Menu Plan Monday

Happy Monday, ya’ll.

It’s been a whirlwind weekend. One that I need a day off to recover from. Unfortunately, that’s not happening, so I’m going to fortify myself with some strong tea and a bite of the coffee cake I baked this weekend. It’s really, really good. SuperMan says it’s a lot like the cream cheese danish you find at the grocery store, only better. I have to say, if you combine cream cheese, sour cream and cake, I don’t think you can go wrong.

I was sick last week – the girls finally contaminated me with the virus they have been sharing the past few weeks. I ended up on the sofa for two days, pretty much feeling too rotten to do more than sip ginger ale, eat saltines and take Tylenol and cold tablets. I wonder if it was a mild case of the flu – but I never had any serious fever, so I don’t know. By Saturday, though, I was feeling much better and I’m hoping we’ve seen the last of that bug for a while. I’ll be dosing everyone with Vitamin C and probiotics this week just to be safe.

It’s cold this morning. 26 outside when I woke up. We had a beautiful sunrise. All reds and blues and violets. I told Little Bit as we admired it on the way to school that it was God just showing off for us this morning and telling us hello. Which we both needed – neither of us wanted to get up and out of our warm beds today.

I spent a little while yesterday rummaging through my recipe lists to come up with a few ideas for dinnertime for the next week or two. Rather than doing a weekly menu plan, I thought I’d just list a few things and then I can pick and choose between what sounds good for the day and what I have on hand.

Meatball Subs (using up leftover spaghetti sauce)	Beef Stroganoff
Chicken & Dumplings	Bourbon St Chicken & Rice
BBQ Chicken Pizzas	White Bean Chicken Chili
Beef tips & egg noodles (tonight’s dinner choice)	Salisbury Steak
Fajitas	Chicken Noodle Soup casserole
Red Beans w/ Rice & Polksa	Rotel Chicken Pasta
Tacos	Mama’s Meatloaf

I also wanted to share this new recipe find with you – Pioneer Woman’s Chicken Spaghetti. I made it for dinner on Friday night and we loved it. DEVOURED it. As a matter of fact, I ate it again on Saturday for dinner when I was scrapbooking with friends. And I’ve been thinking about making it again ever since. SO GOOD. It’s very similar to the Rotel Chicken Pasta dish I make (without the Rotel) and we’ve all agreed it will be going into regular rotation for our family.

And now I’m off to fix another cup of tea and try to get my body going for the day – I’ve been up for three hours but it’s still balking at being awake!