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Quick and Easy Family Meals {Busy Week Meal Plan}

This is going to be one busy week for our family. To maintain some sort of sanity I will still have a menu plan. If not, we will eat out too much, waste money and add unwanted calories to the waistline. Weeks like this call for quick meals and easy crockpot meals. How do you survive busy weeks? Do you make a plan? Here are some ideas for you.

Busy Week Meal Plan idea

Monday- Fiesta Burger and SPICY RANCH Dip and Flower Power Artist Veggies

Tuesday - Crockpot Cranberry BBQ Chicken and Mom's Cheesy Hash browns
Wednesday- Homemade Turkey Meatball Subs and a huge salad
Thursday-Leftovers or crockpot Pizza Soup (depends if we have enough leftovers or not)
Friday-Thai Green Curry Chicken
Saturday-Speedy Sausage Muffins
Desset- I'm picking a Cake from this collection of 43 Best Ever Cakes. Which one will you try?

Easter Sunday Brunch - Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Do you have any favorite quick and easy family meals? Leave links in the comments and I'll come check them out and pin recipes I want to try on my Menu Plan or Tasty Recipes Pinterest Boards.

Here are some recipe ideas for Easter Brunch

Skinny FunFetti Cupcakes

Scrambled Egg Margarita Pizza

Super Yummy Cinnamon Rolls

Aunt Salad
Ham & Swiss Cheese Sliders

Easter Leftover Ham and Potato Soup

I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday link up.

Healthier Menu Plan Monday Recipes and Ideas {Healthy Recipes}

We can all eat and cook healthier if we choose. There are so many foods out there and recipes to help us on our journey. This week I'm sharing a menu plan that does have healthier options for families. These are all tried and true healthy recipes we have eaten. Enjoy and keep on menu planning!

Healthy family meal options

Monday- Roasted Veggies with Kielbasa and/or Chicken, Sliced fruit and Honey Fruit Dip

Tuesday- Crockpot Chicken, Huge Salad and homemade French Dressing and leftover fruit dip and fruit

Wednesday- Fiesta Turkey Burgers and Potato Wedges (recipe on Wednesday) with Homemade Cajun seasonings

Thursday-Pineapple Chicken Kabobs, Pico de gallo and taco chips

Friday- Leftover chicken kabobs with veggie rice, Baked Carrot Fries

Snacks- No Bake Granola Bars

Weekend - Chilled Avocado Soup

Cookbook Giveaway - Gooseberry Patch Good For You Everyday Meals

I link up at orgjunkie.com

Do You Struggle With Menu Planning? Here Is An Easy Family Menu Plan

Time for a menu plan! Last week I didn't make a menu plan at home and it was NUTSO around here. Seriously, nutso! We had a crazy scheduled week but it is nice to have the supplies on hand with some sort of meal ideas. To keep it real, I don't always make the menu of the week here at home because some recipes that I make during the week are new and need photos. I like to try out recipes on my family before sharing here unless they are a guest chef recipe.

Family Meal Ideas

For my blog's Menu Plan Monday I'm usually sharing a previous week menus. IF I do not post a menu for the week here then chances are I didn't even plan one at home which led to my crazy week last week. How about you? Do you struggle with menu planning?

We are back at Menu Planning Monday! Thanks to all for stopping in, check out the recipes and other menu plans to give you some new ideas!

Vietnamese Recipe

Monday- Vietnamese Pho - chicken or seafood - Honestly people this is a super easy recipe! Have you ever had pho or heard of it? If not, try this recipe and then you'll know what I'm talking about. We love Pho and it cost around $10 a bowl at restaurants. I didn't do the math but I'm sure it cost $10 to make a huge crock pot at home. My family would eat this once a week if I made it for them. I'm not sure why I don't because it is so healthy!

Thai Recipe

Tuesday- Thai Basil Fried Rice and will toss in the leftover chicken and use any leftover rice or noodles from yesterday

Easy Salad Recipe

Wednesday-Pork Roast with Cranberry Dressing and Aunt Salad (Freeze leftover pork for Pork Nachos)

Easy Burger Recipe

Fruit Salad Recipe

Thursday-Honolulu Burgers and Skinny Spinach Strawberry Salad

Easy Asian Recipe

Friday- Asian Chicken Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing (teen requested this!)

Easy Cupcakes

Weekend- Crazy weekend planned! Check out my Recipe Box for Dessert Recipes, Easter Recipes and an easy Skinny Cupcakes recipe. Oh and I just updated the Dessert Recipe tab on top of my blog! I now have pictures of my recipes instead of just links!!! Lookin' tasty! Take a peek!

