Meal Plan 2/5

I just realized while watching the commercials during the Superbowl, that I have neglected to report our meal plan for the week.  This week we are trying a few new recipes that I have been eager to try; one is the skinny chicken rollatini and the other is the pasta with a broccoli sauce from the latest issue of the  Rachael Ray magazine. I'll let you know how both are on Wednesday Night. Maybe even with some pictures. Well got to get back to this close game, not that I even know anything about football.

Mon Feb 6			Chicken Caesar salad

Tue Feb 7			Chicken rollatini

Wed Feb 8			Pasta with a broccoli sauce

Thu Feb 9			Minestrone

Fri Feb 10			Eating at a friends house for a birthday celebration
Sat Feb 11
			Eggs, bacon  Dinner at Church

Sun Feb 12			leftovers

Who told AARP?

So today the mailman brought me a life insurance notification from AARP. I'm just wondering who told them I'm in my sixties and have two children in their thirties.

Rob got a good laugh about this.

Adventure Aquarium Passes

Check this out get passes for the Adventure Aquarium in Camden for $99. The pass allows two adults, four kids and two guests for a year plus six free 4-D passes. There is 6 more days to purchase this deal. Just sign up for Google Deals..

 

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Maddie and I love to watch cooking shows together.  Last night, Maddie was a bit hesitant to go to bed so I turned on Everyday Italian with Giada DeLaurentiis. The entire time while we were snuggling, Maddie was critiquing Giada's recipes and suggesting we try a few at home.

 
This morning for breakfast we tried her blueberry ricotta pancakes recipe minus the blueberries. We decided to add some lemon zest instead and they were DELICIOUS as you can tell by Maddie's thumbs up.

I love cooking with Maddie. She is always eager to try new things when she has helped make it.  Last night, she said she wanted to make Roman Style Chicken. She said she wasn't sure if she would like it, but she would try it.

I'm so grateful to have a child who is willing to try new things and help me in the kitchen.

Should I be planning a face lift?

Sunday at church Pastor Jeff asked the congregation to introduce them self to someone you don’t know and tell that person what you are grateful for today? I enjoy this exercise; I get to meet someone new and have a quick conversation.
During today's meet and greet; I told this lovely lady I was grateful my daughter put her coat on by herself and was ready and waiting for me to get my act together to leave for church. Her response was to turn to my friend, who is a few years older than me, and ask her if she was my daughter! I don't think I look old enough to have a daughter in their thirties, do I?  This either means, I had a children at age 13 or I look like I’m in my sixties. I don’t know which is worse.

Best yet, is this is not the first time that this has happened! Another friend, was told it nice to be able to have lunch with her mom, meaning ME!!!!

So please be honest, do I need some work done?

Disclaimer: I know I don’t need work done except maybe a nose job, tummy tuck, and butt implants. JUST KIDDING!!! I'm fine the way I am, but should I be investing in the really expensive anti-wrinkle cream?

Meal Plan 1/29/12

I just got done clipping, sorting, getting my coupons together, and making my list for the upcoming week. I should be focusing more on these tasks, but Pinterest has the majority of my attention, as it has for weeks. I have pinned so many food ideas for the upcoming weeks, but since I've already meal planned into March, I think I have to move some things around.

I really would like to try to make this Skinny Chicken Rollatini and this crispy-southwest-chicken-wraps. They both look yummy and healthy. There are some desserts I would like to make too, but I would rather waste my extra calories on a yummy dinner. I'm still nursing this ankle injury, making exercising difficult. I have been doing some light weight lifting at home and lots and lots of ab exercises, but I'm getting bored.

This weeks menu is 

Sun Jan 29			Healthy Shrimp fried rice
Mon Jan 30			Eggplant parm
Tue Jan 31			Quesadillas
Wed Feb 1			Orecchiette with sweet sausage with baby spinach
Thu Feb 2			Weight watchers veggie soup
Fri Feb 3			Sheppard s pie
Sat Feb 4			Eggs, bacon for Saturday family breakfast
			leftovers for Saturday dinner
Sun Feb 5			Shrimp dumplings with sunomono and rice

There are a few deals this week at Shop Rite head over to Living Rich with Coupons for the match-ups.

Birdhouse craft

Over the holidays, Maddie and I made gifts for everyone. She has a love for crafting. One of my favorite crafts we did, was make a bird seed covered birdhouse.

Somehow, we had a HUGE bag of leftover birdseed and I saw in a catalog a beautiful birdhouse covered in seed for $50.00. It was the prefect gift for my Grand-mom, but she would kill me for buying a 50.00 birdhouse. I Googled ways to affix birdseed and learned that since Elmer's glue is non-toxic it was safe for birds.  And so it started.

We went to A.C Moore armed with 50% off coupons. Maddie picked a lovely wooden birdhouse. I sifted the birdseed in a colander into light seed and dark sunflower seeds. 

  

Maddie painted the birdhouse pink and purple. We then painted Elmer's glue onto the roof of the house and put the seed on the roof and let the glue dry. 

Then we painted the front and side of the house with glue and put the light seed on.

This was an easy craft, albeit messy, for Maddie to do and so much more visually pleasing than a pine cone dipped in peanut butter.