Need ideas for your weekly meal plan? It’s time for another weekly menu.  I enjoy menu planning because of  the simplicity it provides for my life. It enables me to decrease my grocery shopping excursions to twice a month and it allows me to  have more free time to focus on my family and home. For ideas in the weekly meal plan, we’ll be focusing on a variety of family meals. You’ll find the recipes on the weekly meal plan also available on my Recipe Index page with a grocery list included.

My Weekly Meal Plan

Previously on Family Table Talk, I shared with you all about a wonderful book called The Hour that Matters Most by Les and Leslie Parrott with Stephanie Allen and Tina Kuna. When I started the book, I had a very hard time putting it down. At one time in my life,I could relate to so many issues they covered. Most of us find great comfort in a tasty meal we’ve grown up with, a meal made from scratch that doesn’t have to be explained by a Gourmet magazine. The book inspired me to keep on cooking and sharing our family meal times and to remember the value of family meal planning, and the comfort in just plain simple home cooked meals. As a family, we all benefit from time spent eating together.

Here’s to more love and laughter with family meal times this week!

My weekly meal plan and shopping list is completed and posted on our fridge:

Breakfasts Getting off to a good start with high-quality, low-fat breakfasts. If you’re in a time crunch and you’re morning is a rush, plan your breakfast the night before. These recipe ideas will be posted throughout the week: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes,  French Toast Egg-in-a-Hole, Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Apple, Whole-grain toast or a bagel with strawberry jam and a piece of fresh fruit, maybe some Whole-Wheat Buttermilk biscuits with nonfat yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, or skim milk with fresh fruit.

Lunches are usually a bit more flexible, but this week we’ll start off with a Deli Style Pasta Salad, Egg Salad Sandwiches.

Snacks Apple-Cheese Snacks, Munchy Crunchy Granola, Raw Veggies Snacks

In addition to our weekly menu, we have a baking day on a weekly basis. Every Sunday afternoon, we will rotate through restocking some nutritious snacks and baked goods, such as granola, protein bars, granola bars, muffins, and/or biscuits  for various meals.

Dinner (recipes will post throughout the week)

Sunday: Hot Dogs, Homemade Buns, Cheddar Macaroni Salad, Green Salad, Watermelon

Monday: Super Simple Sloppy Joes, Potato Salad

Tuesday: Asian Chicken Salad

Wednesday: Tomato Bacon Egg Strata

Thursday: Mama’s Comfort Macaroni and Cheese

Friday: Pizza Night

Saturday: Slow Cooked BBQ Short Ribs, Cole Slaw, Bread Rolls

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What’s cooking at your house this week?

Need ideas for your weekly meal plan? It’s time for another weekly menu.  I enjoy menu planning because of  the simplicity it provides for my life. It enables me to decrease my grocery shopping excursions to twice a month and it allows me to  have more free time to focus on my family and home. For ideas in the weekly meal plan, we’ll be focusing on a variety of family meals. You’ll find the recipes on the weekly meal plan also available on my Recipe Index page with a grocery list included.

My Weekly Meal Plan

You probably noticed that I didn’t post my weekly meal plan on Sunday like I usually do, but it was all in hopes that my readers would take the day off from the computer and your weekly meal planning for the day to enjoy being with your family. I hope you had a great day yesterday!

It was a beautiful weekend here in the sierra foothills. My youngest daughter and I had a chance to plant our Mother’s Day rose bushes in the front yard, we added some more of  garden beds for more vegetable planting, made delicious Strawberry Freezer Jam, helped our son finish his state project and spent a wonderful Mother’s Day at the Berry Fest. So it was quite a full weekend.

Look at how huge these strawberries are:

This week, I’m focusing on Faster-Than-Ever Meals and Easy Make-Ahead Recipes. Take a look at this week’s menu, I’m sure you’ll find some great ideas for your family.

