Friday, Nov 23rd, 2012
3,6,9,12. 3,6,9,12. and on and on. This is the feeding schedule the trips were on in the NICU and continued at home. We (FINALLY!) were able to skip the night time feedings, but our lives still revolved around 6, 9, 12, 3, 6, 9 before going to bed TO THIS DAY!! And they're 6! We can sometimes forget the 9pm snack, but boy are they HUNGRY in the morning, lol. I bring this up because today the kid's are home for Thanksgiving vacation and while they're busy playing or watching a movie with Dad, here's mom, cooking -
7am Cereal with Milk
11 am Chicken Fries, Parmesan Noodles, Grapes
3pm Pepperoni Cheese Bread, Pears, Carrot sticks
6pm Italian Beef Sandwiches, Italian Pasta Salad, Jello
8pm Popcorn (and somebody will probably want grahm crackers with pb!)
I did cheat though. I found the Pepperoni Cheese bread in the Clearance Bin at WalMart, so I bought 2 of them. I splurge and bought the pre-made Italian Beef. I just put it in the slow cooker this morning on warm, so it'll be ready when we want it. When I made the Parmesan Noodles for lunch, I also made the rotini for tonight's dinner. So not a lot of cooking, per se, but I still have to remember to feed them or they're a surly lot!!
Sunday, November 18th, 2012
Appetizer
Cheese Platter
Soup
Smoked Fish Chowder
Salad Course
Strawberry Jell-O with diced Peaches
Main Entree
Garlic Chicken, Brown Rice Pilaf, Buttered Peas, Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
Desert
Chocolate Cake with Ice Cream
The kids LOVED the fish chowder SO
much that they want it for dinner tomorrow night! Who would've
thought!?! That really came as a surprise to me!
(PS I had more pictures, just can't get the things to be on the same row!! grrr, so frustrating!
Menu Plan for the week of November 13th, 2012
Here is my meal plan for the week:
Monday
Breakfast: Cereal
Monday
Breakfast: Cereal
School Snack: PB and Oats Granola Bar
Lunch: Mini Chocolate Chip Pancakes, HB Eggs, fruit smoothie
Lunch: Mini Chocolate Chip Pancakes, HB Eggs, fruit smoothie
3pm Snack: Chicken fries, Annies fruit snacks, carrots
Dinner: Slow Cooker Taco Chicken Tuesday
Breakfast: pb pancakes, fruit
School Snack: Annie's Cheddar Bunnies
Lunch: Eat at school
3pm Snack: Cheese pizza
Dinner: Bacon, Cheddar, Chicken and Rice Bake
Wednesday
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwiches
School Snack: pretzels with pb
Lunch: eat at school
3pm Snack: Taco Soup
Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie
Thursday
Breakfast: Baked apple oatmeal
School Snack: Holiday Granola Bars
Lunch: eat at school
3pm Snack: apples and cheese
Dinner: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Friday
Breakfast: Cinnamon Bun Scones, fruit
School Snack: apple chunks, pretzels and cheese
Lunch: PB Lunch - Apple Chunks, Celery Chunks, Pretzels with PB Dip
3pm Snack: marshmallow (?) popcorn
Dinner: Chicken Barley Stew with Herb Biscuits
Saturday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, Cereal
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Salad and Pizza
Sunday
Breakfast: Muffins
Lupper: Simple Salad, soup, roast chicken, stuffing, veggie, ww dinner rolls, jello salad
Dinner: Chicken Crescent sandwiches
Sunday, Nov 11, 2012
Sunday Dinner, eaten around 3:00 ish in our house (on a good day!) I had gotten away from it during the summer - too hot to cook all that food, let alone eat it all! But with the arrival of cooler weather, it seems nice to cook again. To bake again. To sit around the table leisurely and talk about the past week, the week coming up. To have a nice tablecloth and pretty candles on the table (ok, didn't get to change the table cloth!!)
