This Week’s Menu
Breakfasts
Whole-Wheat Pancakes, Pick-Me-Up Smoothies
Granola Bars
Breakfast Muffins, Fruit
4th of July Toast (for our USA theme in homeschool this week), Scrambled Eggs
Orange Cream Smoothies, English Muffins, Fried Eggs
Red, White, and Blue Parfaits (we’re just going to use yogurt and leave out the whipped topping)
Toast, Scrambled Eggs, FruitLunches
Leftovers
Salad With Marinated Chicken Strips, Toasted Bagels
Peanut butter & Homemade Jam Sandwiches, Apple Slices, Peas
Macaroni & Cheese, Fresh Apple Carrot Juice
Salad With Hard-Boiled Eggs, Toast
Refried Beans & Cheese With Salsa, Leftover Cilantro Lime Rice, Veggies
LeftoversSnacks
Fruit/Veggies
Homemade Fruit Leather
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
Homemade Peanut Butter Cocoa Ice CreamDinners
Marinated Chicken Breasts, Cilantro Lime Rice, Tossed Salad, Fruit
Sloppy Joes, Crispy Potatoes, Fruit, Veggies
Chicken Salsa Pizza with Honey Pizza Crust (from the freezer), Fruit Salad
Dinner with Extended Family
Dinner out
Taco Chicken Bowls, Fruit Salad
Dinner at Birthday PartyFreezer Cooking in an Hour
Homemade Fruit Leather
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
Taco Chicken Bowls
What’s on your menu this week? Share details and/or your link to your menu plan in the comments.
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42 Comments
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I am going to do homemade fruit leather this week too! I saw a recipe in my Food Network magazine the other day, and it sounds so easy and healthy.
Our menu includes Greek Feta Chicken with Balsamic Mixed Greens, Baked Potatoes with the fixin’s and broccoli with homemade jalapeno cheese sauce, and Spinach Lasagna. The entire menu is here. http://www.savemoneylivejoyfully.com/2011/08/menu-for-week-august-14-20-2011.html
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I’ll have to look into making my own fruit leather – that sounds like fun, but I got rid of my dehydrator a couple of years ago – can you do it in the oven? For snacks this week we are trying peanut butter popcorn, frozen banana bites and chocolate zucchini bread.
For dinners I am using much of our CSA veggies (lots of red cabbage in the fridge) and fresh tomatoes for salads and salsas. http://delicious-nutritious.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-weeks-meal-plan-8152011.html
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Your toast looks super cute! I’m still working through fresh produce from my garden – tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes, cabbage, and onions. I’m especially excited this week about the buttery zucchini and homemade Mediterranean pizza on our menu. You can see my whole list here:
http://www.simplifylivelove.com/2011/08/menu-freezer-cooking-plan-815.html
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Here’s my menu this week:
http://jandjnewleaf.blogspot.com/2011/08/whats-for-eats-this-week_14.html -
Your menus always make me hungry. Following the homeschool theme with food is a great idea! That’s something we will do when my oldest starts school in a couple of weeks.
Our menu is up, too. http://www.womworkingmom.com/2011/08/wom-meals-this-weeks-menu-for-815.html
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My menu is my last one before it’s back to reality for our family-the kids and I go back to school, and my 2 yr old to the sitter. I dislike the end of summer break!
http://myfavoritefinds.blogspot.com/2011/08/menu-plan-week-of-august-14.html
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Are you using MFW Adventures? We are snacking on red white and blue this week as well:)
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We are on week one, day one today….and rather than the fruit and yogurt, I tried to come up with something I had on hand:) There is a MFG group on FB…and I’m having fun seeing all of the creative ideas and recommends other MFW families have!
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kj says:
Well, last week I tried the homemade tortillas. I created a simple meal and needed some to go with it. My opinion? It is a lot of work. My husband’s opinion? Really great. So, in an effort to encourage my wonderful husband, I made them to go with the enchalada casserole (his favorite). He loved it. I must confess, after I made the amount I needed, I took the leftover dough and made a cherry dessert. I didn’t have it in me to roll out anymore then I needed! 🙂 As for this week, with my children starting school/homeschool, they get to choose Wednesday’s meal. Cinnamon rolls in the morning and spaghetti with homemade sauce for supper.
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I’m not sure how Crystl makes her Sloppy Joes, but here’s my super-easy recipe for homemade Sloppy Joes:
http://ourfrugalhappylife.blogspot.com/2011/01/homemade-sloppy-joes-gluten-free.html
Hope you enjoy them!
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I have a yummy menu planned this week: Fiesta Chicken w/Rice, Cheeseburger Meatloaf, Garlic Parmesan chicken and more! All gluten free, too!
http://ourfrugalhappylife.blogspot.com/2011/08/menu-plan-814.html
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Becky says:
Those breakfast muffins look really yummy, but that seems like an awful lot of sugar. I made zucchini muffins last night and used 1/2c, and they are sweet enough, and mine don’t have any of the other stuff in them…the apple butter will add sugar to it too.
