Menus and a recipe

Monday
Chicken Pot pie
Rolls
Orange jello with mandarin oranges.
Chocolate peanut butter chip cookies

Tuesday
Tortellini casserole
Salad

Wednesday
Chicken quesedillas

Thursday
Spaghetti with meat sauce
garlic bread

Friday
Left overs

I am taking a meal to a friend tonight and thought I would just make 2 and we would eat one tonight too.  It's chicken pot pie, one of our family's favorites.  I started making this recipe before we had kids.  My husband had lived on his own for just one year before we were married.  He survived on Dinty Moore Beef Stew, ramen noodles, banquet pot pies and chunky soups. He still loves all of those meals too.  I'm lucky, I don't have a picky husband.
I thought that since he loved his banquet pot pies so much I would just make some homemade.  It took quite a few recipes to finally come up with this version that is his favorite.

Chicken Pot Pie

2 cans Cream of Potato soup
1 can of mixed vegetables
1/4 cup milk
2 cups cooked, chopped chicken breast
1/2 tsp of each: salt, pepper, thyme
Pastry for a double crust
Mix first 5 ingredients and set aside.  Place one crust in a pie pan, pour the filling in and top with other pie crust. Crimp edges, and cut slits in the top.
Bake for 40 minutes at 350.  Let sit for 10 minutes and serve.

Menus

Monday
Chicken bacon ranch penne pasta(ww recipe)
garlic knots (clearance at grocery)

Tuesday
BBQ chicken shredded
beans and rice

Wednesday
Taco Salad

Thursday
Pumpkin waffles
Bacon

Friday
Chili in the crock pot.

Menus

Monday
Pork chops
fried potatoes with onion
strawberries

Tuesday
Skillet Lasagna-yummy!

Wednesday
Tacos

Thursday
lazy cooks chicken
beans and rice

Friday- game at New Castle
eat out

Menus and a recipe

Monday
Spaghetti and meatballs
garlic knots

Tuesday
Potato soup
strawberries

Wednesday
Taco soup
corn chips

Thursday
Fettuccini Alfredo (Andrew cooking)
Italian dunkers

Friday
pizza

Italian Dunkers (recipe is straight from the school cafeteria)

Old hot dog buns divided
Spread with butter or margarine
Sprinkle with garlic powder
sprinkle with Mozzerella cheese
Broil for 5 minutes until melted and bubbly.
 

Monday Menus

I need an extra day to recover from the weekend.  I guess that is a sign it was a good one :)

We started Saturday with a CC meet 1.5 hours away, and then off to a football game.  We came home for a an hour and then headed out to church.  We ended the day watching ND barely beat my Boilers.

Ann and I, along with my niece and sil drove to Fort Wayne for a a bridal shower for another niece getting married next month. I came home and left with Joe for a surprise date night to the Michael Buble concert.  A sweet parent at school gifted them to me and it was a huge blessing.  Buble puts on an incredible shoe, he is such a talented performer.  It was a nice night out, which we haven't had in probably a year!

Monday
Beef tips in the crock pot
noodles
watermelon

Tuesday
French dip sandwiches
watermelon
mac and cheese

Wednesday
Chicken caesar salad
fruit

Thursday
Tortellini with marinara
italian dunkers

Friday
Chili

Back again

I mainly write on her for accountability to myself.  I haven't been cooking much and I need to get better at making meals.  Especially since I have a freezer full that are already made!  I am also trying to pay down some debt we incurred this past year when finances were crummy and we had a big tax bill due.  Saving money on food and groceries is one way I am trying to do it.  I gave up Starbucks too!  I know, drastic :)

Monday
Goulash- freezer meal from a friend when Joe had surgery!
I didn't like goulash growing up and we ate it A LOT!  It was cheap and German ;)  This recipe is super yummy ( and cheesy), and the kids really like it.

Tuesday
Crock Pot Tortellini Soup recipe here
This is a odd choice for a 95 degree day, but we have a CC meet and a Football game.  Otherwise we will eat junk. 

Wednesday
Warm ham and cheese sandwiches (leftover small group lunch meat)
grapes

Thursday
Hot dogs (leftover from neighborhood picnic)
watermelon
mac and cheese

Friday
Pizza

Here is a sneak peek at Amy's senior pics!

Summer update

Here is an update on what I have completed so far this summer .  I only have 2 weeks until I start back to school.

1. Organize pictures of Amy to prepare for graduation next summer.- haven't started yet.

2. Make a banquette for my kitchen- doubtful this will get done.

3.  Make a shelf for above the fridge, since or cabinet no longer fits there.  It's been 2 years, why rush?- I have priced a new one, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
4.  Clean and organize garage. - Done (all that I can do)

5.  Work on back porch- carpet cleaned, clock and wreath put up, lamps painted.

6.  Really clean the kids rooms.  We did it last summer, but it has gotten rough again.- done while each was away at camp etc.

7.Clean out my closet- next on my list.

8. Clean basement storage area. Done, whew, that was a big full day job!

9. Cook healthier- somewhat, with Joe gone we eat out more.

10.  Go to Jazzercise more often-yep

11.  Go to lunch with friends more often- yep

12. Relax and enjoy what I have- a work in progress :)

13.  Stay off computer more- yes

14. Clean out cabinets- somewhat

15. Slip cover slipper chairs for girls rooms-nope

16. Work on some new landscaping.- done

17.  Paint family room, which includes patching LOTS of spots in the paneling. grr- done