It was nice to sit and really talk with my kids. Sadly, my kids STILL won't eat chicken with their hands, it has to be off the bone! (sensory issues!!) Which reminded me of why I usually don't buy chicken legs! But that was the only "hitch" in the dinner. Then my sister-in-law came over with a drawing book for the kids, so they were occupied while I cleared the table. All in all, a very relaxing Sunday!
Appetizer
Cheese Platter
Salad Course
Simple salad with lettuce, cucumbers, and shredded cheese
Main Entree
BBQ Chicken, Potato Salad, Brown Sugar and Bacon Baked Beans, Parmesan Corn on the Cob, Cheesy Garlic Bread
Desert
Strawberry Swirled Cheesecake
It was nice to sit and really talk with my kids. Sadly, my kids STILL won't eat chicken with their hands, it has to be off the bone! (sensory issues!!) Which reminded me of why I usually don't buy chicken legs! But that was the only "hitch" in the dinner. Then my sister-in-law came over with a drawing book for the kids, so they were occupied while I cleared the table. All in all, a very relaxing Sunday!
Thursday, Nov 8th, 2012
Lunch: Meatloaf Sandwiches, Honey Wheat pretzel sticks, fruit cup, shortbread cookies. Nope, they're not taco roll ups. I still wasn't feeling good last night, but a little better this morning, so I made sandwiches out of the leftover meatloaf from last night's dinner. And prayed that the kids would eat it that way as it was the first time for them. Guess what? They ate it AND liked it - yeah!!! And I guess their friends were jealous - bonus!! lol
Dinner: We had Spaghetti and Meatballs tonight, like we do every Thursday night, lol. But what I do differently is I cook the meatballs in spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker ALL DAY LONG!! Wow! They are SO good that way that that is the ONLY way my family wants me to make them.
Dinner: We had Spaghetti and Meatballs tonight, like we do every Thursday night, lol. But what I do differently is I cook the meatballs in spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker ALL DAY LONG!! Wow! They are SO good that way that that is the ONLY way my family wants me to make them.
Wednesday, November 7th
Lunch: Strawberry Pancakes with Mini chocolate chips, sliced hard boiled egg, fruit, and some tootsie rolls (I feel bad for the meager lunch today, but I am SO sick! I was thankful I made the pancakes last night!!)
I decided to make special pancakes since I had some Martha White Strawberry Muffin mix in the pantry. The Blueberry Muffin Mix has the reipce on the back for pancakes, so I had to look it up! I used two packages and added 1/3 cup of ground flaxseed and 2/3 of a cup mini chocolate chips. The batter still tends to be delicate, so you'll need a wide, sturdy pancake flipper for them. I also had to lower the temp on my griddle from 400 to 350 for 2 1/2 minutes. I ate a "mistake" pancake and Oh Boy! was that delish!! The kids were VERY lucky to have any for lunch!
Dinner: Cheddar Stuffed Mini Meatloaves, mashed potatoes, veggie. So sorry I didn't get a picture of it, but it was so good, according to the kids! We ate at 4:30 because Eva has Swim Team at 5:30 to 6:30. I figured once we got home, everybody could go straight to bed! And it worked! I love it when a plan comes together. Ok, I'm exhausted, time to curl up back on the couch with my afghan and a kitty, or two!
Lunch: Strawberry Pancakes with Mini chocolate chips, sliced hard boiled egg, fruit, and some tootsie rolls (I feel bad for the meager lunch today, but I am SO sick! I was thankful I made the pancakes last night!!)
I decided to make special pancakes since I had some Martha White Strawberry Muffin mix in the pantry. The Blueberry Muffin Mix has the reipce on the back for pancakes, so I had to look it up! I used two packages and added 1/3 cup of ground flaxseed and 2/3 of a cup mini chocolate chips. The batter still tends to be delicate, so you'll need a wide, sturdy pancake flipper for them. I also had to lower the temp on my griddle from 400 to 350 for 2 1/2 minutes. I ate a "mistake" pancake and Oh Boy! was that delish!! The kids were VERY lucky to have any for lunch!
