Menu Plan Monday May 24, 2010

This week, my husband has some dinner plans with out me, so I'm pulling out some old recipes that I enjoy, but know he does not. I haven't made these recipes since we've been married. I'll let you know if they are as good as I remembered :-)

Sunday: Mock Chow Mein with green beans and pears (in the oven as I type. If I still like this, I'll pre-make another batch to freeze) (UPDATE, it was very tasty. I'm going to freeze another one)
Monday: Chicken Divan with leftover veggies and fruit salad (UPDATE...no, this was not as good as I remembered. Maybe I used to make it with fresh broccoli and this time I used frozen, I don't know. I will finish what I made, but I threw the recipe I had away.)
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Potluck, not sure what I need to bring yet
Thursday: Brown Bag Burritos with Peach Crisp. I didn't get to the burritos last time and I still want to try it to see if it is good to freeze ahead of time.
Friday: Herbed Chicken with Spring Vegetables. (This is a new recipe. I'll halve this and probably just use the chicken thighs. I'm keeping my eyes open for a good sale this week.)
Saturday: Waffles for breakfast. (Make extra and freeze) Not sure about dinner yet...maybe I'll make two batches of Mock Lasagna (egg noodles in place of lasagna noodles) and freeze one.

I'm also going to make a Costco trip and pick up some ground beef and frozen chicken. With the ground beef I hope to pre-make burger patties (uncooked), two batches of meatloaf (uncooked), cook some beef for one or two Shepherd's pie fillings and probably some ground beef for tacos. Then, I'll hopefully have some meat leftover for a few week's meals. This will probably not get done until the first week of June. Last, I'm keeping my eye out for some good roast sales so I can have some in the freeze for crockpot meals such as Italian Roast Wraps.

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Our First Family Heirloom

This week, Sandy at Reluctant Entertainers chose Family Heirlooms for her Home is.....day. I didn't get this post up in time to participate in the linky, but I still wanted to share a special family heirloom we were blessed to receive as a wedding gift.


These are the clothes my grandfather was blessed in as a baby. As my 2nd cousin shared, they are about 87 years old and were likely made by his older sister. He lived in Idaho, so he needed extra layers to keep warm under the top dress.

The slip on the left is heavier. My great aunt did the crochet on the bottom too.

My grandfather is no longer alive, so I was very touched and honored to have such a special part of his life. I hope to preserve these and pass them along some day too.