tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128237222024-03-07T12:26:21.036-06:00My Outside VoiceSharing what's on my mind, in my home and on my plate. jillskicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100659032559367036noreply@blogger.comBlogger981125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823722.post-52866938309015060312016-02-01T10:41:00.001-06:002016-02-01T10:41:25.540-06:00On the Menu Monday (MPM) - Week 5 - 2016<center>
We had a great weekend, starting with a nice Friday night in, with a fire, dinner - salmon, rice and roasted broccoli. I also made a delicious vanilla bread pudding. It was nice to stay in Friday night knowing we had a big night out Saturday night. </center>
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Saturday 14 of us got together for dinner at Ruths Chris and had a fabulous dinner and night out. After dinner we went to a private cigar club which was really interesting. Secret door and a really fun atmosphere. The guys had a great time smoking their cigars and sipping their scotch. </center>
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Sunday was spent exactly how we wanted it to be spent. Relaxing and recovering from a very late night. I caught up on some RHOBH and Scott binge watched Bloodline and finished it. Such a good show. We had a really nice dinner, even though we ate later than we wanted to, but it was delicious. We had a standing rib roast we needed to cook, so we had that with some creamed spinach and a baked potato. SO good!</center>
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This week is a quiet week, hoping to go and see another movie Tuesday. Looks like it might be Room, still trying to get through the Oscar nominated films. We saw Joy last week. I just thought it was okay, I did not think Jennifer Lawrence was believable in that role. </center>
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Plans - Home, catch up on DVR</div>
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Breakfast - Leftover bread pudding, have to do it, hate to throw it away.</div>
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Lunch - Crispy chicken salad</div>
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Dinner - Home Chef - Chicken Grand-Mere</div>
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Plans - Movie night, Room (love $5 movie night!)</div>
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Breakfast - Egg bake</div>
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Lunch - Leftover Haluski</div>
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Dinner - Out</div>
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Breakfast - Bacon and eggs</div>
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Lunch - Salmon and rice</div>
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Dinner - Home Chef - Juicy Lucy Stuffed Beef Burger</div>
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Plans -First Thursday Wine event with Grace and Paul</div>
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Breakfast - Egg bake</div>
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Lunch - Rib roast and leftover potato</div>
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Dinner - Out</div>
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Plans - Out downtown trying a new restaurant with Paul and Grace</div>
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Breakfast - Oatmeal</div>
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Lunch - Out with a friend</div>
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Dinner - Home Chef - Coffee Rubbed Flat Iron Steak</div>
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Plans - The Wayzata Chilly Open is taking place on the lake, I think we will go and check it out during the day. </div>
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Plans - Hopefully out with my sister and brother in law for lunch and a movie. </div>
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For more meal plans and links to recipes and other meal plans, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>. </center>
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Weekends go by so fast! But we had a great weekend! We stayed in Friday night and just had a fire and relaxed, caught up on the DVR and just unwound from the week. </center>
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Saturday we attended the soft-opening of a new restaurant <a href="http://barleyandvinekitchen.com/" target="_blank">Barley and Vine</a> in Lakeville. There were five of us that went, and for the most part things were pretty good, but the kitchen definitely has some issues to work out. We had a good time and I found a new wine I really liked!</center>
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Sunday we did our yearly bowling day with my sister and her family to celebrate my niece and nephew, G + G's birthdays. Hard to believe they are fifteen already. But they are definitely teenagers, ugh. It is always fun to get together and bowl though.</center>
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This week is pretty low key for us, it is definitely winter here. We don't have ANY plans during the week. I am thinking we will try to get to the movies tomorrow night, but other than that, its a really low key week. I will probably try to get some organizing done at home, I have already cleaned out the drawers in our end tables in the living room. </center>
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Plans - Home, DVR (which is almost empty! this NEVER happens!)</div>
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Breakfast - Waffles with peanut butter and a clementine</div>
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Lunch - Leftover curry with a fried egg</div>
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Dinner - Home Chef meal - Sirloin Steak with Fondant Potatoes</div>
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Plans - Cheap movie night so we will probably go see a movie. </div>
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Breakfast - Oatmeal with granola</div>
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Lunch - Pumpkin soup and grilled cheese</div>
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Dinner - Out, happy hour somewhere before the movie</div>
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Plans - Home, laundry, DVR</div>
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Breakfast - Fruit and Cottage Cheese</div>
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Lunch - Salad with chicken</div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.afamilyfeast.com/haluski-fried-cabbage-noodles/" target="_blank">Haluski</a> (traditional Polish dish, I have not had this forever, cannot wait to make it!) </div>
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Plans - Out for HH with neighbors</div>
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Breakfast - Egg bake (I have a ton of stuff I need to throw together and make into an egg bake)</div>
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Lunch - Leftover Haluski</div>
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Plans - Thinking we will probably stay in, but it depends on, it is actually supposed to get up to 40!</div>
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Breakfast - More egg bake</div>
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Lunch - Out with a former co-worker</div>
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Dinner - Up in the air</div>
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Plans - We have a big group going out to dinner at Ruths Chris. We have a private room to ourselves, should be a lot of fun!</div>
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Plans - We might get together with my sister and brother in law for lunch at a pizza place we all like, Sammy's and then a movie. Otherwise it will be running errands and I will make some kind of comfort food dish! </div>
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For more meal plans and links to other meal plans and recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>. </div>
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We had a great weekend, kicked off with HH at our house, always fun. Saturday we went to a two year old birthday, the daughter of one of Scott's cousins. She is so adorable, so much spunk and sass, I just adore her! </center>
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After the party we went to our neighbors Paul and Grace's for dinner. Grace is such a fantastic cook and made the best curry! Just loved it. They are such wonderful hosts, pulled out the BEST wines as well of course. It was a wonderful night. </center>
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The high on Sunday hit about -6 without the windchill, so our plan was to not even leave the house. Which is exactly what I did! We started watching Homeland and really got into. I made a pot roast and some polenta, it was a great day to spend inside!</center>
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Plans - Home - more Homeland I am thinking.</div>
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Breakfast - We bought Eggo waffles this past weekend, a big treat, cannot remember the last time I had those. Waffle, peanut butter, clementines. </div>
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Lunch - Leftover curry. Have I mentioned how awesome Grace and Paul are? They sent us home with leftovers, SO GOOD!</div>
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Dinner - Home Chef meal - Blue Cheese and Green Onion Crusted Bone-In Pork Chop. We love these meals. Can't wait for this one. </div>
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Plans - Heading to the movies tonight, now that the Oscar nominations have come out, there are a few that we need to cross off of our list. Tuesdays the nice movie theater by us with recliners has $5 movie night so its a bonus. Not sure what we will see yet, but Grace is leaving for Palm Springs Monday, so we will bring Paul with us. Not sure what we will do for dinner yet. </div>
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Breakfast - Egg frittata with spinach, tomato and mushroom. </div>
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Lunch - Leftover pot roast and polenta. </div>
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Plans - We talked about going to HH at a place we enjoy Primo. We will see though. </div>
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Breakfast - Might be an oatmeal kind of a morning. </div>
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Lunch - Most likely more leftovers.</div>
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Plans - Home, catch up on DVR. </div>
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Breakfast - Fruit, cottage cheese. </div>
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Dinner - Home Chef meal - Sirloin Steak and Fondant Potatoes</div>
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Plans - No plans yet. Either we will stay in or go out! </div>
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Breakfast - Bacon and Eggs</div>
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Lunch - Out with a friend</div>
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Plans - We have a friend who is opening a restaurant and this weekend is the soft opening. So we are going with Paul sans Grace who will still be in Palm Springs and Christi and Paul. Cannot wait to check it out!</div>
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Plans - My niece and nephew G & G turn, OMG, FIFTEEN Friday. I cannot believe these two little cuties are 15 already! We started a tradition years ago where we spend the day bowling and eating pizza and wings to celebrate. Looking forward to it! Time goes by too fast!</div>
