This week's menu choices

One of the things I do to make it so I can do mostly home cooked meals and to save money is I plan our family meals ahead of time.  I inventory on Friday, shop early on Saturday and cook Sat and Sunday.

The meals for this week are-

Sea Food Pancakes with Corn Relish

Split Pea Soup and Biscuits

Wild Rice Stuffed Pork Chops

Corn Breaded Chicken Tenders

Sashmi- Miso Soup-Edemame and Stir Fried Marinaded Beef

Tacos

Hot Dogs on whole grain buns

Angus Burgers on whole grain buns

Fried Rice

Mexican Casserole


Each week my goal is to prep all I can before Monday so that the week is smoother. 

This week I am a little behind the ball as of Monday morning.  I ended up showing homes on Sunday during the time I would normally be cooking AND had to drop my husband off @ the train station AND I am still not used to having our Bible meeting @ 4pm instead of 10am. ( a change that happened @ the beginnning of the year) 

I did manage to finish the fried rice this morning while making breakfast and schooling with the kids and I think I can finish the Mexican Casserole tonight while I make our other dinnner and then I will be caught up since I prepped everything else over the weekend.

I already made and served the Fish Pancakes on Saturday evening.  I loved them, Karl loved them, the kids would not touch them....oh well, gourmet meals don't always go over well with kids, but it was fun to make, will share the recipe this week.

I will also do my best to share one of my best family recipes for Fried Rice this week, this one is really good for you and also uses money wisely with use of left overs, one of the only ways my oldest daughter Chlo'e will eat veggies!  A great make ahead dish that is easy to do in stages, that you can eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, this makes it ideal for both families and for those who are cooking for just one or two since it actually IMPROVES when it sits over night in the fridge....

I'll do my best to post my menu choices each week and if you want the recipe for any of them, please comment or email me a_matsunaga@hotmail.com, and let me know that you want the recipe, I will do my best to post i with in the week.