Menu Plan Monday - 3/26/12

Our ducks are back!!! I'm so excited to see our ducks. They just showed up again for the first time late Sunday afternoon. We live in a very urban area, so it's really neat that these ducks come and hang out every year. I shared about them in this post last year . The funny thing is that we were at the lake earlier in the day and J had wanted to see the resident ducks, but he decided it was too cold and windy by the water. Later on the way home, he was really sad he didn't get to see them. Well, the first thing we saw when we got home and looked out the window were our ducks! We were so excited to see them and it was such a treat for J.

I did a little gardening this weekend when a friend offered free lilies to dig and transplant. I hope they do well! I also bought all my gardening seeds over the weekend and will begin planting them in starter containers. Since we only have a small garden area, I'm also thinking of purchasing a half share in a CSA this year. More to come on that soon.

For some reason, it was really hard to come up with menu ideas today. It took me most of the day to put my menu and grocery plan together and now I need to shop tomorrow.

So here's what's cooking at our house this week:

Monday

Reheated Shepherd's Pie Leftovers
I was able to freeze a few servings of the Shepherd's Pie I made last week. Monday nights we meet with our small group from church, so I always try to do something simple. I just reheated the leftovers and we had a nice meal!


Tuesday
Dublin Coddle 

This is a re-do since I didn't end up making it last week.

Wednesday
Indiana Chowder 

I was having "menu block" today and started browsing the menu link-ups for the week. I happened upon this recipe from Crystal & Co. The combination of ground beef, tomatoes, peas and corn sounds really good.

Thursday

Leftovers 

Friday

Indian Chicken with Peas over Basmati Rice

We love eating Indian food and this looks like a fairly easy recipe so we'll give it a try.

Saturday
Out to Dinner with Aunt Carrie

Sunday
Always my night off!

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Menu Plan Monday - 3/19/12

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We continue to have just incredible weather here!! I personally cannot remember a March I've spent in Wisconsin where the temperatures stayed in the 70's and 80's for a few weeks. It is absolutely lovely. The cool evenings that come after the warm weather are just perfect for keeping the windows open at night. Since we've been out enjoying the weather a lot, I just got online here today to post my menu for the week.

Here is what's cooking at our house:

Monday
Sandwiches

Tuesday
Homemade Spaghetti 

My husband loved the sauce this week. I just used our Roundy's brand Chunky Garden sauce with the addition of diced tomatoes and ground beef. I will post soon about these diced tomatoes, as they came from a restaurant sized jar. They were bigger chunks than the petite diced ones I'd been using and we loved the change!

Wednesday
Irish Shepherd's Pie 

I finally found ground lamb! Although at $9.99 a pound, this is a once a year meal for us. I intended to make this for St. Patrick's Day, but we are a week late since it took a while to find the lamb. 

Thursday

Homemade Fish Sticks with Steamed Broccoli 

I've really been enjoying this new blog called The Prairie Homestead. She has fabulous ideas for getting back to the simple ways of life, integrating small changes at a time. I can't wait to try these fish sticks. I've been wanting to add more fish into our diet so I was glad to find the recipe.

Friday

Dublin Coddle

This was a recipe I found on Google the other day. I was searching for recipes with root vegetables and ended up finding this one. I love rich and hearty stews and have been trying to make more meals with sweet potatoes since they not only taste so good, but are good for you. This will be fun to try! I like the name too :o)

Saturday
Leftovers

Sunday
Always my night off!

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"Tracey's Kitchen" Posts Now Here!!

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Since I began blogging over two years ago, I've always maintained two blogs. This one has been my main one, and then I have a recipe blog called Tracey's Kitchen. I recently made a decision that it would be easier to keep up with ONE blog instead of two, so I decided to move my Kitchen posts over here for the time being! You'll be seeing my menu plans and recipe posts here in the near future.

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