Monday, March 5, 2012

Menu Plan Monday

This area of my home has suffered horribly. I spent the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 on bedrest. That means we had several meals brought in, and otherwise my darling husband did most of the cooking. Then the baby came, and shortly after, husband went out of town on business. I was back to cooking, but nothing was exciting or pretty. We cooked to eat, nothing more. Fast forward and that baby is going to be a year old this month. Where did the time go? I am thinking it is maybe time to start cooking for more than just sustenance.


So here we go, first post baby menu plan, only a year later.

Monday (today!)- Goulash. I had the hamburger frozen, and most of the other ingredients on hand.

Tuesday- Black Eyed Pea Soup My husband posed the challenge to learn to cook black eyed peas for him. Crazy that we have been married over 17 years and he still finds "favorites" that I don't know how to make.

Wednesday- Chili and Rice (easy meal on church/ scouts night)

Thursday- Brown Sugar Chicken Am I being too adventurous trying two new recipes in one week?

Friday- Pork Chops

Saturday- C.O.R.N. or sandwiches

Clearly I am rusty with this meal idea thing. I better go hit Pinterest!

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New concept?

I won't even bore you with my apologies about being a blogging slacker. As much as I WANT to blog, life seems to have other ideas. I am feeling the tug of having something to say again, so rather than start a new blog that I will soon abandon, I will just add to this one. I do have a lovely concept. I have set some goals for myself, and want a place to keep track and accountability. We'll see, maybe this one will stick.


My main areas of concentration are probably similar to yours. Declutter and organize my house. Exercise. Craft more. There are more but that is where I am choosing to start. For today, I created new chore charts for everyone last night. As an attempt to keep it simple and gain momentum, the lists are short. They do cover the basics of keeping the house functioning though, so I am hopeful.