I've been menu planning but I never get around to posting my menu. The last 2 weeks have been really using my memory since my list keeps getting mangled by tiny hands. So for the sake of my memory, I am posting this here in hopes that dinner time will go a little smoother.


Monday: Creamy baked mostacolli

Tuesday:  Slow Cooker Baked Beans and molasses brown bread

Wednesday: Meaty Squash Soup and buns

Thursday: Leftover Buffet

Friday: Roasted garlic chicken and spinach pizza

Saturday: Loaded Tostadas

For more meal plans visit Laura

Meal Plan

I LOVE autumn, love it! It means warm soups, drinks, and just a general coziness that I love. I'll be baking some pumpkin yumminess and we'll be enjoying Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday most likely. Other than that, here's what we'll be eating for the week.

Monday: Burgers as requested by my husband so we can use some yummy spicy peppers given to us from a friend's greenhouse.

Tuesday: Copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi soup but with pasta

Wednesday: Stir Fry

Thursday: Cheesy Chicken and Rice casserole

Friday: Burritos

Saturday: Leftovers

Sunday: Thanksgiving dinner?

For more menu plans head over to Laura's site

Saturday Stumbles

Some nifty links I came across this week

• To buy organic or not that is the question. Here's a handy dandy little list showing the dirty dozen and the clean 15 to help you get the most for your money.

• Made this and this for dinners and they were both hits!

• Reading this book right now and it has really hit home in my heart about being a mom, good stuff.

• If you are looking for a good party check out The Ultimate Blog Party, there are way too many good links to list here so go see!

Click here for more good links

Meal Plan

Happy Easter all! Hope you enjoyed the wonderful weekend celebrating with your family and friends. 

Monday: Crock Pot Shipwreck

Tuesday: Chicken Salad Wraps

Wednesday: Stuffed Shells

Thursday: Bean Stew

Friday: Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole

Saturday: Homemade Pizza

Sunday: Leftover Buffet

Visit Laura for more meal plan ideas!

Top Ten Tuesday: Things to Make with Ground Meat

We buy our ground meat in bulk and there was a sale soooo, we've been eating a lot of it lately. I've been going through my collection of recipes to create dinners with our freezer stash. Join me in our ground meat adventures :)

1. Rachael Ray's Mega Turkey Nacho Dinner: My FAVOURITE recipe of all time! As in what I want for my birthday dinner, or any other night.

2. Burgers: Really try this:

• ground meat
• ketchup
• bbq sauce
• egg
• onion soup mix
• salt & peppa
• garlic

I've only come to like burgers in the past year, around the same time I got pregnant, I blame it on pregnancy.

3. Sloppy Joes: try this

• ground meat
• tomato sauce
• basilsalt & peppa
• chipotle chili powder
• garlic powder
• onion powder

4. Lasagne: Cheesey meaty goodness. My favourite trick is a little nutmeg in the ricotta/cottage cheese.

5. Rachael Ray's Super-sized 7-Layer Casserole: A supper-fied 7 layer dip! yes!

6. Brown Bag Burritos: great for lunches!

7. Mexican Pile-Up: Like deconstructed tacos, yummy! A family favourite.

8. Baked Taco Salad: another family favourite

9. Taco Salad: just the normal kind not baked :)

10. Spaghetti: I've only liked spaghetti since I've been married..I know what kid doesn't like spaghetti?

Go visit Amanda for more top tens