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Three days of the dinner

Menu Plan Monday logoI got a little carried away with my menu planning this weekend and ended up with nearly four weeks’ worth of meals. This is a good thing; it means I’ll have to do very little thinking for the next few weeks. Maybe.

This week turned pretty busy all of the sudden, so the menu is almost entirely different from my original plan. Hopefully I’ll be able to stick to the rest of the four-week plan a little better.

Monday: Spaghetti
I’d intended to have something other than spaghetti every now and then for our weekly pasta night, but so far that hasn’t panned out.

Tuesday: Fish stick po’ boys.
Yes, again. I bought a gigantic bag of fish sticks, and we’re trying to shop as little as possible this week.

Wednesday: Curried coconut chicken
Our friend Don’s birthday is this week. He loves spicy foods, so we’re having this in his honor. Plus, he’ll be over for dinner. So I thought I’d make something other than fish sticks for him.

Thursday: Dining with the in-laws

Friday: Date night
This is a rare occasion these days. I scored some free tickets to a play, though, so we’re going out. We might even have dinner at someplace other than Sonic. I’m excited about it. Even if we do end up at Sonic.

Tried and true? Or in a rut?

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Menu Plan Monday logoI’ve fallen into a rut again with the menu planning. I think chicken taco soup has been on the menu for the last three weeks. (To be fair, though, we didn’t actually have it last week.) My future sister-in-law gave me some back issues of Rachael Ray magazine, so next week we should be trying something new. For this week, though, it’s five days of standbys.

Monday: Chicken taco soup

Tuesday: Moe’s. Our local Moe’s has a kids night on Tuesdays, so we’re going to let Poppy have a mid-week quesadilla.

Wednesday: Fish stick po’ boys

Thursday: Spaghetti

Friday: Pizza

In search of fast foods

Menu Plan Monday logoEver since the Olympics, Poppy has been pretending to be a gymnast. She runs through the living room, then falls down and flops around a little. When I ask what she’s doing, she says, “I run and fall down. That’s how I do Olympics.” Her first gymnastic class is this evening. We’re hoping the teacher is able to refine the falling-down sequence of her routine.

I’m also hoping that the class won’t mean that we end up grabbing fast food on the way there. So Mondays from here on out will be Quick ‘N’ Easy nights. What’s your favorite fast, homemade meal?

Monday: Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.

Tuesday: Nachos. This is what happens when you notice tortilla chips in the pantry and frozen taco meat in the freezer!

Wednesday: dinner with friends

Thursday: Chicken taco soup

Friday: Pizza