Well, here we are in our final week before Devin's wedding. As you can imagine we are finishing up final details, putting on final touches to our wedding attire, hauling decorations, food and more to the church, decorating the sanctuary and cleaning the house. I'm trying to make our meals as simple, but as nourishing as possible as I don't want anyone coming down sick. I did buy a boxed cereal for our breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday morning. My family couldn't believe it! We needed something very quick for those two days, so there you go!!
Monday
b-sausage, eggs, grits
l-cheese pizzas and raw veggies
d-vegetable soup, flatbread and salad
Tuesday
b-baked oatmeal
l-cheese cubes, sliced meat, fruit and chips
d-baked chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions and butterbeans
Wednesday
b-cinnamon bread, sausage and eggs
l-leftovers and popcorn
d-baked potatoes with trimmings and salad
Thursday
b-baked oatmeal
l-spaghetti and salad
d-pinto beans, sweet potatoes, corn bread, raw veggies and apple crisp
Friday
b-pancakes and bacon
l-leftovers
d-rehearsal dinner
Saturday (wedding day)
b-cereal
l-meat and cheese tray, raw veggies, crackers
d-ordering pizzas
Sunday (Jordan's 20th birthday)
b-cereal
l-garlic lime chicken, baked sweet and white potatoes, green beans, English peas, sauteed squash and onions, sweet potato and chocolate chess pies
d-leftovers
Family
Monday, October 29, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Ramblings for October 23
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-Audio books are our friends. Jackson teared up when we came to the end of My Side of the Mountain. He didn't want it to end, so I put the CD back in! ; ) I came across a free My Side of the Mountain Project Pack by Hands of a Child that I think we will work on next semester and we will read the two sequels together as well. They are not as good as My Side of the Mountain, but this will definitely fit into our planned study of the KONOS Attentiveness unit.
-This morning the little boys were listening to Kipling's Just So Stories. The reader has a strange voice and Caedmon was scared.
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-We have pumpkins....lots of them....80 large pumpkins to be exact. Yes, we will use them to decorate for the wedding, but I am also putting some of them up. One pumpkin made about 15 cups of pumpkin puree yesterday. It's in the freezer now.
-We have become relaxed homeschoolers or maybe even unschoolers. Why?
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-We've been getting very crafty lately. Saturday three fall wreaths were made as well as 11 boutoneires. This week we need to make sugar scrubs, salt baths, 7 bouquets and some other items as well.
-Our church is doing a study on Thomas Watson's All Things for Good. Jeff is leading one of the small groups on Sunday evenings. As we have a 30 minute drive to church on Sundays some of us redeem the time by reviewing the chapter on the way to church. Daddy sometimes reminds the children to redeem this time. This Sunday we were surprised when Jackson asked to read the book. He is doing very well in his reading and will finish up level 2 and 2 1/2 of Explode the Code this week. Thomas Watson was a Puritan. It's a big stretch from Dr. Seuss to a Puritan writer!
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-I need breakfast help. Some of my family members are not happy about our wheat free diet. Some of them are out of the home every day and are NOT on a wheat free diet. at. all. I need some ideas for wheat free breakfasts. My very spoiled family is used to homemade biscuits, pancakes, muffins and cinnamon rolls...every day! Help!!
-Please share some of your favorite bread free breakfasts and/or a favorite audio book or series for the under 10 crowd in the comments.
-Audio books are our friends. Jackson teared up when we came to the end of My Side of the Mountain. He didn't want it to end, so I put the CD back in! ; ) I came across a free My Side of the Mountain Project Pack by Hands of a Child that I think we will work on next semester and we will read the two sequels together as well. They are not as good as My Side of the Mountain, but this will definitely fit into our planned study of the KONOS Attentiveness unit.
-This morning the little boys were listening to Kipling's Just So Stories. The reader has a strange voice and Caedmon was scared.
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-We have pumpkins....lots of them....80 large pumpkins to be exact. Yes, we will use them to decorate for the wedding, but I am also putting some of them up. One pumpkin made about 15 cups of pumpkin puree yesterday. It's in the freezer now.
-We have become relaxed homeschoolers or maybe even unschoolers. Why?
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-We've been getting very crafty lately. Saturday three fall wreaths were made as well as 11 boutoneires. This week we need to make sugar scrubs, salt baths, 7 bouquets and some other items as well.
