Menu Plan Monday

I had a friend mention in the not-too-distant past that she doesn’t get Menu Plan Monday. I’ve been doing it for such a long time that I barely even think about it anymore.

And really? It’s for me, not you! It’s so I can remember what we’re eating during the week. And if you get some great recipe ideas from the links I share, all the better. I enjoy seeing other people’s menu plans IF they share links to recipes.

That corn relish I made last week turned out awesome! I’m in the process of lacto-fermenting it, so hopefully in a few days I’ll be able to share that recipe with you, with a fermented variation if you want to go there. It freaks me out a wee bit, honestly, but I’m sure it will taste just fine and is SO good for you!

I’m trying to wrap up the summer with simple meals, so here’s what’s on our menu plan for the week.

Breakfasts:

Peaches and Cream Muffins (didn’t make these last week)
cereal, fruit
Giant Breakfast Cookies
Pancake and Sausage Muffins

Lunches:

sandwiches
leftovers
quesadillas
fruit, yogurt, cereal, etc.

Dinners:

Taco Salad
Salmon Patties, apple slices, couscous [I use one can of red salmon, some crackers, and an egg mixed together for my patties.]
Pork Tenderloin with Pan Sauce, roasted baby potatoes, veggie
Turkey Meatball Subs
eggs, pancakes, bacon

If you’re a visual-type person, you can see this menu plan on Pinterest. And for more menu plans, always check out I’m an Organizing Junkie.

Menu Plan Monday-ish

Why yes, it is Tuesday afternoon. We just got back from the beach yesterday afternoon and now we’re trying to reorient into “real life” – you know, where we’re not moving, traveling, or running around like crazy people.

We are still unpacking some, but we need to eat, so here’s my plan for the rest of this week!

Breakfasts:

Chocolate Coconut Oat Bars
Peaches and Cream Muffins
Baked Oatmeal
Smoothies with Homemade Yogurt 

Lunches:

Homemade Spaghetti-Os
Sandwiches on homemade bread – chicken, PBJ
leftovers

Dinners:

Tomato Soup with corn relish and bacon
Caesar Salad, Slow-Cooker Rotisserie Chicken, Applesauce, Peach Clafoutis
Balsamic Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots
Red Potato Hash with Eggs and Bacon
likely leftover chicken will be used in something like Chicken and Biscuits

I spent some time perusing recipes in my Nourishing Traditions cookbook today, so that is where the corn relish, caesar salad dressing, and clafoutis recipes come from. If they’re good, I might have a new recipe or two to share with you!

You can always visit I’m an Organizing Junkie for lots of menu-planning inspiration.

Are you excited about any meal in particular this week?

Saturday Linky Love 6/2

Happy Weekend to you all! Is anyone else so excited that it’s SUMMER? Today was graduation at Mr. V’s school, so I am so happy to have my family all home. We’re looking forward to some travel, some family visits, some fun, a wedding, and a lot of relaxation. Libbie is starting swim lessons this week; my little girl is SO big!

Here are some things I read this week and loved.

 

Moving into our new apartment is getting closer, and I’m loving this picture for inspiration! We have dark brown faux leather couches. Don’t you love that green pillow and the gallery wall?
So, what did you read that was great this week? Link up here. You can grab the code for the button in the sidebar, if you want. Please link back to Vanderbilt Wife and add the PERMALINK to your post, not your home page.

June Menu Plan

I am SO glad to be done with this menu! I’ve never before attempted a whole month’s menu, but with lots of other stuff to do this summer (including trying to plan “camp” weeks for my kids: Dinosaur Camp, Jungle Camp, Ocean Camp …) I wanted to get meal-planning out of the way ASAP. I see a Big Cooking Day coming soon so I can stock the freezer with breakfasts and lunches and have that done, too!

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June 1: Faculty dinner

June 2: Lemon Dill Chicken, rice, corn on the cob

Note: June 3-9 we are participating in JessieLeigh’s Eating By Ancestry challenge. We’ll be eating like Germans (my heritage) and see how we feel! We’re going to go the traditional route of eating our bigger meal at lunch, which is perfect since it’s VBS week anyway. If you’re interested in participating, let JessieLeigh know and check out our group Pinterest board!

