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Lots of fruit in the Market Crate this week at work: 2 mangos, 6 local peaches, 4 nectarines, 2 lbs of cherries (these were really good last week!), 12 ears of corn!, lettuce, celery, and a mystery item. So, I’ll be eating lots of fruit and salad! LOL

Monday: Summer squash casserole (cooks.com – using the crookneck squash out of my garden), polish sausage
Tuesday: grilled chicken on fresh green salad
Wednesday: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn on the cob (will freeze the leftover corn)
Thursday: Fried green tomatoes, brats, salad
Friday: going to Jefferson City for Bill’s grandchild’s birth – probably eating out
Saturday: Grilled salmon, quinoa salad (hot), green salad
Sunday: Bill’s choice as it’s his birthday

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Surprisingly we actually got green and yellow beans from our garden down at the property this weekend. It’s been so hot and dry that we thought we would come home from PSG to dead plants – well we did. The zucchini and egg plants didn’t make it but the beans seemed to have thrived! So we picked our first mess of beans and cooked them with a bit of bacon on Sunday – I’m having leftovers tonight!

The Veggie case at work this week contains a lot of fruit which is good. We managed to score some nice local peaches on Friday so we have been eating peaches all weekend. I think I’ll freeze some later today.

Monday: pancakes/chicken salad sandwiches, chips/stuffed zucchini, green beans
Tuesday: chicken salad sandwich and chips
Wednesday: blue berry pancakes/ pork steaks, grilled zucchini and corn, grilled peaches and pineapple/ smoothies for dinner
Thursday: snapper w/zucchini and tomato (cooking light July 2012)
Friday: chicken stir fry
Saturday: tuna melts/spaghetti
Sunday: tomatoes and cottage cheese/ eat out for dinner

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Bill will be in town on Wednesday so that we can drive up to my sister’s house to be at the closing of my mom’s house on Thursday – yes, I’m hopeful that it will go through this time!  So we will be eating on the road on Wednesday night at my favorite pizza place Monicals!

<b> Monday: </b>       Hamburger Helper and cob salad         

<b> Tuesday: </b>       Blackened Salmon, pasta salad

<b> Wednesday: </b> Monicals Pizza

<b> Thursday: </b>     Grilled Kielbasa, cole slaw and corn

<b> Friday: </b>          Country Ribs, cole slaw, baked potatoes

<b> Saturday: </b>      Bacon Wrapped Shark, rice pilaf, grilled veggies

<b> Sunday: </b>        Hamburgers, chips and hummus, grilled veggies

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This is a crazy mixed up week. I posted Monday’s menu last week since it was Memorial Day and I would be home with the family. And I’ve already had to mix up this weeks plan. My mother’s house looks to finally be going to sell on Thursday so I may be heading up to Danville Illinois either Wednesday night or Thursday morning which makes the planning a bit off. But here’s my best guess:

Tuesday: Chicken Quesadillas w/ onion and green pepper, avocado and sour cream (we didn’t get to do this last weekend)
Wednesday: Hamburger helper if home (Monical’s Pizza if not)
Thursday: Wednesday and Thursday are switchable at this point in time (I will have Monicals one of these nights!)
Friday: Dinner with Meghan’s Dad for her graduation
Saturday: Grilled Salmon, pasta salad, Grilled veggie kabobs if we get zucchini and squash)
Sunday: Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans

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Since its Memorial Day weekend I went ahead and included Monday in this weeks menu. I will be going down to Bill’s house on Thursday after his son’s wedding and staying till Monday evening. I’m hoping the kids will come down on Monday and we can have a BBQ and hang out in the woods. :)

Monday: Pork Steaks, corn on the cob, salad
Tuesday: leftovers
Wednesday: Pork tenderloin in pan sauce (March 2010 Everybody Cooks),
mashed potatoes, green beans
Thursday: Eat Out (getting tattoos at Bill’s)
Friday: Tilapia, steamed broccoli, rice pilaf
Saturday: quesadillas, chips and salsa
Sunday: BLTs, chips
Monday: Country Ribs, Mac and cheese, salad, chips, dessert (probably strawberries)

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Monday: Chicken tortellini casserole
Tuesday: Amanda’s for dinner
Wednesday: spaghetti
Thursday: Three Cheese Pizza with Garlicky spinach and bacon (WW Better than takeout)
Friday: Blackened Salmon, mashed potatoes, asparagus
Saturday: Leftover chicken casserole and strawberry shortcake
Sunday: BBQ Pork Steaks, pasta salad, grilled veggies

