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Last week I though everything went as planned until I looked back through. I just realized that I never made the beef stroganoff!!! We also opted to stay home this weekend! It has been quite sometime since we've decided to not run around on the weekends. It was nice!

I was excited to try the Brown Rice and Lentil casserole, but I truly wondered how my meat loving husband would react to it. Amazingly, he didn't even know there wasn't meat in it, until I told him. And, he loved it and was impressed that it was basically just beans rice and cheese! I will probably add this into our rotation somehow....I haven't fine tuned that yet.

My breakfast making is getting more regular. It's kinda crazy. I never had a desire to make breakfast because I never eat it. How selfish is that?! But, this is something that I have really been trying to work on.

So, onto the menu!

• Parmesan Crusted Chicken. Asparagus. Coat Boneless, skinless chicken in a mixture of crushed Ritz Crackers and grated Parm cheese by wetting the chicken in water first. Then cook on stove top in oil. Remove from pan. Mix 1/2 cup broth and 1/3 cup Chive and Onion cream cheese in same skillet. Cook until mixture boils stirring constantly. Serve over rice cooked with remaining broth. Spoon sauce over chicken and asparagus.



• Sausage Tomato Rigatoni. Unsure of the side! The secret ingredient in this dish is Sun Dried Tomato vinaigarette. Use about 4 cups of pasta. Cook. Brown italian sausage (about 1 lb cut into chunks). Drain and mix in some chopped onion ,tomato paste and cover. Cook about 15 mins. Stir in 1/3 cup of vinaigerette. Toss mixture with pasta and sprinkle with parsley and grated parm and shredded mozzerella.



• Warm Layered Sandwich. Salad. Homemade french-like bread stuffed with Salami, ham, turkey, mozzerella and colby jack cheese. Some onion. And for the sauce we use honey mustard. Wrap on foil bake @450 for 12-15 mins. Add Romaine lettuce just before serving.



• Chunky White Bean and Tomato Soup. Grilled Cheese. A soup with bacon, onion, chick broth, Northern Beans, diced toms, thyme and cumin. Throw in a pot and simmer for about 1o minutes. If you want a thicker soup, mash some of the beans with a potato masher.



• Beef Strogonoff. Homemade Rolls and peas from last week.


• Cashew Chicken. Fried Rice and Homemade Egg Rolls. I will share this recipe on Friday. It's so easy and tons cheaper than take out!


• We are going out to Pizza for my son's 8th birthday! Wow.

For breakfasts:

Sausage/Egg Cheese English Muffins

Waffles

Blueberry Bagles

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Baked Oatmeal

For more menu ideas, hop on over to Organizing Junkie.