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It's back to a normal week of meal planning and preparation. Something tells me the next few weeks are going to be pretty busy with one thing or the other going on.

My hubs has recently complained that I haven't cooked anything "normal" in awhile. He's all about a simple dinner that does not contain some crazy concoction casserole. Hopefully this week will be more "normal" for him.

Monday- Chicken Fettuccine salad and french bread.

Tuesday- Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes and green beans

Wednesday- Fried Rice

Thursday- Leftovers or Fried Catfish

Friday- I'm getting gussied up and going out with hubby to his office Christmas party.

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Sunday-Thankfully hubs let me order pizza..online of course, my favorite way of ordering pizza.

Monday- Roast in the crockpot

Tuesday- White Chili- didn't have it last week, kept forgetting to soak beans.

Wednesday- Hopefully we'll have plenty of leftovers between beans and roast.

Thanksgiving prep-
Pumpkin Bread
Country Green beans. None of my boys (including the big boy) will eat the beloved green bean casserole that my mom always makes, so I'm making them green beans they'll actually eat.
Possibly broccoli rice and cheese casserole as they will eat that one.
I also found a recipe for Monkey Bars that looks great, since I've got some bananas that are getting on the ripe side and I don't want to make banana bread since I'm making pumpkin bread. I'm weird like that.
Thursday- Gorging myself on Thanksgiving at my parents
Friday- leftovers and hopefully enchiladas at hubby's aunts.

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Sunday-Shepherds Pie or Out -most likely out as we decided on a surprise trip to the movies for the boys. I'll move everything up if we go out.

Monday- P. Dub's Chicken Spaghetti

Tuesday- White Chili

Wednesday- Smothered Steak with scalloped potatoes and green beans

Thursday- Egg Sandwiches or carry over meal.

Friday- Frozen Pizza.

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This week I'm trying to buy the minimum amount of groceries I can. The past month has been a total restock of groceries from the move. If you saw how sparse my cabinets and fridge were to prepare for our move, you'd understand the restock that I've had to do the past few weeks. I think I've finally built up enough to not have to go on another grocery shopping spree and just get the basics.

Monday-Chicken & Noodles. I'm actually going to try and take a crack at doing this home made. Should be interesting but looks actually pretty simple. Thanks to Boo Mama's Soup/Crock Pot Spectacular for that recipe find.

Tuesday- Soft Tacos

Wednesday- Pork Chops- Scalloped potatoes and broccoli

Thursday- Spinach Tilapia I didn't get to it last week.

Friday- Pizza

MPM I've Missed You

I've been on a long hiatus from MPM. The main reason was I was working and unable to get my post up within a reasonable time, plus the whole move thing set me back.

I'm so glad to be back now that I'm at home. I just thought I'd go ahead and jot it down. It's really nothing spectacular.

Monday-Spaghetti

Tuesday- Barb's Jalepeno Garlic Tilapia I may be breaking the law on this, but I'm going to try it without the Jalepeno just add the spinach. A co worker made something similar with spinach and tilapia and it was awesome.

Wednesday- Hamburger Helper

Thursday- Buffalo Wing Soup from the Crock Pot Lady

Friday- Egg Sandwiches

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I haven't done a MPM in months, primarily due to the holidays and then once I started posting them again, I wasn't able to post it Monday since I have limited internet access at work. Well tonight is my lucky night since Laura at Orgjunkie posted Mr Linky early! Yeah!

Sunday- Roast

Monday- Leftovers or Hamburger Helper (It's Scout night)

Tuesday- Smothered Pork Chops

Wednesday- Chicken Spaghetti

Thursday- Leftovers or Egg Sandwiches

Friday- Out

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This week is going to be a little hectic, so it's all pretty much going to be simple and what we have on hand. I'm only doing 2-3 days as I'm not sure how the end of the week is going to be.

-Sunday: Pizza Delivered

-Monday: Tuna Casserole

-Tuesday: Chicken Soft Tacos

-Wednesday: Hamburger Helper

-Thursday: Chili?

