First of all, I'd like to apologize to anyone who visited me last week from the Organizing Junkie and was directed to "Sew Crafty Friday" instead of "Menu Plan Mondays." We have not become desperate enough that we are eating yarn, I just wasn't careful when putting my link in Mr. Linky. If you are here this week then I did a much better job. I'd like to point out that you didn't miss much last week as somewhere about Monday I fell of the Menu Plan band wagon and my plan looks pretty similar to last week. I've planned the Chicken, Spinach & Pasta Bake three weeks in a row and just kept forgetting to take it out my freezer. I made sure I got it out tonight since I'm doing my grocery shopping after work I'll need a quick dinner. Since I missed "Sew Crafty Friday" this week I'll put a little sneak preview of what I'm working on now after this menu:

MONDAY
Chicken, Spinach, and Pasta Bake
Cheese Toast

TUESDAY
Green Chicken Enchiladas
Spanish Rice
Beans

WEDNESDAY
2nd Chance Meals

THURSDAY
Tortillini in Alfredo
Salad

FRIDAY
Kielbasa & Cabbage

BONUS: I'm also cooking for a potluck at work this week so I'm making Baked French toast on Wednesday. With any luck I'll have a recipe up this week with a photo, but my track record lately isn't so good, so we'll see.

**Sneak Peak:

I'm not much of a knitter. I've been crocheting so long that anytime I've tried to knit I give up because crocheting just comes more natural to me. Luckily there are knitting looms and knitting boards. The above picture is of a sock on my sock loom. I've restarted that sock at least 5 times, including this weekend. I wanted there to be a pattern to this sock and was having a hard time keeping track of where I was in the pattern every time I set it down. This week, a new issue of "Loom Knitters Circle Magazine" came out and Isela posted a new sock pattern. This one is super easy so far and I've done 2 1/2 inches of the leg part done, I only started it Friday. Hopefully I'll get the heel done by Friday and I'll post more pics. There will also be some pics of my daughter in the new dress I made her. Too Cute!

Whew! It's been a busy weekend so I just threw this together. Couple of new ones this week. Somehow I ended up on a YouTube watching "Cooking with Jolene, the Trailer Park Cooking Show." I thought it was funny and I'm still not sure if its a gag or not. I've heard that Cola BBQ pork chops are pretty good so we'll give 'em a try. Anyway, we skipped our pork dish last week so I still have pork in my freezer. Friday's Chicken & Spinach Pasta Bake is a recommend from Laura, the Organized Junkie herself. It sounds fantastic and love spinach. Here's the menu:

Monday
Carne Asada Tacos
Spanish Rice
Beans

Tuesday
Shake & Bake Chicken Strips with Raising Cane's Special Sauce
Tater Tots
Carrots

Wednesday
Cola BBQ Pork Chops
Baked Beans
Green Beans

Thursday
Second Chance Meals


Friday
Chicken & Spinach Pasta Bake

PS I just read Jolene's profile on YouTube and it seems that she's also a comedian. I guess that answers my question about it being a gag. I'll let you next week if the recipe was any good.

Temperatures are now in the triple digits. According to weather.com tommorrow's high will be 105 degrees. I didn't feel like going to the grocery store so Monday's night's meal is just from my stock on hand. I also didn't feel like cooking tonight so hooray that there is an In-N-Out close by. I can usually feed everybody for under $15 but I got two shakes tonight and it was a little over $16. Not bad for 4 people, even if two of them share a burger. I love the secret menu too. I only want my burgers animal style now. Sometimes I get the fries animal style too. When I was pregnant with the girl I had diabetes so I would order my burger protein style and my sugars didn't seem to be affected that much by it. We got our fries well-done tonight. I didn't like In-N-Out fries before I discovered them well-done and animal style. I also learned that you can order a neopolitan shake where they layer the vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavors in the cup. I wish I would have remembered today because I would have tried. Well, this has been an exciting post hasn't it? On to the menu:

Monday:
Tri-Color Rotini with Meat Marinra Sauce
Salad with Ranch Dressing
Three Cheese Toast

Tuesday:
Country Style Chicken
Mixed Greens
Mashed Potatoes

Wednesday:
Teriyaki Pork Chops
Vegetable Chowmein

Thursday:
Leftovers

Friday:
Island Kielbasa in a slowcooker
Green Beans
Dessert: Butter Pecan Cake with Vanilla Frosting

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And, just because I'm mean:

PS Ever notice this on the bottom of your cup?