What's For Dinner?

It's only taken me 9 months but I've finally been able to get a little control of my life in at least one area and start doing my meal planning again.  I figured with baby coming in a mere 9 weeks, I better start getting organized again.

This week we are starting to transition from summer BBQ to fall homey foods:

• Beer can chicken, roast potatoes, baked beans
• BBQ pork sandwiches, potato salad, green beans, carrots with dill dip
• Chicken kiev, rice pilaf, glazed carrots (trying new recipes)
• Brown sugar glazed salmon, baked sweet potatoes, broccoli 
• Beef stroganoff, garden peas
• Homemade pizza
• Pork chops with fried apples, spinach balls

What's for Dinner?

Okay...I've shifted my menu making days for later in the week for some reason as it's more convenient for me not to go grocery shopping oh so neat and nicely on Monday mornings....so here is what I decided today that we'll be having for the next week or so....

• Pork loin chops coated with the new Kraft Fresh Take - Cheese, bacon and herbs, twice baked mashed potatoes, my last bag of sweet corn I froze last fall, and last bag of homemade applesauce
• Braised BBQ pork, fried rice, chow mein
• Hamburgers, baked beans, creamy potato salad (hotdogs for the kiddos), raw veggies with dill dip
• Grilled tilapia (we'll see how that works), seafood stuffed mushrooms, broccoli salad
• Marinated chicken kabobs (red bell peppers are on sale this week!!!!)
• Bacon wrapped chicken breasts on the grill, potato salad, watergate salad (for dessert)

(Here is what we had earlier in the week as I didn't plan well and made what I had stuff in the pantry to make....this time change thing has really thrown me for a loop with it being lighter longer....

• Angel chicken pasta, garlic toast, steamed broccoli and carrots
• Chicken parmesan Melts, roasted potatoes, fruit
• Made homemade Avanti's bread (will post recipe later) and made salami, ham and pepperoni sandwiches with Sunchips and fruit
• ate out at Cracker Barrel last night - I needed a break in the middle of the week from cooking :-)

What's for Dinner?

Here's what's on our dinner menu this week:

• Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, corn
• General Tso's chicken with broccoli and carrots with rice and chow mien 
• Bock Mac and Cheese (trying to find a copy of Granite City's recipe)
• Baked tilapia, sweet potatoes, peas
• Corned beef and cabbage, boiled potatoes and carrots
• Venison loins, garlic mashed potatoes
• Clam chowder and cheesy biscuits (again...I didn't get to make this last week and I'm still craving it)

 

What's for Dinner?

Back on track this week...finally settled in my new house and ready to go...

• Chicken schnitzel, German potato salad, red cabbage, corn
• Beef Stew, cressent rolls
• Meal in One, corn, flaky biscuits
• Roast chicken, roast potatoes, asparagus
• Smoked BBQ ribs, creamy potato salad, sweet potato fries
• Out for dinner Friday night...

What's for Dinner?

This is the big week...we are moving houses so meals towards the end of the week are going to be convenient and big enough for my moving crew!!!

• Breakfast for dinner - eggs benedict for mom and dad, scrambled eggs and toast for kiddos
• Valentines Day Dinner - Chicken alfredo, steamed veggies, garlic bread (For dessert: no-bake cherry cheesecake, heatshaped sugar cookies for dessert, and chocolate covered strawberries!!!)
• Alice Springs Chicken, broccoli salad, baked potato
• Homemade fish sticks, sweet potato fries, cole slaw
• Spiral ham, hashbrown casserole, corn
• BBQ beef sandwiches, potato salad, baked beans

What's for Dinner?

Well.....this is what we had for dinner this week...spent lots of time sorting out last minute house building things and getting ready for a birthday today!!!

• Chicken quesadillas, taco dip, and Mexican rice
• Creamy clam chowder with crescent rolls
• Homemade chicken strips, spinach balls, corn
• Pork cutlets, roast potatoes, green bean casserole
• Homemade fish sticks, sweet potato fries, peas

What's for Dinner?

• Enchiladas, cheese quesadillas for kiddos
• Baked tilapia, sweet potato fries, cole slaw
• Braised pork, fried rice, spring rolls
• Sweet and sour chicken, chow mien, rice
• Chili with grilled cheese sandwiches
• Chicken parmesan melts, butter parsley potatoes, corn
• Smoked pork ribs, baked potatoes, veggie (breaking out the new smoker I got the hubby for Christmas)

What's for Dinner?

This week I let each person in our family pick a meal to have each night this week.  I told the kids they had to pick a meat and a vegetable and then I took it from there. This is what they came up with:

• My daughter picked chicken and carrots, so I'm making - Italian Herb Chicken and I'll cook some carrots in with it in the crock pot
• My son picked pork and corn, so I'm making - Center cut pork loin medallions, corn, mashed potatoes, applesauce
• My husband picked lasagna so we'll do that with some garlic bread and steamed broccoli
• I picked clam chowder, homemade rolls

The rest of the days we'll have:

• Baked tilapia, baked potatoes, peas
• Parmesan chicken melts, broccoli salad

What's for Dinner?