Dinner: Cheddar Stuffed Mini Meatloaves, mashed potatoes, veggie. So sorry I didn't get a picture of it, but it was so good, according to the kids! We ate at 4:30 because Eva has Swim Team at 5:30 to 6:30. I figured once we got home, everybody could go straight to bed! And it worked! I love it when a plan comes together. Ok, I'm exhausted, time to curl up back on the couch with my afghan and a kitty, or two!
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Lunch: Pizza Pinwheels, Smply Go-gurt, mini carrots, fruit cup, fruit snack (from Halloween baskets!)
I guess the pizza pinwheels were popular. Eddie and Eva told me their friends wanted those for their lunch! (VERY easy to make - take a whole wheat flour tortilla, spread (thinly) with pizza sauce, sprinkle with CoJack Cheese and roll up! Place seam side down into a microwave safe dish and nuke for 30 secs/roll or until melty.Wait a few minutes (or put them in the fridge and take them out the next morning, which is what I did) and cut them into sections. The end pieces that were uneven I did not include in their lunch (but saved them for my lunch!! yum!)
Hubby told me this morning that he had a work dinner and wouldn't be home for dinner. Oh, ok! So I made Friday's dinner today since hubby isn't a fan of Macaroni and Cheese. Cheeseburger Bacon Macaroni Casserole is the official title, and I got the idea while scrolling through the Knorr website. But I didn't have 1 package of Knorr® Pasta Sides™ - Cheesy Bacon Macaron, but I did have two packages of Whole Wheat Mac & Cheese, so I cooked up the Mac & Cheese and browned some hamburger (just adding salt, pepper, and onion powder to the meat). I added a package of real bacon bits, then I added the cooked noodles to the meat, then sprinkled the cheese packets over everything and added the milk and the butter.Stirred it up and realized it might not be cheesy enough for my kids, so I added 4 pieces of American Cheese. Stirred it again and it looked (and tasted) good! I served it with some green beans and whole wheat dinner rolls.
Well, the kids LOVED it! I have just enough left over for somebody's snack tomorrow. Me? I had the left over split pea soup from Friday - yu-ummm!!
I guess the pizza pinwheels were popular. Eddie and Eva told me their friends wanted those for their lunch! (VERY easy to make - take a whole wheat flour tortilla, spread (thinly) with pizza sauce, sprinkle with CoJack Cheese and roll up! Place seam side down into a microwave safe dish and nuke for 30 secs/roll or until melty.Wait a few minutes (or put them in the fridge and take them out the next morning, which is what I did) and cut them into sections. The end pieces that were uneven I did not include in their lunch (but saved them for my lunch!! yum!)
Hubby told me this morning that he had a work dinner and wouldn't be home for dinner. Oh, ok! So I made Friday's dinner today since hubby isn't a fan of Macaroni and Cheese. Cheeseburger Bacon Macaroni Casserole is the official title, and I got the idea while scrolling through the Knorr website. But I didn't have 1 package of Knorr® Pasta Sides™ - Cheesy Bacon Macaron, but I did have two packages of Whole Wheat Mac & Cheese, so I cooked up the Mac & Cheese and browned some hamburger (just adding salt, pepper, and onion powder to the meat). I added a package of real bacon bits, then I added the cooked noodles to the meat, then sprinkled the cheese packets over everything and added the milk and the butter.Stirred it up and realized it might not be cheesy enough for my kids, so I added 4 pieces of American Cheese. Stirred it again and it looked (and tasted) good! I served it with some green beans and whole wheat dinner rolls.
Well, the kids LOVED it! I have just enough left over for somebody's snack tomorrow. Me? I had the left over split pea soup from Friday - yu-ummm!!
Monday, November 5th, 2012
So here is their after school "snack" - chicken fries, diced apples, tostidos, cookies. Yes, my kids are STARVING after school and Yes, I make them a mini meal for their after school snack (Yes, I think I only cook and clean and drive some days!)