June 3
B: Potato Pancakes, coffee
L: Gulaschsuppe, Pretzels
D: Sandwiches, fruit

June 4
B: toast, jam, marmalade, coffee, milk, ham
L: Kase Spatzle
D: Leftovers, sandwiches, fruit

June 5
B: toast, jam, marmalade, deli meat, coffee, milk
L: Rouladen, Mashed Potatoes, Braised Red Cabbage
D: Bierocks

June 6
B: Crepes with jam / cream cheeses
L: Fladesuppe (Soup with Crepes)
D: Sandwich fixings, raspberry strudel

June 7
B: toast, etc
L: Konigsberger Klopse (German Meatballs), mashed potatoes, bread
D: leftovers

June 8
B: apple pancakes
L: Geschnetzeltes, noodles, roasted carrots
D: sandwiches

June 9
B: German yeast donut holes with powdered sugar, coffee, milk
L: Frikadellen mit Bratkartoffeln (hamburgers) with fried potatoes
D: leftovers or sandwiches

June 10: Stuffed Buffalo Chicken, salad, baked potatoes

June 11: Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops, Green Beans, Fruit Salad

June 12: Balsamic Chicken and Tortellini, Spinach Salad

June 13: Tilapa with Honey-Tangerine Sauce, brown rice, broccoli

June 14: Cajun Shrimp Pizza

June 15-18 Out of Town

June 19: Citrus-Honey Chicken Thighs, veggie stir-fry, rice

June 20: Honey-Parmesan Pork Roast, Italian white beans, broccoli

June 21: Roasted Tomato Soup, grilled cheese

June 22: Crispy Salmon with Basil Noodles, broccoli

June 23: BBQ Chicken Salad with Creamy Cilantro Dressing, homemade bread

June 24: leftovers

June 25: Italian Stuffed Peppers with Sausage in the Slow Cooker, salad

June 26: Marinated Grilled Shrimp, fried zucchini, baked potatoes

June 27: Steakhouse Steaks, sweet potatoes, broccoli

June 28: Rosemary-Brie Chicken Burgers, potato wedges, fruit

June 29: Summer Bow-Ties

June 30: leftovers

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Breakfasts:
Baked Banana Donuts
Granola, yogurt, fruit
Easy Breakfast Casserole
pancakes / oatmeal pancakes
Peachy Granola Muffins
Oatmeal Cups
Banana Puff Pancake
Breakfast Quinoa with Maple and Nuts
Breakfast Cookies
Orange Muffins

 

Lunches:
Ham and Potato Pockets, pretzels, fruit
BeBe Bolognese
leftovers
sandwiches
Cheese / PBJ pockets (made like these pizza pockets), tortilla chips, fruit with peanut butter dip
Clean Eating Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili
Balsamic Onion Pot Roast in the Crockpot, Corn on the Cob (Sunday lunch)
Pasta with Very Veggie Sauce
little quinoa patties, eggs
“muffin tin meals” – assortment of small, toddler-friendly foods
salads for mommy
PBJ, pretzels, fruit

*Shew.* Honestly, I hate menu planning! And since we eat in the dining hall about 9 months of the year, I don’t have to do it a lot. But when I have to cook, it definitely makes life much easier.

Linking up, as always, with Menu Plan Monday.

Menu Plan Monday

You know when all these menu plans are going to come in handy? In about three weeks, when I have to start cooking for myself again! Eeek! I’m not sure I even remember how to cook dinner every night.

Our dining hall is closed for the summer, so we’ll be right back on the bandwagon with all of you. I think you’ll be seeing a lot of three-meals-a-day, toddler-friendly menu plans here this summer.

But for now, here’s a simple dinner plan for this week’s inspiration.

Sunday: Pan Roasted Chicken with Lemony Potatoes and Green Beans, Strawberry Cake (this is what we are actually having for dinner! Happy Mother’s Day to me.)

Monday: Grandma Pizza, salad, fruit

Tuesday: Baked Sweet-and-Sour Chicken with Fried Rice (I’d cut back on the sugar, probably)

Wednesday: Salmon Burgers with Hoison Sauce, Garlic Sweet Potato Fries

Thursday: Leftovers Night

Friday: Breakfast for Dinner—Bacon Cheddar Scones, eggs to order

Saturday: Korean Beef, brown rice, broccoli

What’s on your plate this week?

{If you prefer, you can see this menu plan in visual form on Pinterest.}

Menu Plan Monday

Welcome to this week’s menu plan! Did you have a happy cooking week? Despite the fact that I rarely have to cook dinner because we eat in the school’s dining hall, I cooked up a STORM last week.

I made: Toddler Thai Noodles, Pasta with Chicken Meatballs (want a recipe? I just made it up as I went along.), French Lemon Yogurt Cake (some were cupcakes), Cake Batter Pudding Cookies, Peanut Butter Blossoms, three meals for one friend (PW lasagna, Islander Pork Roast, Tomato Basil Burgers), one meal for another friend (chicken and cherries, brown rice, strawberry-lemon pie) AND a dinner for us and four of our high-school dorm boys. For that, I made steaks, fried potato slices, carrot souffle, spring greens and berries salad, and Boston cream pie cupcakes.

So yeah, my kitchen got a workout. And just reiterated how much I hate doing dishes.

Monday: Grilled Peppers and Sausage with Cheese Grits

Tuesday
Breakfast: Orange Muffins
Dinner: Leftovers

Wednesday
Lunch: Taco Corn Fritters
Dinner: Smoky Steak Kebabs, brown rice, salad

Thursday
Dinner: Tacos, Jalapeno-Lime Corn on the Cob

Friday
Breakfast: Orange Muffins
Lunch: Pasta Salad
Dinner: leftovers

Saturday
Dinner: Rosemary-Balsamic Chicken and Tortellini, Salad

Sunday
Breakfast: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Dinner: BBQ Ranch Chicken Spaghetti

Menu Plan Monday

Easter is past, we’re ready to move on back to some semblance of normality in our home. (Ha! We don’t do normal here.)

Here are some suggestions for a lovely week of Springtime meals.

Monday: Chicken with Pineapple Rice, sauteed snow peas
Tuesday: Tomato-Basil Burgers, French fries, baby carrots
Wednesday: Chicken Chilaquiles Casserole (use any leftover chicken from Monday, shredded)
Thursday: Cajun Grilled Pork Chops with Creamy Mushroom Pan Sauce, mashed potatoes, five-minute spinach salad
Friday: Homemade Pizza (I use the pizza crust from The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook)
Saturday: Leftovers night
Sunday: Grilled Cheese Rolls, tomato soup

Happy cooking, all!

Pssst … did you see my recipe for fluffy, delicious, 100% whole wheat bread yet? I’m kind of proud of it.

Menu Plan Monday

I’m quite proud to say that we followed last week’s menu plan very well! The verdict on new recipes? BIG thumbs up to the Autumn Chopped Salad (David even ate everything except the lettuce, I think, in large quantities); Buffalo Chickpea Burgers I wouldn’t make again, even though they are such a money-saver; and Hamburger Muffins need some tweaking but I think they’re a great idea.

Here’s this week’s menu plan for you.

Monday: Balsamic Chicken and Tortellini, spinach salad with balsamic vinaigrette
Tuesday: Meyer Lemon BBQ Pork Chops, mashed potatoes, scalloped corn
Wednesday: Easy Taco Bake, salad
Thursday: Pan-Roasted Chicken with Lemon-Garlic Green Beans and Red Potatoes
Friday: Pecan-Crusted Trout, wild/white rice mix, roasted broccoli
Saturday: Cajun Shrimp Pizza
Sunday: Leftovers

For hundreds of menu plans, visit I’m an Organizing Junkie.

If you love Pinterest, each recipe is pinned on this week’s Menu Plan Board, along with some ideas for breakfasts and lunches!

Menu Plan Monday: Three Meals a Day with Two Little Ones

Well, hello and welcome to my probably entirely too overambitious menu plan that I actually might follow this week! It’s Mr. V’s Spring Break, which means our dining hall is closed and it’s back to the kitchen for this wife. I’m excited to try out a few new recipes while reveling in some of our favorites, like the Aussie Meat Pies.

 

Sunday
Dinner: Garlic Chicken Pasta with Peas

Monday
Breakfast: French toast sticks, smoothie discs*
Lunch: PBJ, apple slices, popcorn
Dinner: Buffalo Chickpea Burgers, baby carrots, raisins

Tuesday
Breakfast: Maple-Pecan Pancakes
Lunch: yogurt, smoothie discs, diced ham, crackers
Dinner: Autumn Chopped Salad

Wednesday
Breakfast: Banana-Berry Smoothies, toast
Lunch: Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup, grapes
Dinner: Hamburger Muffins, Sweet Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts

Thursday
Breakfast: Maple-Pecan Pancakes
Lunch: leftover hamburger muffins, mashed sweet potato, cheese cubes
Dinner: Pumpkin-Pecan Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing, scrambled eggs, bacon

Friday
Breakfast: Eggs, Fruit Leather, leftover cinnamon rolls
Lunch: French toast sticks, apple slices, peanut butter
Dinner: Homemade pizza, applesauce

Saturday
Breakfast: Whole Wheat Baked Donuts
Lunch: Victorian Cheese Scones, ham slices, grapes or smoothies
Dinner: Aussie Meat Pies, butternut squash chips, peas

*Smoothie discs are what I call pre-blended smoothies that I freeze in silicone muffin pans. Once frozen, I pop them out and stick them in a freezer bag. When we want a smoothie, we can defrost just one disc (for my 3-year-old) or a couple (for me) without turning on (or having to wash!) the blender again.

For hundreds of menu plans, you can visit I’m an Organizing Junkie each Monday.

See this menu plan visually on its Pinterest board.

Menu Plan Monday with Free Printable

A year ago, I did the exact same thing I am going to do this year: go to Pennsylvania with my sister and my kids for her Spring break. Then when we get back, it will be my husband’s Spring break! Yay! (The joys of a family full of educators.)

I’m reposting this menu plan because it has a great resource: a printable with recipes, a grocery list, and the method for getting four dinners made for the week in just two hours or so! Go for it!

 

Want to make Skillet Macaroni and Beef, Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore, Mexican Pasta Bake, BBQ Crockpot Chicken, and Rosemary-Balsamic Pork Tenderloin all in about two hours? Here are all the recipes, instructions, and a grocery list!

Saturday
Dinner: Skillet Macaroni and Beef

Sunday
Breakfast: at church
Lunch: out
Dinner: Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore, brown rice

Monday
Breakfast: Lemon Coffee Cake
Lunch: PBJ, pear slices, Annie’s bunny grahams
Dinner: Pan-Fried Ribeye Steak, garlicky spinach, Roasted New Potatoes with Garlic and Herbs (from Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook)

Tuesday
Breakfast: Toddler French Toast Sticks , Maple-Cinnamon Apple Pearsauce
Lunch: Corn Dog Muffins, baby carrots, raisins
Dinner: Mexican Unstuffed Shells

Wednesday
Breakfast: Lemon Coffee Cake
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: BBQ Crockpot Chicken, wild rice cakes (from Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker cookbook, although they aren’t a slow cooker recipe)

Thursday
Breakfast: Toddler French Toast Sticks, raisins
Lunch: out (meeting)
Dinner: Whole wheat pancakes, sausage, pineapple casserole

Friday
Breakfast: eggs and sausage
Lunch: Corn Dog Muffins, applesauce, baby carrots
Dinner: Rosemary-Balsamic Pork Tenderloin, buttered red potatoes, zucchini slices

Saturday
Breakfast: Vanilla Donuts
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Southwestern Bean Pot (from Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook)

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