Menu plan monday 12/8-12/14

This is going to be a clean out the fridge week. I want the fridge to be cleaned out before we leave for our trip to China.
Breakfasts~Oatmeal
raspberry, banana, and peach smoothies
frozen waffles
pancakes
sausage and biscuits
toast and jam
asst fruit

Lunches
Quesadillas
taquitos
mac and cheese and hot dogs
crackers and cheese, summer sausage

Dinners
squash chili mole
curried honey dijon roasted chicken with roasted potatoes
polynesian pork roast with rice and macaroni salad
Christmas party
Breakfast for dinner

Forks part II

La Push
Hannah was not having fun. she was very scared of the huge waves!

The weather was so terrible at La Push. We could hardly see anything.

FORKS

Views of the river

I thought that this looked like the view from the movie, when Edward and Bella are up in the tree.

We went over to Forks today! The kids had the day off from Chinese school,and the weather was ok, so off we went.

It is quite a drove over there, about a 440 mile round trip from our house. The kids watched movies while we drove, and I listened to Twilight on my Ipod. The scenery is just breathtaking! I thought that it would be much the same as my area, but with all the water it is really different.

Menu plan monday 12/1-12/7

Breakfasts
waffles
smoothies
toast and jam
cereal
oatmeal
berries, bananas.

Lunches
pb & j
tuna salad
quesadillas

Dinners
taco lasagna
beef and broccoli and rice
cranberry apricot pork loin with orzo
potato soup with rolls
baked potato and salad bar

Italian Stew

1 lb stew meat cut into small peices
1 lb Hot sausage browned
1 onion diced
4 ribs celery diced
3 cloves garlic minced
6 potatoes diced
1 can kidney beans drained and rinsed
4 cans fire roasted diced tomatoes
2 cups beef broth
1 T dried basil
3 bay leaves
1T dried oregano
1 t dried rosemary
1 pinch red pepper flakes
salt and pepper to taste~ about 1 T each
Add all the ingredients except for the canned tomatoes to a large, at least 6 quart, crockpot. Puree the tomatoes in a blender until smooth. Pour over other ingredients in the crock pot. Cook 4-6 hours on high or 5-10 on low. This stew would freeze very well without the potatoes

Menu plan monday 11/24-11/30

Breakfasts
sausage patties
omelets
carrot cake muffins
waffles
fruit
rolls and jam
smoothies

Monday~
Italian stew

Tuesday~
Butternut squash pasta with spinach and bacon

Weds~
Beef Enchiladas

Thurs~
Turkey
mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes
stuffing
roasted brussel sprouts with apple cider dressing
stuffing
rolls
pumpkin pie
homemade cranberry sauce
pumpkin mousse

Friday~
leftovers

Saturday~
Turkey broccoli casserole

Sunday~
Apricot cranberry pork loin with apple wild rice

Menu plan monday 11/17-11/23

Monday~ muffins and fruit
turkey and rice soup

Tuesday~ cereal and fruit smoothies
White turkey chili and cornbread

Wednesday~ eggs and toast
spring rolls and rice

Thursday~ cereal and fruit
mini turkey meatloaves, mini penne and marinara

Friday~ sausage patties and eggs
burgers and salad
tin foil dinners

Saturday~waffles
quesadillas
mommy's nite out ~Daddy's nite cooking

Sunday~pancakes
Aloha chicken and rice
Potstickers and edamame

snacks~rice crackers and hummus, black bean dip, or almond butter
carrot sticks
apples and pb
celery
raisins