May Dinners

1- taco soup
2- tortellini caesar salad
3- greek pizza
4- strawberry spinach salad
5- pork tacos
6- chicken strip salad
7- black bean bbq pizza
8- bbq at friends - hamburgers
9- fajitas
10- end of year work bart
11- bbq at neighbors - ribs
12- Mother's Day
13- leftovers
14- sesame noodles

8- creamy chicken noodle soup

October Dinners

1- out of town

2- out of town

3- chili and chips

4- meatballs and rice w/ gravy

5- white chicken chili

6- chicken enchiladas

7- chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy

8- hamburgers

9- grilled chicken with roasted carrots and mashed potatoes

10- pastrami sandwiches

11- stir fry

12- ?

13-chicken soulvaki pitas

14-Brick Oven

15-chicken sandwiches

16-bbq chicken and pineapple french bread pizza

17-alfredo mesquite chicken pasta

18- black bean tacos

19- BBQ chicken salad

20- fish sticks

21- vegetable soup and bread

22- hamburgers

23- leftover soup and BLTs

24- block party-sloppy joes

25- rice-a-roni meal

26- taco soup

27- spaghetti and meatballs

28- Halloween party

29- Toquerville

30-pancakes and spam

31- chili dogs

September Dinners

1- tostadas

2- biscuit pizzas

3- Albertsons pizza

4- shake and bake chicken and potatoes

5- hamburgers

6- toquerville.chicken alfedo

7- pancakes, bacon and eggs

8- tortellini caesar salad

9- birthday date - under $5 eating out

10- taco salad

11- pork chops

12- leftovers

13-mexican rice and bean quesadillas

14-frozen chicken pot pies

15-black bean salad

16-mexican rice and bean casserole

17- cheddar broccoli soup

I fell off the bandwagon and forgot to keep up with what we were eating... Somewhere in there we fed sister missionaries so I made the tortellini caesar salad again, sloppy joes one night, sesame noodles another, pastrami sandwiches... Then I was out of town the last week of September, so just check back for October's menu :)

August Dinners

1- slow cooker tacos

2- Seminary broadcast late lunch / fed kids pigs in a blanket and mac & cheese

3- sister play date - Wingers late lunch

4- Seminary council meeting. pizza

5- chicken strips

6- grilled tuna melt and black eyed pea salad

7- chicken potato carrot crockpot meal

8- friend's house for FHE - taco salad

9- Jacks parent's house - pulled pork

10- Bad day. Panda Express

11- mesquite chicken pasta

12-date night - Mad Greek Pita

13- southwestern salad and baked potatoes

14-french dip sandwiches

15-french bread pizza

16-white sauce enchiladas

17-cranberry chicken pasta

18-potato pepper onion skillet

19- meatball sandwiches

20-minestrone soup

21-late lunch. bean dip late snack

22-black bean barbecue pizza

23-sweet and sour rice w/ veggies

24-taco stuffed shells

25 meatloaf

26-camping - hot dogs

27-oriental chicken salad

28-ribs

29- spaghetti and meatballs

30-stir fry

31-jack mtg - brought home deli sandwiches

July Dinners

1-4 - out of town

5 - black bean pizza

6 - tostadas

7 - sticky chicken salad

8 - creamy chicken noodle soup

9 - sloppy joes

10 - lasagna

11 - chicken crescent roll-ups

12 - RS dinner.chicken sandwiches

13 - hamburgers-mcdonalds

14 - fajitas

15 - chicken salad sandwiches

16 - don't remember...

17-21 - out of town

22 - hamburgers.bbq

23 - jack's parents.spaghetti

24 - pork chops

25 - taco soup

26 - corn dogs.leftovers

27 - cranberry salad and baked potatoes

28 - pasta with peanut sauce and broccoli

29 - don't remember...

30 - ward party

31 - chicken & egg sandwiches. chili dogs

June Dinners

1- dutch oven chicken and potatoes-good-bye chad party

2- ham pineapple rice

3- frozen pizza-babysitter brought pizza

4- french bread-with butter and garlic dipped in spaghetti sauce

5- meatball sandwich

6- hamburgers on rolls

7- ham potato casserole

8- stir fry

9- rice and bean quesadillas

10- chili dogs

11- hamburgers at Nana and Papa's

12- chicken pot pie casserole

13- chicken sandwiches and salad

14 - rice and bean casserole -

15 - leftovers

16 - black bean salad

17- pasta alfredo

18- homemade pizza

19- father's day - kabobs and tabbouleh

20- sesame noodles w/ broccoli

21- cobb salad

22-30 - out of town

french bread - Have I mentioned how I love Wal-mart's day old bread? :) Of course I have, and that's because you get some awesome meals and deals with them. It was a Friday night, nobody was very hungry so I cut the bread, lathered with butter, garlic powder and italian seasoning. Broiled a little so it was nice and toasy and served with some heated spaghetti sauce. Easy, light, delicious!

