There’s a lot to love with this menu.  Two slow cooker meals, plus a meal to stock your freezer (the 50s Prime Time Meatloaf will make 2 loaves).  There’s a 15 minute meal and one our family favorites, Vietnam Fried Rice.

Oh yeah, and the dessert is a winner too!

Serving suggestions are included in bold on the menu and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.

Here’s what’s on the menu this week:

Vietnam Fried Rice, egg rolls from the freezer section

Bowties with Italian Sausage and Bell Peppers, salad

50s Prime Time Meatloaf, Baked Potatoes with Onions, salad

Chicken Fiesta with Black Beans in the Slow Cooker, chips and salsa, salad

Easy Pepper Steak in the Slow Cooker, angel hair pasta, favorite green veggie

Chicken Florentine Pizza, carrot sticks

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cake with Strawberry Icing

To print, click here:  menu year 3 week 27

This menu is part of Menu Plan Monday at The Organizing Junkie.

I hope you had a great weekend.  We had a busy weekend of birthday parties, camping trips, church dinners…  I also did a lot of cooking on Saturday and I’ve got some great recipes to share with you in the next few weeks.

The menu this week has 2 slow cooker meals, 1 meal that can be doubled and the extra stashed in the freezer and one of my favorite cookies.  There’s also a delicious pasta dish and fish recipe that might convince even people who don’t usually eat fish to give it a try.

As always, you get 6 dinners and 1 dessert.  Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.

Here’s what is on the menu this week:

Teriyaki BBQ Chicken Legs in the Slow Cooker, Loaded Cheesy Potato Casserole, favorite green veggie

Pepper Patch Pasta with Grilled Chicken, salad

Tropical Tilapia with Pineapple Salsa and Coconut Rice, salad

Southwestern Steak and Cornbread Dressing in the Slow Cooker, favorite green veggie

Spicy Garlic Chicken Pizza, salad

Mexican Vegetables on Cornbread

Way to a Man’s Heart Cookies

To print, click here:  menu year 3 week 25

This menu is part of Menu Plan Monday at The Organizing Junkie.

Yesterday was Compassion Sunday – a chance to get involved in changing the story for a child living in poverty.  It was exciting to hear stories from people in my church of children that they sponsor now.  And it was awesome to see people step into a new story, by sponsoring a child.

Soon, a group of bloggers will be in Tanzania.  They’ll be sharing everything they see and learn with us – stories of children whose lives are being made better by the work of Compassion International.

I love reading the posts from bloggers who go on these trips.  They give such an intimate look at the lives of the kids and what it really means to them to have a sponsor who cares.  The Nester is one blogger I already follow and she is going to Tanzania.  I’m looking forward to virtually traveling along to see what God is doing there.

There are 6 bloggers going, plus team leaders Shaun Groves and Keely Scott.  That’s quite a few eyes and cameras and hearts that will be sharing the story with us.  I hope you will follow along.  And consider sponsoring a child too!

This week’s menu:

As always, you get 6 dinners and 1 dessert.  Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.

Roasted Red Pepper and Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta, salad

Ham and Swiss Scalloped Potatoes, steamed green veggie, fresh fruit

Mediterranean Chicken in the Slow Cooker, angel hair pasta, salad

Steak Burgers with Red Wine Onions, baked potatoes, salad

Complete BBQ Chicken Dinner in the Slow Cooker

Lentil Tacos, chips and salsa, salad

Coconut Cream and Chocolate Dessert

To print, click here:  menu year 3 week 24

This menu is part of Menu Plan Monday at The Organizing Junkie.

I love when Easter comes late in the spring, because all the flowers and trees have had a chance to bloom.  Seeing the earth burst with new life reminds me of the new life we have in Christ.

If you’re looking for a way to share the Easter story with your kids, you might want to make these Easter Story Cookies together.  I’ve used this recipe for years, when I found it online way back in the 90s.  But just a few weeks ago, I found out more about the author.  Her daughter, Traci writes the blog Beneath My Heart.

Now here’s my “the internet is a small world after all” story:  I had just started following Traci’s blog and she linked to her sister Cyndi’s blog, Walking in Grace and Beauty so I started following Cyndi too.  Somehow, through Facebook (because Facebook tells you how many friends you have in common.  Facebook is so weird and I promise I wasn’t stalking her!) I figured out that Cyndi and I know a lot of the same people in real life.  Turns out she grew up in the town I had lived in for nearly 20 years!

Now Traci, Cyndi and I all live within 30 or so minutes of each other.  And it was after I figured this out that I found out their mother was the author of this wonderful recipe I had made with my kids to share the Easter story with them.

I love small-world connections like this!

Now for the menu:  If you make the Italian Seasoned Pork early in the week and have leftovers, you can use that meat for the Mandarin Chicken (pork) Rice Bake.  Depending on your schedule this week, that could be handy.

As always, you get 6 dinners and 1 dessert.  Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.

Italian Seasoned Salt and White Wine Pork Tenderloin, Mashed Potatoes, favorite green veggie

Mandarin Chicken Rice Bake, favorite green veggie

Sloppy Slow Cooked Chicken Tacos, salad, chips and salsa

Beef and Bean Topped Potatoes, salad

French Dip Sandwiches in the Slow Cooker, Ranch Veggie Salad, Macaroni & Cheese

Bacon and Tomato Pasta, salad

Black Bottom Peanut Butter Chiffon Pie

To print, click here:  menu year 3 week 21

This menu is part of Menu Plan Monday at The Organizing Junkie.

We’ve got a couple of slow cooker meals this week and some planned leftovers.  You’ll want to be sure to make the Baked Chicken with Summer Vegetables early in the week, so you can use the extra chicken for Chicken and Cheesy Rice Casserole.  Use about 3-4 pounds of chicken.  Be sure to give it plenty of cooking time, because the slow cooker will be very full with chicken and veggies.

As always, you get 6 dinners and 1 dessert.  Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.

Here’s what’s on the menu this week:

• Ravioli in the Slow Cooker, salad
• Baked Chicken and Summer Veggies in the Slow Cooker, salad, angel hair pasta
• Chicken and Cheesy Rice Casserole, steamed green veggie, fresh fruit
• South of the Border Skillet, salad
• Croque Monsieur, Cucumbers and Onions, baby carrots
• Pork Chops Topped with Pineapple, Green Pepper and Onions, Hawaiian Cole Slaw, steamed green veggie
• Banana Split Dessert

To print, click here:  Menu, Grocery List, Recipes Year 2 Week 45 (830)

This menu is part of Menu Plan Monday at The Organizing Junkie.