-Our church is doing a study on Thomas Watson's All Things for Good. Jeff is leading one of the small groups on Sunday evenings. As we have a 30 minute drive to church on Sundays some of us redeem the time by reviewing the chapter on the way to church. Daddy sometimes reminds the children to redeem this time. This Sunday we were surprised when Jackson asked to read the book. He is doing very well in his reading and will finish up level 2 and 2 1/2 of Explode the Code this week. Thomas Watson was a Puritan. It's a big stretch from Dr. Seuss to a Puritan writer!
-There are eleven days left until Devin's wedding!
-I need breakfast help. Some of my family members are not happy about our wheat free diet. Some of them are out of the home every day and are NOT on a wheat free diet. at. all. I need some ideas for wheat free breakfasts. My very spoiled family is used to homemade biscuits, pancakes, muffins and cinnamon rolls...every day! Help!!
-Please share some of your favorite bread free breakfasts and/or a favorite audio book or series for the under 10 crowd in the comments.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Menu Plan for October 22-28
We made it through a crazy busy week! I don't think we were all home for dinner at the same time last week and there were two nights that there were only four of us sitting down at the dinner table. Praying that this week is a little slower as we relish Devin's final days at home with us. Less than two weeks to go before her wedding. We made some great progress in wedding prep last week and I hope to have pictures of some handmade items we will be using for the wedding soon.
Here is my menu plan for this week....minus lunch! Lunch will be leftovers, homemade pizzas, popcorn, fruit and salads.
Monday
b-apple/cranberry crisp, bacon, eggs
d-little saucy meatballs, rice, roasted broccoli
Tuesday
b-corn meal mush with syrup and sausage
d-pork fajita nachos with sauteed peppers, refried beans and all the trimmings
Wednesday
b-baked oatmeal
d-homecanned chicken soup for Caedmon and chicken tortilla soup for the rest of us
Thursday
b-apple oat muffins
d-fried steaks, mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans
Friday
b-corn meal mush with syrup, sausage
d-chicken pot pie, baked sweet potatoes, pinto beans and corn bread
Saturday
b-breakfast in a bowl--country style potatoes with sausage, eggs and cheese
d-grilled chicken, rice pilaf, grilled corn and broccoli
Sunday
b-baked oatmeal
d-vegetable beef soup and corn bread
Here is my menu plan for this week....minus lunch! Lunch will be leftovers, homemade pizzas, popcorn, fruit and salads.
Monday
b-apple/cranberry crisp, bacon, eggs
d-little saucy meatballs, rice, roasted broccoli
Tuesday
b-corn meal mush with syrup and sausage
d-pork fajita nachos with sauteed peppers, refried beans and all the trimmings
Wednesday
b-baked oatmeal
d-homecanned chicken soup for Caedmon and chicken tortilla soup for the rest of us
Thursday
b-apple oat muffins
d-fried steaks, mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans
Friday
b-corn meal mush with syrup, sausage
d-chicken pot pie, baked sweet potatoes, pinto beans and corn bread
Saturday
b-breakfast in a bowl--country style potatoes with sausage, eggs and cheese
d-grilled chicken, rice pilaf, grilled corn and broccoli
Sunday
b-baked oatmeal
d-vegetable beef soup and corn bread
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Apples Apples Apples
We've been enjoying lots of apples around here lately. I buy them by the forty pound case at our local fruit and vegetable market. Last year we started making our applesauce in the crock pot and then canning it. We still love our applesauce muffins in that post, but now we are making them gluten free. We've been experimenting with gluten-free baking and as two of the boys are deathly allergic to eggs our baking can be a challenge.
I have also been dehydating apples which I used to make fried apple pies before we went gluten free. They were absolutely delicious. We also snip the dried apples up and add them to our homemade granola.
For breakfast and dessert we are enjoying apple crisps. Sometimes I toss in a cupful of frozen cranberries for a wonderful fruity combination. For the breakfast version, I decrease the sugar.
I have also been making fruit leather with our applesauce and with pureed strawberries and peach butter. All natural with no added sugar, Caedmon loves the apple fruit leathers while my grandsons and son-in-law are partial to the strawberry. It's so rewarding to see them enjoy a good healthy snack that is so good for them!
Here are a few other apple recipes that we have enjoyed through the years. Do you have a favorite apple recipe you wouldn't mind sharing? I would love to add some more variation to our apple menu!