-Friday: MIL will be in town, most likely we'll eat out.

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Sunday-Roast, Glazed carrots, roasted potatoes, and cheese biscuits.

Monday- Frozen Pizza

Tuesday- Taco Soup

Wednesday- Chicken Fettaccini

Thursday- Cheesy Hamburgers

Friday- We were going to have catfish and fries but for some reason I forgot to put it on the grocery list. Hopefully we'll have a plethera of leftovers.

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It's been a few weeks since I've done an MPM post. Doesn't mean I haven't made a plan, it just hasn't been anything to blog about, not that that's stopped me before.

Sunday: Smothered Porkchops

Monday: Burritos

Tuesday: Chicken Casserole

Wednesday: I'm unsure about, I totally forgot to get tortilla's to make fajaitas. So I guess it will just be steak.

Thursday: Egg Sandwiches

Friday: Pay Day- We're gonna have to go out as it was a slim week this week.

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It's been a few weeks since I've posted my MPM, I just really didn't stick with a plan the last few weeks due to hubs being gone. I also just didn't feel it post worthy. But I'm back with a plan that most likely will stick.

Sunday-Good ol P'Dub's Chicken Spaghetti -it's pretty much a staple in this house

Monday- Frozen Pizza (Scout night)

Tuesday- Fried Catfish with fries

Wednesday- Smothered Pork Chops

Thursday- Left overs or Goulash

Friday- YOYO, I'm going out for a friend's birthday.

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I had the post ready to go and forgot to link up, so I'm fahionably late.
Another week's come and gone. This week Boy Scouts starts back and there's a couple of school activities that will require a quick dinner. With out further adieu..

Sunday-We went out for the birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I'm still trying to recover.

Monday- Frozen Pizza or left overs from Roadhouse. If leftovers then everything else will be moved down.

Tuesday- Creamy cheesy chicken in the crockpot

Wednesday- Marinated Steak, scalloped potatoes, and steamed broccoli

Thursday- Leftovers or spaghetti

Friday- Fajitas

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This week I'm doubling up on Pioneer Womans chicken spaghetti recipe. My hubs just can never get enough of it.

Sunday-Taco Salad

Monday- Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti

Tuesday- Leftovers

Wednesday- Porcupine Meatballs

Thursday- Steak Fajitas

Friday- I'm hoping we'll go out. Momma needs a break!

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It's another week and were a little more diverse than last week. Nothing crazy substantial this week but that's just how I roll.

Monday- Crockpot Chicken Tacos

Tuesday-Parmasean Porkchops, Broccoli and rice

Wed.- Hot dogs with Beans

Thurs.- One pot chicken with rice broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower. It's one of those recipes from the soup can. You can never go wrong with those.

Fri- Burgers on the grill with fries

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It's slim pickins week this week. You know what that means, egg sandwiches and pay day on Friday. The first of the month is always the tightest time for us.

Monday-Spaghetti

Tuesday- Marinated BBQ Steak (recipe below)

Wednesday- Fried Chicken legs only

Thursday- Egg Sandwiches

Friday- Pork Chops

I may have gotten this recipe from an MPM, if so let me know so I can give you kudos.

BBQ Marinated Steak-

1/4 cup soy sauce
3 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp vinegar
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
flank steak

In blender combine soy sauce, honey, vinegar, ginger, garlic powder, vegetable oil.
Lay steak in shallow glass and pierce both sides of steak w/sharp fork.
Pour marinade over steak, turn and coat other side. Cover overnight in fridge.
Preheat grill medium. Grill about 10 minutes on each side.

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I'm so happy it's Labor Day to have an extra day off. This of course doesn't mean I'm off the hook to cook though.

Sunday-Roast with potatoes, carrots, and onion.

