My wonderful mother-in-law got me a subscription to Taste of Home magazine for Christmas. It’s a magazine that is entirely recipes, and a lot of them are easy ones– the kind that don’t take hours to make. In my first copy, there was a recipe for Speedy Chicken Marsala, and I tried out the recipe. I had to make a few tweaks, as I didn’t have the exact ingredients, but I was quite pleased with the outcome. I thought I’d share the recipe here, as I love finding yummy, quick dinners for my family.
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Meal Planning Monday: January 28th… A Day Late!
Posted onWell, a day late and a meal short this week! Actually, Monkey had his 4 month check up yesterday, so we ate out. I was expecting a bit of crankiness. I wonder if this is a self-fulfilling prophesy, as Monkey slept horribly last night. In my groggy state, I forgot that he needed another dose of tylenol. When MM woke up and asked if he could help with Monkey, and it dawned on me that Tylenol might help. It did, but still was rather restless…. I digress.
We have continued to stick to our meal plan, and this has reduced dinner stress and eating out. However, I’m still finding that we deviate either in the order of days, or take a meal out or add one in… does this happen to anyone else?
Well, on to the meal plan, so MM knows what he’s eating tonight. (He said he wasn’t sure last night!)
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The World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Posted onFrog had a school fundraiser on Friday night. He’s in fourth grade now, and in fifth grade there are a lot of special “graduation” activities that the parents need to pay for. In order to defray some of those costs, starting in fourth grade, the students and parents engage in fundraising. At numerous events over the next 6 months, we will be having bake sales.
January 21: Menu Plan Monday
Posted onWell, we did fairly well around here last week with our menu plan. We’ve actually had more leftovers and extras than I thought, and I’m wondering if we should have 2 leftover days each week. I don’t know how many most families have, so I’m going to be visiting others menu plans today. I am still traveling for work 2 days a week until the end of the month, and I have a hard time mustering up the energy to cook when I get home. Thanksfully MM is willing to take over dinner those days, or other evenings if Monkey has kept me too busy. Even though we’ve varied our dinner plans slightly from our meal plan for the last two weeks, having a written out meal plan for dinner has greatly reduced my stress in the evening, and has helped with being more organized in our grocery shopping! Here’s what for dinner at the Tossed Salad house this week:
- Monday: Crockpot Chicken Parmesan with angelhair pasta (Trying something new!)
- Tuesday: You are on your own/Leftovers
- Wednesday: Hamburgers and edamame
- Thursday: Chicken Marsala (Adapting new recipe for crockpot, recipe post will follow!)
- Friday: Flank Steak, asparagus and mashed potatoes (Recipe post will follow!)
- Saturday: Leftovers/ you are on your own
- Sunday: Lemon Garlic Crockpot Chicken with rice
Sweet Treats:
- Milky Way Cookies
- Mrs. Peterson’s Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies (Information to follow!)
Golden Mushroom Beef Stew: A Crockpot Recipe {Family Favorite}
Posted onMM loves stew in the winter. Well, I think he likes stew at any time of the year, but I generally only cook stew in the crockpot during the fall and winter months. Here in Georgia, the weather from April to September makes me disinterested in having a steaming bowl of stew. When I start making stews in the crockpot again, this tends to be my favorite recipe. The preparation takes under 10 minutes.
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January 14: Menu Plan Monday
Posted onWe did so well last week, and generally stuck to our meal plan! (Although we changed the days up a bit, and had so many leftovers that we didn’t need to cook for two days instead of one– that’s not really a bad thing!) I skipped one of our stews, so I’ll be doing that this week, and I will review all of our new recipes tomorrow. Here is our meal plan for this week:
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January 7: Menu Plan Monday!
Posted onMM and I like to try our best to have an idea of what’s on the menu for the week. Unfortunately, LB’s arrival this fall has made me more disorganized this fall. With it being a new year, and this week I’m home for the first full week since traveling for the holidays, it’s a good time to start, so without further ado…
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Lemon Garlic Crockpot Chicken
Posted onMM has made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight and is trying his hand at the Atkins diet. It worked pretty well before our wedding, and I believe he lost between 15 and 20 pounds. He’s done quite well over the past two weeks, but it can be challenging to merge a low carb diet with my tween athlete’s caloric needs. Over the weekend, MM and I were talking about this week’s dinner plans, and I suggested that we make one of our newer family favorites: “That chicken dish with oregano and lemon.” I don’t really know the official name of the dish. I originally got the recipe from allrecipes.com, but have subsequently altered and played with the recipe a bit. It’s very tasty, so I thought others might want to try it out.
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Traditional New Year’s Day Menu: Cooking Greens and Black Eyed Peas {Family Favorite}
Posted onThis year, LB, my parents and I celebrated New Year’s Day with my in-laws in Florida. (MM had to work, and BB was away with his dad’s family.) Before arriving my mother-in-law and I talked about having New Year’s Day dinner. Her family is from above the Mason-Dixon line, and her New Year’s Day menu is somewhat different from that I grew up with. She grew up with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. I grew up with black-eyed peas, collards and rice. We both always have pork on New Year’s. We divided the menu up, and she cooked her traditional favorites and the pork, and I cooked the greens and peas. Greens and peas are required for wealth and good luck in the New Year, so I was determined to have them!
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New Year’s Cocktail with Pomegranate and Champagne
Posted onOn Christmas day, my mother’s friend shared that she was going to bring a special cocktail with her to dinner. She didn’t tell us much, other than it had champagne in it. Everyone really liked the drink, so when visiting with family, we decided to serve it for New Year’s Eve. It is a quick, colorful beverage that is both a little bit sweet and tart.
To make the drink, one needs only a bottle of Champagne, Pomegranate Liqueur (such as PAMA), and fresh pomegranate.
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