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Goooooooood morning, everyone!  I hope everyone is up and at ‘em more than we are today.  C & I took in the Kentucky State Fair on its last day yesterday and closed out the night by watching one of our favorite comedians, Jeff Dunham, at Freedom Hall.  We lost a little sleep, but it was well worth it.  Maybe we can catch up next week since we are taking a few days off.  That’s right…a staycation is just a few days away and I am SO READY!

This weeks menu is a little light since I am trying to clean out the pantry/fridge/freezer before going to the grocery at the end of the week.  Hopefully I can get stocked back up on some essentials for a few new recipes.  Have a great week everyone!

Grilled hamburgers with oven fries

Tacos with fresh fruit

Pizza night

Grilled pork chops with baked potatoes

Grocery night out

Tomato soup and grilled cheese

Shredded pork bbq with oven fries

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Good Monday morning, everyone!  I hope you had a nice relaxing weekend, or at the very least, an enjoyable one.  We took things pretty easy around here and caught up on a little housework and laundry.  You know how I said I was going to try one new recipe a week last Monday?  Well, I did, just not the recipe I had planned.  Instead of making the new pasta dish, I used an old favorite and made a new cake instead.  So I guess I still followed my rule! 

This week is a little haphazard.  We have a few plans that will have us eating out.  Bummer…well, no, not really.  We should get to have some fun and I will have all of the details later.  Have a great week!

Grilled pork chops with oven baked fries & corn on the cob

Minestrone soup (new)

Sausage bake with salad

Grilled steaks with baked potatoes & corn on the cob

Pizza night

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Do you ever feel like you cook the same meals over and over again?  I know I do so I am going to try to make more of an effort to try a few new supper ideas in the coming weeks.  I hope to add one new thing each week if time permits and it should.  My hope and prayer is that life just settles down in the near future.  There are a few projects, both big and small,  that C & I would like to start on so hopefully we will be able to. 

I had a new experience over the weekend and I hope it is not the last time.  I took exhibits to Louisville on Saturday to enter in the Kentucky State Fair.  I was a nervous wreck by the time we got up there.  I don’t know if I was just scared that something was going to happen to my food and photo before I handed it off or it is just the thought of someone “judging” the things I do.  We made it safely though and I hope to get a good response from my entries. 

I hope all my readers have a safe and blessed week! 

Basic meatloaf with baked potatoes and corn on the cob

Beef stew with noodles

Enchilada beef with salad

Grilled pork chops with oven fries and salad

Pizza night

Classic baked ziti (new)

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Good morning, folks!  It’s Monday again so it is time for a fresh start at home and work.  This weekend has been beautiful and the unusually cool weather is supposed to continue through this week.  I finally had a chance to weed the garden and strawberry beds last week and I hope to clean out the front landscaping this week if all goes well.  The weeds like this nice weather as much as the good plants do.  They just keep growing and growing and growing!

Since it has been cooler, it gets me in the mood for fall home improvement projects and we may have a couple in the near future.  We have to get past the beginning of school first.  Even though my husband works year round for the school system as technology coordinator, the beginning and ending of the school year is always a stressful time.  Once he gets back in the swing of things, life can get back to normal. 

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries

Enchilada beef with fruit

Taco ring with fresh veggies & fruit

Pineapple pork chops with grilled potato wedges

Taco roast with oven fries

Pizza night

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Well, good morning, everyone!  It is nice to back in my regular posting routine and it is also great to be delivering some good news.  Last Monday, my MIL, who is such an awesome lady, had triple bypass surgery to correct 3 very serious blockages.  We are so blessed because all three blockages are fixed and she is home resting and recuperating.  Yay!!!  Praise God!

Since she is now on dietary restrictions and I am helping out in the kitchen, it is time for me to learn to do more low sodium and heart healthy cooking.  I don’t think my usual meals are too bad, but I know I can do better.  C & I have been what I like to call “stress eating” the last few weeks so it is time to clean up the old diet a little.  Don’t expect to see major changes here…just a few tweaks to old favorites.  I have ordered a few salt-free spice blends from Penzey’s Spices to try and I will let you know how they are.  Besides avoiding extra salt, it is back to breakfast smoothies for me instead of stopping for a ham biscuit and Coke at Dairy Queen.  Hopefully we will all be a little healthier for it.

