Feb 22 - 28

This should be the last menu I'll post for a little while ;) Tomorrow night is "Family Night" at Chick-Fil-A and kids eat free so we'll be taking advantage of that! Also, some sweet friends from our Sunday school class offered to bring us a meal this week which will help a ton! Other than that, it's old stand-by's and a couple of recent repeats since Keenan didn't have a sense of taste at the time. See you in a few weeks! :)

Breakfast for Dinner - quiche in a cup, yogurt waffles, turkey bacon and yogurt, fruit and quinoa crunch parfaits.

Hamburgers and French Fries

Chicken Tikka Masala with Rice

Orange Marmalade Chicken with Rice

BLT's with Avocado, Fruit and Chips

Feb 15 - 21

Review time! Our crockpot meals were great and just what I needed as I've hit the "I'm ready to have this baby" wall :) First we tried the Slow-Cooker Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna. While it lacked a little something (garlic maybe?), I think if I try a different sauce it has some potential. Much less work than regular lasagna and just as tasty! Next we had the Slow-Cooker Creamy Chicken and Biscuits. I used some of my Mural of Flavor spice from Penzkeys as the poultry seasoning and the whole dish was great! Of course, the best part was the homemade drop biscuits - perfection!

Keenan has a band commitment this week so he'll be gone 4 evenings this week. Bring on the easy, kid-friendly meals!

Falafel Sandwiches

Curried Tomato Bisque with Fresh Bread or Grilled Cheese

Pizza

Cauliflower Gratin

Chicken Nuggets with Mac 'n Cheese

Tacos

Feb 8 - 14

Our only new recipe for last week, the Corn and Kielbasa Chowder was a winner!. I went ahead and made a double bactch and stuck half in the freezer for these upcoming weeks/months :) I'm very thankful that my latest Real Simple came this week. My energy and creativity levels are pretty low with two sick kiddos and being a week from full term - yikes! The magazine has a great slow-cooker section that I've picked two of our meals from as well as a yummy-sounding soup. We're hoping to go out to dinner with friends this weekend, but I've planned plenty of meals in case the kids aren't well when the time comes. Is it spring yet?

Turkey Tenderloin with Mashed Potatoes and Veggies

Spinach & Ricotta Lasagna (in the crock-pot, Real Simple)

Creamy Chicken & Biscuits (in the crock-pot, Real Simple)

Curried Tomato Bisque Soup (Real Simple) with Fresh Bread

Orange Marmalade Chicken and Rice

Bratwurst with Baked Beans

Turkey Bacon BLT's with Avocado

Breakfast Treat: Lemon Rolls

Nothing to review this week as I chose all tried and true recipes last week. I did, however, test out my new pressure cooker (thanks to my MIL both for getting it for me and showing me how to work it!) making some pinto beans to flesh out our Spanish Beef and Rice meal. Now that I'm over my intimidation, I definitely need to use it more often - what a time saver! I'm hoping to stock-pile some beans and chicken in the freezer for these first few months with a newborn in the house again :)

Another "easy" menu for this week. It's supposed to be pretty cold the next few days so I tried to pick some hearty/feel-good meals. I guess I'm on a roast turkey/chicken kick :)

Roast Chicken and Veggies with Breadmaker Rolls

Chicken Tacos (using leftover roast chicken)

Corn and Kielbasa Chowder

Cottage Cheese Blintzes with Strawberry Sauce

Turkey Breast, Mashed Potatoes and Veggies

Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Carrots and Celery for Super Bowl Sunday!

Pizza (out)

Jan 25 - 31

After my friend posted her menu last week, I suddenly realized I forgot to post mine! Sorry about that. We did have a highlight new meal last week - Crock Pot Braised Short Ribs. It was so easy and so tasty and gave us plenty of leftovers. Yummy!

On to this week!

Chili and Cornbread

Tofu Stir Fry

Chicken and Spinach Alfredo with French Bread

Roast Turkey Breast, Mashed Potatoes and Veggies

Spanish Beef and Rice

Stuffed Poblano Peppers using left-over Spanish Beef and Rice

Jan 11 - 17

The only new recipe from last week was the Italian Wedding Soup and it worked out great. The only down-side was the orzo soaked up most of the broth for our leftovers. It still tastes good, but not really soup-like anymore. Definitely a nice light, but warming winter meal.

Here's this week's plan:

Cranberry Muffins for Saturday breakfast

Pan-Fried Spinach Ravioli

Pepperoni Pizza Puffs (roll-over)

Chicken Tacos (using leftover roast chicken)

Tofu Stir Fry

Chili and Cornbread

Reuben Sandwiches with Chips and Fruit

Eggs and Potatoes

Jan 4 - 10

Time to get back at it! Somehow this week's menu wasn't too tough to pull together. I had some roll-overs from last week (that I forgot to post) and a couple of old stand-bys we haven't had in a while. Here we go!

Smothered Bean Burritos

Spaghetti with French Bread

Turkey Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes

Italian Wedding Soup

Roast Chicken and Veggies with Bread Machine Dinner Rolls

Pepperoni Pizza Puffs with Crunchy Veggies