This Week’s Menu

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Monday:
 Baked chicken legs, crockpot mac & cheese, salad

Tuesday:
 Turkey noodle soup (just spent the last couple of days simmering the turkey bones from Christmas dinner for this meal it is made just like I would make chicken noodle soup), pumpkin muffins, salad

Wednesday:
 Mongolian beef over brown rice, salad

Thursday:
 crockpot chili, corn muffins, salad

Friday:
 Leftovers

Saturday:
 Salmon patties, garlic roasted potatoes, salad

Sunday:
 Chicken & rice enchiladas (scroll down to the middle of this page to see how to make the enchiladas), refried beans, tortilla chips, salad

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 7:53 AM

    I too have moved away from my monthly menu, in order to take off some stress of sticking to a monthly plan. I will get my planning done this evening as I am the only one in my home that is working (outside the home) today. Looks like a yummy week at you house!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 2, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    I have been looking for your menu to be posted. I have my menu made up for the next two weeks, but I love having a look at yours to see what I might would like to change on mine, lol..

    Sure enough I am going to add to our supper tonight your mac n cheese made in the crockpot.

    Thank you for sharing !

    Pat

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  3. SherriJanuary 2, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    Thank you for sharing. It is nice to get new ideas.

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