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Good Monday morning and happy November, everyone!  Wait a minute…it’s November?   It is so hard to believe that it is holiday time again!  Where did my summer go?  Oh, well, maybe we will have an Indian summer.  Maybe, please?

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween.  We had a great time with all of our trick-or-treaters and I think Ellie enjoyed it as much as any of us.  She loved all of the extra attention she got from the kiddoes and they loved to love on her.

This is a busy work week for me and I desperately need to go to the grocery, so this week’s menu is full of simple, old favorites except for the bubble up apple pie.  That was supposed to get made last week, but I had promised to make C an Oreo pie sometime, so I made that instead. Have a great week!

Bubble up pizza with fresh fruit

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries (2 nights)

Grilled pork chops with butter roasted potatoes and salad

Pizza night

Apple braised pork loin with butter roasted potatoes

Bubble Up Apple Pie

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Good morning and welcome to a long overdue Menu Plan Monday post! I have been trying to get back into a menu plan posting routine, but haven’t been very successful.  Hopefully this post will get me back on track for a while and the motivation to menu plan will come back.

This week is full of easy favorites while C & I tackle a few projects around the house.  Have a great week!!

Salsa sloppy Joes with oven baked fries

Sausage cheese dip with Fritos scoops

Sausage bake with salad

Pizza night

Grocery night

Fall apart pork chops with butter roasted potatoes and salad

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I can tell summer is winding down because I am starting to crave soups and stews like crazy.  The temperatures aren’t cooperating just yet but as soon as the cooler weather starts, I am all over a big pot of spicy beef vegetable soup or chili or hamburger stew.  Yum!!!

Since it’s not quite time for those yet, I am sticking to some old favorites this week along with a new dessert to try if I have time.  The new fried pork chops I made last week turned out really good, but I hate the way the house smells after making fried food.  I quickly remembered why I don’t fry much. 

Grilled pork chops with oven fries

Sausage bake with salad

Enchilada beef dip with chips and salad

Slow cooker pineapple pork loin with butter roasted potatoes

Pizza night

Caramel apple upside down cake (new)

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Happy Monday once again!  Really? It is really Monday AGAIN?  Yep, it sure is and here we go into another week of fun-filled adventures or just a week of normal work schedules and daily living. That’s ok too.  I kind of like our little routine.  I did treat myself last Friday by trying out the new nail salon in my little town for a much needed pedicure.  My poor feet were feeling a little neglected, but they got the spa treatment and a nice pretty coat of polish. 

I also got quite a bit of blogging done Saturday.  I had neglected this little space shamefully this summer, but I am now back on the wagon with several posts scheduled and more new recipes to try. 

Have a wonderful week!

Grilled Italian burgers with oven baked fries and fresh fruit

Best homemade tacos (new) with fresh veggies

Pan fried pork chops (new) with butter roasted potatoes and fresh veggies

Pizza night

Grocery night

Salisbury steaks with butter roasted potatoes

Apple crescent roses (new)

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August is here and so is the hot and dry weather.  We have not had much rain this summer and our poor yard is showing the effects of that.  I have watered my flowers and garden so they look pretty good, but the grass…not so much.  It does save mowing time and gas so I guess I should look at the positive side of it. 

This is a busy work week for both C & myself so even though I do have some new recipes to try, they are simple and, I hope, tasty.  School starts on Wednesday so C will have his hands full and we have multiple court days this week so we will both hit the ground running. 

I hope all of you have a wonderful and productive week as well.

Salsa sloppy Joes with chips and fresh fruit

Taco ring with fresh veggies

Ham & cheese pinwheels (new) with pasta veggie salad

Panko pork chops (didn’t get made last week) with butter roasted potatoes

Bacon cheeseburger sandwiches (new) with curly fries

Pizza night

Banana pudding cake (new)

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Happy Monday, folks!  Wow, has July gone by fast or is it just me?  It is hard to believe this is the last Monday of the month and summer is starting to wind down already.  Sorry I was MIA last week, but C & I took a staycation to get a little R & R and that seemed to include ignoring this little piece of online real estate.  It is back to normal this week and back to work as well. 

We had a great week off and got a few little things done at home, did a few fun things and rested a lot too.  All in all, it was time well spent!

This week’s menu is mostly all faves, but I do have a couple of new things to try next weekend if all works out well. 

Bubble up enchiladas with fresh fruit

Sliders with oven baked fries

Pizza night

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven baked fries and fresh veggies

Crispy panko pork chops (new) with butter roasted potatoes

Chocolate mousse cake (new)

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Good Monday morning, everyone!  I trust y’all had a great weekend and are ready to hit the ground running this morning.  We did have a nice weekend but I am not sure I am ever ready to “run” on Mondays.  I do have something to look forward to because next week I am on stay-cation and I cannot wait!  Woo hoo!  Hopefully, C will also be able to take off most of the week and we can lounge around and be happy doing not much of anything. 

Since we will be home a lot next week, there will definitely be a big grocery run sometime in the next few days to stock up on our favorites.  That means that this week’s menu plan is a list of oldies but goodies so I can clean out the fridge and freezer. 

Bubble up pizza with fresh fruit

Grilled hot dogs with oven fries and fresh cucumbers

Enchilada dip with chips and salad

Grilled pork chops with oven fries and salad

Pizza night

Grocery night

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Happy late Independence Day to everyone!  I hope y’all had a wonderful holiday weekend.  The weather around here was absolutely spectacular so C & I took advantage of it to do a few outside chores.  In fact, we completed my least favorite home maintenance job which is pressure washing.  I don’t know why I dislike it so much, but I really, really do!  The front porch and deck look so much better so I am really glad we got it done.

The Italian burger recipe finally got made last week and it was so good that it inspired me to make an Italian meatloaf as well.  Both of those recipes will be coming soon to the blog.  I have one new recipe to try this week if there is time.  Have a great and blessed week!!

Sliders with chips & cucumber salad

Sausage bake with salad

Grilled pork chops with oven baked fries & salad

Enchilada dip with chips

Slow cooker cube steaks with gravy (new) with oven baked fries

Pizza night

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Long time, no see, my Menu Plan Monday peeps!  I have been on a little unplanned blog hiatus during the month of June. Thank goodness for pre-scheduled recipe and book posts.  If it wasn’t for that, this little spot would have been full of cobwebs and chirping crickets.  I am not even sure what happened the last few weeks to keep me from posting more except that for the last couple of weeks.  I have been absolutely absorbed in the latest Outlander book and finished it yesterday.  It is so so so good!!!

Now I can hopefully get back into my regular posting schedule.  There are a few new recipes that should get made this week and I am excited about them.  Main dishes are hard for me.  I feel like I cook the same things over and over again, but hopefully these newbies will be delicious and will fit right in.  Have a great week, everyone!

Cheesy steak sandwiches with chips and fresh garden veggies

Taco ring with salad

Italian burgers (new) with oven fries

Parmesan sage pork chops (New) with butter roasted potatoes

Brown sugar meatloaf (new) with curly fries and cucumber salad

Pizza night

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