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Monday: Chipotle Naked Burrito
Tuesday: Homemade Pizza
Wednesday: Parmesan chicken and Fettuccini Alfredo
Thursday: meat loaf, mashed potatoes, green beans
Friday: flounder fillets, asparagus, corn bread
Saturday: Portabella mushroom sandwiches. Veggies and dip
Sunday: Hamburger helper plus broccoli

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Monday: black bean soup with cornbread
Tuesday: flounder fillets, rice pilaf, broccoli
Wednesday: Meat Loaf, mashed potatoes, green beans
Thursday: chicken and Rice in crock pot with broccoli, carrots and onion
Friday: Blackened salmon, mashed potatoes, corn
Saturday: Steaks, baked potatoes, salad
Sunday: Deep fried turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans

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I’m going camping this weekend with the kids down at the property. So we will be cooking over the campfire on Friday and Saturday nights. Sunday is still open since we may just stop and eat in town on the way home.

Monday: flounder fillets, corn dodgers, garden veggies
Tuesday: cheesy chicken carbonara w/ Fettuccini
Wednesday: Hamburger helper with mixed veggies
Thursday: pork and veggie kabobs, rice pilaf
Friday: marinated grilled chicken, veggies packs on the fire, bread
Saturday: brats, chips, fruit
Sunday: open – possibly eating out.

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Monday: Blackened Salmon, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies
Tuesday: eating out
Wednesday: Cheese chicken carbonic w/Fettuccini, asparagus
Thursday: Hamburger helper with mixed veggies
Friday: Chicken w/Broccoli Rabe and white beans
Saturday: Spaghetti, salad, garlic knots
Sunday: Basil crusted cod, garden veggies and rice.

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Monday: Hot and Sour Soup
Tuesday: Tacos and Quesadillas
Wednesday: Chicken with Broccoli and white beans (ww)
Thursday: Blackened Salmon, rice pilaf, green beans
Friday: Cheesy chicken Carbonara w/ fettuccini (WW)
Saturday: Hamburger Casserole (WW)
Sunday: leftovers out of freezer

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Monday: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, fresh bread and a veggies
Tuesday: Hot Wok (Chinese food)
Wednesday: Blackened Salmon, Mac and cheese, salad
Thursday: Pork Chops in mushroom gravy (crock pot), mashed potatoes, green beans
Friday: teriyaki Chicken, Rice a Roni
Saturday: Country Ribs in Crockpot (March 2011), Mac and cheese, veggies
Sunday: Bacon wrapped venison medallions, roasted veggies, fresh bread

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Sorry, running a little late this week with the posting of the menu. We went out for dinner last night. A friend of my son's and an aquaintence from WW were having a fund raiser last night at Texas Roadhouse for their brother/son that was hit by a car in January and is in a coma. Austen used to work with his twin sister who goes to my WW meeting. Erik and I went - the food was very good and the company as well! :)

Monday: Fund Raiser at Texas Roadhouse
Tuesday: leftover skillet lasagna
Wednesday: Sharon’s Company chicken (Dierbergs Everybody Cooks, March 2010),
Knorr Parmesan pasta sides, Roasted root Vegetables (Dierbergs March 2010)
Thursday: Spicy Crab, Shrimp and Cherry Tomato Gumbo (WW Best Food Ever cookbook)
Friday: eating out/or leftover gumbo at Bill’s
Saturday: Stuffed Green Pepper Soup (doubled and taking to Goat night)
Sunday: Lemon and Herb stuffed pork chops (WW Best), Collard Greens

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Monday: Super-Easy Cream of Broccoli Soup (ww), Homemade bread
Tuesday: Panko Crusted Beef, Roast Potatoes with Tomato Basil Feta, Green Beans with Smoked Almonds and bacon (Dierbergs Everybody Cooks, March 2012)
Wednesday: Sharon’s Company Chicken – using asiago cheese instead of swiss (Dierbergs March 2012), Lipton pasta side dish, leftover green beans
Thursday: Crab Cakes with Lipton Rice Side dish and Garlic topped summer squash (Dierbergs March 2012)
Friday: Blackened Tilapia (or Salmon), Toasted Pecan Quinoa (Dierbergs March 2012), leftover summer squash
Saturday: Italian Meat Loaf (Dierbergs March 2010), mashed potatoes, and green beans
Sunday: Pork Tenderloin in Pan Sauce (Dierbergs March 2010), Salad, Bread

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Sorry I haven’t’ posted my menus the last few weeks. I did have them and followed them but I just never got them posted. I do have two new cookbooks from Weight Watchers “Power Foods” that the kids bought me for Christmas and “Best Darn Food Ever” that I bought for myself a few weeks ago. Some really good stuff in both of them!

