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Menu for Last Week

September 18, 2008 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

For the first time in many weeks, I planned out dinners. Even if I don’t plan out in advance, I sometimes just write we had down on a small whiteboard hanging on my frig. It helps me keep track of leftovers and makes sure I don’t get in rut. 1) Chinese Chicken Salad 2) Ziti [...]

One Fantastic Meal: Chicken, Beets, and Banana Muffins

February 7, 2006 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I won’t post all the recipes here in one post, as I think it’s easier to print them out if I do it separately, but I made the most fantastic dinner tonight. And it’s not just me saying that–my kids said it as well! My eldest had a physical recently and turned out to be [...]

Thanksgiving menu

November 29, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I am starting a household notebook of sorts and want to keep track of the different menus I use, so I can find those once-a-year recipes that were big hits! Roast Turkey – Gourmet magazine, November 2003 Mashed potatoes – pretty traditional gravy – my mom’s best, with giblet broth, no recipe Sweet potato casserole [...]

Frozen Foods and Kids' Sports

October 8, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

A confession. Tonight I “warmed” (hard to say cooked!) frozen ravioli and breaded fish filets for dinner! I did make an easy mock alfredo sauce for the cheese ravioli but the rest of dinner was high on convenience and suitable for our sports’ night dinner. My girls swim from 5:15 to 6:45. It’s just down [...]

Cranberry Pot Roast, Potatoes Romanoff, Cooked Carrots

October 1, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Dinner tonight is all leftovers, so here are the links. The Cranberry Pot Roast was excellent the first night. I froze the leftovers and am reheating them for tonight. Mashed potatoes are always a hit. But we’re in fall swim team mode now, which means practice is until 6:45. I need to walk down and [...]

Summer Menu

September 4, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Sometimes I actually plan my menus out for the week. Since school started last week, I sat down on Sunday and made up my plan, a mix of old favorites and some new recipes. I had bought a big bag of broccoli at Costco so experimented with several new broccoli recipes. The kids favorite? Plain [...]

Chicken cutlets with olio e aglio

January 25, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Company for dinner last night so we had 8 kids (ages 2 to 12) and 7 adults. I made chicken cutlets, homemade macaroni and cheese, angel hair pasta with olio e aglio (oil and garlic), a Caesar salad and had applesauce and carrot sticks on the kids’ table. Chicken cutlets. Pound the chicken until thin. [...]

Baked Chicken Quarters, Cheesy Potato Wedges, and Broccoli

January 6, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Tonight’s dinner was chicken quarters, potato wedges, and broccoli and cheese sauce. The chicken quarters had been bought on sale a while ago. I threw a few pieces into each freezer bag and mixed up various marinades and threw them in. This was essentially oil, lemon juice, garlic and salt I think. Can’t quite remember… [...]

Never-The-Same-Way-Twice Soup and Ham Lo Mein

December 29, 2003 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Leftovers. A blessing and a curse at times. I went all out for Christmas and roasted a turkey and baked a ham. Our turkey gets used up pretty quickly between sandwiches and a great turkey soup I made. I made the broth from the carcass on Christmas evening after dinner. Refrigerated it in a big [...]

Steak, Fried Onions, and Quick Baked Potatoes

June 7, 2003 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Splurged on some tri-tip steaks that I saw marked down at the meat counter so instead of our Friday pizzas we had barbecued steaks, baked potatoes, and sauteed onions–definitely easier to make than a pizza! For the steaks, I sprinkled garlic salt and seasoned pepper on both sides. I microwaved the potatoes unti they were [...]

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