Below is my menu plan for this week. I will warn you, it is not very exciting. I could do better, but I am still dealing with the last of this cold and a very busy schedule including trying to find a house to live in! So, this is the best I can do, I am afraid--
Monday) Chef Boyardee pizza (my car is in the shop being inspected and getting a windshield wiper fixed, so I had to go with a stand-by in the pantry because I couldn't get to the grocery store)
Tuesday) sloppy joes, tater tots, baby carrots dipped with ranch dressing for dipping
Wednesday) popcorn chicken (the Tyson bag of frozen ones) served over a salad
Thursday) beef tips over rice, green beans
Friday) barbecue chicken, wild rice, leftover salad from Wednesday
Saturday) chicken tacos
Note: to make the barbecue chicken, I just lay thawed chicken breasts in a greased 9X13 pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper and garlic salt, and pour a bottle of barbecue sauce over the chicken. Bake at 350 for one hour. Make some five minute wild rice and serve with a salad or just warm up some frozen corn or a couple of cans of baby peas and you have a delicious meal. This is a good one to start your daughter out with and she can say she knows how to make a whole meal. I will be including my daughter in the preparations for this meal this week!
To make the chicken tacos, just lay 1 pound thawed chicken breasts in your crockpot, mix a packet of taco seasoning with a can of chicken broth and pour over chicken. (I double this recipe for my crowd.) Cook all day and just before serving, shred chicken with two forks. Makes a delicious filling with soft or hard taco shells. Top with shredded cheese, taco sauce, shredded lettuce (I buy it already shredded), chopped tomatoes-- whatever you like. This makes a fun and easy weekend meal!
8 comments:
Thanks for sharing your very "real" menu, it helps us Mom's in the trenches to know we don't have to do it all and be a gourmet chef.
We'll be trying that chicken taco idea! Sounds great~
Love the tip about getting your kiddos in the kitchen...thanks!
Thanks for sharing the quick and easy chicken taco recipe, it sounds delicious! I think I'll try it later this week!
The chicken taco recipe sounds delicious!! So simple and good - thanks for sharing. I'll be trying it soon.
And I never thought of using popcorn chicken over a salad. Yummy!
Feel better soon!
I am trying to set a record for "not going to the store." LOL Actually I had planned to go yesterday (because I am informed daily that we have NOTHING to eat in our house) but Quin threw up and couldn't go to school.
Oh well, Mac-N-Cheese it is! Perhaps today I will venture out.....
I hope all is well in your part of the world, I am counting down the days to She Speaks!
Kelley
looks good to me! -
Come check out the cheeseburger salad that turned out incredibly well from the new Pampered Chef recipe book. Their 29 minutes to dinner has excited even my picky kids! I can't get over my daughter raving over their recipes now that I have started cooking more creatively.
http://www.genesismoments.com/awritersjourney/2008/05/max-your-menu-c.html
Have a great week!
Marybeth,
Tonight I pray for a happy return to health for you, friend... and peace and joy always on the interim, regardless...
Much love,
Ann
Oh I love how you do your chicken tacos. I am guessing you keep the crock pot on low all day?
I'll be trying that soon!!
Alyce
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