Monday, October 8, 2012

Menu for October 8 thru October 12

Well, it looks like a week up and slipped away from me.  Which is easy to do these days!!!  Seems like there is always so much going on!!!  Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to keep this blog updated.  So this week I'm trying a new approach.  I'm going to list out our weekly menu first.  Then come back and elaborate on as much as I can.  So let's get this started.....

Monday
Hamburger Steaks w/Sweet Onion-Mushroom Gravy

Tuesday
Crockpot StoveTop Stuffing Chicken

Wednesday
One Pot Pasta with Mine Garlic Monkey Bread

Thursday
BBQ Chicken Tacos

Friday
Not sure yet....we may have a race so if we do, we'll be on the road.

I've really got to get better at making a menu plan in advance....especially before I go to the grocery store.  Because trying to make a menu after the fact is a little more difficult since I'm having to base the menu off of what I have on hand.  I think if I make the menu first, purchase the items needed for each recipe, then I won't have to think as much on what we will be eating!  May sound lazy, but with 3 kiddos, working full time, boot camp 3 days a week @ 4 AM.....this momma is worn out!!!!!  LOL

Till I type again......God Bless!




Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Wednesday 09/26 & Thursday 09/27

Wednesday

I made Crockpot Salsa Chicken with my Spanish Rice.  Sorry I'm not elaborating much on this one.  I promise I will when I make it again.  Because I will DEFINITELY be making this again!  It was wonderful!!!!!!!


Here is the link for this recipe:


It really was good and had plenty of leftovers.  Knucklehead 2 liked it.  But Knucklehead 1 said it was horrible....but he's becoming quite picky in his teenage years so I wouldn't necessarily take his opinion to heart!  LOL

And as for my Spanish Rice....I'll talk more about that later.  :-)



Thursday

Boy did we have a busy day today!  Or I should say Knucklehead 1 and I had a busy day!  Today was the day to get his braces off!!!  WooHoo!!!  But he also had to have some dental work done, so he and I just spent the whole day together.  He even treated me to lunch at Olive Garden.  Well, maybe I was the one who treated him.  Anyway, he at least was ok about being seen in public with me!  You know how teenagers are.....or really I don't know how they are because this one changes from one minute to the next!  LOL

Anyway, by the time we finally made it home I was a little stumped on what I was going to make for dinner.  I did have some ground venison thawed out so I knew I would need to come up with something that used ground beef.  I thought to myself, well I still have what's left of the marinara sauce that I didn't use on Tuesday; So right then, I knew I wanted to make this an easy night since I had to also bake a dessert for the Homecoming lunch tomorrow at school.

And this is what I created:

Crescent Roll Pizza Pockets
  • 2 cans of crescent rolls
  • Ground Venison (or Beef)
  • Spaghetti Sauce or Marinara Sauce (the large jar)
  • Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
I think I've seen a recipe like this before but I can't remember where or I would attach the link.  Preheat your oven according to the crescent roll package.  Brown your meat (I seasoned mine with garlic salt and Italian seasoning).  When the meat is cooked, drain off any excess fat.  This is one reason why I use Venison.  There's never any grease!  Once drained, stir in the spaghetti sauce.  Then you are ready to start stuffing the pockets!!

When you unroll the crescent rolls, leave them in a rectangle (so essentially you are putting 2 triangles together).  I mashed the seam, loaded it with the meat mixture on one end.  Topped with the shredded mozzarella and folded the other half on top of it.  I pressed the edges together and laid on my baking stone.

Once I had them all laid out nicely, I sprayed the tops with my butter cooking spray.  That way you're not adding extra fat, but they will turn a nice golden color.

This is all I cooked tonight....we had so much going on as far as preparing for the upcoming race weekend, Homecoming tomorrow, and just our everyday living that I needed something easy.  Because then I had to make a dessert.  I went with this:

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies


And let me tell you they were AMAZING!!!!  I cheated and had one even though they are for the lunch tomorrow.  I will tell you that under TIPS where it says "Be careful not to over bake", she is absolutely correct!  They are not as moist if you bake them too long.  They still taste good, but not like my 2nd batch did.  These will definitely be made again in our house!!

As for tomorrow......well it's game day...and it's Homecoming...so it will be leftover night!!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!  I'll try to be better at posting in the future!  :-)