My weekly meal plan and shopping list is completed and posted on our fridge:

Breakfasts  Will continue this week to include our Healthy Eating and Living for Families meals. Getting off to a good start with high-quality, low-fat breakfasts. If you’re in a time crunch and you’re morning is a rush, plan your breakfast the night before. These recipe ideas will be posted throughout the week: Breakfast In A Pita,  Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Apple, Whole-grain toast or a bagel with strawberry jam and a piece of fresh fruit, maybe some Whole-Wheat Buttermilk biscuits with nonfat yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, or skim milk with fresh fruit.

Lunches are usually a bit more flexible, but this week we’ll start off with a Brie Salad with Breadsticks and Fresh Strawberries, Ham Salad and Fruit Sandwiches and Turkey Sandwiches.

In addition to our weekly menu, we have a baking day on a weekly basis. Every Sunday afternoon, we will rotate through restocking some nutritious snacks and baked goods, such as granola, protein bars, granola bars, muffins, and/or biscuits  for various meals.

Dinner (recipes will post throughout the week)

Sunday: BBQ Hamburgers, Quick Potato Salad, Corn on the Cob

Monday: Quick Ham, Basil and Tomato Quiche

Tuesday: Chicken Strips and Vegetables, Rolls, Apple (The perfect 15-minute Dinner)

Wednesday: Tex-Mex Skillet

Thursday: Beef  Salad Stir-Fry

Friday: Pizza Casserole

Saturday: The kids are camping out in the backyard Saturday, so we’ll be doing Taco Dogs, chips, and a batch of my Peanut Butter Smores

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What’s cooking at your house this week?

Need ideas for your weekly meal plan? It’s time for another weekly menu.  I enjoy menu planning because of  the simplicity it provides for my life. It enables me to decrease my grocery shopping excursions to twice a month and it allows me to  have more free time to focus on my family and home. For ideas in the weekly meal plan, we’ll be focusing on a variety of family meals. You’ll find the recipes on the weekly meal plan also available on my Recipe Index page with a grocery list included.

My Weekly Meal Plan

I am absolutely loving all these fresh produce sales! With all the sales at the grocery store and the local Grower’s Market, we are getting our fill of fresh veggies all week. Plus I will make things out of the leftovers throughout the week to keep from cooking every single night! Lastly, I like to use a little help from my homemade bottled sauces, to keep things super simple. I’ll talk about some of those later in the week.

My weekly meal plan and shopping list is completed and posted on our fridge:

Breakfasts Will continue this week to include our Healthy Eating and Living for Families meals. Getting off to a good start with high-quality, low-fat breakfasts. If you’re in a time crunch and you’re morning is a rush, plan your breakfast the night before. These recipe ideas will be posted throughout the week (some of them I didn’t get to post last week): Hash-Brown Potatoes with Rosemary, Individual Fruit Hotcakes, Orange-Current Scones, Whole-grain toast or a bagel with jam and a piece of fresh fruit, Brown Rice Pudding with Fruit, maybe some Whole-Wheat Buttermilk biscuits with nonfat yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, or skim milk with fresh fruit.

Lunches are usually a bit more flexible, but this week we’ll start off with a  Thai Cucumber Salad, Crispy Steamed Vegetable Salad, BBQ Chicken Sandwiches and Black Bean Taco Salad.

In addition to our weekly menu, we have a baking day on a weekly basis. Every Sunday afternoon, we will rotate through restocking some nutritious snacks and baked goods, such as granola, protein bars, granola bars, muffins, and/or biscuits  for various meals.

Dinner (recipes will post throughout the week)

Sunday: BBQ Ranch Chicken Tostadas with Corn Salsa and Restaurant Style Blender Salsa, Corn Salsa Recipe

Monday: Smothered Burritos with rice

* I double the rice I’m putting inside the burritos and save half to pour Roasted Vegetables over tomorrow night!

Tuesday: Roasted Veggies with Chicken over Rice

* Perfectly marinated, broccoli, zucchini, squash, carrots, onion, red and green bell pepper tossed with a splash of olive and canola oil and garnished with shredded Parmesan cheese (optional).