Monday-Lasagna (we didn't have it last week)

Tuesday-Left over roast or lasagna

Wednesday- Chicken Enchailada's

Thursday- Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Friday-Marinated Steak

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School starts this week and I know things are going to be hectic, so I'm going with simplicity.
**UPDATED**
For some reason the hubs thought he wanted to plan the menu this week, so things have been rearranged. Obviously we have no restriction on the carbs.
**Updated Again**
Sunday-Pioneer Womans Chicken Spaghetti
Monday-Spaghetti BBQ Chicken and beansPioneer Womans Chicken Spaghetti

Tuesday-BBQ crockpot chicken- Goulash Burgers on the Grill

Wednesday-Burgers on the grill Goulash

Thursday- Leftovers or Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup

Friday- Frozen Pizza lasagna

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This should be a good week for dinners. It helps when it's payday and momma can actually do a little grocery shopping. No egg sandwiches this week, were going whole hog!

Monday-Crockpot Ham, scalloped potatoes, and green beans

Tuesday- Ham Casserole

Wednesday- Soft Tacos

Thursday- There should be plenty of leftovers, if not grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.

Friday- BBQ Chicken on the grill.

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I didn't have a plan last week. The hubs and I pretty much winged it since the kids were gone. I can't wing it this week since their back. I'm also on a very limited budget this week so things were improvised to use what we have.

Monday-? Not sure since my parents are in town to bring the kids back. They may want to treat us to pizza or we may just be eating sandwiches. :)

Tuesday- Grilled Steaks with Mac & Cheese and Green Beans

Wednesday- White Chili

Thursday- Leftovers or Egg Sandwiches

Friday- Whew we made it Pay Day! Were going out.

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This week I'm scrounging the freezer and the pantry! It's going to be little more challenging now that I do plan my meals weekly. I pretty much only buy enough meat and what not for the week. My goal is to have less than a $50 grocery bill. I think I can do it!

A couple of you asked for my recipe for Creamy Crockpot Chicken Alfredo its below the weekly plan.

Sunday-Chicken Enchalida's with spanish rice

Monday-Good ol faithful Spaghetti and meatsauce

Tuesday- Sirloin Steak (frozen) Patties-nothing fancy here- with Broccoli and Scalloped potatoes.

Wednesday- I have tons of chicken and a crockpot, so I'm just going to throw a bunch of stuff in and hope for the best.

Thursday- Chili Cheese Hot Dogs with Fries (can you tell I'm scrounging?)

Friday- Pay Day thank goodness!

Now I will be honest and say I got this recipe from another MPM but I have no idea who it was. I'm really good about writing down the recipe but not giving credit where it's due. So if it's yours please let me know!

I also didn't do it in the crockpot since it requires less than 4 hours for the full cook in the process. Well since I work an 8 hour day, I didn't want to over cook the chicken. It still turned out great and everyone ate it up.

4 Chicken Breasts

Dry Italian Dressing seasoning

A package of cream cheese

2 cans of cream of chicken soup

Chopped onion ( I didn't add onion in mine instead I used canned mushroom pieces)

This is the over the stove version-

Sprinkle Italian seasoning over chicken and then brown the chicken. In the mean time boil whatever noodles you prefer fettuccine, spaghetti, even egg noodles work well. Remove chicken from heat and set aside. In pan add soup and cut up cream cheese on low heat. Once the cream cheese and soup has melted to a saucy condition add cut up chicken breasts and mushrooms. I also add a little more of the Italian seasoning as there was plenty left over. Heat through for another 5 minutes or so. Drain noodles and add sauce.

This was really a no brainer recipe which is +1 for me and +1 that hubby and kids loved it.

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We went out a couple of times last week so there may be a couple of repeats.

Sunday- Beans & Cornbread-That didn't happen due to a nail implanting into my foot and a trip to 24 hour care for a tetnus shot.

Monday- Hamburgers on the grill with fries

Tuesday- Crockpot Cheesy Chicken Alfredo

Wednesday- Marinated Steak on the grill

Thursday- Leftovers or Egg Sandwiches

Friday- The boys and I are going out of town. Dad's on his own!

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