This Week’s Menu

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Monday
Leftover spaghetti (made a huge batch yesterday to eat on for a couple of days), french bread, salad (this is normally Sierra’s night to cook..  she is cooking on Tuesday instead)

Tuesday
Garlic brown sugar chicken, macaroni salad, salad (Sierra’s night to cook and recipe choices)

Wednesday
Crockpot Chili, tortilla chips & salsa, salad

Thursday
Chicken & shrimp sautéed with onions, mushrooms, peppers and cabbage (this meal will be like the hamburger cabbage meal I made a couple of weeks ago only using chicken & shrimp instead of hamburger: http://homesteadinghomemaker.blogspot.com/2012/08/cooking-with-cabbage.html  ), salad

Friday
Leftovers

Saturday
Baked pork chops, potato salad, salad

Sunday
Lasagna, french bread, salad


Comments

  1. JamieAugust 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Garlic brown sugar chicken sounds yummy! Will you be sharing the recipe? ;-)
    Blessings!
    Jamie

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    1. CrystalAugust 20, 2012 at 6:43 PM

      Yes! I will.. it sounds good.. we have to make some big family adjustments to the recipe.. LOL.. it calls for 12oz chicken and we usually need 3lbs for a meal.. :D .. So I will post a link to the original recipe and share what changes were made..

      Crystal :)

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  2. AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    Do you switch up your salads or are they pretty much the same? I'm not sure I could get my kids to eat salads everyday..... Thanks!

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    1. CrystalAugust 20, 2012 at 6:48 PM

      Hi Anon.. I have been serving salads daily for a very long time. On occasion I will cook a veggie.. but I'm a big fan of fresh veggies. My kids have grown use to this. I do change up the salad dressings.. either homemade or Costco has some yummy organic salad dressings that I purchase occasionally. Sometimes we have add-on's like grated cheese, olives, croutons, etc.. but basically salad eating has not been an option for them.. just a part of the daily diet.

      Crystal :)

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    2. CrystalAugust 20, 2012 at 6:49 PM

      Oh.. I should add.. Occasionally I do make coleslaw in place of the salad.. Crystal :)

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