This Week's Menu

Happy Sunday!  After some thought I decided to move my menu posts to Sundays.  Typically, I do not post on Sundays but I thought why not give it a shot this month.  

Here's what we're eating this week!


Delicious Chili
It has been a while since I made chili - a family favorite.  It was decided that we would have this crock pot favorite after I noticed all the ingredients were on sale!  I love it when you have a good sale that helps you plan your meals easily!  My theme this month for the blog is "poor mouthing" - a term we use in the south when someone talks about how tight things are in their finances.  After doing research on finances I found out that February is one of the slimest financial months for many Americans.  Well guys if you are afraid of eating beans all month then this is a dish for you.  This crock pot dinner can go on for a few days saving you and your's money!

Healthy Cajun Chicken Pasta
This is a family favorite in my home.  This recipe is from Skinny Taste and it always delights us!  The ingredients are delicious and also on sale at most grocers this week.  Double up your recipe so you can enjoy it for more than one evening!

Sweet Corn Chowder
Last week Katie over at Cup of Tea Blog shared this recipe that she deemed a must try.  This week I am trying it with my family.  Chowder is one thing we never turn down.  Corn is not in season so I will use canned corn, drained and rinsed for this recipe.  Most of the items you need you probably already have on hand!

Other notes for this week's menu:
Super Bowl Sunday is upon us!  Usually, we eat at my dad's where my husband makes some amazing ribs.  The boy can grill!  I love Superbowl get-togethers because they bring so much delicious food.  However, they can be seriously bad if you're on a mission to cut carbs and watch calorie and fat intake.  I found this recipe to help us keep our intake in check!  It is a Weight Watchers recipe but I found it over at Chef-In-Training.

Salsa Roll Ups - a Weight Watchers recipe - provided by Chef In Training.  Serving size = 2 & Calories = 90

I will be back later in the week with a healthy hints post for the Superbowl 50!

What are you eating this week?  Please, share!

Tasty Tuesday is up tomorrow with a requested recipe!

Monday Menu *So Screwed Up*

We did go through like 8 slices of bread and half a half gallon of milk....is that what you people are talking about when you rush to get bread and milk?

Thanks to the snow storm my menu is so wacked.  I swear, y'all.  I did not cook as much as I planned to over the snow days because the pot of soup I made lasted us three, yes count them, 1,2,3 days.  So you may see some redundancies from last week this week.

Monday

Orange Glazed Pork Chops

Bone in pork chops are one of our favorite types of meat to grill and bake.  The bone flavors the meat and allows it to be much more tender and juicy.  I look forward to trying my hand at my own style of creating this orange glazed chop!  To go with this entree I plan to make yeast rolls and also serve baby green peas.

Tuesday

Salmon Patties aka Salmon Croquets (per my husband's request!)

While being snowed in my husband told me that he would really like to have some salmon patties.  I did not have any salmon on hand so I decided this week I would throw together his request.  These are really good and depending on how you make them can be excellent for your health.  I have highlighted them before in my blog and probably will again soon!  To go with the salmon we will have the traditional black eyed peas and macaroni and cheese (for the kids, y'all know I cannot stand mac n cheese.)

Wednesday

Soup & Salad

Tonight is busy!  I will let Progresso do the cooking tonight.  To go with the soup I will throw together veggie plates and or salads.  

Thursday

Crock Pot BBQ Chicken

There is a good old standby!  A couple weeks back my local Harris Teeter had an unadvertised deal of boneless, skinless chicken breast for .39 cents a pound.  I just purchased two packs (if I had room for a deep freezer,  I would have went a little crazy.)  For some reason I always keep BBQ sauce on hand so this is a great meal to have on reserve for these weeks where I'm out of ideas (yes, this week!)  I will serve up Preacher Taters and shoe peg corn with this dish.

Friday

Beefy Broccoli & Cheddar Burritos

This is a new recipe for me and it also fills the need my daughter has for some type of taco or burrito on each week's menu plan.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Saturday

Out to eat - I'm thinking we'll do Chic Fil A it tonight!

Sunday

Burgers

Right now the projected high for Sunday is 62 degrees (that's more like it!)  So I hope to pull out the grill and make like it is spring and grill away!  I plan to make corn on the cob and some sweet potato fries to go with our burgers.

From Pinterest:

No Bake Energy Bites

I am making these this week for my post work out sweet treat.