Week 9, 2010 Meal Ideas

On the menu this week we are going to try herbed chicken in pastry, supposed to look fancy, but not be too difficult. A request has been made for those awesome meatballs and homemade spaghetti sauce, so we must accomodate! Also we are going to have Kristin's taco salad, as well as, Kim's pork chops and mushroom gravy, in the slow cooker. And I am going to test a new fish recipe called toasted almond topped fish.
Don't forget to post your recipes; this is the last few days to be entered into the drawing for the Pampered Chef Bamboo Specialty Set. Thanks to everyone who has contributed recipes!
Have a great week. Sherri

Herbed Chicken in Pastry
Spaghetti sauce and Meatballs
Taco Salad
Pork Chops and Mushroom Gravy (slow cooker)
Toasted Almond-Topped Fish

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Week 8, 2010

Congratulations Kim for submitting 2 recipes to me and for winning the Mix n Chop. Please add your favorite recipes and receive an entry for each recipe in the end of the month drawing for the Bamboo Specialty Set.
This week I am going easy with rotisserie chicken, or the baked if you don't have a rotisserie. I plan to try the mixed grill pork tenderloin from David and piccata chicken from Patty. I know Patty plans to fix extra the first night and then serve the leftovers over alfredo pasta another night. I love trying the recipes suggested to me by our group. I am also trying the gorgeous george burger, that uses soy burgers, but I think it would also be good with turkey burgers, since it is supposed to be from a healthy heart site. And we are also having shrimp stir fry. I have a great sauce recipe which I just add to favorite veggies and shrimp this week, but you can always add other meats or go vegetarian.
I have to chuckle, my DD asked this week, "can we just have ravioli?" yes, the frozen kind from the bag. I think she is missing the old repeats!! So I guess I am doing pretty well in getting them all past the hum drum same old things and ready for some more favorites to appear again.
Wishing everyone a great week.
Sherri

Rotisserie Chicken
Mixed Grill Pork Tenderloin
Gorgeous George Burger
Chicken Piccata
Stir fry with shrimp

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Week 7, 2010

So this week I am once again asking for your help. When I started this, I somewhat mapped out the first 6 weeks of menus. Now I am working on the next few weeks and I have some ideas, but am looking for some more new ideas, or it is going to be repeats!!! haha, My family is so excited about the new non repeating weekly menu, but they are going to start asking for their favorites to return. Hence, a favorite at our house meatloaf is making the first repeat of the year. I am going to try Sesame Chicken a recipe I found on the Allrecipes website, supposed to be kid friendly, and thanks to the Whole Foods website we are going to try Lasagna Rolls. The salmon recipe this week, is my favorite! It is called Red River Salmon, because in May the awesome Red River Salmon is available, but I love the recipe so much I fix it even if the salmon is not Red River, just wild. Thanks to Julie we are also going to try Garlic Chicken especially since her family has already approved it. (And a sneak peak at the following week, we are going to try Davids mixed grill with pork tenderloin.) A side note, try the Taco Salad that Kristin posted, I know for a fact that it is great, but my picky kiddos do not do mexican. Thanks for the posts! Did I say, I love new recipes! Funny, now my DD has started voicing her opinion on each dish as she starts dinner since she is used to the you have to try three bites, so mommy can talk about it on the blog. Best thing is she is pretty happy with our meals lately.
I hope everyone has an awesome Valentine's Day and don't forget to post your recipes for the drawings for the Pampered Chef Mix N Chop and the Bamboo Specialty Set. See week 5 for more info.
Sherri

Sesame Chicken Strips with Sweet Sauce
Lasagna Rolls
Red River Salmon
Meatloaf
Garlic Chicken

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Week 6, 2010

One of my goals was to see if I could go 6 weeks without a repeat recipe, and I am proud to say I did it!! I seriously think; dinnertime is better at our house, even the children who I was trying to please are enjoying most of the new recipes and the variety.
Meal ideas for this week include at crock pot roast chicken, a recipe that is new to us, but I learned the one week I did not include a crock pot recipe, my schedule really needed one. DH loves the seafood enchiladas and the kids are okay with them. I am also going to try creamy baked chicken, a recipe I borrowed from another blog a couple of months ago and am so sorry to say I did not copy the name of the blog or blogger to give credit. I know it caught my eye and had several good reviews.
I hope everyone is thinking about their favorite recipe to post so they can be entered into the drawing for the Pampered Chef Mix 'N Chop and the Bamboo Specialty Cooking Set. More information can be found under the blog from week 5.
Looking forward to hearing from you, Sherri

Crock pot Roast Chicken
Seafood Enchiladas
Baked Penne Pasta
Creamy Chicken
Ham Steak with Maple and Mustard Glaze

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