*words in bold print are links to recipes
I have also been dehydating apples which I used to make fried apple pies before we went gluten free. They were absolutely delicious. We also snip the dried apples up and add them to our homemade granola.
For breakfast and dessert we are enjoying apple crisps. Sometimes I toss in a cupful of frozen cranberries for a wonderful fruity combination. For the breakfast version, I decrease the sugar.
I have also been making fruit leather with our applesauce and with pureed strawberries and peach butter. All natural with no added sugar, Caedmon loves the apple fruit leathers while my grandsons and son-in-law are partial to the strawberry. It's so rewarding to see them enjoy a good healthy snack that is so good for them!
Here are a few other apple recipes that we have enjoyed through the years. Do you have a favorite apple recipe you wouldn't mind sharing? I would love to add some more variation to our apple menu!
*words in bold print are links to recipes
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Menu Plan for October 14-20
It seems that we are back in order here at Busy Hands Busy Minds! For the past few months I was not able to access the blog due to some changes our internet provider made, but we recently made a switch to a different provider and now we are back up! I'll save the highlights of the last three months or so for another day. If you have followed Busy Hands Busy Minds on FB (see the link in the right side-bar) you will know that our second daughter, Devin, will soon be married. In fact, we have less than three weeks to finish all the wedding prep! Yikes!! More highlights another day!
This week seems to be like the rest of our weeks in this season....busy, busy, busy! Wedding prep, wedding shower, shopping, music lessons, school and a visit from Jeff's out-of state brother and his family late in the week. One thing that keeps me sane during our crazy busy days is having a menu and shopping list made out before the week starts. Here is what we'll be cooking up this week:
Sunday
b-baked oatmeal
l-at Grandmother's...taking apple cranberry crisps for dessert
d-chicken enchilada casserole, refried beans, chips and salsa
Monday
b-applesauce muffins, sausage and eggs
l-leftovers, popcorn, fruit
d-panfried chicken breasts topped with garlic creamed spinach, roasted carrots and broccoli and rice cooked in chicken broth
Tuesday
b-apple crisp, bacon and eggs
l-we'll pick up something in town
d-crockpot beef roast with potatoes, carrots, garlic and onions, roasted garlic
Wednesday
b-baked oatmeal
l-roast beef hash and green beans
d-taco soup or chicken soup
Thursday
b-blueberry muffins, sausage, eggs
l-leftovers
d-butter beans, stove top potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, corn, corn bread, deviled eggs
Friday
b-pancakes, bacon
l-chili with beans, shredded cheese, chopped onions, sour cream and tortilla chips, peach and blueberry cobblers, homemade ice cream
d-baked potatoes with toppings
Saturday
b-breakfast in a bowl--crumbled sausage cooked with diced potatoes, eggs and shredded cheese
l-leftovers
d-poppyseed chicken casserole, English peas, green beans, carrots
This week seems to be like the rest of our weeks in this season....busy, busy, busy! Wedding prep, wedding shower, shopping, music lessons, school and a visit from Jeff's out-of state brother and his family late in the week. One thing that keeps me sane during our crazy busy days is having a menu and shopping list made out before the week starts. Here is what we'll be cooking up this week:
Sunday
b-baked oatmeal
l-at Grandmother's...taking apple cranberry crisps for dessert
d-chicken enchilada casserole, refried beans, chips and salsa
Monday
b-applesauce muffins, sausage and eggs
l-leftovers, popcorn, fruit
d-panfried chicken breasts topped with garlic creamed spinach, roasted carrots and broccoli and rice cooked in chicken broth
Tuesday
b-apple crisp, bacon and eggs
l-we'll pick up something in town
d-crockpot beef roast with potatoes, carrots, garlic and onions, roasted garlic
Wednesday
b-baked oatmeal
l-roast beef hash and green beans
d-taco soup or chicken soup
Thursday
b-blueberry muffins, sausage, eggs
l-leftovers
d-butter beans, stove top potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, corn, corn bread, deviled eggs
Friday
b-pancakes, bacon
l-chili with beans, shredded cheese, chopped onions, sour cream and tortilla chips, peach and blueberry cobblers, homemade ice cream
d-baked potatoes with toppings
Saturday
b-breakfast in a bowl--crumbled sausage cooked with diced potatoes, eggs and shredded cheese
l-leftovers
d-poppyseed chicken casserole, English peas, green beans, carrots
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