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jillskicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100659032559367036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823722.post-34859795049631518352016-01-15T15:09:00.000-06:002016-01-15T15:09:26.130-06:00Five on Friday - Week 2 - 2016<center>
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1. I am not a huge binge watcher, but I have done a few shows lately thanks to our Netflix subscription. I know I am late to the game on this one since it came out last March, but I watched Bloodlines this past week and LOVED it! Who doesn't love Kyle Chandler though. Great story line!</div>
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2. I am a paper planner person. A goal setter. A list maker. An agenda follower. And I love to write it all down in one place and see it! The <a href="http://www.startplanner.com/" target="_blank">Start Planner</a> is new this year and so far I LOVE it! More to come of course!</div>
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3. We have been using some of the meal planning services for a while now, and we just LOVE <a href="http://www.hellofresh.com/raf-helloshare/?c=9JY27R" target="_blank">Hello Fresh</a> (there are others we use as well, but I think this is our favorite). Scott loves the directions and how easy it is to follow them, how the ingredients are all portioned out and the serving sizes are just right. We have done 8 meals from them so far and we have loved all of them. Last night was Italian Ciabatta Burgers, SO good!</div>
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4. Adele. Enough said. We are going to see her in July and I cannot wait! But, I just LOVED her in Carpool Karaoke!! SO good! I just love her!</div>
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5. Happy Hour! We have such a great neighborhood with wonderful neighbors. Tonight is happy hour at our house and I am looking forward to some cocktails, appetizers and a little Cards Against Humanity!</div>
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One of my favorite things to do here in our house, is our tables. I always say the tables and our dinner parties are my creative outlet. Some people knit, scrapbook or make wreaths, I like to set our tables, come up with the perfect guest list and the perfect menu for a dinner party. That is my creative outlet. </center>
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Last week we had planned on having six for dinner, but two had to cancel at the last minute, so we moved dinner from the dining room to the eat in kitchen for a more intimate dinner setting. The holidays just seem to fly by, so right after the holidays was the perfect opportunity to get together and catch up with our neighbors. </center>
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I had remembered from last year, that right after Christmas, our Super Target had their standing rib roast on super sale. And it was again this year. Then on top of their sale price, the Target Cartwheel app had another 20% off! Great time to pick up a great roast for a nice dinner! </center>
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I am going to try to get back to regular blogging and get myself on a regular schedule. I told myself that this would start last week. As you can see that didn't really work out all that well. But I do want to try to focus on it a little more. </center>
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We had a great weekend. Nice relaxing Friday evening with a big ol' glass of red and our first roaring fire of the winter. </center>
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Saturday we went to friends for a Thai dinner and a showing of their pictures from their Vietnam/Thailand vacation. It was a lot of fun and everything was fabulous! </center>
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Sunday we started the day out with brunch with my sister and brother in law, hit up a local brewery for the first half of the Vikings play off game and then back to our neighborhood to our friends Paul and Grace's for the second half. </center>
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It was a great day, even though the Vikings lost! Such a huge bummer! </center>
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Plans - Home, laundry, dinner out</div>
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Breakfast - It is really cold here this week, so some nice hot granola will hit the spot. I like the ginger flavor with some granola and walnuts. </div>
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Lunch - I made a ham this past Friday, which makes great leftovers and I found this great recipe for <a href="http://thefoodcharlatan.com/2015/09/15/ham-mac-and-cheese-soup-recipe/" target="_blank">Mac and Cheese Soup with Ham</a>, SO GOOD! Try it if you get a chance! </div>
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Dinner - Out, Lord Fletchers. We have a groupon that is expiring Tuesday, so we need to use it!</div>
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Plans - Neighborhood Bunco! I look forward to this night every month! Such a fun group of girls!</div>
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Breakfast - Eggs with spinach and ham. </div>
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Lunch - Leftovers, whatever I can find in the fridge. </div>
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Dinner - Bunco, whatever people bring!</div>
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Plans - We have not gotten ourselves out to that many movies lately, and the
Oscar nominations are coming up, hoping we get to see the majority of
them before the awards show. We are heading out to happy hour and to a
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Breakfast - Frittata with tomatoes, spinach, bacon and cheese. </div>
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Dinner - Out to HH at Jake's with friends and then to the movies to see Revenant.
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Plans - Home, catch up on DVR</div>
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Breakfast -Fruit with cottage cheese</div>
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Lunch - Out</div>
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Dinner - We have a couple of Hello Fresh and some Home Chef meals that need to be
cooked up. So tonight is Italian Ciabatta Burgers. We love these
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Plans - Scott's cousins daughters 2nd birthday party during the day. </div>
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Breakfast - Frittata with spinach, tomato and cheese.</div>
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Dinner - This time of year I really like to make something like a stew or something braised on a Sunday. This looks like the perfect <a href="https://www.toovia.com/lists/how-to-welcome-fall-with-food-4-recipes-that-make-a-perfect-fall-dinner-party-menu" target="_blank">Sunday menu</a>. </div>
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For more meal plans, and links to meal plans as well as recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>!</center>
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To say that this year has gotten away from me is an understatement. I don't know where the time goes. It seems like the older I get, the faster time goes. </center>
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We had a really nice long Thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving was spent at my sisters with her family and my mom and dad. The first time in years that it was just us, and it was really nice. I made <a href="http://pattilabelle.com/forum/index.php?threads/pattis-over-the-rainbow-mac-cheese-recipe.15/" target="_blank">Patti LaBelle's Over the Rainbow Mac and Cheese</a> which was so good but so decadent. I also made <a href="http://steamykitchen.com/38468-ruths-chris-sweet-potato-casserole-recipe.html" target="_blank">Ruths Chris Sweet Potato dish</a>, which was a big hit and of course, our favorite <a href="http://jamiecooksitup.net/2010/11/cranberry-cream-cheese-dip-hold-the-wood-chips/" target="_blank">Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip</a> recipe. I have been making this for the past four years and we all just love it.</center>
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My niece Gracie always spends Thanksgiving night with me and we go and do lunch Friday, sometimes some shopping and always take in at least one movie, but usually we try to do two. This year we saw Mockingjay Part 2 (we saw Part 1 last year on Black Friday) and The Good Dinosaur. We loved both of them and neither of us could decide which one we liked best. The only Black Friday grocery shopping we did was at Byerly's, our local grocery store who had some good deals. Later that afternoon, we had a few people over before the Alison Scott Holiday show at Wayzata Community Church. Ali is married to Scott's cousin and we always enjoy her shows, but this one is really special. Two of Scott's aunts and uncles came over and it was really good to see them and spend some time with them. </center>
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Saturday we spent the day getting the house decorated, organized and cleaned up in preparation for a birthday brunch on Sunday to celebrate my dad's 70th birthday. I hadn't put out any Christmas decorations yet, so we started but didn't finish. Just did what we could. We went over to neighbors across the pond, who had a bunch of people over to watch the Gopher/Madison football game. They have an awesome pub at their house and it was packed and a ton of fun, I am glad we went, it was a good stress reliever. </center>
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Sunday my mom and sister showed up early to help with everything. My mom made her <a href="http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Breakfast-Brunch/Holiday-Morning-French-Toast" target="_blank">French Toast Bake</a> which is one of our favorites with apples and craisins (we have this every Christmas morning at my parents), my sister made her cheesy potatoes and I made two egg bakes, one Italian and one Mediterranean as well as a ham. We had lots of sweets as well, muffins, breads and rolls. It was a wonderful day celebrating my dad. His sisters and my parents close friends were all here, it was really nice and everything went off without a hitch. </center>
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This week is hopefully going to be low key leading up to our biggest party of the year. We have a lot of get togethers, celebrations on the deck, but our annual holiday party is always at least 50 people, a ton of food, lots to drink, our closest friends and too much fun! Last year we had our party for the first time on Friday, I decided to do it again this year on a Friday. It worked out really well last year. I take the day off and get everything ready, I usually have at least one friend willing to come and help me early and we have hired help that serves food, keeps making appetizers and cleans up. There are so many parties that people are obligated to in the weekends leading up to Christmas, this is a chance for everyone to let their hair down before things get crazy (or maybe this is when everyone lets their hair down!). We have a really fun gift exchange that gets really competitive, I actually still have to get my gift for Friday!</center>
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Plans - Laundry, home, first big snow storm of the season</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Leftovers - French Toast Bake, Mac and Cheese</div>
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Plans - It is supposed to keep snowing, we are both working from home, so I am thinking the tree will go up, more decorations out and hopefully an appetizer or two prepped for Friday. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - More leftovers!</div>
