambled eggs and toast

Fresh fruit and oatmeal

Dinners:

Barbecue chicken and ribs with mashed turnips, and roasted carrots and creamed corn (recipe to come)

Mini Shepard’s pie from leftovers

Spaghetti with meat sauce

Zucchini Quesadillas with carrots

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Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Lemon Buttermilk Pudding Cake (Brenda’s Blog from Paraguay)

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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This week I have a couple of new recipes (with links) that I am going to make. There are so many great food bloggers and wonderful recipes going around, I am going to incorporate more into my weekly menu planning. Be sure to check out the links and open yourself up to some wonderful new recipes and blogs.

Of course I will still have a few of my recipes floating around, because I love good stand-me-by recipes. DT will be super excited to see chicken fried steak on the menu, this is is absolute favorite meal. We have a freezer full of meat so I am happy to oblige.

Also if you will notice at the bottom of each post I have added a new Link within feature, which basically pulls similar posts from my blog and will help you navigate some of my older posts. This tip was given from Helene at I’m Living Proof that God Has a Sense of Humor. If you haven’t seen or read her blog, please do she’s a hoot! On to my menu.

Last week we had:

Hearts of Palm Salad

Sauteed Bananas with Tangy Sweet Cream

Baked Cabbage

Fish baked in foil

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Scrambled eggs and toast

Fresh fruit and oatmeal

Carrot Zucchini Pancakes (picture and recipe courtesy of Finding Joy in my Kitchen)

Dinners:

Chicken Fried Steak, with turnips and green salad

Mexican Mess Crock-pot Recipe (new from Smockity frocks)

Homemade Pizza with side salad

Sweet Bean Burritos

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Pound Cake with lemon curd (recipe to come)

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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Well last week’s egg cooking fest went very well, I am down to about 8 eggs but don’t worry those will go quickly and our chickens are still laying 4-5 each day. I don’t think were going to have a shortage any time soon.

On other news a friend of mine brought me a gallon of raw milk to try this week. Have you heard or tried Raw milk before? It basically whole milk that hasn’t been pasteurized. I was a bit skeptical at first and even did a comparison taste test between store bought whole milk. The flavor to me wasn’t hugely different but the raw milk has a yellow tinge color and cream had separated a bit at the top, it was so creamy and delicious. I think she has converted me. It reminds me when I dated a boy who’s family ran a Dairy Farm, they use to send us gallons of unpasteurized milk (Raw Milk), I never thought anything about it then, funny how things change.

Other than the milk and eggs I have a couple of really fun interesting recipes planned for this week.

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Last week we had:

Baked Custard

Ova in Brodetto: Eggs in Tomato Sauce

Eggs and Asparagus

Sticky Chicken

Chicken Corn Chowder

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Fresh fruit and oatmeal

French Toast with fresh fruit topping

Eggs and toast

Dinners:

Turducken, Baked Cabbage, and sauteed squash (dinner at Mom’s)

Barbeque Chicken with broccoli and cauliflower (from the garden)

Hearts of Palm Salad (recipe to come)

Fish baked in foil

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Sauteed Bananas with tangy sweet cream (recipe to come)

Stop by for more menu planning ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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Eggs Eggs Eggs! This week’s menu is inspired by the 3 dozen eggs we have in the fridge. Our chickens are laying 4-5 each day and we almost can’t keep up. Scrambled or fried eggs in the mornings are getting a bit routine, so I am mixing it up a bit and adding in some new eggy recipes.

Last week we had:

Cherry Mini Cakes

Spaghetti Puttanesca

Pork Chops with Turnips Gratin (picture and recipe courtesy of Pioneer Woman)

Hearty Cabbage Soup

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Eggs and Asparagus

Ova in Brodetto: Eggs in Tomato Sauce (recipe to come)

Fresh fruit and oatmeal

Dinners:

Steaks with sweet potatoes, and Hearts of palm salad (recipe to come)

Pork chops with asparagus and turnip greens

Sticky Chicken

Chicken Corn Chowder

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Baked Custard (recipe to come)

Stop by for more menu planning Ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the Superbowl, admittedly I didn’t even watch, who won??

Anyways, Valentines day is this weekend (Sunday in case it slipped your mind) and in our household its a big deal!!! Well not really but we do love getting each-other something sweet or DT loves when I bake a strawberry cake or even red velvet cupcakes for him. But since were sugar and gluten free right now we are trying to get a hold of ourselves. Not that we haven’t cheated since Jan 1st but we’ve been pretty good considering. I did break down and make some mini cherry cakes this weekend, and promise I only ate about 3 or 4 out of 50+. That’s amazing for me seriously! So far no big plans of our V-day, just a dinner at home, maybe if were lucky we could sneak out for a movie. (Mom, hint hint 🙂 Hope you have a great week.

