Meal Ideas for week 20, 2010

Life is busy now with the end of the school year quickly approaching and we are falling back on quick and easy ideas for the most part this week. No really new ideas, but I am trying the Salsa chicken that I know many people love, I just have not previously tried it on my picky eaters. I am also making Italian rice, which is our made up version of spaghetti with rice instead of the noodles, my kids seem to like it for a change of pace. Hope you are all doing well as always let me know if you find any great meal ideas that your kids will eat.
Meal ideas for this week include:

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken
Italian Rice
Garlic Chicken
Grilled Salmon
Turkey Marsala


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Thanks, Sherri

Week 17, 2010

Another week, seems time is going so quickly, the kids will be out of school soon. YIKES! Seriously I am somewhat looking forward to the summer and break from school myself. This week is busy so I am going very easy with just one new experiment for the week, which will be the pineapple chicken stir fry. Also planning cheeseburger mac, chicken piccata, and salmon cakes. I'm also in the mood for grilled pork chops but will baste with regular ole barbecue sauce so there is no recipe for that one. Hope you have a great week! Oh, and if you are in facebook we have a fan page so please join us!

Sherri

Pineapple Chicken Stir Fry
Cheeseburger Mac
Chicken Piccata
Grilled Pork Chops
Salmon Cakes

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Week 16, 2010

I am going to start with a huge thanks to Patty one of our readers, who stepped up last week and submitted a couple of recipes to help get me out of my slump. The weather has cooled a bit and now I feel a little more like cooking. Looking forward to trying Baked BBQ chicken and Almond Crusted Turkey! I think it will be nice enough to have pizza on the grill, oh have you tried it? And I am going to try a new recipe, Island Chicken; I found at a cute website called Annie's Eats. We will also add a little Baked Penne to satisfy my need for easy and kidsItalian fix.
As always, I want to know what you are cooking so I can try new recipes or even just be inspired by something we have not had in a while. Do I sound like a I am begging? I feel like it, pleeeeeaaase. Feel free to post your eating challenges as a well, for example: my kids rarely do casseroles, they don't care for Mexican, but they do eat Asian inspired and most "kid" food, or even if you have a specific allergy or food dislike, I know cheese fits both of these for some families. Maybe we can team up and find new answers to the "what's for dinner" issue.
Have a fantastic week,
Sherri

Baked Barbecue Chicken
Grilled Pizza
Island Chicken
Almond Crusted Turkey
Baked Penne

Week 15, 2010

This week is tough for me, I totally do not feel like cooking and am coming up empty on good ideas. It is Spring and the weather is beautiful, so I am going to grill several days to enjoy the weather and because it is always easy. Hope you are all doing well and let me know if you have any ideas for next week, I could use some ideas.
Topping the easy list is rotisserie chicken and grilled hamburgers. Then I am going to make Hawaiian grilled chicken sandwiches and grill some white fish. I think I will also make a fresh batch of spaghetti and meatballs as they kids always love that and then I can freeze some for another night.
For the rotesserie chicken I just use a rub (Penzey's) and put in the rotesserie, so I am not posting a recipe. Grilled hamburgers don't have a recipe either, but if you need a new inspiration, we liked the Gorgeous George Burgers posted earlier, hint: use the search button at the top of the recipe page. White fish will probably only have olive oil and lemon or my other favorite penzey's rub for fish, so again no recipe. I will post for hawaiian chicken sandwiches, and a link to spaghetti and meatballs. Sherri

Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches
Spaghetti and meatballs
Grilled hamburgers
Grilled fish
Rotisserie Chicken

Week 14, 2010 Meal Ideas

This week we are having Italian chicken, I think I will marinate in italian salad dressing and cook on the grill, if you don't want to grill I found a recipe for italian chicken in the slow cookers, I never thought to just throw it in the crock pot with italian dressing. I am trying Mac and Cheddar Cheese with chicken and broccoli from Rachel Ray for the kids as the next night we are having Veggie Sandwiches and the kids will be having something else. I am also going to make beef stroganoff in the slow cookers and going to try chicken lo mein from Family fun since my kids "usually" like asian food. Have a great week and don't forget to let me know what you are cooking this week.

Sherri

Italian Chicken
Mac n Cheddar Cheese
Veggie Sandwiches
Beef Stroganoff
Chicken Lo Mein

Week 13, 2010

This week we are going to have meatloaf, a family favorite, roma chicken and salmon. I am going to try tarragon chicken and I have had a request for stuffed shells. I do not have a recipe for stuffed shells, I think the last time I made them I used the recipe on the box. So if any of you have a good recipe I would love it, I would like to try cheese and spinach, but don't know if I can sneak the spinach in, I was thinking in half and then I would have backup of plain cheese without cooking another meal. I am always open to other ideas if you have any secrets that work at your house. Have a great week!
Sherri

Meatloaf
Tarragon Chicken
Stuffed Shells
Roma Chicken
Red River Salmon

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Week 12, 2010

This week we have crockpot fajitas and pork medallions both passed on from other members. And a second recipe for cheeseburger macaroni that is similar to the one we tried a week or two ago, but is slightly different. My philosophy is if you post or give me the recipe I will try it, and truthfully my DH commented again this last week, that he really likes the variety in our meals these days. I am also posting parmesan fish, as we love this and we are trying Teriaki chicken, lucked out that this is a grill recipe and it should be warm enough to grill this week! YEA!
I am looking for more crock pot/slow cooker recipes so please post your family favorites, or you can always email them to me and I will post them as I put them in the menu.
I am also going to try something new in the newsletter to just put the link for the blog in and then you go directly there for the recipes. I am hoping that some of you will comment at the end of the post and offer up ideas of what you are cooking this week, not necessarily the recipes, just some more ideas. (You can do this, by clicking on the word comment at the top of the post for the week and it will allow you to post comments.)
Don't forget the search button on the top of the recipe page, you can type in words, ie chicken, and it will bring up all the recipes pertaining to that word. I am going to be adding more topics such as side dishes, desserts, and triggers like slow cooker/crockpot to make the search feature even better.
Hope everyone has a great week and thanks for reading and participating!
Sherri

Cheeseburger macaroni II
Crock pot Fijitas
Parmesan Fish
Pork Medallions with balsamic-honey glaze
Teriyaki Chicken