Category Archives: menu plan Monday

Roll Tide! We’re making whoopie pies and eating barbecue!

Crimson Tide whoopie pies

Monday: Bama BBQ

We’re going to watch the college football championship thing with some friends. They’re ordering barbecue. And I’m making Crimson Tide whoopie pies.

Tuesday: McAlister’s

Kids night! Woo!

Wednesday: Fish stick po’ boys

Again. Because what’s a menu plan without a processed fish sandwich?

Thursday: Bean and rice burritos

Pete loves these. I mean, l o v e s them. The recipe makes a large batch of burritos, so I froze a lot of them the last time I made them. He requested one every day for lunch until they were gone.

Friday: Pizza

The things we’re eating

Monday: Chicken Curry

This is a Martha Stewart recipe. It’s also a Crockpot recipe. I’m expecting Good Things from this one, Martha.

Tuesday: Fish stick po’ boys

Bah. I don’t especially love these, but the rest of the crew seems to like them. Which is why we have them so frequently.

Wednesday: I don’t know

I’m not sure yet. Which most likely means we’ll have frozen pizza.

Thursday: Breakfast for dinner

Eggs and veggie sausages! And possibly also bacon!

Friday: Pizza

Over the river and through the woods and home again, home again jiggity-jig

We were on the road for 12 hours yesterday, driving home from my dad’s house. There was a lot of traffic on the interstate, and it rained for about 11 of the 12 hours. Both of which meant there were a lot of traffic jams. Maybe it was just the extra holiday traffic causing the frequent stops. But the rain was still dreary, and there was a lot of it. Regardless, we took an alternate route for a good part of the drive. Not being on the interstate meant that we got to see lots houses freshly decorated for Christmas instead of lots of billboards advertising cheeseburgers.

Today, it’s back to real life. The cat missed us so much that she, shall we say, lost control of her faculties while we were away; one of the pumpkins out front has transformed itself not into a carriage but rather an orange pile of goo; the fish tank is in desperate need of a cleaning; there are bags to unpack; and the cupboards are bare. Which brings us to this week’s menu plan:

Monday: Swedish meatballs

I bought a bag of them at Ikea when we were there a few weeks ago. Tonight’s dinner should be relatively hassle-free.

Tuesday: Spaghetti

And garlic bread, also. And probably peas.

Wednesday: Chicken & dumpling “stoup”

This is from a Rachael Ray cookbook. I don’t care for the word “stoup” so much, but the recipe looks tasty.

Thursday: Sausages and potatoes

Chicken sausages and a box of scalloped potatoes. Not much to this, but it’s filling

Friday: Pizza

Once I get everything else in order, it’ll be time to start decorating for Christmas. We’ll probably wait until Saturday to get the Christmas tree (although I’d like to do it before then; it’ll depend on Rockford’s schedule). Poppy has wanted to decorate outside for a few years, and I’ve put it off by telling her we’d decorate outside once we owned our own home. And this year we do! I don’t think a wreath on the door will suffice, so I guess I’ll be going out to get some outdoor decor sometime this week.

Have you decorated for Christmas yet?