Drafting Dinner: Weekly Menu Planning

Um, so I’m not sure I actually want to plan a menu considering how successful things were last week. I was only able to cook one meal I had planned due to our exciting week with everyone in the house getting the stomach bug and then losing power for an extended period of time. But, in hopes of having a week where I can actually cook, here it goes anyway.

• Sausage, chicken, and veggie grill packs: I’ve never made this before, but it looks like an easier summer dinner.  I also plan to add chicken to the mix.
• Chicken fried rice
• Grilled hamburgers with some sort of grilled corn
• Pasta with chicken, bacon, onion, and garlic cream sauce
• Stuffed bell peppers (with ground beef), rice, and maybe some homemade salsa

Drafting Dinner: Weekly Menu Planning

After a crazy month of May, we’re hoping to slip back into a normal routine (at least for summer!). Here’s what I’m thinking for this week:

• Pork fajitas
• Sausage, chicken, and veggie grill packs: I’ve never made this before, but it looks like an easier summer dinner.  I also plan to add chicken to the mix.
• Chicken fried rice
• Chicken enchilada casserole

Drafting Dinner: Weekly Menu Planning

It feels good to actually be planning a menu – it means things are finally settling back into our normal routine. Although I love the holidays, there is something comforting about being at home, in our routine, doing our thing.

• Taco salad
• Chicken spaghetti with broccoli
• Chicken fried rice with asian coleslaw salad (also for me to lunch on throughout the week)
• Fried pork chops (new recipe for me) with cornflake potato casserole and green beans
• Breakfast for dinner

Drafting Dinner: Weekly Menu Planning

• BBQ chicken tacos with cole slaw and rice (left overs from last week)
• Hamburgers (never got to this last week)
• Breakfast casserole and biscuits
• Parmesan chicken
• Country style steak

Drafting Dinner: Weekly Menu Planning

I thoroughly enjoyed the holidays, but I am very thankful to be home, and to get back into a regular routine. On a side note, do you call dinner, “dinner” or “supper”? I’ve always grown up calling it “dinner,” but I know a lot of folks (even who grew up in the same area as me) call it supper. I’m a dork, by the way, when it comes to words. I’ve decided to move away from calling my menu plan posts “Menu Planning Monday” simply for the fact that it always bugs me when I’m a day (or more) late posting the weekly menu.

• Beef fajitas
• Pasta in a light cream sauce with chicken and broccoli
• Chicken (or maybe beef) noodle stir fry
• Ground beef and rice casserole
• Chicken and sausage jambalaya