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Dinner - We have three meals coming from <a href="http://www.hellofresh.com/raf-helloshare/?c=9JY27R" target="_blank">Hello Fresh</a> this week and next week. And then we have three meals coming from <a href="https://www.homechef.com/invite/ZDjJhgNYoVk" target="_blank">Home Chef</a> the following two weeks. I figured with everything going on during the holidays, that this would be a good idea to do to make our lives easy. Scott loves making these meals and he does a great job. This week we have Smoky Chicken Fajitas, Seared Steak and Crispy Potato Salad and Walnut Crusted Salmon with Broccoli and Cous Cous. We will probably do the fajitas. </div>
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Plans - We have friends that are leaving Friday until December 28th, so not only will we miss them dearly but Grace's birthday is today so there is some celebrating that needs to take place. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - More leftovers.</div>
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Dinner - Redstone, out with friends to celebrate!</div>
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Plans - Final prep for Friday. Make any appetizers that I can in advance, make sure the tables are ready, candles are ready to go, get my spruce top planters done. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg and Bacon, salad from Costco for lunch. </div>
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Plans - All day prep for the party. I am having my hair done at noon and our cleaning woman is coming at 1:00, so it is going to be a hectic day. I decided to have my hair braided for the party, something festive. I have my 28th <a href="https://www.stitchfix.com/referral/3531754" target="_blank">Stitch Fix</a> box coming, I am hoping it comes early in the day, I haven't planned an outfit for the party yet, which is really unlike me!</div>
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Meals - will be on the go until the party, and then I need to remember to eat!</div>
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Plans - Ahhhh, clean up, a nap and relaxing! We might hit a movie in the evening. </div>
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Plans - My mom, sister, niece Grace and I go to see a musical every Christmas. This year we are seeing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I can't wait. We always have lunch first, should be a great day! </div>
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I don't know where the time goes lately! This is always one of the things on my ta-da list every week, but for some reason, it is one of those things that just never gets done!</center>
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We had such a nice weekend. Happy hour Friday night with friends to celebrate the fact that they are under contract on a new house. They have been looking for a while for a new house on a lake in the metro area. Those don't come up very often so it has been a long process and they are so excited! We are excited for them as well of course. It will be fun to do a sunset cruise with them! We went to Bacio for happy hour to celebrate and it had been a while since we had been there. SO good, love that place. </center>
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Saturday we spent the day running errands, picked up my new glasses and got the house and dinner ready to celebrate my friend Stacie's birthday. It was a lot of fun and our friends Christi and Paul joined us as well. It was such a nice evening. Good food, good friends, great conversation. Really can't ask for more. </center>
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Sunday after having breakfast at Maggie's and running errands, we headed home for some spring cleaning. We worked on my office. Windows and screens were cleaned, I bought new curtains for the windows, we got rid of one book shelf and I found a new bench. I also decided to change the room around and do a gallery wall. Now, just a few more things. I need to continue de-clutter, which will happen little by little, I really want hardwood floors in my office and a new ceiling fan, which I have already picked out, just need to pull the trigger. I have a fan in here now, but it was a grab and go purchase out of necessity. This is the one I really like. </center>
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I really like the updates though. I just need to get a few more pictures for my gallery wall. To see the transformation that my home office has been through, check out this post <a href="http://www.my-outside-voice.com/2014/01/house-update-my-home-office.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </center>
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This week is a little bit of everything. I was thinking maybe we would go to a wine dinner on Thursday that looked really good, but we are doing Ruths Chris on Saturday night to celebrate a friends birthday, so one expensive dinner out a week needs to be our limit. </center>
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Plans - After a Monday of work, as well as laundry in between meetings, we need to get some errands run. I have a couple of packages to ship out, a set of curtains to return that didn't work for my office and my new glasses adjusted (pinching behind my ears!) and then we are going to grab a bite out at <a href="http://www.lionstap.com/" target="_blank">Lion's Tap</a> which Scott has been wanting to get back to for a while. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg bake (so glad we have had this for breakfasts) and lunch is leftovers. We grilled steaks and asparagus and sauteed mushrooms last night. It made such a good lunch!</div>
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Dinner - Out for a bite!</div>
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Plans - Neighborhood Bunco Night! Always a fun night. I have to bring a snack and I have a Groupon for Wuollet that is expiring, so I will probably stop in there and pick something up to bring. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Finish up the egg bake, leftover short ribs and mashed potatoes</div>
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Dinner - Plated Meal - Lamb Kofta with Pistachios and Herb Salad</div>
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Plans - Home, DVR</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Oatmeal with fresh blueberries, big salad</div>
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Dinner - Plated Meal - Braised Cod with Swiss Chard, White Beans and Almonds</div>
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Plans - Work on getting the closets turned over. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Fresh berries, chicken and rice (Trader Joe's) </div>
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Dinner - Plated Meal - Cheesy Beef Enchiladas with Avocado, Spinach and Black Beans</div>
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Plans - Out, HH with friends</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg and bacon, whatever I can find in the fridge or soup. </div>
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We have a memorial service for my cousin who passed away in February up in Sartell, MN on Saturday and then dinner out for a good friends birthday at Ruths Chris. Sunday I am hoping we can do more clean up and organization at home. Its been so nice to have my office all clean and organized, would like to tackle some other rooms as well.<br />
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In regards to Plated Meals, we have been ordering these, two or three a week and we really enjoy them. Sometimes they are completely out of our comfort zone in regards to something I would make or would not make, other times it is something I might make, but it would include different ingredients. Scott likes the step by step recipe and he fact that all of the ingredients come package together for a meal. Really good stuff though. If you are interested in trying them out, here is the link. https://www.plated.com/invites/11dd6a </div>
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For more meal plans and links to recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>. </div>
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We spent Saturday turning more Parade of Homes, I love looking at the new builds and getting ideas. I am also happy when they have interior designers who have worked with the houses, love looking and getting ideas!</center>
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We have been getting siding bids, flooring bids and we are meeting with an architect to make some pretty radical changes to our house. I would love to do an addition as well, but that is not going to happen right now, but I am really excited to see the changes that we want to do get implemented. Hoping to start our project around the beginning of the summer and it looks like it will be about a 6 to 8 week project. Then of course there will be the landscaping, driveway and doctoring it all up. </center>
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Plans - A visit to the chiro, we were rear ended lightly, a tap really, on Saturday and it threw me out a whack. Luckily we have an EXCELLENT chiro. Then out to eat!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Bananas, peanut butter, granola and chicken poblano from TJ's (I picked up a few easy meals to throw together for lunch this week, I am so glad I did this, our leftovers are slim pickings).</div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://lordfletchers.com/" target="_blank">Lord Fletchers</a> (we have not been in SO long, cannot wait!)</div>
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Plans - We have a company coming out for our 4th estimate for our house project, so I will need to whip something up quickly for dinner. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Banana, peanut butter and granola and a grilled chicken with lime green salad (thank goodness for Trader Joe's!)</div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/creamy-spring-pasta" target="_blank">Creamy Spring Pasta</a> I am going to add roasted turkey to this dish. We bought two rotisserie turkey breasts this past weekend, will be great to add to meals this week.</div>
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Plans - Scott is seeing the chiro after work, I might go into the office, I have an eye appt not far from the office, but I am debating. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - depends on whether or not I decide to go into the office.</div>
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Plans - We have both a flooring estimate and someone coming back to deliver an exterior estimate.</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Cheese and turkey for breakfast and hopefully leftovers for lunch.</div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.closetcooking.com/2010/01/butternut-squash-carbonara.html" target="_blank">Butternut Squash Carbonara</a> and pork chops </div>
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Plans - We have friends coming for HH and to catch up</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg, bacon, and turkey with a green salad</div>
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Dinner - we are doing a bunch of different apps, hopefully I will post some of them later this week. </div>
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Plans - This is the last weekend for Parade of Homes, so I will need to look at my book and make sure that we checked out all of the fabulous houses! It is also the Remodeling Showcase weekend, so I am sure we will check out a few of these. A week from Saturday, we have a Mad Men themed party on the books, so I will be getting ready for that as well, making sure we have the decor like we want it and planning the food and drink. </div>
