Week 2: November 18-24

Friday, November 18:  Out-to-eat
Saturday, November 19:  Leftover chili
Sunday, November 20:  Lite snacks
Monday, November 21:  BBQ chicken
Tuesday, November 22:  Spaghetti
Wednesday, November 23: Chicken and spinach salad
Thursday, November 24:  Thanksgiving

Side note on last week's menu:  Everything was so yummy!  I will definitely make the Chicken and Dumplings again and the quiche.  Emery loved both, too.  Win, win!  I'm looking for healthy slow cooker recipes that don't have lots of cream in them.

Week 1: November 11-17

Friday, November 11:  Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings
4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons of butter
1 (10.75 oz) can of cream of chicken soup
1 (10.75 oz) can of cream of celery soup
3 1/2 cups of chicken broth
1 onion, finely diced
1 cup celery, diced
1 cup carrots, diced
Chicken boullion seasoning or cube
salt & pepper

*As for the dumplings… You can make your own dumplings, or use 1 (10 oz) package of refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces

1. EXCLUDING THE BISCUITS put all ingredients in…

2. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.

3. About an hour (give or take) before serving, remove chicken and pull into pieces and return to the soup mixture, place the torn biscuit dough in and cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.

Saturday, November 12:  Quiche & Strawberry Spinach Salad

1- 9' pie shell
8-13 slices of bacon
2 cups shredded cheese (your choice)
3 large eggs
1.5 c. half & half
dash of nutmeg, black, & red pepper

 Put crumbled bacon & all cheese in bottom of pie shell. Mix all other ingrediants and pour over bacon & cheese. Cook @ 350 for 30 to 45 minutes or until golden brown & a knife comes out clean.

Sunday, November 13: Leftovers

Monday, November 14:  Beans & Cornbread

Tuesday, November 15:  Chicken Enchiladas 

Wednesday, November 16:  Dinner at Momma's

Thursday, November 17:  Bonfire - Chili & Hot dogs

Meal Planning

I'm learning, very quickly, that I need meal planning in my life so my time is not wasted on wondering what to fix and trying to figure out if I have the groceries I need to piece a decent meal together.  Meal planning has been on my heart for a while now.  I decided to start this blog so I have a way to organize weekly meals and link back to the recipes I find that I want to try.

I've decided to start my meal planning week on Thursdays/Fridays.  My work week ends on Thursday, so I can make my meal plans on Thursday nights and grocery shop on Friday.  I also have to think about planning meals that my brand new toddler can enjoy as well.  I can always make extra things for her, but it would be easier if she can eat what we're eating.

Here we go!