Menu Thursday July 25th!

• Here is my menu. We always have a side salad with dinner - just basic tomatoes and cucumbers.  Dessert most of the time is fresh fruit - we had strawberries last night.  I do sometimes bake pies or cookies - but I prefer just to keep it simple and it is an easy way to get fruit in.  Some of these aren't the healthiest, but with four kids, a part time job, and a strict food budget we do the best we can do to balance it out!
  
  Thursday: Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Cranberry Salad
• Friday: Poor Man's chicken and broccoli casserole.
• Saturday: Beef Barley Soup, whole wheat bread
  
• Sunday: Fried chicken, my Grandma's potato salad, watermelon (we are going to the beach!)
• Monday: Black bean burritos
• Tuesday: Tatertot casserole
• Wed: BBQ chicken, pasta salad, Lima beans
  
  
• Thursday: White chicken chili, corn bread
• Friday: Chicken with creamy orzo pasta
• Saturday: Pizza Casserole
• Sunday: Cream cheese Enchiladas
• Monday: Skillet chili mac
• Tuesday: Grilled hot dogs, mac n cheese (can you tell I work this day!)
  
•  Wed: Creamy Taco soup, homemade bread and butter
• Thurs: Loaded backed potato and chicken casserole
• Friday: Sausage and kraut in the crockpot.
  Some of these recipes I have on index cards - but I linked the recipes that I get offline. Some of these I have tried before, some are new to us this week!
  Recipes Meatloaf - i cover with beef gravy because I HATE catsup! http://spoonful.com/recipes/grandma-merles-meat-loaf
  
•  Chicken broccoli casserole. I use two boxes of stuffing mix, I make it first, and I only use half the amount of velveeta. http://www.recipelion.com/Casserole-Recipes/Poor-Man-Chicken-Broccoli-Casserole
  
•  Black Bean burritos - http://www.annies-eats.com/2011/01/25/spicy-bean-burritos/
• Chicken with Orzo pasta: http://www.annies-eats.com/2009/11/04/herb-rubbed-grilled-chicken-with-creamy-orzo-2/
  
•  Pizza Casserole: http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/italian/pizza-casserole-6.html
  
• Cream cheese enchilada: http://whatsonmymenu.blogspot.com/2008/06/baked-cream-cheese-enchiladas.html
  
•  Skillet chili mac: http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2013/04/skillet-chili-mac.html
  Taco soup http://www.muscleandfitnesshers.com/recipes/creamy-taco-soup
• Baked potato and chicken casserole: http://mysweetlittlesteinerfamily.blogspot.com/2012/08/loaded-baked-potato-chicken-casserole.html