weekly menu posts from 12/6 through 12/13

been slacking a little but lots going on with my life, with hubby in hospital and all...very overwhelmed with the holidays coming up and him gone...trying to get back to normal...

Sunday 12/6..........chicken pot pie stew
                              biscuits

Monday 12/7........salisbury steak meatballs
                              mashed potatoes
                              corn

Tuesday 12/8........sloppy joes
                              tator tots
                              honey glazed carrots

Wednesday 12/9...chicken/bacon carbonara
                              green beans
                              garlic bread

Thursday 12/10.....bacon/corn griddle cakes
                              turkey sausage

Friday 12/11.........creamy chicken and brown rice casserole
                             peas
                             artisan bread

Saturday 12/12....italian sausage, corn wild rice chowder
                            cranberry muffins

Sunday 12/13......mock lasagna
                            green salad
                            garlic cheese biscuits

yummy cannot wait, they all sound so good with 5 of them being brand new recipes...
                           

cheese fondue previously posted 12/19/12

most definitely a cat's away dinner as hubby is in hospital and he hates this dish...all of the rest of us love it, so I make this when he is not around...

this is most definitely a "cat's away," type dinner...hubby hates this but, everyone else absolutely loves it...hubby is in the hospital and tonight is the perfect night to have this...it is cold here and we also needed down home comfort...

we love to have little weinies, asst veggies, cut up bread and the must have is Wheat Thins...

my recipe (been making this for a good number of years...)

I make a roux with 8tbs butter, 8tbs flour and about 5 cups of milk...cook till thickened...add seasonings of choice (I add garlic salt and pepper) and stir in enough shredded cheese to taste...we like a lot of cheese, so I usually add one of the big bags and tonight I did a colby/jack blend...stir till melted...

tonight, I only had a limited source of milk and so I added 1/2 of the liquid as chicken broth...

this is one of Tim's absolute favorites...

yummy enjoy...

tuna melts, spam pie, meatball soup, tacos

hubby is in the hospital (again) and these are all previously posted meals that I use as our "cat's away" dinner as those are the ones that he does not care for...

of the four listed my meatball soup is so easy and everyone loves it...

porcupines originally posted previously

we were too poor for after school snacks and I would be starving by the time dinner came around but these meatballs, I could snack on them while I was cooking (my mom could never figure out why the amount of meatballs was way down when I cooked...)

and can I say here that there is no way possible that Zoe would wait after school till dinner to eat...OMGosh that kid, we have to meet her at school with a drink and a snack, or take her out...this year has not been such a problem as 6th graders eat lunch at 12:30 and they get out at 2...

another funny story, my kids love these and I had Christopher's friends convinced that this was really porcupine meat I was using...

so for porcupines, I add seasonings and uncooked rice to ground beef and brown them as meatballs, when browned, cover them with 2 cans of tomato soup (mixed with 1 can of water) and Tim likes to add shredded cheese to the top...

made parmesan noodles, broccoli and garlic cheese biscuits to the menu for tonight...

btw...hubby does not especially care for this dinner but I think it stems from his distaste of rice...

pumpkin cornbread

http://www.onceuponachef.com/2014/11/pumpkin-cornbread-muffins.html

so yummy with honey butter

day after Thanksgiving, ham and pasta casserole

http://chindeep.com/2010/04/25/rainy-day-rituals/

this was so yummy and was great as leftovers, everyone loved it...

will definitely make this again...

Thanksgiving day dinner

I am so far behind with blogging, trying to play catch up and thought I would start with Thanksgiving...
I had a migraine, but my daughter, son and grand daughter came to the rescue and helped out in a big way...

here was our menu:

turkey
ham
mashed potatoes (I love my homemade, do not know how we ever ate boxed potatoes)
cornbread, sausage, apple stuffing
homemade cranberry sauce (Zoie found a recipe on foodtv.com and made it herself)
brussel sprouts
green bean casserole
pumpkin pie

since I did not feel 100% and trying to keep costs down, I tried to simplify the menu this year...someone gave us the turkey, so that really helped...