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This Week’s Menu {and 5 new recipes from Pinterest I’m planning to try this week!}

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Last week, I told you I was going to experiment with five new Pinterest recipes. I already shared my major success with the Best Ever Chocolate Oatmeal Bars. And I didn’t get a chance to make the Homemade Bath Bombs yet — hopefully this week!

I also made the three other recipes and can’t wait to tell you more how the Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup, No Knead Make Ahead Dinner Rolls, and the No Knead Dinner Rolls turned out. Let’s just say that there was one big success and two pretty severe failures. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to post pictures and details tomorrow afternoon.

But for tonight, here’s this week’s menu, plus some more Pinterest recipes I’m planning to try:

Breakfasts

Oatmeal, Cereal, Eggs, Peanut Butter Toast, and/or Fruit

Lunches

Mac & cheese, fruit
Snack-y lunch
PB&J, carrot sticks, apples
Cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks
Leftovers x 3

Snacks

Fruit/veggies
Popcorn
Chocolate Chip Monkey Muffins
30 Minute Homemade Pretzels
Boiled eggs

Pinterest Recipes to Try (I’ll report on how these work!)

Homemade Bath Bombs (not exactly a “recipe” since these aren’t edible, but a DIY project I’m hoping to try this week!)
Double Chocolate Muffins
Vegan Coconut Oil Banana Muffins
Chocolate Chip Monkey Muffins
30 Minute Homemade Pretzels

Dinners

Build Your Own Haystacks
Breakfast for dinner: Pancakes, scrambled eggs, fruit
Simple Vegetable Frittata, fruit salad, Vegan Coconut Oil Banana Muffins
Fourth of July Celebration (I’m bringing something, but haven’t decided what yet. If you have a great suggestion of an amazing July 4th themed dish, I’ll take all the inspiration I can get!)
Meatballs, steamed veggies, grapefruit, Chocolate Chip Monkey Muffins
Dinner out
Dinner with extended family x 2

What’s on your menu this week? Tell us in the comments or leave a link to your menu plan post.

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  1. Merry Jo says

    We made those pretzels this week – I’m curious to know what you think of them. I used all (homeground) whole wheat flour, and mine turned out really dry. I’m having a hard time getting the kids to eat them, even if I slather them with chocolate frosting (the pretzels, not the kids! 🙂 ). Anyways, even though it’s more involved a recipe (and has more fat and sugar), I want to try Heavenly Homemakers’ recipe for pretzels. They sound sooooooo good!
    http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/making-homemade-soft-pretzels

  3. Barbara says

    Hi Crystal,
    I haven’t tried this yet but wanted to mention this Red, White, Blueberry Quinoa recipe for your celebration. Maybe you’ll get to it first and let me know if it’s any good. I do recommend using red quinoa and letting the pine nuts be the “white” in the dish. I think it would be prettier and tastier but maybe that’s just me. http://bijouxs.com/2011/07/01/red-white-blueberry-quinoa/
    Happy 4th!

  4. KaryanStratton says

    Crystal, thank you so much for posting your menu! I usually find some new favorites! I can’t wait for it to cool down so we can try all the muffin recipes! 🙂

    We made this http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/4th-of-july-jello layered jello last year. It was a hit! My son told me it’s a must have this year. I used 6 oz boxes of jello and omitted the fruit in the jello because we were serving so much fruit along side. But I did spend about a minute making a fruit “star” for the top. Really impressed my father-in-law. 🙂

  5. Lee says

    I did Pinterest experiments this week too! Had a sad cookie fail- don’t even want to try again because I threw out almost an entire batch – they turned out very “cakey”. But, I also had a huge hit! Pretzel rolls to eat our burgers on – I loved them. Hubs and kid liked them too.

  6. Em says

    I had to look to see what haystacks. I think my kids would love to have my recipe for dinner.

    I make haystacks with potato sticks tossed with melted peanut butter and butterscotch chips. Sometimes I add peanuts. You plop them on wax paper til they set. A very easy no bake recipe, but I usually serve haystacks for dessert 🙂

    • Crystal says

      Yes, that recipes has a variety of names — we’ve just always called it Haystacks. And I’m glad you checked so you didn’t think I was just serving my family dessert for dinner. Although, every once in a blue moon, that might be fun! 🙂

  8. sandra says

    The homemade bath bombs are categorized under This weeks menu and hopefully will not be confused by any one reader as being edible. Although it is shown under the sub-category of recipes to try, this could result in a mistake by someone viewing this site. Inedible items should not be posted within a food menu plan. Hopefully no one will or has made this and consumed.

    • Crystal says

      Thanks for mentioning that. I assumed since they were “bath bombs” no one would think they were edible… but I appreciate you bringing this to my attention — and for your kind concern for the safety and health of my readers!

  9. Brie - BreezyPinkDaisies says

    I made those no bake bars last night and they are amazing!!! I ran out of chocolate chips so I used butterscotch instead – so yummy. Also I added sunflower kernels instead of dried berries. Delicious! Can’t wait to try it again when I have the chocolate and cranberries! 🙂

  11. Lacey says

    Im so happy I am not the only one that has failures. I always wonder when I hear raves about a recipe and then it blows when I make it. Usually the ones you recommend are tried and true and I thank you for that!

  12. amber says

    This week it is lot of 4th of July food. Hot dogs, corn on the cob, biscuits with tomatoes, potato salad fresh fruit.

  13. Jessica says

    We are attending two July 4th potlucks and I’m known for my desserts. I’m trying to use up stockpiled items and that includes a lot of baking things, so I’m bringing chocolate fudge brownies.

  14. Meredith says

    We are having a potluck at my house. Since we are doing the meat and drinks, I decided to do a simple flag dessert. i am going to make a pan of brownies, ice them, cut them in rectangles, and take red and blue m&ms to make each one a flag. I thought my daughter could help and it would be a craft.

    You could also just cut up a watermelon or make an apple pie. Can’t get any more American than those!

  15. Susan says

    I’ve seen some really cute skewers on pinterest. Blueberries, Strawberries and Marshmallows stuck through bamboo skewers. They were easy, mostly healthy and adorable for an Independence Day Picnic.

  19. Amanda says

    IME, usually bath bombs are nice and simple, but sometimes they fail miserably. However, in the latter case, you just put the crumbs in a jar and have fizzy bath salts, and no problems getting your kids in the bath for a week or so. You can’t really go wrong putting those ingredients in your bath.

  22. Averie @ Averie Cooks says

    Thanks for linking to two of my recipes – the no-knead rolls and the muffins. I am curious to hear about the fails you said you had. They came right after a sentence with yeast bread so am curious. Bread can be tricky sometimes. Email me if it was a recipe of mine.

    Your Best Ever No Bake Bars look wonderful. I’ve had a recipe like that on my site for a couple years. Love the texture and the oats and yours are so tempting!

  24. Andrea says

    The ONLY Fourth of July dish that SCREAMS America, in my very humble midwestern girl’s opinion is Strawberry Rhubarb pie. I make mine with a crumble top – I bring a pie every year to a cookout we go to, and every year…it disappears. 🙂

    • deborah says

      We just made rhubarb pie a couple of times recently! My recipe doesn’t have strawberries, but it uses strawberry jello and is super easy. There is something about it that definitely seems summery! 🙂