Welcome to Menu Plan Monday! It is hard to believe that another week has already gone by, but it has. We finally had a cool down here in the Bluegrass and this past weekend’s weather was just perfect. The sun shone, there was a awesome breeze and the temperatures were in the 80s. I spent a couple of evenings just lounging on the deck reading a book. Aah , the good life!
I also completed my first furniture refinishing project on Saturday. There was a dresser and chiffarobe left in my late great-grandparents’ house that my grandmother very generously gave to me and I have painted them to use in our upstairs purple bedroom. I put the finishing touches on them and packed all of the drawers upstairs. Now, we just have to get the big pieces up there and then there will be a great reveal and how-to on here. This project has been a lot of fun and if I had more free time, I would love to do more furniture like this. It is especially sweet that these are pieces that have been in my family for generations.
Anyway, back to food…I also made homemade tomato sauce for the first time Saturday morning and it is delicious, BUT, after spending hours of time and using over four pounds of tomatoes, I only ended up with 3 CUPS of sauce. Not 3 pints or 3 quarts…3 CUPS!!! It is really good, but I’m not sure if it is worth the time investment or not. Opinions?
Here is what I plan to cook this week:
Grilled pork chops with oven baked fries
Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven baked fries (2 nights)
Pizza (2 nights)
Cheesy meatloaf minis (new) with butter roasted potatoes
Please join me at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.
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