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Meals - not sure what we will be doing for meals this weekend, most likely out, its also the weekend before my birthday, so maybe something fun!</div>
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For more meal plans and links to lots of great recipes and meal ideas, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>! </div>
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What a whirlwind of a weekend! This past weekend was the <a href="http://www.foodwineshow.com/" target="_blank">MN Monthly Food and Wine Show</a> and it is always one of my favorite weekends of the year! But of course we kicked off the weekend Friday with a half day of work, and lunch with my good friend Stacie, her mom, one of her sisters and my sister! It was so much fun to get to meet her sister Ashley who lives in NYC and it is always fun to see her mom. I was so glad my sister could join us as well. We had a great lunch at <a href="http://lundsandbyerlys.com/our-stores/lunds-byerlys-kitchen/" target="_blank">Lunds and Byerly's Kitchen</a>, which is such a cool concept! It is on the street level of a new elder transitional concept in downtown Wayzata. They have a small amount of groceries, TONS of wonderfully prepared foods and a great sit down area with wine and beer. Scott and I have been there a few times, but everyone just loved it AND our food and service!</center>
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After lunch my sister and I had manis/pedis and then did a little shopping which was really nice! Scott was home working on the house, so before dinner we hit up Home Goods where I came across two lamp shades that I just couldn't pass up. I wasn't looking to replace them, but these were just way too perfect! They work in the room, and the fact that they were formerly green, and Scott painted them this rustish orange works out perfect. </center>
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I keep a restaurant list of places I want to try in the Twin Cities. Places I read about in our local magazines, hear about on Facebook or get recommendations from friends. <a href="http://miltonsvvb.com/" target="_blank">Miltons Vino Vittles and Beer</a> had been on the list for a while and we decided on a whim to give it a try. We both loved it. Great atmosphere, great menu, excellent service and food! </center>
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Great place, they have a mixture of southern down home cooking with a Jewish twist!</div>
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Shrimp and Grits with a fried egg for Scott.</div>
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And a delectable piece of homemade carrot cake to share!</div>
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Saturday and Sunday we spent both days at the show, which was fantastic and a ton of fun but Saturday night was wonderful! We started meeting up with the wonderful Suedkamp girls again, bonus of one more sister and then we were joined by a couple of other friends for drinks at <a href="http://coupdetatmpls.com/" target="_blank">Coup d' etat</a>, which has such a fun atmosphere!</center>
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Last week we somehow managed to eat leftovers every night we didn't go out. I am hoping to get some more cooking in this week. The weather is supposed to be really nice here all week, in the 50's and 60's very spring like. We have actually had a very mild winter here considering, but I can be ready for spring! I am ready for some deck time. </center>
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We are getting ready to have a lot of work done on our house, so we have people coming again this week for estimates. Siding, roof, our awning recovered and hardwood floors throughout the main floor. I guess this is why we never travel any further than Wisconsin. </center>
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Dinner - Out to our favorite pizza place, Joey Nova's with our neighbors who just came back from a two week Panama Cruise.</center>
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Plans - We have another siding estimate, but this one is a former co-workers husband, so they are coming for dinner and drinks. </center>
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Why do weekends always go way too quickly. We had a really good weekend. Friday we met my sister and brother in law out for dinner. We had been to this restaurant once before with Scott's parents so we thought it would be a good idea to bring them there. Unfortunately it was not as good as the previous visit. We didn't order the exact same things of course, but we were still not overly impressed. After we headed to friends of theirs to see their new home. They moved in about 6 months ago, and had bought a model home in a new build area. It was really fun to see them and their house. </center>
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Saturday, I had been wanting to try this restaurant in Uptown, it had been on my restaurant list for a while and last weekend our friends were talking about their buttermilk fried chicken sandwich again, and I could not get out of my mind. It did not disappoint, but, I think I enjoyed their cheeseburger just as much if not more. It was delicious! Scott and I split so we could each try both, so glad he does splitzies. We had seen that MIA had built this fabulous dragon ice sculpture on Lake Calhoun, so we walked down and checked it out, really cool, but SO cold! I really want to go back and see it lit up at night. We also stopped into Penzey's to get some spices, I really miss living in the Uptown area. </center>
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We worked on crossing off the Oscar nominated flicks off of our list last week. We saw The Judge, a free Redbox movie, loved it, The Imitation Game, really enjoyed it, Selma, great movie and then yesterday we went out to lunch with Scott's parents and then saw Still Alice. Julianne Moore was fantastic and really deserved that trophy she won last night. We were home in time last night to build a big fire, pour a nice glass of wine and get a cheese and cracker platter together to take in the fashion on the Red Carpet. SO fun! Loved it!</center>
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We didn't get to make all of the recipes we had planned for last week, but the <a href="http://www.whatscookinchicago.com/2012/03/pork-chop-parmigiana.html" target="_blank">Pork Chop Parmesan </a>was fantastic. </center>
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Our <a href="http://www.eatliverun.com/red-beans-and-rice/" target="_blank">Red beans</a> and rice and <a href="http://www.halfbakedharvest.com/mrs-mooneys-secret-gumbo/" target="_blank">gumbo</a> turned out really good, Scott could not have been happier and had the last of the gumbo for breakfast this morning. </center>
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He loves leftovers for breakfast. I need more breakfast foods. We did not do the tri tip steaks or the meatballs with rosemary aioli last week, but instead I used the rest of the chicken thighs from Tuesday for <a href="http://www.familyfriendlyfrugality.com/frugal-recipe-skinless-chicken-thighs-with-red-wine-vinegar/#_a5y_p=975276" target="_blank">chicken thighs with red wine vinegar</a>, this was such a great recipe, we loved it and I passed it along to a few other people. Really interesting ingredients that made for a wonderful sauce!</center>
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All of the new recipes that I made last week were all keepers and I would make all of them again. The red beans and rice as well as the gumbo will be regulars on our Fat Tuesday menu from here on out. We had our neighbor Pat over for dinner Tuesday, I wasn't sure how everything was going to turn out, but it was a fantastic dinner that we will definitely repeat!</center>
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One of my goals for 2015 is to cook more at home, we tend to eat out quite a bit, which is great, but I want it to be more thought out and planned. I have a list of restaurants that I want to try and with all of the new restaurants opening that list tends to grow. But I have a ton of cookbooks, a ton of recipes pinned on Pinterest and some great tools at my disposal, like our crockpot, le creueset dutch ovens and our grill, plus, I really enjoy cooking, at the end of the day, I find it very relaxing. I want to try a new recipe every week, use the crockpot at least once a week and make something from one of my cookbooks or magazines. </center>
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We try not to make plans for Mondays, we use it to ease into the week and continue to wind down from the weekend. I would like to do a Mexican Monday, tacos, enchiladas, burritos, nachos, taco salads. We love all of those things so I figure why not, it makes life easy! </center>
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I also want to try to cook from our fridge/freezer/pantry as much as possible. My problem is that I have the flashy object syndrome. I see a new recipe or get a craving for something and our plans go out the window and I wind up going to the store to get what I need instead of using what I have at home. Since I have spent a lot of time cleaning out and organizing these cabinets the past couple of months, it would be nice to see them get emptied out a little. I threw a lot of stuff out, and I don't want to do that going forward. </center>
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One of my other goals for 2015 it to try to adhere to a Whole30/Paleo/Clean Foods lifestyle as much as possible. We have really enjoyed the foods and recipes that we have tried, and it really seems to agree with us. We have a couple of exceptions that we have both agreed to, Scott needs his milk, it doesn't agree with me. Cheese, we love it too much. We try to do goat as much as possible, but, that is a deal breaker for us. In the past two weeks we have had pastas and rice, I am going back to staying away from those. </center>
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Plans - home, I have laundry I need to catch up on, we had our Home Service Plus out to look at our fridge what has been working more as a freezer lately, and I just need to veg and catch up on DVR. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Leftovers from lunch yesterday, my tuna melt with clementines. I was thinking I would have something for lunch, but I am still SO full from breakfast. </div>
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Dinner - I started this yesterday, the whole house smelled incredible, <a href="http://www.simplyscratch.com/2014/02/braised-pork-shoulder-cheesy-fontina-grits.html" target="_blank">Braised Pork Shoulder </a> we are having ours with polenta instead of grits, but I am really looking forward to this for dinner!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - I am meeting a high school friend for lunch. We haven't caught up since HS, so it should be a lot of fun. Its also restaurant week, so we are trying one of my favorites in downtown Wayzata 6Smith. </div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.joyouslydomestic.com/2014/01/slow-cooker-melt-in-your-mouth-pot-roast.html" target="_blank">Pot Roast in the Crockpot</a> I don't usually follow or need a recipe for this, but this looks really close to how I make mine. </div>
