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Happy Monday and happy almost the first of May, everyone!  As April winds down, I realize that C & I have gotten quite a bit accomplished around here this month.  We helped his parents update their landscaping, built another raised garden bed, and a raised flower bed just in a few short weeks.  I count that as a very successful month! 

This past Saturday, I mulched the strawberry bed and planted some cucumber seeds.  The lettuce and carrots are starting to sprout so that just leaves the tomatoes, sweet peppers, watermelon and sunflower plants/seeds to go in.  Oh, I almost forgot about the six flower pots that are still left to fill, but that will just be fun.  This week is supposed to be nice and warm so hopefully I can get most of that accomplished after work.

My co-worker is having a yard sale in a couple of weeks and told me that I could put whatever I wanted to in it.  She probably shouldn’t have said that.  I am off from work this Thursday and plan on spending most of the day sorting and pricing some items that have lost their usefulness around here.  I have quite a pile of old clothes and a few other odds and ends that are ready for a new home.  I also hope to start on a garage clean-up soon as well.  Whew, there is just not enough time in the day to get it all done.  Let’s face it…there’s not enough time in a 100 days to get it all done.

Grilled pork chops with Oven Baked Fries

Pizza puffs (new) with salad

Tacos

Apple Cinnamon Pancakes with bacon

Apple Braised Pork Loin with Butter Roasted Potatoes

Pizza night

Bakerella’s Peanut Butter Brownies (These didn’t get made this past weekend.)

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Another week has flown right by and we have had another busy but successful weekend.  C & I are helping his parents update their landscaping this spring and God has smiled down upon us the last two Saturdays making them cool enough to work all day without burning up.  Everything is looking so pretty and refreshed.  Can’t wait to see the final product!

I changed last week’s menu just a tad.  Orange juice cake was the dessert originally listed, but Pinterest got in my way once again.  Enter the Deep Dish Gooey Cookie Pie and Vanilla Frozen Yogurt recipes.  I just HAD to try them!

Here is this week’s plan:

Bubble Up Pizza

Cheeseburger bundles with Oven Baked Fries (2 nights)

Basic Meatloaf with Butter Roasted Potatoes

Pizza night

Grilled Hot Dogs and Chips

Bakerella’s Peanut Butter Brownies (new)

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Menu Plan Monday!  Please join me and many, many other bloggers over at I’m An Organizing Junkie for this weekly event.  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and got to celebrate Easter to the fullest.  C & I attended church services yesterday morning and then had two family dinners that afternoon and evening.  Boy, were we stuffed, but it was oh so good!!

Spring break is now over and our time off went by too quickly so it is back to our regular routine with work and home. Since this week promises to be busy at work, I am including a couple of meals that make enough for two nights.  C & I were able to work on a couple of gardening projects while we were off and I will have posts about those coming up soon.  I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Deep Dish Pizza Casserole (2 nights)

Sausage Bake (2 nights)

Pizza Night

A1 Swiss Steak with Butter Roasted Potatoes

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Another week has flown right by and we tried to make the most of last week’s unseasonably warm temperatures by getting outside as much as possible. The next few days look really promising, too, so maybe I can actually get ahead on some of the gardening plans I have.  C & I did manage to plant the two grapevines and 25 strawberry plants that I purchased this year and have grand plans to build another raised garden bed and a raised flower bed beside the sidewalk we had installed last year.  Can’t wait!  I will be sure to have before, during and after photos for you.

It is the end of the month so that means it is grocery buying time. Can I get a groan to go along with mine?  Oh, well, it has to be done sometime.  We will celebrate C’s birthday next weekend (Happy birthday a little early, my love!) so I will be making two Oreo pies for his birthday “cake” since they are one of his favorite desserts.

Italian Crescent Casserole (new)

Grilled Hamburgers with Oven Fries

Taco Ring

Pizza Night

Grocery Night

Cheeseburger Bundles

Brown Sugar & Red Wine Vinegar Glazed Pork Loin (new)

Oreo Pie

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Can you tell that it is March Madness time where you live?  If not, then you must not live in Kentucky!  A lot of us (myself included), love this time of year because of several different reasons and one of those reasons is the University of Kentucky basketball team…GO CATS!  I watch their games all season long, but at tournament time, I will watch just about every game I can.  All of the teams, even the lowly underdogs, will play above and beyond to try to advance to the next round.  There are always exciting games and a few upsets along the way.

March madness also means that it is springtime or at least almost.  It will be official tomorrow, but we have had spring-like and some summer-like temperatures around here for a while now.  Hopefully the rain will slack off a little this week and allow C & I to clean up the yard a little.  I need to weed, weed and weed some more so I can sow my early veggie crop seeds.  Also, last week I received a very special package containing 25 strawberry plans and 3 grape vines that will need to get in the ground as soon as possible.   All of this outside work means that this week’s menu will be filled with simple, quick suppers that I know we will enjoy. 

Here’s hoping your week is filled with lots of fun and sunshine!

Shredded BBQ (leftover) and oven baked fries

Tacos and fruit salad (These didn’t get made last week.)

Sausage bake (2 nights)

Pizza Night

Baked pasta with Simple Spaghetti Sauce (new)

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Good Monday morning to everyone!  Sorry I skipped out on last week’s plan, but C and I traveled most of the week for his annual work conference so there wasn’t much cooking going on around here.  We traveled to Louisville, KY and ate at a great Italian place there so check back on Thursday and I will tell you all about it. 

Since C & I indulged last week while eating out, I am going to try to go a little lighter this week.  We have both put a few pounds back on this winter so it is time to lighten the load a little bit especially in the sugar department.  I am a big sweet and carb eater so that is where I am going to cut back.  Now instead of heading for the chocolate for a sweet tooth fix, I will be heading for the fruit bowl!

Salisbury Steaks with Oven Fries

Homemade Tacos with Fruit Salad

Slow Cooker Meatball Sandwiches (new) with Oven Fries

Pizza Night

Slow Cooker Shredded BBQ

Cheesy Steak Sandwiches with Oven Fries

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Is it the end of February already?  That is hard to believe, and since it is the end of the month, this week is clean out the pantry/fridge/freezer week.  In trying to save money on groceries, I have started a new routine this year.  At the end of one month, I take a calendar and write down supper ideas for the next month.  Yes, that’s right, the WHOLE month!  Then I make one big grocery list that allows me to have the ingredients for all of those meals on hand.  That way I only have to buy perishables the rest of that month.  How is it working?  So far so good.  C & I did have a couple of extra events this month that I really wasn’t expecting so I had to pick up a few things, but all in all, it is working great.

Since I am cooking for just the two of us during the week, I also try to plan suppers that have leftovers and we have those for lunch the next day.  That doesn’t always happen, but I usually end up with lunches for 3 or 4 days which helps out a lot.  The next two weeks probably won’t have any new recipes since this week is grocery week and next week we will be traveling a few days for C’s job.  In fact, I will probably skip next week’s menu plan because I won’t be cooking too much then.

Biscuit Bubble-Up Pizza

Grilled Hamburgers with Oven Baked Fries (We ended up having leftovers last week so I didn’t make this then.)

Pizza Night

Grilled Pork Chops & Oven Baked Fries

Grocery Night

Basic Meatloaf with Butter Roasted Potatoes

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