So on Mondays, here is our schedule:
3:00 School's out
3:30 - 4:00 Eva's private swimming lesson
4:00 - 4:30 Triplet's private swimming lesson
5:00 - 6:00 Eddie - basketball
4:30 - 6:30 Ella and Joey in Kids Club
5:30 - 6:30 Eva - Swim Club
So now you see why they get a mini meal after school. And still, Eddie and Eva get a Zone Bar and a bottle of water! And you can also see why dinner needs to be ready and servable as soon as we get home!
Well, the picture isn't very pretty, but it was tasty!! I did the chicken in the slow cooker. Here's where I got the idea for the Paprika Chicken Stew with Potato Pierogies. The kids loved it, but hey, we're a pierogies with bacon kind of family! I didn't make the stew because my kids won't eat carrots, but I think the next time I will try the stew (without the carrots!)
So on Mondays, here is our schedule:
3:00 School's out
3:30 - 4:00 Eva's private swimming lesson
4:00 - 4:30 Triplet's private swimming lesson
5:00 - 6:00 Eddie - basketball
4:30 - 6:30 Ella and Joey in Kids Club
5:30 - 6:30 Eva - Swim Club
So now you see why they get a mini meal after school. And still, Eddie and Eva get a Zone Bar and a bottle of water! And you can also see why dinner needs to be ready and servable as soon as we get home!
Monday, November 5th
Today's Lunch: Peanut butter (or Almond Butter) on whole grain sandwich thins,
Halloween Cheeseballs, applesauce or peach fruit cup, shortbread cookies
(Miss Ella only got a half sandwich and a bag of cheeseballs since she
doesn't have enough time to eat her whole lunch, only the treat!! And
yet her sister and brothers have enough time!! grrr) Eddie had the Almond Butter in his sandwich. He will NOT eat peanut butter, for whatever reason! Eva had the peach fruit cup and the boys had the Berry Applesauce. No, Eva will NOT eat applesauce! And this is the reason I pack the lunches the morning of because there is always someone who doesn't like something, lol!!
Menu Plan for the week of November 4th, 2012
Here is my meal plan for the week:
Monday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, PB on whole wheat english muffins
Monday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, PB on whole wheat english muffins
School Snack: Mini cheesy rice cakes
Lunch: Peanut butter (or Almond Butter) on whole grain sandwich thins, Halloween Cheeseballs, applesauce or peach fruit cup, shortbread cookies
Lunch: Peanut butter (or Almond Butter) on whole grain sandwich thins, Halloween Cheeseballs, applesauce or peach fruit cup, shortbread cookies
3pm Snack: Chicken fries, string cheese, carrots
Dinner: Slow Cooker Paprika Chicken with PierogiessTuesday
Breakfast: pb pancakes, fruit
School Snack: popcorn
Lunch: Pizza Roll-ups, Veggie Sticks
3pm Snack: left over soup
Dinner: Bacon, Cheddar, Chicken and Rice Bake
Wednesday
Breakfast: Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal or Cereal
School Snack: pretzels with pb
Lunch: Mini Chocolate Chip Pancakes, HB Eggs, fruit cup
3pm Snack: left over snack mix
Dinner: Cheddar Stuffed Mini Meatloaves, mashed potatoes, veggie
Thursday
Breakfast: Cheesy scrambled eggs, whole wheat english muffins
School Snack: granola bar
Lunch: Taco Roll ups, corn, salad
3pm Snack: apples and cheese
Dinner: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Friday
Breakfast: Muffins, fruit
School Snack: apple chunks, pretzels and cheese
Lunch: Ham and Cheese K bobs, fruit, veggie, treat
3pm Snack: marshmallow (?) popcorn
Dinner: Cheeseburger Bacon Macaroni Casserole
Saturday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, Cereal
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Salad and Pizza
Sunday
Breakfast: Muffins
Lupper: Simple Salad, soup, roast chicken, stuffing, veggie, ww dinner rolls, jello salad
Dinner: Open faced hot chicken sandwiches
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Happy All Saint's Day!!! Today's lunch: Taco Salad, Tostidos, Fruit Cup with a picture of St. Kateri Tekakwitha on them (from Happy Saints), and I raided their candy buckets to give them Reeses PB cups!
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