Menu Plan Monday!

So I thought I would do this again since I have been slacking lately and we have been eating too much Little Caesars and In N Out. I did cook over the weekend some so we will start out with Leftovers
Monday: Left over homemade Pizza or Enchiladas and Salad
Tuesday: I saw this on Laura's blog and we may try it... Cake for dinner
Wednesday: Crockpot Lasagna
we have tried this recipe before and my husband loves it. I think the key is the no boil noodles and we had it in the crockpot for about 5 hours. I season the beef with a little Worcester sauce and montreal steak seasoning too.
Thursday: gyoza (Potstickers) and Rice and Chinese Chicken Salad
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Eat out for one meal/ Leftovers
Sunday: Ham and cheese crescent rolls and French fries- I have some pillsbury crescent rolls that I will stuff according to what people like- In mine I will probably have ranch, mozzarella cheese, ham, and broccoli- My hubbies will be ham and cheddar or ham, mozzarella and tomoato sauce. I'll probably make a variety since everything that we put in is already prepared it's easy to make them to individual tastes. :)

mmm.. The week is shaping up nicely. I need to go pick up a few things at the grocery store for the chicken salad and maybe some things like Jello for the cake for dinner. But not a ton of shopping is required. :)

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I haven't been scrapping much lately. This pregnancy is wearing me out. My DH gets home and I turn Kaden over to him and go to bed. Only one more month to go! Then I will be really tired! :) I will be taking lots of photos though so .... Scrapping will happen again.

Scraplifted .... Myself!

Digidare's (see sidebar links) challenge for this week was to scraplift yourself! I decided to scraplift this LO but I turned it on it's side since the photo I wanted to use was vertical instead of horizontal.
credits: The word art, Papers, and elements are all by Mindy at Fresh Brewed Coffee(see side bar) Paper and elements are part of her moody blues kit.
There are some photos that just need to stand on their own. I thought this one that I just took of Kaden blowing bubbles was one of those so that's why I chose to scraplift the above LO for it.

I love the hand drawn bubbles from 2peas Rhonna Farrer's Splish Splash kit. Matt didn't get them. Let me know what you think. Other credits- quote word art is Katie Pertiet Quote challenge for Designer Digitals(they have the most amazing freebies for their challenges- I am always getting inspiration there), the Background paper is from Karla Marano's (Karla's stores are both in my side bar) Back to School kit, and the font is CK Artisan I think... It's CK something...

My little boy is growing up too fast! He just turned 2! He was so cute blowing out his candles. He was afraid to get close to them at first and kept saying, "Hot! Hot!" :) Look for those LOs later this week. :)

menu plan

Monday- we went to Yolanda's- a delicious mexican restaurant. Kaden was really well behaved and chowed down on the rice and beans.

Tuesday we had Chicken Crescent rolls - recipe courtesy of April-

Chicken Crescent Rolls

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese

1 Tbsp pimientos, chopped (optional)

2 Tbsp butter, melted

1 (8 oz) can refrigerated crescent rolls

2 cups chicken, cubed and cooked

1 Tbsp butter, melted

¼ tsp salt

¼ cup croutons, seasoned & crushed

1/8 tsp pepper

3 Tbsp milk

1 Tbsp chives, chopped

Blend cream cheese and melted butter. Add chicken, salt, pepper, milk, chives and pimientos; mix well. Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles, as marked. Spoon ¼ cup meat mixture near base of triangle and roll up, crescent style. Brush each roll with melted butter; dip in croutons or dressing crumbs. Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot with any favorite cream sauce (or cream of chicken or mushroom soup, diluted with about ½ can of milk).

I added a little season salt to the chicken before adding it to the mix. I also used Montreal steak seasoning instead of salt and pepper.

Wednesday- Beef stroganoff- unless DH objects- then I'll switch it up with a different meal...

Thursday- sweet and sour meatballs

Friday- homemade pizza (Kaden's 2nd b-day!!!)

Saturday- enchiladas

Sunday- leftovers and Cake and Ice cream for Kaden's b-day!

new LO using Karla Marano's Cupid's crush, Heritage Harvest, and Heartfelts...

No Gestational diabetes and a few new LOs

So my results didn't have the little H next to them indicating gestational diabetes. And I didn't get a follow-up call from my doctor so I am assuming that my results came back within the normal range! Yay! I have been thoroughly enjoying Valentine's chocolate all week! My DH brought me home a Chocolate Sin Cheesecake that is divine! Perfect comfort food.

The Fresh and Easy market seems like a good place for me to go for produce. The prices were about on par but the produce seems better than our other grocery stores. All of their veggies come prepackaged (not sliced- just in bags) and they have best enjoyed by dates on them. I really like that aspect of them. I need to go back to the gleaners too- I think I will get my bread that way. Bread always seems to go bad before we eat it all anyway- so I my as well get it for free. And I could use some more fresh flowers. :) Though I do have some beautiful Easter lilies that my DH got me for Valentine's. I love that he is non-conventional and doesn't get the typical rose. Though I appreciate any flower- I like that he looks at them a little and chooses one that he thinks is pretty. The lilies make my whole house smell good too. :)

I had the privilege of using Karla Marano's Travelin' Track 29 kit this weekend. Here are the two LOS that I made with it...

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Menu plan Monday!

I am going to change it to Menu plan tuesday because that is when the ads come out. This way I can more easily coordinate sales and coupons . I will do my grocery shopping onWednesday after music class with Kaden armed with coupons and the current sales. I will do my shopping at Ralph's because it is on the way home and they are the only store in town that does double coupons.

That being said I will be making up my menu this week based on what we have in the fridge. I may go and get some produce. A new grocery store opened last week called Fresh and Easy. It is supposed to be good for cooking for small families. It's supposed to be kind of a Whole Foods but less expensive. I have not been impressed with the produce at our Vons and Albertsons. I like Costco produce and it is usually cheaper or the same price as our non bulk grocery stores but we just can't eat that much produce and I hate to waste it. So I want to check out Fresh and Easy and see how Fresh and expensive it is. :) I may have gestational diabetes so I need to get some more veggies for us to eat anyway.

I won't post a menu this week- I will kind of play it by ear but we have plenty of easy stuff to make so I should be able to stick to my plan of minimal shopping and not eating out. I finally am feeling better and have more energy again! Woohoo! Feels good!

If I need ideas I will go to this website for recipes based on the ingredients I already have:
http://www.recipematcher.com/