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Plans - Home. Again. At the bottom here I am going to publish my long outstanding ta-da list that I know I need to tackle this week. These are things that I have had on my list since the beginning of the year, so I want to do my best to actually try to get some things accomplished. Work has been crazy lately, so even though I work from home, trying to get anything extra accomplished during the day is impossible. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Eggs and bacon. Salad, I bought beets at Trader Joe's on Sunday, so I am planning on roasting those in the morning so I can have them with my salad!</div>
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Dinner - Leftovers. With lunch plans and a salad for lunch, the leftovers are not getting eaten so we need a clean out the fridge night. </div>
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Plans - SOOOOO excited about this. We are headed to Spoon & Stable, which was just nominated for a James Beard last week. It is a new restaurant that opened in November last year and is impossible to get a reservation at. We have had these reservations with friends for two months! I cannot wait! Now, what to wear!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - I will be keeping it light today, an egg and some fruit for breakfast and a salad or some soup for lunch. </div>
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Dinner - If you follow me on <a href="http://www.joyouslydomestic.com/2014/01/slow-cooker-melt-in-your-mouth-pot-roast.html" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, I am sure you will see a few posts from dinner! </div>
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Plans - We don't have any plans at this time, but I really enjoyed last Saturday and just heading out and doing some exploring. There are always so many fun things going on in our own back yard, I am looking forward to seeing what we encounter. I will probably need to prep dinner for Sunday as well. </div>
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Plans - I am really looking forward to our plans for Sunday. This is my kind of a day. We are heading to the Home and Garden Show with two other couples. We all have house projects going on, one couple is even looking at buying a new place which I mentioned last week. We always have projects going on, but the other thing that I have realized is so important, in order to keep your house marketable, you need to keep refreshing! Looking forward to the show with this fun group though. After, there was a special request for my spaghetti and meatballs. I made them one night years ago, after Thanksgiving, we had them over and did a little Wii bowling, just a really fun night, but they loved my mom's recipe for spaghetti and meatballs. My mom's recipe for spaghetti and meatballs was always my birthday meal request, and now I have had several people request mine (I use my mom's recipe!). Scott's dad, its one of his favorites, my dad, of course, I love making it too! Its kind of funny because my parents are both Polish and if you know MN we don't have a lot of Italians, especially on the Mpls side, most of our true Italians are either up on the Iron Range or in St. Paul. But my mom always made her three meat meatballs and homemade sauce. I wonder if someone else taught her how. I will have to ask. I am thinking I will make them up on Saturday so that they have plenty of time to cook in the sauce. </div>
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<li>Mail package to friend who just had a baby</li>
<li>Spray tan (its the middle of winter in MN, enough said)</li>
<li>Clean out pocketbook</li>
<li>Clean Office</li>
<li>Go through hanging shirts in closet, clean out </li>
<li>File Receipts</li>
<li>Laundry</li>
<li>Decorate mantle </li>
<li>Decorate shelves in Living Room</li>
<li>Decorate builtins</li>
<li>Eyebrow wax (I feel like they are starting to braid together)</li>
<li>Drop comforter off for dry cleaning</li>
<li>Sprint (My phone battery has been draining really fast and I am not due for an upgrade until August. We switched to the Framily plan back in May or June of last year, my whole family is on it, but I am SO unhappy with it. I loved Sprint up until that point. My bill went up a ton, I can't get a new phone when I want one and now we have to lease our phones, just hate the whole set up and have been thinking about switching, ugh, why are we so dependent on these things!)</li>
<li>I have two bins of clothes that need to be put away</li>
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<li>2015 Goals - put them in binder</li>
<li>Home Binder - we need to update our project list and get our budget for 2015 in order</li>
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<li>Put our Groupons on the calendar (we love these, but if they aren't on the calendar sometimes we forget about them)</li>
<li>Invitations for Neighborhood Sip n Mingle (we did this in the fall, it is a great way to bring everyone together and see how everyone is doing. In MN we tend to hibernate in the winter so you don't really see people out and about.</li>
<li>Wine Swap party. It has been forever since we have had a wine get together with the club. For this one I will have everyone bring a bottle of wine and snack to share and a bottle of wine that will go into the swap. Should be fun. </li>
<li>Update chalkboards - there isn't anything on them at the moment, they need a little update</li>
<li>Turn Style - I dropped stuff off for consigning a while back, I should go in and check to see if I am owed any money. I should see if I have more i could take in. </li>
<li>Basket for blankets in the living room. I am looking for a big basket we can store our blankets in, we tend to do a lot of snuggling under blankets during the winter. </li>
<li>Make eye appointment. I think I might be at that age where I need those special glasses. I had to stop wearing my contacts about 6 months ago, not sure, maybe there is still something they could do. </li>
<li>Inventory and catalog wine (this is a mess and needs to get done asap, but it is a big project, we easily have at least 24 cases that need to be photographed, inventoried and put into our spreadsheet/database). </li>
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We had a really nice, busy Valentine's Weekend! Friday our neighbors from across the street and kitty corner from us came over for a little happy hour. I made some sun dried tomato meatballs with a chipotle sauce and put out some hummus and tzatziki with pita chips as well as an assortment of cheese and crackers. It was fun to catch up with neighbors who we don't normally see during the winter months. </center>
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Saturday we had lunch at a new burger place that opened up near us, Freddy's Steakburgers and Custard. It was really good, and fun to have a new place to try. We thought it was a lot like Smashburger or Five Guys, but I loved the custard. </center>
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After we met up with friends to tour a local distillery, really interesting and fun to get the insight into something local that seems to really be catching on. Can't wait for these craft cocktail rooms to open! </center>
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Sunday was a busy day for us too, we knocked off our grocery shopping after planning out our meals for the week. We have friends that are starting to look for a new house, and they are thinking they would like to be on a local lake. It was so much fun to check these houses out and I think we found one that they will be putting an offer in on. I had serious kitchen envy, this kitchen, along with a butlers kitchen was to die for, so huge, absolutely loved it!</center>
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This week, we have a little Fat Tuesday planned, and we are also trying to catch the last couple of movies that we want to take in before the Oscars on Sunday. </center>
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Plans - Going to see The Imitation Game after dinner</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg, bacon, tomatoes, melon and a salad</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg, bacon, tomatoes, soup</div>
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Dinner - Chicken and sausage gumbo, red beans and rice (I am making both of these on Monday so they really have a while to cook.</div>
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Plans - Red Box - The Judge</div>
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Dinner - Tri-tip steaks, brussel sprouts and oven fries</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Eggs with leftover meatballs and soup</div>
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Plans - Hoping to work on some organization in the lower level. Fingers crossed. </div>
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We did get out on Friday and see American Sniper. Scott had been dying to see it. What a great film, so well done and a great story, I am so glad that Chris Kyle was able to put his story on paper before we lost him. Clint Eastwood did a fabulous job with the material and Bradley Cooper really brought justice to the role. At the end, in our sold out theater, the entire theater clapped. </center>
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Saturday I thought I was feeling well enough to get out of the house. I should have stayed home. We did go to Total Wine though on Saturday. I really wanted to get out of the house, and we had not been there yet. I ran into a high school classmate of mine, who has changed careers and is one of their wine experts. It was fun to talk to him and catch up. I can't wait to try some of the wines we picked up. They have a huge selection and great prices. </center>
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I am looking forward to being able to get some things accomplished this week! I feel like I lost a whole week!</center>
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Plans - Catch up on all of the stuff that I wanted to get to last week! First up, clean out my sock drawers! I know, SO exciting!</center>
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Plans - Third time is the charm. We have tried to go to the movies for the last two Tuesdays, I am hoping we can really make it this time! We still have a few movies that have been nominated that we want to see. </center>
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Plans - Super Bowl Sunday. My sister is hosting us again. We are having a chili and wing cook off. I am doing chili and Scott is doing wings. I haven't decided what kind of chili to do yet, debating on a white chicken chili or a traditional red bean chili. Game time decision I guess.</center>
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For more meal plans and links to recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>.</center>
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jillskicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100659032559367036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823722.post-46123803594795511992015-01-19T16:00:00.002-06:002015-01-19T16:02:05.209-06:00On the Menu Monday (MPM) - Week 4 - 2015<center>
Last week just seemed to fly by, not sure why? Of course we didn't get to everything we wanted to, and having my parents in town changed things up a bit, but we had a good week.</center>
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We did not get to HH on Wednesday, we are going to try again this week, but I am not holding my breath with this group. We also did not make the walleye, again, because I wound up picking my parents up from the airport, so I just grabbed takeout on the way home. </center>
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Friday, we had two couples for dinner and we had such a good time. I have been craving <a href="http://barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=38&S=0" target="_blank">Ina Garten's lamb roast</a>, and it turned out really well and we had people going back for thirds even.</center>
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I also did a crostini bar for appetizers. We had leftover beef tenderloin which was perfect, along with some cave blue cheese, horseradish and olive tapenade. Next time I think I would add garlic roasted tomatoes, caramelized onions and a brie, or some kind of cheese. </center>
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The salad that we started with was a recipe from my favorite local grocery store. <a href="http://lundsandbyerlys.com/recipe/blueberry-manchego-walnut-mixed-green-salad/" target="_blank">Blueberry, Manchego, Walnut Salad</a>. I loved the dressing for this salad, it was delicious. Dessert was very easy, we just had chocolate truffles with mixed berries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. It was a really nice evening. </center>
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We needed a refresher in our guest bathroom, so I bought a new shower curtain, new rug and new shower hooks. It really brightened things up! A nice inexpensive change!</center>
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Saturday, after our family friends funeral, we stopped in to my sisters to see her new kitten, she is SO cute! Really takes me back to when Stella was that small. </center>
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After we decided to catch Birdman. We like to try to see all of the movies that are nominated for the Oscars. We enjoyed this one, Scott more than I did, but I can definitely see why Michael Keaton was nominated. After we grabbed a bite to eat out, nothing fancy, but it was good.</center>
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Sunday we had a family lunch to celebrate G & G's birthdays. I cannot believe they will be 14 on Thursday. But boy, can you tell they are teenagers. I don't remember being so grumpy all the time at that age, but they really aren't a lot of fun. Grant would not even take a picture with me. </center>
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I started getting a tickle in my throat last night, and I am not feeling that great today, so not sure if our plans this week will hold up, but fingers crossed. </center>
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Plans - Our neighbors just got back from a two week cruise, so they are coming over to tell us about their travels. </center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Fruit, Leftovers from Saturday, spaghetti and meatball</center>
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Dinner - Joey Nova's pizza, our favorite</center>
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Plans - We have not taken advantage of the $5 movie night at our local theater yet, and Scott is really looking forward to seeing American Sniper. </center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Egg and Fruit, Leftovers, probably broccoli and something</center>
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Dinner - Yard House, I love this place</center>
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Plans - we are going to try, for the third week in a row, to get together with former co-workers for HH. Can't believe that we have such a hard time getting together. </center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - fruit, leftovers and a salad</center>
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Dinner - HH @ Bacio</center>
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Plans - getting together with a girlfriend who I always enjoy seeing for HH.</center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - eggs, fruit, leftovers and a salad</center>
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Dinner - using up some of the leftover lamb and making gyros</center>
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Plans - oh boy am I in for fun now. I have a root canal scheduled for the afternoon, so it will be a low key night with some DVR or movies on demand.</center>
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Dinner - I am thinking the only thing I am going to feel like eating is soup.</center>
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Plans - We haven't made plans yet for the weekend. I am sure we will try to get another movie or two in that have been nominated for awards.</center>
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For more meal plans and links to recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>.</center>
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I didn't get to make everything I wanted to last week, but here were a couple of favorites!</center>
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Pan fried bone in organic chicken thighs, seasoned with Flavorgod Everything seasoning, roasted broccoli with lemon and pan roasted butternut squash. This made great leftovers as well. </center>
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We had a fantastic weekend! Friday I had done some running around for our dinner party on Saturday. I picked up a couple of salads for dinner and we were going to just pop in a frozen pizza for dinner, but we decided to try a new place not far from us called Living Waters, which also has a yoga studio. Lets just say, they should stick with yoga. I could not even eat one slice, all you could taste was raw pizza dough. We even put it back in the oven and cooked it further, but yuck. I hate to throw out food, and we tried a few neighbors, but no takers, so we literally threw out a almost a whole pizza. Sad, but it was awful! </center>
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Saturday we spent the morning getting some errands and shopping done for our dinner party. We were supposed to have a chef come in and prepare dinner for 12 of us, but our chef, along with two of his kids got the flu, so I had to pinch hit. We came up with the menu Friday and I made the potato dish and the salmon spread in preparation. I asked one of our neighbors grandsons to come over and help with prep work, serving and clean up. It was the third time he has come to help with something like this, and he is absolutely wonderful and a huge help! Dinner worked out really well, we had a smoked salmon spread on endive, paired with a really nice sparkling wine from New Mexico, a mashed potato dish, I had picked up the recipe the week before from one of our Trader Joe's. It had broccoli, leaks and cave blue cheese, it went really nicely with the beef tenderloin with a mushroom madeira reduction that I made and roasted asparagus. We did a salad course with Kung Fu Riesling, a nice dry Riesling, loved it. The main course we paired with a Mount Vedeer Cabernet and then we had a dark chocolate cake with a butter cream frosting, paired with The Velvet Devil Merlot. It was a really good time and a great group of people. </center>
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Sunday, our friend Carrie was in town visiting her boyfriend, so we met up with them for lunch at The Bonefish Grill which is new to us here, they just opened a couple of months ago. We have been twice and just love the food. After a bite to eat we went to see Wild with my girl Reese. Pretty good movie. I think she will get an Oscar nod. When we got home, we had Boyhood from Redbox so we watched that before the Golden Globes came on, and we both loved that. Trying to make sure we get all of our "Oscar" movies in. Can't wait to see who will be up!</center>
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Plans - Home, I need to work on my planner and goals for 2015</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Clementines, Pear and chicken salad with a vinaigrette (this is a pre-made salad from our local store, they are SO good). </div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/19406_fettuccine_with_champagne_cream_sauce_and_sage_toast/" target="_blank">Chicken and Pasta with a Champagne Cream Sauce</a> I am changing this up a little to include leftover ingredients I have on hand. We have a half of a bottle of sparkling wine left over from Saturday so I thought it would be a good use of it. I am also going to use pasta I have on hand, add some chicken and try thyme instead of sage. I also will add some of the leftover asparagus. If had mushrooms, I would add those as well, but I am sure it will be good. </div>
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Plans - Neighborhood Bunco night. This is always one of my favorite nights of the month, looking forward to seeing the girls!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Eggs and bacon, fruit. Leftovers (clean the fridge out - unless I pick up another salad!)</div>
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Dinner - Usually it is just snacky foods at Bunco. I am bringing <a href="http://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/2014/09/crock-pot-kickin-cheesy-beer-smokies/2/" target="_blank">Cheesy Beer Smokies</a> I think it seems like something that the girls will like!</div>
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Plans - We weren't able to get together for HH last week, it was SOOOOO cold, I was happy to not have to leave the house! BUT, the good news is, more people can make it this week!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Eggs and bacon with fruit and a salad</div>
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Dinner - Bacio for HH</div>
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Plans - Hoping to catch up on some things at home and get ready for a dinner party Friday night. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Eggs and bacon and salad</div>
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Dinner - Walleye. We didn't have this last week, and I am still working on cleaning out the freezer. </div>
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Plans - Carrie and Scott are coming for dinner along with another couple, Mike and Kelly. Looking forward to seeing them, it is a fun group!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Eggs and bacon with fruit and soup or a salad if there aren't leftovers. </div>
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Dinner - I have not come up with the menu yet, but I am sure it will be good!</div>
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Plans - my mom and dad are flying up from AZ on Thursday to attend a good friends funeral. So my sister and I will be going with them to the services, just waiting on details. So keeping most of the weekend open to spend with them. </div>
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For more meal planning and links to recipes - check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/2015/01/menu-plan-monday-jan-1215.html" target="_blank">Orgjunkie</a>. </div>
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This week is kind of up in the air for a few things, but we will just roll with it. We have things in the fridge and freezer that need to get used up. We are also on what I will call a modified Whole30. Probably more Paleo than anything else, I just don't want things to go to waste and want to make sure I use things up. Like dinner tonight for example. I have 3/4 of a half gallon of milk that needs to get used up, and three packages of open shredded cheese that I want to get rid of, so they went into the egg bake. I figure it will make a good dinner and will make for a really good breakfast all week for us. It is going to be really cold all week, it is sitting at about -30 with the windchill right now. </center>
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Plans - home, put more Christmas decor away. I guess I might take down the mantle. Makes me so sad!</div>
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Breakfast - fresh fruit - we have mango, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, clementines and bananas, so lots to choose from!</div>
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Plans - the ICON movie theater that we like to go to, not far from our house, just announced that they are offering all movies for $5 on Tuesdays and free popcorn. So, we will be taking advantage of that deal and catching Into the Woods. Can't wait!</div>
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Breakfast - Leftover Breakfast Casserole and fruit</div>
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Lunch - Leftover steak and mashed potatoes</div>
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Dinner - Out, I am thinking The Bonefish Grill or The Yardhouse - it is an impromptu date night after all!</div>
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Plans - waiting to hear back from some former co-workers to see if we will be getting together for happy hour. Otherwise, maybe a mall walk? </div>
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Breakfast - Leftover Breakfast Casserole and fruit</div>
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Lunch - Leftover soup</div>
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Dinner - either out or pan fried chicken thighs and roasted butternut squash</div>
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Plans - Now, some people may think this is morbid and wrong, but we are joining a Dead Pool this year and our yearly draft is tonight. We have been working on our list!</div>
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Breakfast - Leftover Breakfast Casserole and fruit</div>
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Lunch - Leftovers hopefully or I will have to scrounge something up. </div>
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Dinner - Out - JJ's Clubhouse</div>
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Plans - Home, finish taking down Christmas decor, get the house ready for Saturday.</div>
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Breakfast - Leftover Breakfast Casserole, if there is any left, or it will be a fried egg and sausage. </div>
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Lunch - Leftover stew</div>
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Dinner - Pan fried walleye and roasted broccoli (we have walleye in the freezer that needs to be used up).</div>
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Saturday</div>
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Plans - We are hosting a chef's dinner with five other couples. This is the third time we have been a part of this, but the first time we are hosting and I am really looking forward to it. </div>
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Breakfast/Lunch - Hopefully Scott will make an omelet, they have been really good!</div>
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Dinner - I will post the full menu next week. It will most likely be four courses with wine pairings. </div>
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Sunday</div>
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Plans - We are doing a Mystery Shop for Brunch at The Bonefish Grill. I know that this is a larger chain, but we just got one here. We have been twice already, once for brunch and once for dinner and we loved it both times. Since it is right next to our movie theater that we like, we might catch a movie as well. </div>
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Brunch - Bonefish Grill</div>
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Dinner - Normally I like to make something that can be used as leftovers during the week, but I am not sure if we will be hungry, but either way I think I will make something. </div>
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For more meal plans and links to recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/2015/01/menu-plan-monday-jan-515.html" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>. </div>
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Unfortunately it was a busy night and I didn't get good pictures of the making of this recipe, but I wanted to post it because it was such a good recipe, I will definitely be making it again. </div>
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I don't have Trisha Yearwood's cookbook, but I think it might be one I need to purchase, I have found a few of her recipes and seen her show on the Food Network and she is always cooking up something delicious. This soup was no exception!</div>
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We have been buying rotisserie chickens and the boy will take the chicken off of the bone so that we can use it in different recipes during the week. It is easy to throw it into a soup. </div>
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Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the garlic and
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I am linking up over at <a href="http://feedingbig.com/2014/05/kitchen-link-party-67.html" target="_blank">In and Out of the Kitchen</a> and <a href="http://www.anyonita-nibbles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Aynonita Nibbles</a> this week! <br />
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The first course was a french brie, a robiola and an alemar cheese with blackberries, strawberries and barrel aged honey paired with Charles K Voigner (all of the wines were Charles Smith wines, delicious!)</center>
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The second course was roasted peaches with seared scallops and micro greens paired with Kung Fu Girl Riesling.</center>
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The next course was a <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/herb-roasted-lamb-recipe.html" target="_blank">roasted boneless lamb roast</a> and roasted fingerling potatoes. I made this recipe back in January and the boy and I loved it. We paired this with K Syrah. Dessert was coconut dark chocolate truffles and carrot cake truffles paired with The Velvet Devil merlot. It was a really nice night and so fun to do a dinner with pairings like that. </center>
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Plans - Home, laundry FUN stuff!<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Berries, english muffin, chicken pasta salad <br />
Dinner - Grilled chicken ravioli, pesto, roasted tomatoes and fresh mozzarella<br />
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Tuesday<br />
Plans - Our new sectional is being delivered for the living room, I cannot wait. Then we just have the finishing touches. I absolutely love the way this room has come together. Bunco night! I am bringing a big pitcher of margaritas and <a href="http://no-onions-mbc.blogspot.com/2011/07/margarita-dip.html" target="_blank">margarita dip</a> with strawberries.<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - I have oatmeal I really need to eat. Leftover soup chicken tortilla soup from last week.<br />
Dinner - Bunco bites<br />
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Wednesday<br />
Plans - <strike>Maybe a movie, depends on the weather really.</strike> If it is nice a walk. Lowe's for mulch!<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - More oatmeal, fresh berries, leftover lamb<br />
Dinner - <strike>Homemade margarita pizza</strike> Smashburger - we need to go get a ton of mulch at Lowe's. <br />
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Thursday<br />
Plans - Cards with the neighbor girls<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Oatmeal with fresh berries, leftover chicken tortilla soup<br />
Dinner - Turkey tacos (I love taco night)<br />
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Friday<br />
Plans -Waiting to hear back from friends on dinner plans.<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - more oatmeal until it is gone, but I will miss my cottage cheese and berries so that will be lunch.<br />
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Saturday<br />
Plans - Waiting to hear back from friends on dinner plans.<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - oatmeal, berries, salad<br />
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Sunday<br />
Plans - Grillfest at the Depot - we are attending and not volunteering this year, really looking forward to it<br />
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner - we will be getting plenty to eat at Grillfest!<br />
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We are doing a <a href="http://theeverygirl.com/our-second-30-day-challenge-and-twitter-chat" target="_blank">30 day challenge</a>. We were on our way out to dinner when I told the boy about this, but basically it is an eat at home challenge. You get four freebies, nights out, and of course we already have plans in May, so we actually have plans for five meals out, and we already had a fail. We are going to do our best though. We figure it will help us go through what is in our fridge and freezer, lose weight and save money. I am excited to see how it works. </center>
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The pork chops were one of the first things I pulled out of the freezer that I knew we needed to use. The boy came home from work, I finished up a conference call and we headed out for about a 30 minute walk. I thought it would be 7 before we sat down to eat, but I was pleasantly surprised that this only took about 30 minutes to make from start to finish and we were sitting down to dinner at 6:30 without a problem. </center>
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<b>Pork Chops with Mushroom Whiskey Sauce</b><div class="MsoPlainText">
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<li>4 thin pork chops (adjust cooking time for thicker cuts - I used thin bone in, but you could use boneless too)</li>
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<li>1 tablespoon butter</li>
<li>Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper</li>
<li>1 pound mushrooms, sliced</li>
<li>1 to 3 shallots, thinly sliced</li>
<li>4 large garlic cloves, minced</li>
<li>1/2 cup chicken broth</li>
<li>1/2 cup heavy cream</li>
<li>2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar</li>
<li>1/3 cup Bourbon (it is what I had on hand after the Derby this weekend)</li>
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Remove chops from pan once heated and browned on both sides. Cover with foil and keep warm in oven. I had to add a little more butter to the pan to cook the mushrooms, shallots and garlic. Add the bourbon or if you want, whiskey. Bring this to a boil and let reduce, add chicken broth and balsamic. </div>
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Reduce sauce by half and simmer. Slowly add in the heavy cream, continuing to stir. Add the pork chops back to the pan until heated through. </div>
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Linking up over at <a href="http://feedingbig.com/" target="_blank">Feeding Big</a> and <a href="http://www.anyonita-nibbles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anyonita Nibbles</a>.</div>
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jillskicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100659032559367036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823722.post-38749134021788675062014-05-05T16:53:00.000-05:002014-05-14T13:16:41.859-05:00On the Menu Monday (MPM) - Week 19<center>
I am a little late here, but I am trying to get a little bit better about posting, at least trying to get my meal planning down. We do have our <a href="http://theeverygirl.com/our-second-30-day-challenge-and-twitter-chat" target="_blank">30 day challenge</a> going on. </center>
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Here is what we have planned for this week.</center>
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Plans - Walk after work, over to the neighbors for cocktails</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and berries</div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.my-outside-voice.com/2014/05/recipe-of-week-pork-chops-with-mushroom.html" target="_blank">Pork Chops with Mushroom Whiskey Sauce</a></div>
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Plans - Walk, laundry, get the table set in the dining room - dinner plans Saturday!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch -Greek yogurt, berries. Leftover steak, gorgonzola sauce with pasta.</div>
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Dinner - Leftovers - working on cleaning out the fridge</div>
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Plans - Costco for flowers for the front and the deck</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and berries, Salad with grilled chicken</div>
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Dinner - Need to use up some of the ham - egg bake</div>
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Plans - We really want to see Divergent before it leaves the theater!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt and berries, salad</div>
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Dinner - <a href="http://www.my-outside-voice.com/2014/05/recipe-of-week-trisha-yearwoods-chicken.html" target="_blank">Chicken <strike>quesadillas</strike> tortilla soup</a> (we had these a couple of weeks ago and they were so good! I love to pick up a Costco rotisserie chicken, there is usually enough for several meals all week!)</div>
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Plans - <a href="https://www.thewinefest.org/Online/" target="_blank">Winefest</a> this is number two of our six planned nights out this month. ( and actually it is now 7 since we cheated on Sunday and went to Taco Johns!)</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and berries, chicken soft taco</div>
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Dinner - Winefest</div>
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Plans - Work on the house, organize, turn over summer. We recently hired a cleaning service, so the house gets cleaned top to bottom every other week, which was yesterday, so we have more time to work on projects at home! Errands - shop for a couple of things for the menu. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit. Grilled cheese. </div>
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Dinner - We did a cooking class last month and we have really wanted to recreate the menu with wine pairings. I bought the wine a little over a week ago, so now it is time to pull the menu together. It will be fun to do for friends too. I will post the menu in a separate post, but I am changing the entree up a bit.</div>
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Plans - Mother's Day! We are spending the day with both sets of parents. We are taking them to brunch at a new place. Cannot wait to try their brunch!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - okay, Brunch!</div>
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Dinner - I am sure we will not be hungry for dinner, hopefully it is nice and we get a walk in. </div>
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For more meal plans and to find links to lots of recipes. . . check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>.</div>
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So, seriously, where have the last 6 weeks gone? We have been really busy lately. Between both sets of our parents getting back from AZ, working on the living room transformation and celebrating my birthday, having guests in town and of course WORK! </center>
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This past weekend was a ton of fun. Friday started with having a fantastic lunch with an awesome former co-worker, I always love catching up with him (and he brought me back a ton of batteries from TRF for CHEAP!). They make their own raspberry lemonade which is absolutely delicious!</center>
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Then we decided to do an impromptu dinner with friends J & T and our neighbors B & P. I decided to try a new recipe, I did a pasta with grilled steak and a gorgonzola cream sauce. I had seen it on the menu at lunch and it sounded really good. I think next time I would try it with chicken. We played Cards of Humanity, oh my, it was the first time for all of us. Needless to say, my stomach hurt from laughing so hard the next morning. </center>
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Saturday we spent the day running errands and getting ready for a little wine club get together. We had friends staying with us from Aurora, CO. They moved away last summer, and stayed with us for a long weekend. It was so good to see them and catch up. Great excuse to get the wine club together too! We had a great time and picked out some great desserts to go with the wine!</center>
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Plans - Home, We both need it after this weekend. Early to bed!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Banana peanut butter and toast, fruit.</div>
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Dinner - Salmon with lemon and dill, rice</div>
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Plans - Our neighbors lower level flooded so we are having them over for dinner.</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and fruit, leftover pizza</div>
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Dinner - Chicken parmesan, salad and beautiful delicious desserts (see above)<br />
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Plans - Out to dinner. Eat Street Social is quickly becoming one of our favorite restaurants, SO good and they change their menu seasonally, This is their last week of their winter menu. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Peanut butter and banana toast, leftover chicken parm</div>
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Plans - Silver Oak Wine Dinner at Ruths Chris<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and berries, something light, big dinner planned<br />
Dinner - the menu looks amazing!<br />
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Plans - not so much fun, doctors appointments in the afternoon, so just a half day of work and then it is mani pedi time and some errands!<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and berries<br />
Dinner - wasn't really hungry, so we just popped some popcorn<br />
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Saturday<br />
Plans - We were going to go salsa dancing and out to dinner with friends. But our neighbors had to put their dog down after a battle with cancer and they really had a tough time with this, so we decided to do an impromptu derby day dinner and had our friends J & T over as well, and of course their puppy. Puppy kisses always help. <br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Peanut butter banana and toast.<br />
Dinner - Coleslaw, homemade mac and cheese, ham and rolls<br />
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Sunday<br />
Plans - clean out the garage, organize the house. We have been going things, rooms, closets one by one and purging and paring down. We took a load to my mom's shop and a load to Goodwill.<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Leftover ham and some cheese on a roll. And then we failed on our 30 day challenge. After we dropped some stuff off at my mom's shop, we were both hungry and Taco John's was calling our name.<br />
Dinner - Popcorn again, we just weren't that hungry after having a late lunch at Taco John's.<br />
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I did pick this up at my mom's shop, makes a great spring time addition to our 1/2 bath.<br />
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Thursday we did the Penfolds wine dinner at Ruths Chris, it was fan-flippin' tastic and of course we had an awesome table!</center>
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This past weekend flew by! Friday my mom and dad brought my niece over and we had dinner together. It was so good to see them, they just got back from AZ so it was good to catch up. My parents helped us rearrange furniture in the living room, we must have moved it around 7 different ways to the sun. And of course, it went back to the way we had it to begin with. We are really struggling with this room and the layout, but we may have come up with a solution. </center>
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Gracie stayed and spent the night. The next day we went and had our nails and toes done. Of course Gracie loves the massage chair. </center>
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After lunch and some errands, it was time for wine class, and then we took Gracie to soccer before we headed to a friends for dinner. Friends T & J had given her a huge bottle (5 liters) of wine for her birthday, so we had a nice dinner and shared it. It was fantastic of course. </center>
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After a late night, we slept in and then headed to the furniture store. We needed to get new fabric samples for the sectional we want to order. We had already gotten five samples that did not work, so it was back to the drawing board. We ran into friends M & B though who were shopping for a rug, so it was fun to catch up with them.</center>
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Then it was onto the car show. The boy was so excited and had been talking about it for weeks. We both need new vehicles, so it was a great way to check out what is out there and see what works for us. I came away with some clear options. It was fun to see what was new. </center>
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We were just exhausted after spending hours in and out of cars, so dinner was a frozen pizza after stopping at the grocery store to pick up a few things for the week. </center>
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Here is what we have lined up for this week!</center>
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Plans - St. Patrick's Day! Our neighbors Barb and Pat are joining us for corned beef and cabbage. </div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, leftover pizza</div>
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Dinner - Corned Beef and Cabbage (potatoes and carrots)<br />
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Plans - Home<br />
Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese, strawberries, leftovers from Saturday<br />
Dinner - <a href="http://therecipecritic.com/2013/08/spinach-artichoke-pasta/" target="_blank">Spinach and Artichoke Pasta</a></div>
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Plans - Furniture store to turn in fabric samples, Lowe's for supplies, Home Goods, picked up new rug for my office.</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, leftover corned beef</div>
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Dinner - Red Robin for my birthday burger</div>
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Plans - The boy worked on the living room, neighbors across the street stopped by to check out the boys work in the upstairs hallway and to see the progress on the living room.</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, leftovers</div>
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Dinner - Pan fried blackened Mahi Mahi and steamed green beans</div>
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Plans - The boy worked on the living room, turned in early - long week</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Cottage cheese and strawberries, leftovers from Saturday</div>
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Dinner - Ordered in - veggie pizza</div>
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Plans - Errands, Wine Class, Dinner out with friends</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, lunch on the go</div>
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Dinner - JD Hoyts with friends T & J. