Menu Plan Monday

I am finding I need to plan my meals and snacks better in order to stick to this diet...I also need to find some more ideas because eggs, yogurt, and beans are getting boring! So you will start to see a list of snacks as well as meals listed!

Breakfast:
-Sausage and Egg Cups
-Eggs and ham
-Hard Boiled Eggs
-Greek Yogurt and Fruit, granola


Snacks:
-Hummus with red peppers
-Cookie Dough Hummus with an attempt to make it sugar free, but it will have mini chocolate chips.
-Homemade Lara Bars-Peanut Butter and Jelly
-Protein Shake...will need to get another chocolate one! 
-Black Bean Brownies

Lunch/Dinner:
-Taco Salad(with turkey and black beans)
-Cheesy Ranch Chicken Chili(will use Greek Yogurt for sour cream)
-Baked Fish with Parmesan Cream Sauce
-black bean and sweet potato burgers
-Steak, Broccoli, Summer/Zucchini Squash
-Lime Salsa chicken wrap

Menu Plan Monday

I've been struggling big time with my weight...I've met with a nutritionist and have eaten what she told me to eat and yet I've still managed to GAIN weight...instead of loose it.

So starting tomorrow I'm trying something new...last week was a bit of a bust with our entire area loosing power from a big Halloween Nor'easter. Plus trick or treating got cancelled so I ended up with 400+pieces of candy, don't worry I didn't eat ALL of them! Starting afresh tomorrow...with cutting out processed/added sugars and cutting back on carbs(which I've already been doing) I'll give it two weeks and see how it goes, if it goes well, Christmas baking season might be interesting but something needs to be done!

I will gladly take any and all low carb recipes or ideas and no sugar ideas. Fruit WILL stay...and I have stevia to use to combat my sweet tooth. By the way, I discovered this delicious tea the other day, it's called Candy Cane Lane Green Tea by Celestrial Seasonings, even my husband liked it and said he'd drink it over coffee...he's nuts I say, it's good, but I also love my coffee. For now my coffee with stay, but I did find some homemade coffee creamer recipes that I want to try so I can stop drinking the store stuff...it's not that healthy for you anyway!

So here's the menu:
No baking..unless we get bored and the boys ask but I'll have to unload the treats to someone!
I do actually have to make some smore bars for the spaghetti dinner fund raiser we are going to on saturday!

Dinner:
-Lime Chicken Tacos
-Garlic Chicken Tacos, Steamed Summer and Zuchini Squash, French Fries for the boys
-Mongolian Beef, Steamed Broccoli

I have lots of veggies, hummus, and beans also to play around with different meal ideas as well!

Menu Plan...on Wednesday

I know it's a few days late...but here is this week's menu!

I don't really have anything planned as far as baking or breakfast this week. Nothing new anyway..but I'd love some high protein breakfast ideas as I'm getting into a slump...I usually have eggs or greek yogurt and well I need some more variety!

Dinner:
-Creamy Chicken Marsala Pasta
-Black Bean Taquitos
-Sloppy Johnnies
-Thai Beef with Chilis and Coconut Rice
-Peanut Satay Pork Chops

Menu Plan Monday

Over the weekend was my birthday and to celebrate I made some cake batter waffles...delicious and easy! We also went out for Thai with my aunt also tasty!

Breakfast:
-Cake Batter Waffles
-Greek Yogurt and Granola
-Egg McMuffins


Dinner:
-Balsamic Garlic Crusted Pork Tenderloin, veggies
-Zuppa Toscana Soup
-Chicken Tzitaki Wraps with homemade flat bread
-Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

I am hosting a lunch on Sunday but I'm having a hard time deciding what to serve with ham...we have a family coming who is vegetarian, so what do you suggest I serve with it?I need something with protein in it, I plan to do a creamy quinoa dish, along with mashed potatoes, and some veggies, perhaps a salad, but want a hot dish as well!

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast:
-Granola...yes, I still need to make more!
-Sausage Egg McMuffins
-eggs, fruit
*sorry breakfast is quite boring here lately....

Baking:
-Cookies....just need to decide what kind!

Dinner:
-Curried Beef, Mixed Veggies, Mashed potatoes
-Salisbury Steak, cauliflower
-Crispy Honey Lime Tilapia
-Crispy CHicken Rice Burritos
-Maple Pork Tenderloin

It's also my birthday on Saturday so chances are I'll make myself a cake! Plus I get to have yummy thai food with my aunt as well! YUM!

Menu Plan

I have this problem...I don't seem to EVER plan out weekend meals. So then the weekend comes and I get stuck like I did tonight with NOTHING to make despite my fridge and freezer being full!

I also was having a debacle with my cake pops for 3 days...first the cake didn't cook right so I had to make a new one, then 3 bags of chocolate seized on me...sigh they finally got done but they were NOT fun to get there! I blame it on the weather! So this in turn...we ended up with some delicious pumpkin waffles for dinner...not on the plan but they worked and they were delicious as well!

Breakfast/baking:
-eggs
-oatmeal
-greek yogurt, fruit, granola(which I need to make more of)
-pumpkin (walnut) waffles

Dinner:
-Chicken Burgers on flax roll up, apple cranberry barley
-Chicken and Dumplings
-Stuffed Peppers
-Sweet Potato and Chick Pea Burgers 
-Pot Roast, Carrots, Mashed Potatoes
-Baked Potato Soup
-Chicken Pot Pie(if I get my pastry cutter back from a friend!)

Menu Plan Monday

Here's the menu for the week...I do have a church bake sale this weekend but I'm having a hard time deciding what to make. I think I'm going to at least make some pumpkin or apple cake pops, IF I can borrow the church's freezer as mine is STUFFED full!


Breakfast/Baking:
-Cottage Cheese Waffles
-Protein Bars
-Egg McMuffins
-Cake Pops(not sure if I'll do red velvet or a yellow/funfetti cake yet)

Dinner:
-Mini BBQ Cheesy  Meatloaf, cheesy chive potatoes, mixed veggies
- Almond Chicken, Barley with Apples and Raisins, Green bean almondine
-Steak Fajita Salad, Garlic Bread
-Beer Battered Pizza
-Chili and corn muffins

Menu Plan Monday...on Tuesday.

I was going to get this up Sunday night...but I had an unfortunate event happen while apple picking that involved a bee sting right on my left hand by my thumb so that was all swollen up Sunday night and made it quite hard to funtion never mind type! So here it is on Tuesday...

Breakfast/Baking:
-Pear Almond Bread
-Pear Cherry Crisp
-Chocolate Hummus
-Nutella Dip

Dinner/Snacks:
-Italian Sausage Veggie Lasagna
-Roasted Tomato Soup with Tortellini
-Honey Seared Sesame Chicken with Jasmine Rice
-Black Bean and Corn Salsa
-Apple Cider Punch
-Steak and Cheese Grinders...(if I get to the store for the meat as I forgot it!)

Menu Plan-9/12

Sorry for the lack of posts...between moving in July, trying to settle in, and last week we were on vacation in Florida! i hope to get better about posting new recipes for you to enjoy!

We did come back to some cooler temps...which means I have soups/chili on the menu! YUM! my kind of weather!


Breakfast/Baking:
-Homemade Granola
-pancakes of some sort
-some kind of baking...not sure yet what it will be! I got a whole bag of pears and peaches at the store tonight.

Dinners:
-Tangy Chicken Fajitas
-Creamy Chicken and wild rice soup
-Cheesy Chicken Ranch white chicken chili
-Eggs and Hashbrowns-Sundried tomato pesto pasta

I am also hosting a pampered chef party on saturday, but I have no idea what I am making for it!

Menu Plan Monday

I don't know how it happens but for some reason I never seem to plan for weekend meals! We also had been expecting a hurricane over the weekend...that was then downgraded to a tropical storm. So I went to the store to stock up on the stuff we don't normally have..canned soup, beans, bread, etc. So most of what I planned this week we ate over the weekend. So far we still have power...but it is only mid day on Sunday as I type this. I hope with the food we have in the house will get us through until Saturday as then we are headed on vacation to FL for the week! Hopefully we won't have any hurricanes while we are down there!

Breakfast/Baking:
-Banana M&M Pancakes with Peanut Butter Syrup
-Eggs, fruit, toast, sausage
-Granola, fruit, yogurt

Dinner:
-Chicken Taco Rice Bowls
-Corn Dog Muffins, watermelon
-Marinated Pork Tenderloin Salad,pineapple
-Peach Tilapia Packets,Rice Pilaf
Then I just have random things to fill in...soup, grilled chicken, tuna sandwiches, black bean quesadilllas aka...FEND FOR YOURSELF!

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast/Baking:
-Peach Crumble Pancakes
-Homemade Granola(new recipe that i PROMISE to post this week)
-Homemade Play Dough(non-edible)
-the boys are asking for some muffins too...not sure what kind though

Dinner:
-Spicy BBQ chicken tostadas(never got to them last week)
-Black Bean Tacos
-Crispy Honey Lime Tilapia, fruit, cucumbers
-Zucchini Parmesan, garlic bread, vegetables
-Sundried totmato pesto pasta
-Pizza Monkey Bread
-Tomato and Cheddar Hand Pies

Menu Plan Monday

We attended a cookout this weekend so I made...
-Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Potato Salad(it was a HIT!)
-Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting(another hit!)