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Heather says:
Yum on the banana ice-cream. What are you mixing it in? I have seen it done in professional juicers but have read that it can be made in a food processor as well. Have you tried it before? There is a place down at the shore where we vacation called “The Bashful Banana” and they make the frozen banana whip – but they also can add other frozen fruit such as strawberries and peaches to mix up the flavors. They use the professional juicer. It is like custard and very delicious. They can top it off with a vegan fruit “fudge” sauce (have seached in vain for a recipe – if you ever find one please share!)
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Thanks! I may keep saving my Amazon gift cards to get one. If I remember correctly, you also use that for making smoothies.
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Thank you for the yummy fruit leather recipe. This comes just in time for my son going back to school next week. I know what I will be making this weekend! He’ll love them.
Here is our menu plan for the week (we are using up a lot of root vegetables):
http://www.momsplans.com/2011/08/menu-planning-august-14-2011/
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Abigail says:
Have fun with MFW ~ we did Adventures last year and had so much fun! Everybody just totally loved it!!!
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Jessica says:
You purchased so much fruit last week! I was impressed. Will your family eat it all with this menu? I notice you have a lot of fruit on this menu but your kids are pretty small. Does Jesse eat the same menu? Will a lot of it become fruit leather? Sorry I ask so many questions! I worry if I buy that much it will rot but at the same time, I’m always making a emergency milk and fruit run (which means not always the greatest prices).
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I can’t wait to see your post on the fruit leather. I wanted to try it, but I’m chicken! “)
Here’s our $100 Budget Weekly Menu:
http://thepeacefulmom.com/2011/08/12/100-budget-weekly-menu-81211/and my daughter’s Simple Gluten Free Menu:
http://thepeacefulmom.com/2011/08/15/simple-gluten-free-weekly-menu-81511/ -
Here is my Menu plan this week! http://athriftymom.com/2011/08/menu-plan-how-to-eat-when-shopping-with-coupons-815/
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That 4th of July toast is to cute! Here is the link to my menu plan for the week
http://wonderwomanimnot.blogspot.com/2011/08/menu-planning-without-taking-inventory.html
Thanks
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Karla says:
I tried the honey pizza crust today. It was great. Definitely the best pizza dough recipe I’ve tried so far. I don’t have a stand mixer so I mixed it with my bread machine and took it out to rise in the bowl. Worked great!
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http://www.thankfullythrifty.com/2011/08/week-of-814-menu-planning/
Love how you do breakfasts and lunches too!! Maybe at some point I will also, but I’m not there yet! 😉 -
I wish my menu was as creative as everyone elses.. but sadly its pretty boring this week. 🙂
http://whoababyblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/menu-monday_15.html
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Lots of slow cooker recipes for me this week!
http://roadtoranching.com/extras/menu-plan-week-of-august-15-2011/ -
http://www.iheartveggies.net/p/weekly-menu.html – vegetarian entrees, salads, fish and pork chops on the menu! Including the recipe for Biaggi’s roasted beet salad that I was able to find on the internet that I am so.excited.about! Most of the veggies come from the organic produce bin we have delivered weekly (surprisingly as cheap or cheaper than buying the same non-organic produce at the grocery store – WAY cheaper than buying organic at the store!)
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I am so going to try the fruit leather… after the summer is over. I do not think it is cost effective to turn the AC up higher to compensate the oven being on.
Here is my menu for the week. http://raviandevie.blogspot.com/2011/08/menu-plan-monday.html
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Looks delicious!
Here’s my groceries and 2 week meal plan:
http://purposelyfrugal.com/2011/08/15/groceries-menu/ -
That toast is too cute…I never think to do things like this. It’s been easy dinners this week–I won’t have time to make a real grocery store trip until Thursday or Friday, so it’s things we have on hand in the pantry and freezer:
turkey meatloaf with mashed potatoes, grilled chicken and corn on the cob, whole wheat pasta with salad and garlic bread, scrambled eggs with bacon toast and fruit, dinner out. -
I’m not making dinner this week. My husband is! For 2 weeks! He’s preparing us raw meals (yep for the kiddos too). He took over my blog for the day, and listed out the menu with recipes on my blog. Hoping a few folks might join us in the “adventure”. I’m a carnivore for sure, so this will be interesting. 🙂
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That toast is so cute! Here is what’s on our meal plan this week:
http://thirtythreemom.com/2011/08/15/simple-recipe-stuffed-green-peppers/
Have a great week Crystal!
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Barbara says:
I made the honey pizza crust dough and went to the original website linked and read all of the comments (where I found many people asking Aimee for her recommendations on how to bake her crust). But she never answered them. I haven’t seen anyone ask that on here so maybe I am the only one….do you have a recommendation for baking time/temp for the honey pizza crust?
Thank you!
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