Family Briefs

One of the things I love about menu planning is the opportunity to screw up your plan and then try to keep your composure figuring out your “Plan B” while your 18 month is hanging on your leg crying, “HUNGY, HUNGY.” Well no, not really; but I did more of that this week than I’d planned on!

MONDAY
Lunch - Make-over Mexican Roll-ups, chips/salsa, grapes (I didn’t plan on running out of tortillas ).
Dinner - out with Grandaddy to our favorite BBQ place

TUESDAY
Lunch - I was planning on 15 min Red Beans and Rice, like we had here, but I forgot the Red Beans - as you might have guessed, they are essential to this dish , so we had some leftovers instead!
Dinner - Leftover Buffet!

WEDNESDAY
Lunch - ham sandwiches, chips, apple slices (eaten in the car on the way home from preschool, so we can get an early nap in before ballet!)
Dinner - some of my potato/cabbage stew leftovers from the freezer, cornbread (which I poured into the wrong size dish and unintentionally made “cornbread crackers” ).

THURSDAY
Lunch - Kids Cuisine frozen entrees for the kids and leftovers for mom & dad
Dinner - Banquet Chicken & Red Potatoes crock pot kit (bought on sale AND with a coupon!), rolls, salad

FRIDAY
Lunch - kids had PB & J sandwiches with chips and grapes; dad & I had leftovers again
Dinner - Low Country Shrimp Boil, crab legs, shrimp cocktail, and popcorn shrimp to celebrate my sister and her husband being in town. We were a little disappointed with the flavor from the “shrimp-boil-in-a-bag” we purchased; my sister suggested we try “Old Bay” seasoning next time!

SATURDAY
Breakfast - bacon/cheese pull-aparts (one of our weekend faves - although I think hubby leaves out the onions and does extra everything else!) and Pull-Apart Coffee Cake (easy AND scrumptious!)
Lunch - belated Christmas meal with my sister - turkey and dressing, fresh asparagus, creamed corn, and salad
Dinner - Dijon Chicken Salad Sandwiches, specialty cheeses and crackers from my sister, grapes, sliced cukes, carrots, celery, chips

SUNDAY

Brunch - hubby made his delicious Eggs Benedict, this yummy Canadian Bacon Quiche, and I made this (substituting blueberries from my freezer) - IT WAS FABULOUS!
Dinner - leftover crockpot chicken from Thursday and salad (kind-of a letdown from brunch, but I was still FULL!)

Our dishwasher worked overtime this weekend, but we had a great time and ate VERY well! Hope you enjoy some of these recipes and meal ideas - if not, head over to Laura’s for more Menu Plan Monday fun! Have a great week!

p.s. For those of you wondering what Valentine’s Dessert I finally decided to make, I got the kids involved and we made this instead of divinity!