The rest of the week will entail...
Baking:
-Homemade Granola(DELICIOUS and I can't wait to share the recipe with you!)
-Nutella Muffins

Dinner:
-Blts, Salad
-Chicken burgers, leftover potato salad, fruit
-Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Salad
-Breakfast Tortilla Strata(but with bacon), fruit
-Mesquite marinated pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, steamed summer squash
-Smoky BBQ Chicken Tostadas, salad

Menu Plan Monday

I DO have new recipes coming soon...that was on my agenda this weekend, but then ended up in urgent care with my 2 yr old...prognosis a fractured ankle. So as soon as I'm able I will get those recipes up!

Apparently I felt like eating a lot of pasta this week as 3 of the recipes include it!

Baking/Breakfast:
-Nutella Muffins
-Pumpkin Coffee Cake

Dinner:
-Rotini and Meatballs
-Summer Vegetable Skillet Lasagana
-Creamy Lemon chicken Spaghetti
-Grilled Zucchini Pizza
-Taco Rice...that's the short version, it has a Japanese name...it appears to be like mexican meets Japan

Menu Plan Monday-7/25

We are slowly getting the new house organized and put back together! I did organize my kitchen first...but after using it for a couple meals I am now going to reorganize things a bit and hopefully things will be better!

Breakfast/Baking:


Dinner:
-Mac and Cheese, Kielbasa, veggies
-Meditterean Orzo Salad with Grilled Veggies
-Grilled Zucchini Pizza
-Italian Shepherd's Pie

Menu Plan Monday

We are still winging a lot of our meals...I'm trying to plan really!

Breakfast/Baking:
-Strawberry Yogurt Muffins
-Chocolate Hummus
-Strawberry Freezer Jam(BUT I'm doing a low sugar version)
-maybe some blueberry pancakes!

Dinner:
-Creamy Caprese Pasta
-English Muffin Pizzas, salad
-Roast Chicken, Summer Squash
-Ultimate Chicken Sandwiches, salad
-Breakfast tortilla strata

Menu Plan Monday

I apologize for the lack of posts...we are in the process of renovating and moving to a new house so it gives me very little time to get blog work done, never mind still making sure my boys have fun and enjoy their summer! I do have lots of new recipes to share and I hope to get some up this week, in the mean time hang tight because once the move is over I should be back!

So the meals for the next few weeks will be easy ones, helping to clean out the cabinet, and using my slow cooker!

Baking/Breakfast:
-Sweet Potato Cinnamon Chip Muffins
-Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Dinner:
-Slow Cooker Indian Curry
-Peanut Satay Pork Chops
-Grilled steak, potatoes(not sure on the kind yet), parmesan zucchini noodles
-Cheesy Meatball Skillet
-Slow Cooker Lasagna

The inlaws are also coming over for dinner on Thurday, but I have yet to decide what I'm making for dinner. I'll also make a cake...I've been eying a vanilla bean cake with white chocolate frosting.

Menu Plan Monday

Somehow we managed not to eat half of the meals I planned for last week so we will be eating them this week instead...I hope!

Breakfast/Baking:
-Chocolate Chip Raspberry Pancakes
-Egg McMuffins
-Muffins...either banana ones or a new recipe featuring watermelon

Dinner:
-BLT Pasta
-Grilled Ham and Pineapple
-Mac and cheese with Kielbasa
-Apricot Grilled Chicken and grilled squash

Menu Plan Monday

Now before I planned my menu this week I looked at the weather and saw that it was going to be in the 70's and 80's. I looked today and now we are going to be in the 90's and humid! SO that means I've rearranged a few things on my menu! Darn New England weather....

I've also been in a cooking/baking funk so these may or may not happen. We shall see.

Breakfast/Baking:
-Mango Colada Muffins
-Egg McMuffins(for the freezer)
-Banana Bread Waffles

Dinner:
-BBQ Chicken Cheddar Braid
-Grilled Ham, Grilled Pineapple, salad or veggie
-Chickpea and Sweet Potato Burgers on rolls, salad
-Mac & CHeese with Kielbasa, veggies

Menu Plan Monday

We are back from vacation! Sorry about the lack in posts...but for the most part we had a great time and very little computer time! We came back to it being hot and humid here...not what we had on the coast in Maine. Of course we had no food in the house, so I was scrambling Sunday morning to get a menu planned and a food list made! It will continue to be pretty hot this week, so lots of grilling and crock pot meals!

Baking/Breakfast:
-Mango Colada Muffins
-Peanut Butter French Toast Enchiladas

Dinner:
-Hummus Chicken Wraps
-Mango Chicken with Coconut Rice
-Cheeseburger Pasta
-Macaroon Crusted Tilapia

Menu Plan Monday

Breakfast/Baking:
-Eggs, bacon, fruit salad
-Maple Oatmeal French Toast(made from Maple Oatmeal Bread)


Dinner:
-Sausage Lasagna Calzones
-Crispy Margarita Chicken Tacos with Strawberry Avocado Salsa
-BLT Pasta(new!)
-Grilled Chicken, Salad, Grilled Potatoes
-BBQ Chicken, Cheddar Braid,salad