Six Sisters Stuff Cookbook

Featured Cookbook of the Week- Check out the Six Sister's STUFF cookbook. This one is no longer a giveaway but I do have their newest cookbook and it will be shared soon on my blog. I'll have some new recipes and another giveaway! Stay tuned!

Easy Family Menu Plan

I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday

Valentine's Day Week Menu Plan Monday

Honestly it seems like it was just Christmas but here we are already approaching 6 weeks into the new year and celebrating Valentine's Day! Time is flying even though the cold weather seems to be dragging on and on and on.

Here is one of our weekly menu plans. I hope that you find our menu planning helpful. I love looking at other menu plans for inspiration. How about you? If you have a menu plan on your blog feel free to leave the link in the below comments. I will stop in and visit! Have a super week and Happy Valentine's Day.

Monday-Crockpot Rockin' Ribs, Canellini Bean Salad and Coffee & Chocolate Brownies

Tuesday-Savory Pork Roast with Apple Stuffing and Sweet Peanut Butter Cheese Ball Dip

Wednesday- Tomato & Ravoli Soup, Focaccia and No Bake Valentine Treat

Thursday- Definitely having leftovers. In case there aren't enough, I will plan my Beer Chicken (easy crock pot recipe) because it can be frozen and saved for later. Another go to recipe is our Ranch and Bacon Pasta Salad which I always have the ingredients on hand. Dessert Mini Chocolate Chip Pie

Friday- Nachos using the leftover chicken from yesterday. Do you have a Nutella fan in your house? If so, check out these tasty Nutella recipes!

Weekend - Check out my recipe box at the top of my blog for even more ideas!

Featured Cookbook of the Week-101 Soups, Salads & Sandwiches Gooseberry Patch Cookbook

I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday link party.

Easy Family Meals for Menu Planning Monday

What is on your menu this week? I have easy family meals planned this week because guess what??? Yes you guessed right we will be having another super busy week. These are meals that can be made fairly quickly, make great leftovers and some can be made ahead and frozen. I also have a new recipe to add to the menu and will share the recipe later in the week. So stop back in.

What is on your menu this week? Let me know and if you have ideas on your blog feel free to share and I'll come visit! Please sign up for my Newsletter so we can keep in touch!

Monday-Creole-Style Red Bean Soup with Shrimp

Tuesday -Thai Peanut Noodles and Fire and Ice Cream

Wednesday- Leftovers from Monday & Tuesday and/or my new Mango Salsa Chicken. Check back later in the week for that recipe.

Thursday- BLT Pizza and Cookies & Cream Cake Balls

Friday-Easy Homemade Spaghetti & Meatballs

Saturday & Sunday-Chicken Tostada Salad with Salsa Verde

Featured Cookbook of the Week- Rush Hour Recipes by Gooseberry Patch

I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday

5 Game Day Sliders and Menu Plan Monday

We love game day recipes because the food is so fun and tasty. Snacks and desserts are fun to make when you are eating with a crowd. I love it! I have several great post with game day recipes for you to check out. Below are some of our favorites that we will be making! I've included our 5 favorite slider recipes which are perfect for game day.

Menu planning helps save me time and money every week. Do you menu plan?

Monday - Ham & Swiss Cheese Sliders with Antipasto Salad

Tuesday- Chicken Crockpot Sliders with Healthy Hummus Dip

Wednesday- Chick fil A Sliders with Robert's Corn Dip

Thursday- Roast Beef Sliders with Baked Carrot Fries (gluten free)

Friday- Mini Burger Sliders with Quick & Simple Avocado Relish

Saturday - Pulled Pork Sliders- crockpot recipe

Game Day Desserts - Gluten Free Fudge Pie, Buckeye Brownies, Zucchini Chocolate Cake, Mocha Chocolate Mug Cake and Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

What is on your menu plan? I link up my menu at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday. Follow my blog with my newsletter to get more tasty recipes.

Easy Family Menu Plan with Recipes

We have another crazy week ahead. Well most of them are with 3 teens and a hubby who has to occasionally travel but I'm still putting out a menu plan and we'll see what I actually cook. Most of these recipes are with items I have on hand most of the time or do not require a lot of fresh ingredients. Do you have any go-to recipes on hand like that?

Most of the time I do not list a full daily menu here on my blog. I leave some of that to be flexible for our schedule and yours. If I list a main course I might not list other items that I will make with it. I always serve fruit and vegetables of some sort with my meals. Sometimes bread is needed.