Last week of April

This technically is the last week of the month but because payday falls during the week next week I will need to make it 2 weeks before I go grocery shopping.

This week I have this to work with from the CSA and farmer's market

CSA share

Farmer's Market 

Sunday April 22nd:
Breakfast: Donuts
Lunch: fried chicken
Dinner: Grilled ribs, cream peas, strawberries and toasted sourdough

Monday April 23rd:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: leftover ribs, peas and strawberries
Dinner: Made lettuce wraps using up some leftover smoked pork from the freezer. I simmered it on the stove in sauce (Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken Lettuce Wraps) from Domestic Superhero. Served with steamed rice this turned out awesome.

Tuesday April 24th:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: gyro and fries with friends
Dinner: Mini meatloaf with cheese center with Cheesy Garlic Roasted Asparagus from Cafe Delites.  If I make the asparagus again I will cut the amount of oil, garlic and the cook time. They were a touch soggy and we really prefer ours crisp.

Wednesday April 25th:
Breakfast: donuts!
Lunch: pizza rolls, strawberries and crepe
Dinner:Brinner! Pancakes with blackberry jam, scrambled eggs, and bacon

Thursday April 26th:
Breakfast: donuts for work meeting
Lunch: hamburger in my car while I tried to finish listening to a podcast
Dinner: One Pot Sausage Penne Pasta from Six Sisters' Stuff. This one was pretty good!

Friday April 27th:
Breakfast: cereal
Lunch: sandwich
Dinner: fish sticks with homemade mac-n-cheese.

Saturday April 28th:
Breakfast: Biscuits
Lunch: snacking at home
Dinner: Went out to Hibachi for our anniversary and did not get my phone out at all!

Third Week of April

This week's menu plan is of course inspired by my CSA pick up. I did pass on the beets again this week as well as the radishes to my husband's grandmother. She really loved the last ones and I like that she gets some fresh veggies as well.

Sunday April 15th:
Breakfast: donuts
Lunch: fried chicken and corn on the cob
Dinner: smoked sausage, steamed corn and homemade mac-n-cheese

Monday April 16th:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: pizza rolls with fruit
Dinner: grilled cheese

Tuesday April 17th:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: pizza rolls with fruit
Dinner: Creamy chicken Tomato Skillet from Cooking Light magazine served over rice with toasted sourdough.

Wednesday April 18th:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: Pizza for work birthdays
Dinner: Sausage& Rice One Skillet Meal from All Things Mama

Thursday April 19th:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: pizza rolls and fruit
Dinner: Spaghetti Carbonara from Damn Delicious with toasted sourdough

Friday April 20th:
Breakfast: raisin toast
Lunch: pizza rolls with fruit
Dinner: Egg Roll Skillet from Mrs.Happy Homemaker

Saturday April 21st:
Breakfast: cream cheese danish
Lunch: ham, turkey and cheese sandwich
Dinner: Chicken Noodle Soup with toasted sourdough

Second Week of April

This food week started with the CSA pick up on Saturday. This week I chose to pick up the all veggie basket as I still had some eggs and sausage. I may alternate depending on what is available but will have to learn on the fly since this is a new CSA

This week I passed on the beets and 1 head of cabbage to grandma as I knew we would not eat them. I still had pickles from last week so I passed those on to a coworker. From there I worked out the following menu

Sunday April 8th:
Breakfast: donuts
Lunch: hamburgers with friends
Dinner: Baked spaghetti using up the leftovers from last week

Monday April 9th:
Breakfast: leftover kolaches
Dinner: Moo Shu Pork from Gimme Some Oven with a couple of changes and some steamed rice. I did not have coleslaw mix and had picked this for the menu to use up some cabbage so I cut some up as well as "shaved" a carrot and used that instead. I also used up the leftover pork chops cut thin so I was able to skip the cooking step for that.

Tuesday April 10th:
Breakfast: leftover donut
Lunch: Wendy's with a friend
Dinner:Flanken style ribs, Parmesan asparagus and cinnamon apples

Wednesday April 11th:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Gyro and fries with friends
Dinner:Leftover Steak Hash from That Susan Williams. I used the last potato from the BB pickup and some of the leftover roast from a couple of nights ago.

Thursday April 12th:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Salad, lunch meat and cheese with a friend
Dinner:Grilled chicken, ranch roasted carrots and black beans

Friday April 13th:
Breakfast: Pig in a blanket
Lunch: chicken strips
Dinner: One Skillet Chicken Enchilada Pasta from Chelsea's Messy Apron. I used leftover chicken and black beans in mine.

Saturday April 14th:
Breakfast: cinnamon rolls
Lunch: pizza rolls
Dinner: frozen pizza

First Week of April

This past weekend was a constant whirl, we had family Easter and then Easter at church with a potluck and egg hunt. That coupled with payday, first CSA pick up and getting grocery shopping done has left me drained. This weekend was going to be the beginning of strawberry season and I really wanted to take the boys to a pick your own farm but we have an 80% of rain which may force me to stay home and get neglected tasks done.

Let's start with pictures of all the produce I picked up on Saturday morning

This was the first pick up from bountiful baskets

I then headed to the farmer's market and picked up the following plus a cream cheese pastry that I promptly ate.

Following this I headed to the farm to pick up my CSA share

All of this great stuff of course led to overload making the menu again. I want to use up fragile produce first and other items I have on hand and this is what I ended up with

Sunday April 1st:
Breakfast: Donuts
Lunch: Easter potluck at church
Dinner: Smoked sausage and baked potatoes

Monday April 2nd:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Wendy's with friend
Dinner: Slow Cooker Tuscan White Bean and Sausage Soup from Foodie Crush. I did use canned beans and kale instead of spinach since that is what I had on hand. The sausage was from the CSA pick up and the kale from the farmer's market. Served with toasted sourdough also from the farmer's market. 

Tuesday April 3rd:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Pizza with a friend
Dinner: Creamy Parmesan Garlic Mushroom Chicken from The Recipe Critic. This one was really good and I will definitely be making again although I may cut back on the liquid as mine was a bit overwhelming.

Wednesday April 4th:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Chicken Fried Chicken with a friend
Dinner:  One Pan Roasted Garlic Potatoes, Asparagus and Sausage  from Chelsea's Messy Apron with toasted sourdough.
I made this one using up the leftover smoked sausage, 1 potato from the BB pick up and some onion from the CSA and asparagus from the farmer's market.

Thursday April 5th:
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich at work
Dinner: Spaghetti and meatballs with toasted sourdough.

Friday April 6th:
Breakfast: Kolache
Lunch: Subs with friend
Dinner: Grilled pork chops, sauteed asparagus and mushrooms and grits

Saturday April 7th:
Breakfast: Biscuits with butter and jam
Lunch: Grilled cheese
Dinner: Crock Pot Cuban Beef from Paleo Hacks with steamed rice