Hen and Chicks

* our weekly menu 2 *

I've made my first menu in more than two months -- life must be getting back to normal!

Saturday:  Breakfast - Blueberry Scones with fruit/yogurt.  Lunch - Taco Salad.   Dinner - Malay Chicken Wings w/ Rice (in the rice cooker) & green salad.  Lemon Buttermilk Poppy Seed Cake for dessert.

Sunday:  Breakfast - Dutch Babies with sliced fruit, scrambled eggs, sausages.   Lunch - Chinese Cabbage Salad.  Dinner - Beef Enchiladas with Spanish rice (in the rice cooker), Corny Bread (in the bread machine - recipe from TBMC II), and a green salad.

Monday:  Breakfast - Raisin Buttermilk Coffee Cake with fruit.  Lunch - Tuna Casserole.   Dinner - Spaghetti w/ Meatballs, green salad and Quick Sourdough Bread (in the bread machine).

Tuesday:  Breakfast - Amish Baked Oatmeal.   Lunch - Sack lunch at the park.   Dinner - Kabobs with Pilaf and Honey Wheat Berry Bread (in the bread machine - recipe from TBMC II).

Wednesday:  Breakfast - Millet Muffins.   Lunch - Leftovers.   Dinner - Chicken Pasta Salad.   Pumpkin Cake for dessert.

Thursday:  Breakfast - cereal/fruit/yogurt.   Lunch - Sandwiches/Tuna & Crackers.   Dinner -  Stromboli Sandwiches with Ranch Coleslaw.

Friday:   Breakfast - Peanut Butter Oat Muffins.  Lunch -  OUT!!  Dinner - Grilled Chicken & Vegetables with Injera or Ezekiel Bread

* our weekly menu 1 *

Edited 4-8-09 to add:

These are the items/dishes that I've chosen for our menu this week.  I got almost everything from the April May issue of Taste of Home magazine (italicized). 

Monday:  Breakfast-  Baked Oatmeal        Lunch- tuna salad with crackers and leftover cabbage salad      Dinner- Kabobs with Snap Peas & Mushrooms, fresh baked bread, and Applesauce Raspberry Gelatin  The kabobs were great and the homegrown peas were wonderful!  DS3 made pilaf instead of bread because I didn't get the bread started in the machine before we left for piano lessons  :-(

Tuesday:  B- cereal/yogurt/oatmeal       L- Refried Beans with tortilla chips and salsa       D- Creamy Chicken Enchiladas with cornbread and Corn & Black Bean Salsa  These chicken enchiladas were delicious!  Very easy to make, eye appealing with all of that gorgeous bubbling sauce, and there's enough for leftovers tomorrow!!  I made Corny Bread (from TBMC II, see below) in the bread machine instead of regular cornbread and it got very nice compliments from Dear Husband.  I didn't get to the Corn & Black Bean Salsa, though, so will have to make that another time.

Wednesday: B- cereal/yogurt/oatmeal (hot cross buns recipe is in the machine for in the morning!) and make Millet Muffins to take with us visiting       L- out with family        D-  ??

Thursday: B- cereal/yogurt/oatmeal       L- Mexican Pizza made with leftover Refried Beans       D- Chicken Pot Pie with fresh baked bread

Friday: B- cereal/yogurt/oatmeal or Peanut Butter Muffins       L- possibly leftovers       D- Bacon Cheeseburger Buns with Potato Wedges and salad or fresh veggies & dip

Saturday:

Sunday: B- Pull Apart Bacon Bread with fresh fruit and scrambled eggs.

The dinners that are not assigned a day yet are:  Shredded Beef-N-Slaw and Apple & Onion Chicken along with the side dish of Lattice Corn Pie and the dessert of Creamy Orange Gelatin.  I usually leave one night blank (only plan six dinners for the week) to give room for leftovers, possibly a dinner out, or for plans suddenly changing, etc.  Then I can simply move a meal from here to there without much fuss.

All of the bread comes from our frequently used bread machine that I found at the Salvation Army store for $5.  Sometimes it gets a few days rest, but other days it has something in it overnight for breakfast, then something else gets put in for dinner.  We have a variety of breads, most of the recipes I get from The Bread Machine Cookbook II (TBMC II).  Cracked Wheat and Honey Oatmeal are two of my husband's favorites.