Monday: Easy Skillet lasagna (Dierbergs, Everybody Cooks Mag. March 2010)
Tuesday: Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes and gravy, Green beans
Wednesday: Oven Fried Chicken (WW Best Darn Food Ever), Turnip greens and corn
Thursday: Creamy Chicken Paprikash with Fresh Dill (WW Power Foods)
Friday: Sicilian Tilapia (Dierbergs, Everybody Cooks mag. March 2010)
Saturday: Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes, Mushroom gravy and some veggie
Sunday: Eating out

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Monday: Lunch: Venison B leftovers Dinner: Boof and Needles
Tuesday: Lunch: Pork roast dinner Dinner: chicken helper
Wednesday: Lunch: Naked Burrito Dinner: Spam Sandwich
Thursday: Lunch: Don’t know yet – going with a friend Dinner: Grilled Cheese and tomato soup
Friday: Lunch: McDonalds grilled chicken salad Dinner: Kielbasa, kraut and potatoes
Saturday: Lunch: green beans, ham and potatoes Dinner: Pork Chops, potatoes, greens
Sunday: Lunch: hamburger helper w mushrooms and carrots Dinner: Long John Silvers

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What's for dinner?

I’ve been doing much better if I track my lunch and dinner choices ahead of time. Most of my lunch choices are leftovers from the last week or so that have been frozen. Dinners are cooked fresh every night unless otherwise stated. Most of the WW recipes come off of either the website or out of my new Power Foods Cookbook. As usual, if you want a recipe – just let me know.

Monday: Lunch as Ham and Vegetable Cheese soup from my sister’s recipe
Breakfast for Dinner (Or Brinner as the kids call it) Bacon, Eggs and Toast
Tuesday: Lunch: Leftover soup Dinner: eating out with Erik, Meghan and Meghan’s mom
Wednesday: Lunch: Roasted Garlic Chicken and veggies
Dinner: Blackened Salmon with Herb/butter rice and salad
Thursday: Lunch: Ham and Veg Cheese Soup
Dinner: Chicken Helper
Friday: Lunch: 3 bean chili
Dinner: Rosemary roasted Pork with Potatoes and carrots w/ Hollywood rolls
Saturday: Lunch: Leftover pork
Dinner: Venison Bourguignon (WW Recipe)
Sunday: this is Austen’s Birthday so I’m not sure what the plan is yet.

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Bill and I tried the Hollywood rolls this weekend. They didn’t rise very well but they were very tasty! I think it was just too cold in his house for them to rise. I’m going to try them again this week here where it’s warmer.

Monday: Spice crusted steak w/mushrooms (ww power foods cookbook)
Tuesday: Skillet Chicken s/artichokes and roasted red peppers (ww power foods cookbook)
Wednesday: Denny’s
Thursday: Ham and Beans with Cornbread
Friday: fennel-orange Roasted Chicken w/Potatoes and Green Beans (ww power foods cookbook)
Saturday: Blackened Salmon, mashed potatos and turnip greens
Sunday: Cheri’s ham and potato soup

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I have a lot of leftovers from the holidays in the freezer so I’m trying not to cook anything at home that will have a lot of leftovers. Bill however, is eating leftovers out of his freezer so I am planning on cooking at his house so that he will have more leftovers to eat next week. I finally got the Jambalaya recipe from his brother Richard so I will be making that on Saturday at Bill’s. I also got his mother’s Hollywood roll recipe so I think we may try this as well. The Hollywood rolls were a secret family recipe that his mom taught to Marty but not to anyone else – unfortunately, no one has been able to duplicate them since so we are going to give it a try.

Monday: Joe’s Crab Shack for my birthday dinner since all the kids were home.
Tuesday: Ham, black-eyed peas, turnip greens and rolls (leftovers from new years day)
Wednesday: Spaghetti with Garlic bread and salad
Thursday: Pork chops in the crock pot, mashed potatoes and Gravy, Wax beans
Friday: Hamburgers with chips (at Bills)
Saturday: Jambalaya (Richard’s recipe), Hollywood rolls (Bill’s mom’s recipe)
Sunday: leftovers at Bills (Jambalaya is even better the second day!)

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I was in bed most of the day yesterday so I missed going to Walgreens for after Christmas sale lights and doing my menu for the week. It’s still a busy week ahead so I’m going to make some quick and easy things. I left my new cookbook at home so I’ll peruse that on Friday morning to see what I want to cook out of it.

Monday: we had leftover’s from Christmas dinner
Tuesday: Eat out – errands after my WW meeting
Wednesday: Tuna Casserole with Salad
Thursday: Hamburger helper with Salad
Friday: Something from my new WW power foods cookbook
Saturday: New Year’s Eve party - munchies
Sunday: Ham, Cole slaw, black eyed peas, Mac and cheese

As usual if you want a recipe – just let me know.