Yeah...it's Tuesday and I went grocery shopping without a meal plan and I feel so inept but from what I picked up, this is what we are having this week:

• Fried chicken legs/thighs, mashed potatoes, gravy, baked beans
• Beef stew (didn't get to have this last week)
• Pork chops, wild rice mix, broccoli (didn't get to have this last week)
• Stir fried beef with sesame sauce, chow mien, rice
• Chicken parmesan melts, cole slaw, baked potatoes
• Angel chicken pasta, steamed broccoli

What's for Dinner?

Our first full week of meals for the new year....

• Fish pie, spinach balls
• Beef stroganoff with peas
• Italian Herb Chicken (McCormick slow cooker mix), cole slaw
• Beef stew, brown soda bread
• Brats/hotdogs, baked potatoes, baked beans
• Porkchops, wild rice mix, applesauce

What's for Dinner?

Last week was crazy as I baked and baked all week to get ready for Christmas and was very impromptu on what I made for dinner as it totally relied on what I felt like at 4PM each day.

This week I'm back on track and this is what we are having for dinner:

• Saucy meatballs, spinach balls, and corn
• Baked tilapia, baked potatoes, and peas
• Alice Springs chicken, ranch potatoes and broccoli salad
• Pork chops, sweet potatoes, apple sauce
• Chicken wild rice soup
• Chicken wings, butter parsley potatoes, steamed veggies

What's for Dinner?

Recuperating from 3 Thanksgiving Dinners this year so we are going light this week with our dinner menu:

• Chili, crab salad
• Pork chops, apple sauce, steamed broccoli
• Chicken and wild rice soup
• Roast chicken with roast vegetables and roast potatoes
• Pork stir fry with chow mien, fried rice
• Tortellini with mushrooms and Bolognese sauce, breadsticks

What's for Dinner?

I'm working on clearing up space in my freezer this week, because after Thanksgiving I need room to start storing Christmas cookies!!!!

• Spaghetti, peas, and biscuits
• Brown sugar glazed salmon, broccoli salad, baked potatoes
• Chicken, mushrooms and ravioli with alfredo sauce and garlic bread
• Meatballs, twice baked mashed potatoes, green beans
• Sweet and sour chicken, spring rolls, fried rice
• Bangers and mash with onion gravy, corn
• Mini Thanksgiving dinner to treat some of our British friends here in the US!!!

What's for Dinner?

This is what we've got planned for dinners this week:

• Hawaiian pizza
• Loaded Baked Potato Soup with flaky biscuits
• Chicken Parmesan Melts and broccoli salad
• Chili, cornbread
• Baked tilapia, spinach balls, wild rice mix
• Chicken wings, baked potatoes, homemade baked beans
• Chicken Enchiladas, chips and salsa

My Family's 50 Favorite Meals

I always love trying new recipes but each week during my meal planning I fall back on some of family's favorite meals to fill in the rest of the days.  I've actually been able to come up with a list of 50 of my family's favorite meals. When planning out my weekly meals it's nice to have a list of family favorites to refer back to when I need inspired on what to make for dinner each week.

Why not trying to make your own list and keep it posted inside your pantry or cabinet door to help you out with your weekly meal planning.  Remember you can always check out my blog to get some more ideas as I try to post "What's For Dinner?" each week at our house.

50 of My Family's Favorite Meals:

1. Alice Springs Chicken, steamed vegetables
2. Angel Chicken Pasta, garlic bread and vegetable
3. Appalachian Potato Soup and crusty rolls
4. Bacon Cheeseburger Quiche and crab salad
5. Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy, garden peas
6. BBQ Chicken Stromboli 
7. Beef stroganoff, noodles/rice, corn, and rolls
8. Beer can chicken, roast potatoes, broccoli salad
9. Braised Roast Pork, rice, stir fry veggies
10. Breaded pork chops, twice baked mashed potatoes, homemade applesauce, baked beans
11. Brown Sugar Glazed Salmon, baked sweet potatoes
12. Chicken Alfredo
13. Chicken Enchiladas
14. Chicken kabobs marinated in Italian dressing (chicken, red peppers, mushrooms and onions) with sweet corn on the cob
15. Chicken and Leek Pie
16. Chicken parmesan melts, butter parsley potatoes, and Oriental cabbage salad
17. Chicken Pasties
18. Chicken Quesadillas and taco dip
19. Chicken Schnitzel, red cabbage, mashed potatoes
20. Chicken Wild Rice Soup 
21. Chili, fresh veggies and dill dip
22. Chili Beef, fried rice
23. Country fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn
24. Creamy chicken and noodles, garden peas
25. Fish pie, crusty rolls with butter
26. Fish (beer battered) and chips, garden peas
27. French toast, bacon, scrambled eggs and orange slices in powdered sugar
28. General Tso's Chicken, fried rice, chow mein noodles
29. Goulash, bread and butter
30. Grilled BBQ chicken, potato salad, and broccoli salad
31. Grilled chicken wings, crab salad, and potato salad
32. Grilled pork chops with a warm rocket (arugula) salad, oven baked sweet potatoes
33. Grilled Sirloin Steaks with sauteed mushrooms and green beans
34. Guinness beef stew and brown bread
35. Ham balls, seafood stuffed mushrooms, roasted sweet potatoes
36. Hamburgers on the grill, potato salad, baked beans
37. Hawaiian pizza
38. Homemade chicken strips (country fried), spinach balls, sweet corn
39. Italian beef sandwiches, cheesy potato casserole, corn
40. Lasagna, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, and garlic toast
41. Meatballs, twice baked potatoes, corn
42. Poppy Seed Chicken, penne pasta, mixed veggies
43. Pork chops and cinnamon apples, cheesy potato casserole
44. Pork sausages and sauerkraut, German potato salad, corn
45. Roast beef, mashed potatoes, cooked carrots
46. Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn
47. Roasted Squash Soup and roast pork loin
48. Sesame chicken with rice, crispy duck with pancakes
49. Spaghetti, peas, and garlic toast
50. Sweet and sour chicken/pork with Jasmine rice, crispy duck with pancakes

Some of Family's Favorite Sides Dishes:

1. Brocolli Salad
2. Cheesy Potato Casserole
3. Cole slaw (Just Like KFC)
4. Crab Salad
5. Crab stuff mushrooms
6. Fresh veggies with dill dip
7. German potato salad
8. Loaded baked potatoes
9. Mashed potatoes
10. Potato Salad
11. Special Fried Rice
12. Spinach Balls
13. Sweet potatoes, baked
14. Spring Rolls
15. Twice Baked Potatoes
16. Warm Rocket Salad

What's for Dinner?

A virtuous woman prepares healthy meals for her family....

This is what I'm making for my family to eat this week:

• Fish pie, flaky biscuits
• General Tso's chicken, rice, and chow mien
• Country style pork ribs, green bean casserole, yellow squash and red pepper
• Chicken and leek pie, roast potatoes, rest of flaky biscuits
• Clam Chowder , broccoli salad and homemade bread
• Chicken and broccoli ring, ranch potatoes

What's for Dinner?

My dad is coming at the end of the week to help us work on our new house so I've got crockpot meals lined up to bring to the job site to feed a hungry crew:

• Pork chops with fried apples, green beans 
• Tortellini with cheesy tomato sauce, broccoli 
• Baked chicken breast with wild rice mix 
• Chow mien and special fried rice 
• Crockpot cooked BBQ chicken for sandwiches, raw veggies with dip, baked beans, potato salad
• Chicken and noodles in the crock pot, bread and butter 
• Take away pizza some night to job site

What's for Dinner?

Let's make some heat this week with the cool fall weather approaching!!!  I've been starting to incorporate quite a few more "healthy" options in our weekly meals.  I've been reading loads of new health conscience cookbooks and wanting to try a few new recipes.

• Chicken, vegetable and barley soup (new recipe)
• Pork stir fry over rice
• Shrimp scampi with roasted vegetables - squash, zucchini, mushrooms, and red pepper (new recipe)
• Baked chicken parmesan on vegetable pasta with steamed broccoli (new recipe)
• Baked tilapia, wild rice mix, glazed carrots (new recipe)
• BBQ chicken stromboli, green beans
• Lemon and thyme roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, corn

What's for Dinner?

Yum...yum...for my tum tum!!!  This is what we are having for dinner this week:

• Chili and mixed fruit
• Asian glazed salmon, baked sweet potatoes, broccoli
• Chicken enchiladas, fruit
• Italian style turkey burger, garden peas
• Baked chicken parmesan and broccoli salad
• Beef stew with bread and butter

What's for Dinner?

As fall is approaching, I go from summer salads and grilling to warm comfort foods.  The weather is getting cooler so planning meals to warm up my kitchen are making their way back into our weekly menu.

• Braised roast pork, rice and stir fry vegetables
• Chicken wild rice soup and homemade bread
• Meatloaf, steamed vegetables, corn bread
• Chicken and Broccoli over rice (new recipe from my cousin-in-law Jenny!!!)
• Crockpot beef roast with potatoes and carrots
• Chicken tetrazinni (another new recipe from Jenny!!!)