Menu 4-25/5-1

This week Sissy is on Spring Break, so my menu went out the window! I'm just going to put out some options for dinners here because who knows what we will get into! :-)  
Also I am going to do a post soon about....COUPONS....my new obsession!! And saving money in general...

Here are some dinners:

Pork Chops,Sweet potatoes and Green Beans

Curry Chicken with Rice

Crispy Chicken with Italian Pasta

Shepards Pie

Breakfast Casserole

This is one of Big Daddy's favorite dishes. This is our Christmas breakfast every year! :-)

Here is what you will need:

1 1/2 lbs breakfast sausage
3-4 slices bread, cubed
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
9 large eggs
3 cups milk
1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

First fry up the sausage until no longer pink, allow to drain on paper towels

Spray a 13x9 baking dish with Pam spray. Add the cubed bread

Top with sausage and cheese.

Whisk together eggs and next four ingredients; pour evenly over cheese.

Cover and chill 8 hours.
Let stand at room temp for 30 minutes.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until set.

Chili Noodle Casserole

Chili Noodle Casserole

We all loved this casserole. I wasn't sure about it because it sounded out there but everything came together well! Sissy declared it was the BEST dinner...then she found an onion piece! UGH!! Oh well...

Here is what you will need:

12oz package egg noodles
1 small onion, chopped
1lb ground beef
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 cup milk
1 packet taco seasoning
4 slices American cheese
3/4 cup crushed corn chips

1. Lightly mist a 2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
2. In a large pot of boiling water, cook noodles until al dente, 8-10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4. Add ground beef and onion to a skillet and cook until no longer pink,about 10 minutes; drain
5. Add tomato sauce, taco seasoning and milk. Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute, stirring once.
6. Add noodles to beef mixture and mix well. Pour mixture into casserole dish. Top with cheese slices; sprinkle with crushed corn chips.
7. Bake until cheese is melted and browned and mixture is bubbly, about 20 minutes.

Yum Yum! Y'all try this out, it is quick and easy and delicious! :-)

Menu 4-18/4-24

So things have changed a bit around here and someone will be home for all three meals...every day....

So here is our menu for this week:

Monday:
Bento/Tuna Salad w/ crackers
Baked Chicken w/Roasted Potatoes and green beans

Tuesday:
Jelly Biscuit
Bento/Stromboli(freezer)
HM Pizza Night

Wednesday:
Smoothie
Bento/Midnight Snack Sandwich

Thursday:
Oatmeal w/Fruit
Bento/ ?
Ramon Noodle Mix

Friday:
Cereal
Bento/Sandwich
Pork Chops w/Sweet Potatoes and Peas

Saturday:
BLT
Tuna Casserole
Smoked Chicken Sausage w/Italian Pasta

Sunday:
Breakfast Burritos w/Smoothies
*EASTER DINNER
   L.O.'s

Yum Yum Pudding

This is my Grandma Monje's recipe(Sissy calls her Grandma Polk-a-Dotty). Some people call this Chocolate Delight..We call it Yum Yum pudding because it is SO YUMMY!

Here is what you will need:

1 cup flour
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup chopped walnuts
8oz block cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
Tub of Cool Whip
3oz pkg chocolate pudding
3 cups cold milk

Mix flour, butter and nuts.

Spray a 13x9 casserole dish with Pam. Press mixture in bottom of dish.

Bake at 350 degrees until brown. About 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Blend cream cheese and powdered sugar. Then fold in 1 cup cool whip.

Spread cream cheese mixture on top of crust. Be very gentle or you will pull up the bottom crust. I used a little Pam on my finger tips to help spread it around better.

Mix pudding with milk, until thick.  Spread on top of cheese layer.

Spread remaining cool whip on top of pudding. I also add chopped walnuts on top of that.

Chill overnight until set.

This was YaYa's birthday cake this year! :-)

Dutch Lettuce

I was first introduced to Dutch Lettuce by my Aunt Debbie in New York. It is definitly different!
But it is very yummy. I don't recomend eating it very often though... 
It is basically wilted lettuce mixed in mashed potatoes!  :-)


Here is what you will need:

6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1/4 cup milk
Salt and Pepper
1/2 lb bacon, in pieces
1/4 head of lettuce, chopped
1 Tbsp vinegar
4 hard-boiled eggs

1. Boil Eggs and let cool.
2. Boil potatoes. Drain. Add milk, salt and pepper. Mash
3. Fry bacon until crisp. Remove and crumble up. Add vinegar to bacon grease(GENTLY).
4. Stir in lettuce to drippings until wilted.
5. Cut eggs into quarters.
6. Add everything to mashed potaoes and mix well

I did add a teaspoon more of vinegar once everything was mixed, just because I like the flavor in this!
Your going to want to make this when you have plenty of people to eat it because it does NOT make great leftovers.

