New Week New Meals!

So last week went pretty well with the meals, we really liked pretty much every meal we had. The Hoedown BBQ Chuckroast was a hit. It was so good and we had it with grilled corn that we added Cayenne pepper to and yum!! Jeff ate so much of that which is always an ego booster for me. The slow Cooker pizza was alright I would rather just make home made pizza it is faster and easier but it was a fun and different way of having pizza.

This week on the menu we have

Monday: Chicken Pasta

Tuesday: THRIVE Vegetable Risotto

Wednesday: Tender Grilled Pork Chops

Thursday: Serve yourself day

Friday: Skillet Creamy Macaroni and Cheese

Saturday: Grilled Island Chicken

I got most of my recipes this week from http://www.melskitchencafe.com/

I still have so many more things to blog about so coming soon I have some pictures that Jeff and I took with Guido and some cute labels I made for my Sugar, Flour, etc.

This week for dinner

So I have seen a lot of blogs where people post what they are having for dinner in the beginning of the week. I am trying to be good at sticking to a dinner schedule so we do not eat out as much and so we do not go to the grocery store every other day. We did it for the last two weeks and we only ate out twice. We had to eat out once because we made turkey burgers and we are not sure what went wrong but they just kept falling apart and they were a mess so we went to barbacoa because we were kind of in a rush. That is pretty good for us because we have busy schedules so it is always easier to go and grab something. I tried 7 new and different recipes and ended up adding 5 of them to my recipe box which is always exciting. I planned our recipes in advance and bought everything I needed so I did not have to cross the path of the grocery store again. I obviously did not need to buy a lot because well if you are reading this then you probably know that I have a lot of food in my home at all times. Here is the list of recipes we tried and loved in the last two weeks so if you want the recipe for any of them then I will for sure give them to you.

The recipes I liked the most were:

Sloppy Joe Tacos

Lemony Pork Primavera Pasta

Roast Beef and Gravy

Adobo Pork Chops (These are healthy for you also which is a bonus)

Lemon Garlic Roast Chicken (the best meal for sure)

This week we are having:

Monday: Honey Soy Glazed Pork Chops (Thanks Mar!)

Tuesday: Balsamic-Glazed Steamed Fish

Wednesday: Breaded Garlic Chicken in Lemon Butter Sauce

Thursday: Serve yourself day we wont be home at the same time

Friday: Hoedown BBQ Chuck Roast

Saturday: Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole (a little nervous about this one)

I will let you know how they all turn out and let me know if you have any good recipes that we can try.

Family Pictures

Jeffs family recently had family pictures done and here are just a few of my faves. They look a little weird on the blog for some reason but they really turned out great. I am excited to have an updated picture of everyone hanging in my house.The cute nieces. They were not hard to photograph like the boys below. We all stood behind the photographer and made loud noises and funny faces trying to get them to pay attention and they were not having it. I love it though because it is candid and not posed at all.
Jeff siblings and their spouses. He has three brothers and one sister. His sister is the second girl on the left and then the rest are his brothers. I love being apart of this family.

The whole fam!! I bet you can't guess how many time this took us. We did succeed though and I think the pic looks great.

Jeff and I.

Jeff and I later did pics with Guido and my family so I will be posting those pics real soon because they are cute also.