November menu #1

I have completely neglected my blog over the past few months. Now that I'm working on our family yearbook for 2014, I'm realizing that I need to get back into blogging--it makes compiling a book for the whole year a lot easier! I am a busy woman now, with four kids, two in school (and oh, how I hate the never ending cycle of homework and lunches, lunches and homework!) and three part time jobs that I do from home. And yet I still find time to binge watch Gilmore Girls... 

1. Cheesy Italian sausage bread, creamy tomato soup
2. Tamale pot pies (the recipe calls for ground chicken but I used ground beef), black beans
3. Creamy spinach linguine, garlic bread
4. White chicken chili, cornbread
5. Three cheese pizza, tomato and cucumber salad
6. Leftovers
7. French onion soup with quinoa (the recipe calls for barley, I'm using quinoa instead), brussels sprouts salad
8. Pecan chicken, roasted carrots, twice baked potatoes
9. Baked oatmeal, biscuits, bacon
10. Sweet and tangy chicken, tortillas, lime cilantro dressing
11. The Pizza Factory: We won best costumes at my brother's Halloween party and were awarded a gift card, wahoo!!!
12. Leftovers
13. Steak with blue cheese crust, mashed potatoes, crusty bread
14. Chicken noodle soup, homemade rolls (Juno's birthday dinner!)

Treats:

• Milk chocolate creme brulee
• Brookies
• Orange zest cranberry bars
• Reeses pieces PB cookies

I'm also spending a lot of time working on our Thanksgiving weekend menu. We are spending the weekend with my parents and siblings at a ranch house in New Harmony, Utah, near St. George. I love Thanksgiving. It's such a wonderful holiday, the family, the food, the pies... I love planning our Thanksgiving feast!

October Menu #2

1. Chicken paillards with romaine Caesar slaw and French bread
2. BLT pizza
3. Leftovers
4. Shrimp and corn chowder, cornbread
5. Lemon poppy seed pancakes with mixed berry compote, scrambled eggs, bacon
6. Quick sausage rotini, French bread
7. Sweet and tangy shredded chicken, tortillas and fixings, lime cilantro dressing
8. Three cheese pizza, apple slices
9. Leftovers
10. Classic lasagna, salad
11. Grilled cheese bar
12. Chicken noodle soup, homemade rolls
13. Vietnamese caramel pork and rice
14. Frozen mystery soup, cornbread: there is a bag of frozen soup in my freezer that I neglected to label, oops!
15. Make your own pizza bar
16.Leftovers
17. Cheesy broccoli and quinoa casserole, salad with apples and pecans

Treats

• Slow cooker ooey gooey chocolate pudding cake
• Halloween sugar cookies
• Pumpkin rice krispie treats

October #1 menu

Here's another 2 week menu plan! If anyone has some great ideas of what to serve with BLT pizza, comment please! I fail at side dishes, especially for pizza!

1. Egg stuffed baked potatoes, Greek yogurt bar
2. Chicken paillards, crusty french bread
3. BLT pizza
4. Baked oatmeal, banana bread, smoothies
5. Breaded garlic chicken, fettuccine, salad
6. Sweet and tangy chicken, rice, beans
7. White chicken chili, cornbread
8. Date night
9. Leftovers
10. Tuscan garlic herb pork chops, bean salad, crusty bready
11. Make your own pizza bar
12. Roasted garlic mac and cheese, roast asparagus
13. Sausage and potato skillet, smoothies, biscuits
14. Chicken noodle soup, rolls

Breakfast foods

• Scrambled eggs and toast
• Granola
• Oatmeal
• Pancakes/waffles
• Yogurt parfaits
• Cinnamon rolls
• Smoothies
• Biscuits
• Popovers
• Muffins
• Pumpkin bread

Snacks

• Popcorn
• Graham crackers
• Yogurt
• String cheese
• Fruit/veggies
• Roasted chickpeas
• Cinnamon chips
• Apple nachos 

Treats

• Raspberry white chocolate chip cookies
• Slow cooker ooey gooey chocolate pudding cake
• Homemade doughnuts