Menu Plan Monday

Here is the plan for this week. I have had a lot of questions about how I plan my shopping trips and how I get a week of meals from my trips, so I will have a 2 part vlog coming your way soon.

In the meantime, here is the plan for this week:

MONDAY: Roasted Chicken and Parmesan couscous

TUESDAY: Broccoli Cheddar Soup

WEDNESDAY: Spaghetti with Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese

THURSDAY: Southern Tomato Pie and Cucumber Salad

FRIDAY: Taco Salad

SATURDAY: Spicy Chicken Tortilla Skillet

SUNDAY: Steak Fajitas with Mexican Rice

I was short on time this week, so nothing terribly exciting.  I am also going to make a blackberry cobbler.  Yum!

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Menu Plan Monday

Here is the menu plan for this week:

MONDAY: Steak with caesar salad

TUESDAY: Cauliflower- Cheddar Soup

WEDNESDAY: Roasted Chicken with Creamed peas and crispy shallots

THURSDAY: Scrambled Egg Turnovers with roasted tomatoes

FRIDAY: Dinner out (using my free Red Robin gift card)

SATURDAY: Blue Cheese Stuffed Burgers with Green Salad

SUNDAY:  Wellzones with cheese sauce

So that is this week!

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Mission Tortilla Recipe Challenge

Mission Tortillas challenged me to create a quick and easy meal for less than $10. In our family, we use tortillas almost more than we use bread. I consider tortillas to be the easiest way to pull together a very quick meal.

One thing I make frequently are egg burritos. These are a great way to get a fast and very filling breakfast (and you can take them to go!) Even better- it is a great way to use up any leftovers you might have from the night before.

One of my favorite recipes is for a Greek Breakfast Burrito. You can add any ingredients that you might have on hand- but this is the breakdown of what I used:

**Eggs (one dozen) $1.29
**Sun Dried Tomatoes in oil $2.50 (this is significantly less expensive when purchased in bulk jars from discount clubs)
**Feta Cheese $1.50 per package on sale
**Mission Tortillas $1.50 per package on sale

I start by scrambling the eggs- when they are about halfway cooked I add the chopped up sun dried tomatoes. You can also season with salt and pepper.

Once they are cooked, I serve on a Mission tortilla and top with feta cheese.

This can be ready in just minutes and then wrapped like a burrito in foil and taken to go!

Some other ideas to use up those leftover dinner items:

:: Roasted Chicken, Spinach and Cream Cheese
:: Spanish Rice, salsa and eggs
:: Roasted potatoes, Eggs and cheese

And you can toss in a variety of veggies depending on what you have on hand.

You can take the Mission Menus Challenge as well.  Just enter your recipe by August 9th into their contest to win prizes and even a dream kitchen renovation.  You can check out Missionmenus.com for more recipe ideas.

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Mission Foods. All opinions are 100% mine.

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Menu Plan Monday

Here the menu plan for the week.

MONDAY: We had appliances delivered today-(4 hours late)- and I couldn’t use the kitchen most of the night so I would up getting unexpected take out.

TUESDAY:  Chicken and Squash and Brown Rice Casserole

WEDNESDAY: Goat Cheese Empanadas and salad

THURSDAY: Broccoli Cheddar Soup

FRIDAY: Summertime Chicken and Orzo Pasta

SATURDAY:  BBQ Chicken Baked Potatoes

SUNDAY: Roasted Pork Shoulder and Creamed Corn

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Menu Plan Monday

Here is the menu plan for the week!  It is hoootttt here so I am enjoying having my husband grill as much as possible.

MONDAY: BLTs with Caprese salad

TUESDAY: Carne Asada Tacos

WEDNESDAY: Roasted Chicken and Asparagus

THURSDAY: Broccoli Cheese Soup with french bread

FRIDAY: Burgers with sweet pepper mayo and grilled red peppers

SATURDAY: Cheese Stuffed Meatballs and spaghetti and tossed salad

SUNDAY: Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops with steamed broccoli with parmesan

And I will make blackberry cobbler- I usually make the cookie dough and keep it in the freezer.  I skip her recipe and just make an oatmeal cookie dough that I can crumble on top of frozen fruit straight from the freezer. You can have these ready in minutes.

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Menu Plan Monday (Party Edition)

This week I thought I’d just post the menu for our 4th of July party.  We have a lot of leftovers so I will probably just pull some things together this week to use everything up.

Here is what I served- and here was my shopping trip.  We had 10 people over and I used some things from the pantry/freezer and spent $61 on the rest.  I try to stay as close to my budget as I can when I entertain- without looking like a total cheapskate.

Bocconcini and Cherry Tomato (I used herb sea salt on top and I skipped the basil)

Pizza Dip with Sliced French Bread (Oh my was this good!  I will put the recipe in the comments)

Sliced watermelon, grapes and cherries

Chips and Wholly Queso

Watermelon Margaritas (I will definitely make these again!)

Mango Lemonade for the kiddos

Steak and Chicken skewers (my husband made a marinade of BBQ Sauce and A-1 Sauce) with grilled peppers, mushrooms, beefsteak tomatoes

Grilled Corn on the Cob with butter and grated parmesan cheese

Frozen Key Lime Pie

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

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Menu Plan Monday

Here is the meal plan for the week.  We are still in the midst of renovations and moving so things are a tiny hectic.  I probably won’t be back in track for a few more weeks until we are actually settled in the new house.  So in the meantime- here is the fly by the seat of my pants plan:

MONDAY: BLT sandwiches with tomato and mozzarella salad

TUESDAY: Sun dried Tomato Burgers and Corn on the Cob with feta cheese (this is the last hurrah with corn for me- I am getting braces next week!)
(This sounds nasty but is actually good! I have veggie or beef burgers with a feta cheese spread on a toasted bun, then put sun dried tomatoes on top of the burger. Yummy!)

WEDNESDAY:  Baked Herb Eggs, Toast, Green Salad

THURSDAY: Grilled Chicken and roasted red potatoes

FRIDAY: Cantaloupe Soup with French Bread

SATURDAY:  Take out

SUNDAY:  Chicken Mushroom Quesadillas

What is on your menu this week?

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Menu Plan Monday

Here is the plan for this week.  I bought monster jugs of Sun Dried Tomatoes and Artichokes and Feta at Costco so I have had a common theme the last few weeks.  Oh how I love them though…

MONDAY: Carrot Orzo Pasta  (from Southern Living at Home magazine)

TUESDAY: BLT Salad

WEDNESDAY: Greek Omelet and Roasted Red Potatoes

THURSDAY: Lemon Risotto with grilled asparagus

FRIDAY: Baked Potato and BBQ chicken

SATURDAY: Chicken and Dumplings (to finally use up the last of my free Pillsbury Biscuits!)

SUNDAY: Tomato Mozzarella and Basil Sandwiches

So that is our plan- what’s on your menu this week?

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