Monthly Archives: December 2010
My goal for next week: No breakfast-for-dinner night
On Friday I thought I had hardly begun my Christmas shopping. Then I jotted down a list of who I needed to shop for and what I’d already purchased. I still have a few things to pick up for the small people and for Rockford, but other than that I’m nearly done! (What does this have to do with menu planning? Very little. I just wanted to share.)
- Monday: Eggs & veggie sausages
- The neighbors brought duck eggs over again last week, and naturally the kids decided they didn’t like them. So it’s back to chicken eggs for breakfast-for-dinner night, and now I have to figure out something to do with the duck eggs.
- Tuesday: McAlister’s
- Our McAlister’s has kids night on Tuesdays, which means 2 free kids meals when you buy a meal for a grownup. Pete likes their ham and cheese sandwich, and Poppy always gets the macaroni and cheese. I like the Sicilian cheese panini and the chef’s salad. The downside to this plan is that McAlister’s is at the mall, and I try to avoid that place in December. I’ll probably call in the order, pick it up and flee back to the safety of home.
- Wednesday: Baked chicken
- I picked up a new citrus marinade last week, so this week’s chicken might be a departure from the Italian dressing route.
- Thursday: Broccoli-cheese rotini
- I had a coupon for BirdsEye Steam Fresh vegetables a few weeks ago, and they were also on sale. So I tried some of their pasta side dishes, and they were really good! One bag definitely isn’t enough for a main dish for a whole family, but this with leftover chicken from Wednesday will be sufficient for the kids and me. (Although with the broccoli in there, Poppy will probably just have chicken with a side of whining about the broccoli.)
- Friday: Pizza
- We’ll be having plain cheese for the kids and BBQ chicken and caramelized onion for the grownups.
Butterscotch Sundae by the numbers
I like the monthly “thanks for the links” post at 1+1+1=1. So I think I’m going to start doing it, too. The majority of my traffic comes from Facebook, which I guess means I actually know most of you in real life! Hugs all around!
November’s Top 5 Referrers Who Aren’t a Mega-Conglomeration
- We Are That Family, who hosts Works for Me Wednesday.
- I’m An Organizing Junkie, who hosts Menu Plan Monday.
- Because It Really Is Personal, After All, who doesn’t host anything (that I know of) but is still a swell place.
- Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers, who hosts a weekly homeschool-in-review thing.
- Daddy Scratches, which I believe is in the same BlogHer Headline Rotate-O-Matic thing as Butterscotch Sundae.
November’s Top 5 Searches
- bahn mi. The recipe I originally used is Bon Appetit’s Pork Meatball Banh Mi. I’ve since tweaked it to turn it into a hamburger, and I use less pepper than Bon Appetit calls for.
- butterscotch sundae (and various spellings thereof). You can find that recipe right here.
- how to quiet a cough. I wrote about that here. One of the suggestions sounds ridiculous, but it really does work.
- seventh grade. Have you seen any of those It Gets Better videos? Don’t be discouraged, because that’s true for just about everyone.
- autumn fires robert louis stevenson props. I’m sorry I don’t have anything helpful for you. Maybe you could rent a smoke machine? And carry a bouquet of flowers?
November’s Top Content