The Adventures of Garrett Squared: Menu Plan for Week of 3/25...

Monday, March 26, 2012

Menu Plan for Week of 3/25...

First for Last Week...

MONDAY:

Easy BBQ Pork Chops

(hint: This one uses soda--and you'll never guess which one!!!!)

Now I am gonna tell you...because we thought they were YUMMERS!!!!

1 T Vegetable Oil

1.5 lb boneless pork chops

1 c ketchup

1 c diet Dr. Pepper or regular cola

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.

Brown chops on both sides.

Drain skillet.

Add Ketchup and Dr. Pepper (I used regular Dr. Pepper--not Diet); simmer on low for 35 minutes.

Baked Potatoes

Steamed Peas

TUESDAY:

Greek Baked Chicken

We didn't get to try this one...I forgot to make the marinade which takes 8 hours...

Salad

Dinner Rolls

So we had Wednesday's menu instead... so...

WEDNESDAY (on Tuesday cause I am flexible like that...):

Upside Down Pizza

2 lb lean ground beef

1 c chopped onion

13 oz spaghetti sauce (I made my own using 2 cans no salt added tomato sauce, garlic, basil, Italian seasoning, onion and green bell pepper, salt & freshly ground pepper)

1 c sour cream (I used fat free)

8 oz shredded mozzarella

8 oz can crescent rolls (I used reduced fat)

Brown ground beef and onion.

Stir in spaghetti sauce; cook over low heat.

10 min stirring often.

Spoon mix into greased 13x9x2 in dish.

Top with sour cream and cheese.

Unroll crescent rolls; place over cheese.

Bake uncovered @350 degrees for 20-25 min.

(we thought this was really good, but would leave out the sour cream. It just gets better overnight too!)

Salad

THURSDAY:

Creamy Roast Beef Pitas

Not enough votes!!!!! It's FIRED!!!!

Chips

Fruit

Now for this week...

MONDAY:

Santa Fe Soup

Low Carb Tortillas

TUESDAY:

I am going to try for the Greek Baked Chicken again--If I can remember to marinate it for 8 hours! LOL

WEDNESDAY:

Cottage Pies

Fruit & Yogurt

THURSDAY:

Black Bean Burgers

Oven Fries

FRIDAY:

Fish Night!!!

Graphic courtesy of Graphics Fairy

This is because I am putting my hammock up--so, I though the fish in the hammock was fun! :)

7 comments:

PatMarch 26, 2012 at 10:16 AM
The bbq pork chop recipe with Dr. Pepper sounds interesting! Jim drinks Diet Dr. Pepper so that's what I'd use.
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~Lavender Dreamer~March 26, 2012 at 8:00 PM
I want to try the Santa Fe soup...I love dishes like that! Sounds good right now! ♥
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ClaudiaMarch 26, 2012 at 9:31 PM
I admire your menu planning! We are terrible at that - we just figure it all out at the last minute. Good for you - and I bet you save money this way, too.

xo
Claudia
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SquirrelQueenMarch 27, 2012 at 1:55 AM
The cottage pie looks super yummy. Actually everything looks yummy.

I was scrolling down and saw fish night and expected fish and got a good laugh. The fish in the hammock it too funny. I'll be happy when it gets warm enough here to enjoy a hammock.
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Pioneer Woman at HeartMarch 27, 2012 at 5:22 AM
Looks like a good menu plan.
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MichelleMarch 28, 2012 at 1:10 AM
I can't wait to get the recipe for the black bean burger. The pie looks so good.
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KelseyMarch 28, 2012 at 12:39 PM
I am definitely going to try the Pork Chops, yum! Thanks for sharing all the great menu ideas!
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The Mockingjay

It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to the characters of this Trilogy.

This 3rd and last book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was not remotely what I thought it would be. While the first two books were books about horrific competition and massive loss it was also about the indomitable will to live and thrive of the human spirit.

I thought that this book would be much as the other two. Our heros are tested and then survive to live happily ever after.

But, this book is much deeper and probably much more realistic than that. The thin skinned President Snowden in his extreme anger makes it clear that Katniss, her family and even her village are not going to be allowed to live in the peace that we anticipated after the first two books. To the end that President Snowden wants to see Katniss and everyone who follows her and her courage destroyed, we are drawn deeply into a story of battle both internal and external, love and loss and the dramatic results of a long lived, hard fought war while unsure of who is friend and who is foe.

The end of this book was a loss in many respects. The loss of a group of people to whom I was drawn and the loss of a way of life for those characters. While the war was won, the battles took their toll on all of the characters that we have come to know and love and their lives are forever changed by the end of this book and trilogy.

Catching Fire

This 2nd book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was even better than number one!

I read it in about a day and a half.

I simply could NOT put it down!

The main thrust of this book is the Quell games. Every 25 years the districts must take part in not one but two games to celebrate the domination of the Capitol.

If I go further than that with explanation, I will probably ruin #1 for you, so let's just say that the Mockingjay has a part in this and that the families of Peeta and Katniss as well as Gale are well represented.

The ending leaves us hungry for more at the edge of an abiss...

Now, on to book 3.

PS--Don't start this series without purchasing all three books because you will surely kick yourself if you can't go right to the next book!

The Hunger Games

Book 1 of the Trilogy:
GREAT READ! This was recommended to me by my hair stylist while I was in Missouri. I purchased it for my Kindle, but subsequently passed it up for other reads. My mistake! What an engaging book! Following Katniss and Peeta as well as the other characters in a richly written narrative of the Hunger Games which are a fight to the death each year of children chosen from each of the 12 poor downtrodden districts of the country of Penam for the enjoyment of the spoiled, protected class of people in the "Capital". Gripping and twisting right to the end! I liked it so much that the second I finished I felt like I couldn't let go of the characters and zipped right on to the second volume of the trilogy! RECOMMEND HIGHLY!

Pumpkin Roll

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The neighbor is rumored to be a witch and with several other colorful characters of dubious nature, we have a fun Halloween culinary novel.

The nice twist at the end of the story gives an interesting wrap-up to make this book a good light read.

In addition, the recipes sounded so good that I had to copy some of them down and try them--including the Pumpkin Roll of the book title. A good read and good recipes! What's better than that?

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Monday, March 26, 2012

Menu Plan for Week of 3/25...

Now for this week...

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