Last week we had:

Sweet Potato Fries with Avoc ado dip

Chicken Corn Chowder

Smothered Chicken and Rice

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Eggs and toast

Fresh fruit and oatmeal

Fruit Smoothies

Dinners:

Spaghetti Puttanesca (recipe to come)

Pork Chops with Turnips Gratin (picture and recipe courtesy of Pioneer Woman)

Hearty Cabbage Soup

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Cherry Mini Cakes (recipe to come)

Stop by for more menu planning Ideas at Organizing Junkie.

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*Be Sure to Stop by the Xagave Giveaway and enter to win!*

62 weeks now I have been menu planning, it has become such a natural part of my week, I can’t imagine going back to not knowing what I am going to cook each week. Each Saturday or Sunday morning I spend about 30 minutes (maybe not this long) preparing my menu for the week, deciding on what new recipes I am going to try and what family favorites we will eat.

Then I create my grocery list for the week and I am done, that’s it. No more worrying what I am going to fix or if we have the ingredients to make it. It’s simple and done. Of course my menu plan is flexible and I can simply push back recipes if we didn’t make them that week or something came up. I also like to make a few large dinners that we can eat more than once or for leftovers for lunch the next day. I just love leftovers.

I have a few new changes coming to my blog over the next month I am going to start hosting more sponsored giveaways. This means I was given a product to try and then blog about and offer a product to giveaway on my blog, so please be sure to stop by starting tomorrow and enter in the giveaway.

Last week we had:

Seared Tuna with Mango Salsa

Orange Cranberry Muffins (Sugar and Gluten Free)

Sticky Chicken

Mexican Chicken Stew

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Eggs and toast

Fresh fruit and oatmeal

Fruit Smoothies

Dinners:

Smothered Chicken and Rice

Barbecue Ribs and sweet potato fries (recipe to come)

Pork Chops with squash and salad

Chicken Corn Chowder (recipe to come)

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Whole Wheat Carrot Pineapple Cake (recipe and giveaway to come)

For more menu inspiration, check out orgjunkie.com

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I can’t believe that its already the 4th week of our diet! Much to my surprise it’s been easy. Yes it takes more planning and thought, but really I don’t feel hungry or unsatisfied at all. When I am hungry I eat! I just choose to eat healthier things now, unlike before when I would grab chips or a cookie, now its almonds or fruit. Though DT and I did go out on a date Saturday night and we splurged on bread, and desserts! But then when I woke up this morning I felt like I had a hangover, wonder if it was a sugar hangover, I guess triple chocolate cake will do that to you. Other than that we are back to healthy eating sugar and gluten free. Our chickens are also keeping us stocked on eggs, so I am going to come up with some creative egg recipes over the next few weeks, so far we are getting 4 eggs a day.

Last week we had:

Baked Eggs

Fish Tacos with homemade Corn tortillas (recipe to come)

Mini Meatloaf

Flour less Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies (just added 1 cup oatmeal and omitted sugar)

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Fresh Fruit and Oatmeal

Fruit Smoothies

Orange Cranberry Muffins (sugar and gluten free- recipe to come)

Dinners:

Barbecue chicken with roasted cauliflower and asparagus

Seared Tuna with Mango salsa (recipe to come)

Sticky Chicken

Mexican Chicken Stew

Desserts, Snacks and Drinks:

Blackberry Cobbler (sugar and gluten free)

For more menu inspiration, check out orgjunkie.com

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Please stop by my Help for Haiti post and leave a comment, for each comment or link and I will donate $1.00 to the American Red cross.

We are heading into our 3rd week on the sugar and gluten free diet and much to my surprise I have lost about 6lbs, and DT lost 17lbs!!!!! Yes 17lbs, how is this possible????? Hmm, sometimes life just isn’t fair. They say men lose weight easier, but seriously??? Other than that the diet has been pretty easy and I’ve adjusted so far with the occasional craving for bread or ice cream. But we’ve been eating so many fruits and veggies I am staying nice and satisfied.

Last week we had:

Grapefruit Zabaglione over Mixed Berries

Baked Cabbage

Yogurt and Broiled Grapefruit (recipe and picture courtesy of Amy at Sugar and Gluten Free)