Today’s Homemaker

I have a feeling my day-to-day menu items are going to be pretty simple throughout November and December. After all, I’ve got a lot of presents to make! I’m sure come January I will feel more like experimenting with trickier, fun dishes.

MONDAY:
Breakfast: Whole grain waffles, applesauce
Lunch: Oven-roasted chicken with sharp cheddar cheese on french bread, barbecue potato chips
Dinner: Leftover lumpia¹.

TUESDAY:
Breakfast: French toast made with leftover french bread from the weekend
Lunch: Tortilla pizza²
Dinner: Grilled teriyaki chicken salad³

WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast: Cinnamon brown sugar oatmeal with raisins
Lunch: Tuna salad sandwich, barbecue potato chips
Dinner: Some kind of chicken-y something wrapped in phyllo dough⁴, scalloped cabbage⁵

THURSDAY:
Breakfast: Cinnamon brown sugar oatmeal with raisins
Lunch: Tuna salad sandwich, red potato salad
Dinner: Garlic cheese chicken roll-ups, baked sweet potatoes

FRIDAY:
Breakfast: Pancakes⁶
Lunch: Leftover chicken, leftover red potato salad
Dinner: Pasta lasagna⁷

SATURDAY:
Breakfast: Cinnamon rolls⁸
Lunch: Leftover pasta lasagna
Dinner: Bean burritos, rice

SUNDAY:
Breakfast: Cinnamon toast, applesauce
Lunch: Potluck at a friend’s house
Dinner: Whatever’s left over

1. See previous Monday for recipe. [↩]
2. Deliciously easy, I just spoon some store-bought pizza sauce on a large flour tortilla, top it with shredded cheese and pepperoni, and pop it in the oven at 425 degrees until the cheese is melty and the edges are crisp. [↩]
3. I use my George Foreman to grill marinated teriyaki chicken, cut it up and throw it on a bed of field greens and tomatoes, and top it with cheese and croutons. And of course my favorite dressing—ranch. I am so old school. [↩]
4. Yeah, that’s the technical term. I’ve got leftover phyllo dough from the lumpia from last week, and I’m absolutely sure I can make something delicious by wrapping up some chicken and veggies in it. We’ll see how things go. [↩]
5. Hey, gotta find a use for that leftover half a head of cabbage from last week…hopefully this is good! [↩]
6. I love the “melt-in-your-mouth” recipe on the back of the Bisquick box [↩]
7. For some reason, we never got to this last week. [↩]
8. A guilty pleasure…love the canned Pillsbury ones. I’m usually too groggy in the morning to make my own! [↩]