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Meal Plan Monday – Week 5
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday The day of the week that I plan out our family meals for the coming week, make a grocery list, and go shopping. I like to have a monthly theme and this month our theme is: Desserts!! Click photos or name to find the recipes! Weekly Meal Plan:Monday – Avocado, tomatoes, mozzarella Sandwich, chips and pico de gallo. (Brownie Bites) Rolo Brownie Bites with Carmel Cream Cheese Frosting (SOOO GOOD!!) Tuesday – Orange Chicken, Rice, Salad (I get the orange chicken at Costco in the freezer section) Wednesday – Brown Sugar Meatloaf, Steamed Broccoli, Rolls Thursday – Sausage Breakfast Casserole, Toast, Orange Juice Friday – Leftovers…
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Meal Plan Monday – Week 4
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday The day of the week that I plan out our family meals for the coming week, make a grocery list, and go shopping. I like to have a monthly theme and this month our theme is: Soups/Stews/Chilies. Click photos or name to find the recipe! Weekly Meal Plan:Monday – Chili, Salad, Cornbread Tuesday – Cheeseburger Soup, Fruit Salad Wednesday – Big Salad, Fresh Fruit (Just a big ole salad with hard boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, croutons, and dressing!) Thursday – Thanksgiving Dinner!!! This is what I will be making to take to my In-Laws for Thanksgiving… And my Mom’s Famous Fudge!! (I’ll post a recipe soon)…
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Clean and Organize your Kitchen – Part 3
Welcome to part 3 of cleaning and organizing your kitchen, my computer got a bug so I will not be able to post my kitchen pictures today but I will tell you what I have been working on this week….canister labels! *In case you missed it here is Part 1 and Part 2. After organizing several areas in my kitchen I bought some of these 1-gallon Canisters from Walmart… I bought them to store things like my brown sugar, pasta, oatmeal, pancake mix, rice, etc. And then I bought some Sticker paper to print some labels on…. They have different brands of sticker paper, so just get sticker sheets that you can…
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Homemade Christmas Gifts – For Her (Part 2)
Last year I made a top ten list of some great Homemade Gift Ideas for the women in your life; moms, grandmas, sisters, girlfriends, teachers, neighbors. It has been such a hit I decided to make another list for 2013! And here it is…. Collage frame with poem, a perfect gift for Grandma! (I found this adorable frame at Michael’s craft store, printed and cut some cute photos to put on the outside edge and printed a cute poem on scrapbook paper and glued a ribbon on. Simple but also very thoughtful. This was a gift for my mother-in-law several years ago.) Perhaps you need something for a friend who’s lived in…
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Meal Plan Monday – Week 3
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday The day of the week that I plan out our family meals for the coming week, make a grocery list, and go shopping. I like to have a monthly theme and this month our theme is: Soups/Stews/Chilies. Click photos or name to find the recipe! Weekly Meal Plan:Monday – Black Bean & Salsa Soup on Rice, Salad, Rolls Tuesday – Roasted Veggie Quinoa, Fruit Salad Wednesday – Chicken Alfredo, Salad, Bread Thursday – Southwest Crispy Chicken Salad Friday – Pita Pizza, Fruit Saturday – Leftovers Sunday – Turkey Sandwich, chips and dip Yummy, Yummy!! Have a great week everyone! To view more please…
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Southwest Crispy Chicken Salad Recipe
McDonald’s Copycat Southwest Crispy Chicken Salad Recipe Ingredients:LettuceCrispy Chicken, cooked and diced (I use Costco’s breaded chicken in the freezer section)Corn (roasted optional)Black Beans (rinsed and drained)Tomatoes diced (grape tomatoes are the best!)Shredded CheeseCrushed ChipsLimeSouthwest DressingRanch Dressing 1 tblsp. Lime Juice1 tblsp. Honey1 tblsp. Yellow Mustard1/4 bunch of Cilantro chopped Directions:Chicken Glaze-Mix together lime juice, honey, mustard, and cilantro. Coat cooked chicken with glaze, set aside. *Layer Lettuce with all toppings, including glazed chicken. Squeeze a little lime on top, and top with a blend of southwest and ranch dressing! So easy and so delicious!! To view more please visit my blog!
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Clean and Organize Your Kitchen – Week 2
Welcome toWeek 2 of our Series… The KITCHEN (Week 2) *If you missed Week 1 you can find it HERE… How is YOUR Kitchen cleaning and organizing coming along?? I am so excited to show you my progress so far. I came up with an awesome solution for my Pots and Pans Storage!! I just can’t wait to show it to you!! But first lets start where we left off last time…. Now that we have analyzed our space and came up with some solutions it is time to get to the grunt work: Step 3. Start in one area first and Clean & Organize each section at a time.…
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Simple DIY Baby Jesus Nativity – A Christmas Decoration
The Holiday Craft I was working on last week is a cute little DIY Baby Jesus Nativity A great addition to your Christmas Decorations. I was helping out at our Church’s Super Saturday and this is the craft I was in charge of. Isn’t it so cute! I got the idea from “Crafty Sisters” adorable Baby Jesus ornament. I simply “enlarged” their version and made it a cute Christmas Decoration you can hang on the wall. Crafty Sisters have a complete tutorial on how to make their Baby Jesus Ornaments over on their blog, check it out HERE. If you want to make the wall decor version you will need: Craft basket (found in the…
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Meal Plan Monday – Week 2
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday The day of the week that I plan out our family meals for the coming week, make a grocery list, and go shopping. I like to have a monthly theme and this month our theme is: Soups/Stews/Chilies. Click photos or name to find the recipe! Weekly Meal Plan:Monday – Chicken Parmesan, Green Beans, Rolls (Dessert: Monday Nights) Chocolate Chip Cookies Tuesday – Tacos, Fruit Wednesday – Goulash, Salad, Toast Thursday – Ethiopian Cabbage Dish, Fruit, Rolls Friday – Potato Tacos Saturday – Leftovers Sunday – Quinoa Chili, Steamed Carrots, Salad Grocery List: (This is a list of items you would need to make this menu…
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Fall Kids Activity Ideas
Fall Kids Activity Ideas One of my kids most favorite thing to do in the fall is Play in the Leaves! What’s more fun than playing in LEAVES?!?! Just look at these happy kids! Caution: you may lose sight of child at times! Don’t worry, they always reappear!! It’s the leaf monster! Taking a break from the leaves. Ella locking her brother and sister up! Haha look at that sad face on Sammy! *Indoor activities are easy to come by online! So when the weather is dreary let your kids color cute holiday pics, or sort goldfish… Printable found HERE (I let my kids color theirs too!) Here are a couple…