Wednesday: Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce over Spaghetti and Meatballs served with a fresh green garden salad with a Balsamic Vinaigrette

Thursday: Chili Cheese Pie served with Easy Black Beans and Veggie Platter

Friday: Stuffed Pizza, Light Caesar Salad

* Two crusts, three cheeses, and a harvest of tasty vegetables – what could be better?

Saturday: Grilled Chicken with Corn on the Cob

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Weekly Meal Plan and Shopping List

What’s cooking at your house this week?

Need ideas for your weekly meal plan? It’s time for another weekly menu.  I enjoy menu planning because of  the simplicity it provides for my life. It enables me to decrease my grocery shopping excursions to twice a month and it allows me to  have more free time to focus on my family and home. For ideas in the weekly meal plan, we’ll be focusing on a variety of family meals. You’ll find the recipes on the weekly meal plan also available on my Recipe Index page with a grocery list included.

My Weekly Meal Plan

I was extremely satisfied with the fresh greens I picked up at the Grower’s Market this past Saturday. I woke up early enough to have the best selection on the fruits and vegetables we’ll be having throughout the week. I was really inspired by all the wonderful choices at the market to get a start on our family garden here on the farm. Remember those cedar raised garden beds I was telling you about? I put one together in about 10 minutes. Three huge bags of garden soil seem to fill it perfectly. There was a little elbow work involved since they don’t have bottoms, I loosened up the already prepared ground up a bit.

My weekly meal plan and shopping list is completed and posted on our fridge:

Breakfasts Will change this week as we move to our Healthy Eating and Living for Families week. Getting off to a good start with high-quality, low-fat breakfast. If you’re in a time crunch and you’re morning is a rush, plan your breakfast the night before. These recipe ideas will be posted throughout the week: Cinnamon Whole-Grain French Toast, Individual Fruit Hotcakes, Orange-Current Scones, Whole-grain toast or a bagel with jam and a piece of fresh fruit, Brown Rice Pudding with Fruit, maybe some Whole-Wheat Buttermilk biscuits with nonfat yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, or skim milk with fresh fruit.

Lunches are usually a bit more flexible, but this week we’ll start off with a  Farmer’s Market Salad, Low-Fat Nachos, Turkey Sandwiches and Beanwiches (similar to the Low-Fat Nachos recipe but we’ll be using pita pockets.)

In addition to our weekly menu, we have a baking day on a weekly basis. Every Sunday afternoon, we will rotate through restocking some nutritious snacks and baked goods, such as granola, protein bars, granola bars, muffins, and/or biscuits  for various meals.

Dinner (recipes will post throughout the week)

Sunday: Southwest Turkey Meat Loaf, Creamed Corn, Fresh Salad Greens

Monday: Grilled Chicken, Garlicky Kale Salad

Tuesday: Spinach Strawberry Salad

Wednesday: Roasted Vegetable Quesadillas

Thursday: Turkey Burgers

Friday: Mediterranean Pizza on a Multigrain Pizza Dough

Saturday: Chicken Tacos, Easy Black Beans, Mexican Vegetable Salad

A majority of these recipes, I’ll try and post as many as I can throughout the week. I normally don’t watch every single calorie or nutrient when I cook for my family so these are new for us and we’re looking forward to a healthy eating and living lifestyle.

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Tonight’s dinner idea is Family Pizza Night! Make your own fresh and flavorful creations for a fantastic family pizza night sure to bring everyone together at the table.  Try making your pizza dough from scratch and adding your family’s favorite pizza sauce  and use ingredients that let you put your own tasty and creative spin on classic favorites.

Here’s some of our favorites:

• Cheeseburger Pizza
• Make Your Own Pizza
• BBQ Chicken Pizza

Tonight’s we’ll be making our  pizzas with a Multigrain Pizza Dough (recipe coming soon).