Salsa sloppy Joes with oven fries

Taco pork chops with baked potatoes

Deep dish pizza casserole with fresh garden veggies

Grilled hamburgers with oven fries

Pork Chops a la City Chicken (new) with baked potatoes

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Good morning, my dear readers!  First things first: I finally created a Facebook page for Picture Perfect Cooking and I would love if you would “like” it!  The link is on the right side bar just below “Who Am I”. 

I hope everyone had a great Independence Day holiday.  We celebrated a day early with C’s cousins at a cookout and had a great time.  The 4th was a complete wash-out around here.  Actually, the 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th were washouts.  I am beginning to feel a little like Dorothy, because this doesn’t feel like Kentucky anymore; at least not Kentucky in July.  We have had days and days of cool, wet, dreary weather and I hope it is about over for a while.  If not, we will be able to start a mushroom farm in the backyard. My poor garden looks bad, but it is still producing so I guess that is all that matters.

Anywho, this week is a little short on the menu plan.  We have some busy work days and one night out planned (if it doesn’t rain out the event).  I still haven’t made it to the grocery store yet so hopefully I will venture out this week. Hope everyone has a safe, blessed and DRY week!

Leftover shredded BBQ with oven fries

Baked ham slices with butter roasted potatoes

Taco ring with salad

Shredded beef taco roast with oven fries

Pizza night

Frozen Oreo pie (didn’t get made last week)

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Happy July 1st, everyone!  Are you ready for the big holiday weekend coming up in just a few days?  Nah, me neither.  We only get the 4th off from work so it will be business as usual on Friday so I don’t think we will have any grand plans for Independence Day.  It will be nice just to piddle around home and take it easy.  I am still refinishing a hutch I bought last year and I hope to have enough time Thursday and Saturday to get it finished.  Of course, there will photos coming up if I get it done.

We had a all day outing this past Saturday and I have multiple Thoughtful Thursday posts coming up soon about it all.  I just couldn’t squeeze it all into one!

This week’s menu is mostly old favorites since I am cleaning out the fridge and pantry before a grocery shopping trip at the end of the week with a new BBQ recipe and new dessert recipe to try next weekend.  I hope everyone has a happy, fun, and safe Fourth of July!

Bubble up pizza

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven fries

Taco ring with salad

Grilled steak burgers with oven fries

Plain Chicken’s Slow Cooker Coca Cola Pulled Pork with fries

Frozen Oreo Pie

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Good morning, my dear readers!  It is the first Monday of summer officially and I am loving this weather!  Sorry I was MIA last week but I had a nasty sinus/upper respiratory infection and did next to no cooking all week long, but, thankfully, I am much better so it is time to get back in the kitchen. 

Last week was a quiet work week for both C and I and it is so nice to have those occasionally.  We had no court at all last week which doesn’t happen very often but we are in full swing this week.  Saturday night we went to our first Hot Rods baseball game of the season with my dad and his friend, E.  We had a great time and enjoyed the fireworks after the game. 

It is hard to believe that June is almost over and the July 4th holiday is right around the corner.  Do you have big Fourth plans?  We really don’t have anything planned for that day, but we do have a few events we are going to in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned for more info!  Have a great and blessed week, everyone!

Taco pork chops with oven baked fries

Bubble up enchiladas with salad

Sausage bake with salad

Basic meatloaf with oven baked fries

Pizza night

Chocolate chocolate chip zucchini cake

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Oh, hi!  Is it Monday already?  Wow, I guess it is so I had better get my weekly menu together.  Please join me and many others over at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday where you can find loads of meal ideas and inspiration. 

I hope everyone had a nice weekend and is looking forward to a successful week.  We did and are, especially since we are taking a little time off at the end of this week.  We will celebrate twelve years of marriage on Friday so we are going to get out and run around that day and hopefully just have some silly fun. 

Because of that, this week’s menu is a little short because I am not sure what we will be doing and that’s ok.  Everyone deserves a little free time.

Easy shredded pork BBQ and chips

Grilled hot dogs and oven baked fries (postponed from last week)

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven baked fries (2 nights)

Brown sugar meatloaf (new) with potatoes of some kind

Southern Plate’s Perfect Pecan Pie (I have had a pecan pie craving for a few weeks now.)

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