Super Moon and Cades Cove

This post is so late... Do y'all remember the "Super Moon" a few weeks back?
Well we heard about it and when we looked outside we couldn't see it! So we decided that we would take a ride and go find the moon!

Brother says "This woman is crazy Yo"

After we drove to several different places it finally came out from behind the clouds for 5 minutes!

"Yay, Sissy did you see that big ball in the sky?"

We were gone about 2 hours and guess what we saw when we came home...

This picture was taken from the front door of our house! :-)  Oh well.....

The next day Big Daddy was off and he took us to Cades Cove for Family Fun Day!

And to end the perfect day...

Lunch 4-12

Sissy hasn't taken her lunch in a while so here we go...

1 lonely Strawberry which probably won't get ate! I'll keep trying!
Banana
Syrup in glass jar
Vanilla Wafers
Pancake Sausage Muffins
She took milk to drink

Menu Plan 4-11/4-17 and the Flea Market

Don't give up on me folks...I'm still around! We had an unexpected event happen in our family last week and life got turned upside down for a few days. Everything is getting better and I am reorganizing life!

Yesterday was near 90 degrees here in East TN. While I wanted to go to the lake for the day, Big Daddy had other plans. So we ended up at the Flea Market! :-) It has been awhile since I have been to the Flea Market so here are some things I learned yesterday;

1.Always park near the MAIN entrance. (For reason #1 and so you don't have to listen to your 5 year old tell you how her legs are going to fall of her body!)
2. Always take your kid to the bathroom FIRST. Otherwise you will walk 10 miles to the ONLY bathroom on the lot! (At the main entrance).
3. Ask someone where the corn dogs are first thing so you don't walk 10 miles looking for a corn dog! And eat first or you will never get to look around!
4. Tell your husband it's OK to stop at the Nascar vendor that's 100ft from your car and spend $10 on a hat because you would rather him spend the money than to complain about a sunburned head!
5. If you are ever feeling down or crazy...go to the Flea Market and people watch! I GUARANTEE you will feel better about yourself! :-)

Now on to the menu for the week. Last week the menu got thrown out the window for a few days, so this week I pulled dinners from the last 2 weeks into one menu. Lots of repeats  :-)

Monday:
Chili Noodle Casserole

Tuesday:
Hamburger Steak and Gravy w/Peas

Wednesday:
Stuffed Peppers w/Corn

Thursday:
Southwestern Chicken and Rice  w/Avocado

Friday:
Turkey Hash

Saturday:
Oatmeal w/Fruit Salad
Chicken and Egg Salad sandwiches w/Raw veggies
        ?

Sunday:
Breakfast Burritos w/Smoothies
*PICNIC
Fish Fry:  Fish,Chicken, Shrimp,French Fries, Cole Slaw etc.....

Avonlea

Save by the Bell, Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets Girl etc... everyone has shows that they remember from the 90s. But one show that sticks out to me is Avonlea. Avonlea came on the Disney channel and it ran from 1990-1996.
Wikipedia says:  Road to Avonlea
The series is set in the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century (1903–1912). There, 11-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her wealthy father to live with her two maiden aunts, Hetty and Olivia King, to be near her late mother's side of the family. The show's focus shifted over the years from Sara's interactions with her new-found relatives, to stories about the King family. Later seasons of the show focused more on residents of Avonlea who were connected to the King family.

Ok so I have told you all of that to tell you this...It is my moms FAVORITE show! It was ALWAYS on when I was a kid because she would record them on VHS when they were on.(Remember back when you set your VCR to record a show? Instead of setting your DVR? Wow I'm getting old...)  Anyway, my mom has been talking for years about buying these, and never did. So this year for her birthday we all chipped in and we bought every season on DVD for her!

We also got her the Christmas Special.

This is a great wholesome family show. I have no problem letting my 6 year old watch this show. Although it takes her a while to get in to it b/c she says it looks "old".  It brings back a lot of memories for me. And though not all would admit it I think everyone in my family loves it!  Between Aunt Hetty the "boss" of the family and school marm. To Sarah,Felix, and Felicity and their adventures. Peg Bowan the town witch. Captain Crane the keeper of the light house to Jasper Dale the inventor to Rachel Lynde the load busy body. You will find someone you like in this show and some lessons your kids can learn from!
 You can find these on Netflix and Sullivan Entertainment                                                                                       
Also Road to Avonlea is on Facebook! :-)

And this was the card I gave my Momma! (She likes baking!) :-)