meatball sandwich - You will know when I get my day old bread because all of my meals for the next 2 days have to use up what I get. Tonight- those amazing costco meatballs cooked in the oven, placed on top of a roll, lathered in spaghetti sauce and a little melted mozerella on top. Easy and delicious! Just like most of my recipes! ;)

hamburgers - I wanted to try this southwestern sloppy joe recipe with these, but we were out of ground beef, had some leftover hamburgers in the fridge so used those with the rolls. I cut mine in half and tried 2 varieties. 1) bbq sauce, cheddar cheese, red onion, bacon bits, lettuce and 2.) guacamole, ranch, red onion, lettuce, bacon bits, tomato. It's fun to make your hamburgers a little different than the traditional mayo, ketchup and mustard sometimes!

chili dogs - I like to cook my hot dog, cut in half lengthwise and put a slice on each side of an open bun. Top with chili, cheese, ketchup and onion then eat with a fork. Jack made fun of me the first time he saw the way I make them, but I think he likes it like that now and then :)

chicken sandwiches - I've mentioned my chicken sandwiches in May Dinners post. Tonight I mixed up some Franks red hot and butter, poured it on my chicken with a little ranch on the bun, good stuff!

pasta alfredo - I've made a good chicken alfredo that I'll post the recipe here soon, but on those days where you don't really feel like cooking-open an alfredo seasoning packet and cook some noodles. Serve with garlic bread.

May Dinners

Because I didn't get ham on easter and I saw an awesome price for the pre-cooked ham I decided to buy that. Now it isn't as good as the spiral sliced when eating it on its own, but it's pretty good and has had about 1000 uses for us. I still think I can get a couple more dinners out of it! Plus it is awesome fried with some eggs for delicious breakfasts!

14 - pasta ham salad

15 - pork leftovers

16 - chicken sandwiches

17 - sausage stew

18 - chicken cacciatore

19 - fajitas

20 - ham and rolls

21 - ham potato soup

22 - leftover night

23 - ribs

24 - chicken taquitos and taco salad

25 - crockpot pizza

26 - sweet and sour meatballs

27 - tostadas

28 - chicken strips & pasta roni

29 - chicken cordon bleu & c.d.b casserole

30 - burgers and hot dogs - memorial day!

31 - sesame noodles with broccoli

I will do separate posts for the ones I would like to keep links to, but some of these either weren't very good, or are basic, basic and I don't need much help. However, if there are any family members wanting to know how we do it, I'll do a quick run-down of things I won't highlight later.

pasta ham salad - okay, maybe this would be okay as a side dish, but let's face it, can't really hold its own except for a 17 month old kid that gladly ate leftovers. :)

pork leftovers - we had a pork roast for dinner earlier that month so I re-heated it and made some roasted potatoes and carrots. very good.

chicken sandwiches - one of my favorite easy, don't feel like cooking meals are chicken patties on hamburger buns. There are a thousand different sandwiches you can make. This night I put some ham and swiss cheese, toasted in the toaster oven with bbq sauce. a no fail meal

fajitas - fry some red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and onions. take out and set aside. throw in the sliced chicken , add the fajita seasoning and water, simmer, then throw in your veggies. serve on flour tortilla with sour cream.

ham and rolls - fry some ham, serve with day old bakery hard rolls with mayo and mustard. It's a Friday night and we were out late shopping :) doesn't make it any less delicious-definitely beats that store bought pre-packaged meat

ribs - boneless country style ribs thrown in a crockpot with bbq sauce. serve on day-old bakery rolls and coleslaw!

TIP - If you get a bag of day old rolls you need to use them fairly quick. Plan meals using them up- these 2 above uses are great ways; we also had them with soup.

tostadas-I normally fry my own corn tortillas, but I had some of those flat crunchy ones pre-packaged that I think are awesome! Put some refried beans with a little taco seasoning mixed in, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa and sour cream!

chicken strips and pasta roni - another weekend night I didn't feel like cooking. Costco's chicken strips are pretty good and served with the white cheddar shells pasta-roni. I opted to put my chicken in a salad with a little cheese and croutons.