Fall is really here now. The air is crisp and cool and it doesn’t warm up too much during the day – just enough to make it comfortable to be outside. I LOVE weather like this.

It makes me want hearty, filling foods.  Things that “stick to your ribs” and make you want to go snuggle in front of a fire after you eat.

I’m planning some baking this week, too. Hoping to make homemade whole wheat cinnamon raisin bread and maybe some plain whole wheat bread.  I’m also baking a cake for my ladies’ Bible study on Wednesday morning (thinking it’ll be the Brown Sugar Walnut cake)

Dinner tonight is easy – we cooked a chicken in the crock pot yesterday, so that will be dinner along with some rice and gravy and vegs.

Here’s what else I have planned to cook this week. A few items are familiar from previous weeks that I didn’t get to cook but am still in the mood to eat.

• Salmon Croquettes and Grits
• Sloppy Joes
• Vegetable Soup (I’m thinking a minestrone-ish type soup that I’ll toss in the crock pot)
• Crock Pot pork chops (something like this minus the rice because it gets mushy in the crock pot or this one which the family loves)
•  Beef Stroganoff or Salisbury Steaks w/ mashed potatoes

Join us over at Menu Plan Monday on orgjunkie.com and share your menu plan for the week – and get some great ideas if you don’t have a menu plan!

Hi, gang!

Have you missed me?

I took a little mini vacation this past weekend.  Mommies on the loose in the North Georgia mountains… It was very restful and lots of fun.

I wanted to wish a very special welcome to you ladies who are visiting my blog from the retreat! I was so flattered to hear this weekend how much you enjoy reading my blog! And I thought I was just talking to myself all this time. 🙂

But today, I’m back to the real world of school lunches, carpools, after-school activities and planning my family’s meals for the week.

I don’t not want to do this, but it sure was nice to have a break for a couple days and only worry about whether or not I would rather nap, read, or scrapbook. 🙂

This week is SuperMan’s birthday week. I have asked him a few times if he has any special requests, but he keeps telling me no.  SO, the menu may change if he thinks of something, but at this point, here’s what I have planned:

• Homemade Chicken Nuggets (this is becoming my Monday standby as it’s a busy after-school day)
• Tacos/Burritos (this one is Little Bit’s special request)
• Salmon croquettes and grits
• Asian Beef with Noodles (this is an old Weight Watchers Recipe I love)
• Slow Cooker Crock Pot Chicken

I’m also cooking for a friend and her family this weekend. She is having surgery on Friday so a few of us are going to provide the family with meals so they don’t have to worry about what to eat or cooking – they can focus on taking care of their Mama while she recovers.  I’m thinking I will either cook my great-grandma’s Sausage Rice Casserole recipe or the chicken w/ rotel casserole I made for my family (and it was such a great hit) a few weeks ago.  And, of course, there will be a cake of some sort involved. 🙂

What are you cooking for your family this week? Join us over at orgjunkie.com with your Menu Plan Monday.