Monday Menu and recipe

Monday
Bacon Cheeseburger Buns- new recipe here
Strawberries

Tuesday
Chili in crock pot

Wednesday
Chicken noodle casserole

Thursday
Lazy cooks Chicken
Beans and Rice
green beans

Friday
Leftovers

Lazy Cooks Chicken
4 large chicken breasts
1  cup barbeque sauce
1/2 pkg onion soup mix
1/2 stick butter or margarine
Place chicken breasts in sprayed baking dish.  Mix last 3 ingredients and pour over chicken.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes until chicken done.  
We shred this and serve with beans and rice just like our friends in Central America eat it!

Winter Mugs

A new and helpful idea I came up with this winter has been to have Winter mugs. 

Each child picked out their own mug and this is the one they get to use all winter. 

The 4 mugs are cute and colorful and sit on the counter.  When they use it, they clean it afterwards to use again. 

I felt like I was constantly filling the dishwasher with mugs from hot chocolate, hot cider etc.  Now they each have their own mug and seem to think it is kinda fun, and my cabinet and dishwasher isn't overflowing!

Joy continued

11.  Life, and my childrens.

12. Eating dinner together as a family last night( at 7:30 but hey)

13.  Having more than enough

14. Clean and organized under sink cabinet

15. Beautiful january weather

16. a walk with my husband

17. yummy spaghetti and meatballs in the crockpot.

18.  the book I wanted was in at the library

19.  curly hair :)

20. a young persons passing- knowing his eternal home

21.  hugs from kindergartners

22. my coworkers

23. a full moon

Monday Menus and a recipe

Brooke is back in Haiti this morning!  Missing these sweet giggling girls who sang for us at the village.

Monday
Spaghetti and meatballs (freezer meal)(recipe below)
salad
garlic bread

Tuesday
leftover roast and chili
potatoe soup

Wednesday

Italian Baked Chicken
Green beans
red potatoes

Thursday
Hamburgers on grill

Friday
pizza

Recipe for Meatballs:
Tia's Meatballs
2 pounds ground chuck
1 pound ground turkey
1 pound ground sausage
1 cup bread crumbs
1 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c minced onion
 2 eggs
Mix altogether and form into balls.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
This recipe makes 2 meals.

The Joy Dare

If you read Ann Voskamp's blog or have read her books, you will know she is all about gratitude.  She is having a Joy Dare for 2012.  I am going to try and list my 1000 gifts this year.  It is only for myself, but writing it here gives me accountability!

1. Grateful I have a job and God helped me choose a resilient and flexible profession.

2. The health of my family, immediate and extended!

3.  I am so thankful I am married to my best friend.

4.  A remote car starter:)

5.  Kiddos who can run and play and love to!

6.  More than enough food

7.  Clean water to drink

8.  Unlimited water to bathe and wash in, readily at my fingertips

9. the energy of the kids I work with

10.  Music

Monday Menu

Monday
No school- therefore no formal meal.
I can't remember what day it is over break!
We had a big lunch at Hacienda- I'm counting that as 2 meals:)

Tuesday
Chicken and dumplings(freezer meal)recipe here ( I add 1 box of vegetable broth in crock and sometimes carrots and celery finely chopped)
apples

Wednesday
Pot roast in the crock pot with potatoes and carrots
rolls

Thursday
Meatloaf(freezer recipe)recipe here
This is an awesome recipe, I make them into personal meatloaves.
Boiled red potatoes

Friday
Chili in the crock pot

Saturday and Sunday are a hodgepodge.

My challenge in the coming weeks is cooking for the whole family when 2 of us are steering clear of sugar and carbs.  Most of the meals this week have the kids eating the carbs, because they need them, and Joe and I eating the protein and vegetables.

Missing the beautiful fall weather!

Menus

Monday
Spaghetti and meatballs(freezer)
garlic bread

Tuesday
Chicken Pot pie (freezer meal)
fruit

Wednesday
Potato soup
bread
fruit

Thursday
Lazy cooks chicken
rice and beans

Friday
Leftovers
Saturday
Chili
Sunday
Pizza

Missing these sweet boys who greeted me on our first day of Medical clinics in Haiti.  They live in the biggest tent city in Haiti- blue and white tarps as far as you can see!
Missing Haiti weather too this week!