Holiday Meal Plan 12.22.12-12.31.12

To see how I planned this menu & what we bought for it check out this video: http://youtu.be/wBTwmswD9KQ

12.22 (dinner out)

12.23 Date Night Out - Mexican food!

12.24 A mini Thanksgiving

12.25 Christmas Dinner

12.26 Play Date at our house... Spaghetti

12.27 * Chicken & Potato recipe from seasoning packet 

12.28 * Halibut, Grain & Veggie

12.29  * My Parents House

12.30 * Chicken Enchiladas

12.31 Appetizers! 

* these nights can be swapped around (-;

I hope that you are all having a wonderful holiday season!  I wish you a VERY Merry Christmas & An Amazing 2013!  

12.11.12 to 12.17.12 Meal Plan

This weeks meal plan....

• Mexican Buffet (I am hosting a play date and always love serving something that is "build your own" for the kids!)

• Salsa Chicken Packets (this is a new one... my girlfriend just told me about this simple recipe!)

• King Crab, Halibut, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Mushrooms & Sourdough Bread (My Boys LOVE LOVE LOVE seafood!  So this one is for them ;-)

• Chili & Cornbread

• Chicken & Potatoes

• Spaghetti Squash served like Spaghetti

• Parent's House (so this night is a surprise ;-)

I hope that you are having a wonderful week!  If you would like to see any of these recipes please let me know!  

12.4 to 12.10 Meal Plan!

Ahhh two weeks in a row!  (=

Here is what is on our menu for this week:

• Chicken Avocado Salad (recipe here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPfX0SQT06w)

• Chicken & Veggie Stir Fry over Brown Rice

• Broccoli, Chicken, Rice & Cheese Bake (NO soup mix!!) & Salad

• Tortellini Soup 

• Giant Salads (speaking of I need to get some eggs boiling!) 

...okay eggs are on...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPfX0SQT06w

• Play Date at a friend's house (We already had this... maple/mustard chicken, broccoli & brown rice)

• Dinner Out (We already had this too... we went to a sports bar lol)

Okay so thats our week!
Please let me know if you would like to see any recipes!

11.27-12.3 Meal Plan

I suck at blogging.

I honestly love looking back on my old meal plans to get ideas as I easily forget some that we love... with that said here is a week that is full of super yummy meals!

• Homemade Chicken Enchiladas

• Turkey Chili (here is the recipe for that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEIPpb2CiaQ)

• Mac & Cheese and Artichokes

• Potato Soup & Salad (recipe for that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydDP6Zsvrjs)

• Turkey Meat Loaf & Veggies (just depends on what sounds good)

• Grab Night

• Parents House

Hope you have an awesome week!  (=

10.14- 10.22 Meal Plan

On the menu this week:

Eggplant Bake
Mahi-Mahi Veggie & Rice (the veggie will be a CSA surprise)
Winter Squash Casserole
Mexican Bean Soup (Yes, there WILL be a recipe video!)
Grilled Chicken, Veggies & Dill Red Potatoes
Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa & Turkey

Family Night Out
Mom & Dad Date Night
Playdate at Friend's House

Should be a good week!  Finally went big grocery shopping again!  If you'd like to see what we got click here: http://youtu.be/viatTEl4lj8

Hope you too have a wonderful week!

-Jeni

Meal Plan 9.27-10.1

Long time no blog...

Now that fall is here and life is becoming more "normal" ~at least our schedule~ I hope to get back to sharing our meal plan here each week!

So here is this week (well the rest of it):

-Lasagna (with eggplant & squash)
-Curry Chicken, rice & veggies
-Stuffed Peppers
-Grilled chicken (maybe fish), mashed potatoes & squash (((appetizer this night: stuffed jalapeños)))
-Grab night!!

Hope you have a great week!

Amazing & Easy M&M Cookies!!!

Since we forgot eggs, the recipe wasn't in order, I didn't record, etc.....

SO- as requested here is the recipe for my M&M Cookies:

2 Sticks of Softened Butter
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup White Sugar

Cream together above
Add the following:

2 Eggs
1.5 t Vanilla

Cream all five ingredients together
Mix and then add the following:

2.5 Cups Flour
1 t Baking Soda
1 t Salt

Once everything is mixed add as many M&M's as you would like!  I add about 2 Cups (-;

Bake at 350* until they're as done as you would like (about 10 minutes)

Hope you enjoy!