Welcome November (and welcome home John)!

Friday - Texas Road House at the school fun night
Saturday - rice, beans, and cheese skillet with tortilla chips
dessert - double chocolate zucchini bread
Sunday - potato soup and bacon
Monday -  fish tacos
Tuesday - pizza
Wednesday - corn chip casserole
Thursday - breakfast/leftovers

Here we go again . . .

another week, another menu
Some weeks are easier to plan than others. At the beginning of each year I feel like getting new stuff. That is translating to recipes this time around. It's fun for me to try new things. At least until the kids say, "what IS this stuff." sigh. Here we go.
Friday - homemade pizza (We have 15 minutes for dinner tonight between basketball practice and the Pinewood Derby. Hopefully this will be fast.)
Saturday - super bean burritos
Sunday - hearty beef stew
Monday - kicked up ramen noodles (hope to please John AND the kids - John is not a ramen fan, but the kids love it)
Tuesday - pizza
Wednesday - chiliquiles
Thursday - spinach lasagna rolls

Another Menu

Friday - taco pasta (pushed over from previous week)
Saturday - pw chicken tortilla soup
Sunday - french dip sandwiches and apple pie
Monday - minestrone soup and rolls
Tuesday - pizza
Wednesday - chilaquiles
Thursday - spring rolls
Friday - tomato basil soup and grilled cheese (or open face cheese)
Saturday - black beans and rice skillet
Sunday - The Dip, chips, beef tacos, and giant cookie cake
Monday - ravioli
Tuesday - pizza
Wednesday - OUT
Thursday - waffles

Week 65ish

Sunday - shredded beef tacos, chips and salsa

Monday - corn on the cob, fettuccine alfredo, chicken, and fresh cherries for dessert

Tuesday - pizza and broccoli

Wednesday - spring rolls, rice/ramen

Week 54(ish)

Friday - Mexican "Flatbread" Pizza (I'm sure the biscuits are full of junk, but I need fast and easy.) We'll have them without the hamburger meat - just refried beans and toppings.

*edit - Maxwell's quote during dinner - "I can't believe I like this!" He ate a ton.

Saturday - Beef Taquitos, black beans (?), chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Sunday - hamburgers and fries

Monday - Southwest Pasta Salad

Tuesday - Pizza

Wednesday - Black Bean Tacos (like this but in taco form)

Thursday - Whole Wheat Blender Pancakes (didn't get to these last week, so we'll try again)

Week 53(ish)

Friday - "take out" to celebrate Max as a Student of the Month

Saturday - pinto bean tacos

Sunday - sloppy lasagna (mother's day so John gets to cook), pound cake

Monday - veggies and noodles with thai coconut curry sauce

Tuesday - pizza

Wednesday - sweet peas chicken taco soup

Thursday - whole wheat blender pancakes

Pasta Night

Monday is still Pasta Night at our house. Tonight I tried three new recipes for our dinner.

The main dish was Pioneer Woman's Fettuccine Alfredo. It was pretty good, although not as good as I had hoped it would be. It was good enough that I will probably try it again sometime. Maybe next time I can get it just right.

For our vegetable, I tried used a Food Network recipe for Sauteed Broccoli. I really liked this one. Hopefully the next time I make it it will turn out as well as it did tonight.

I wanted to have french bread with our pasta tonight. I have made this recipe from Our Best Bites before, but I'm trying to use whole wheat more often (and less sugar) in my baking, so I did a quick search and tried this recipe for Whole Wheat French Bread. It uses 2 cups white flour and 2 cups whole wheat flour. It was okay, but not great. I think I'll keep looking for the perfect recipe.

ps we also had mandarin oranges with dinner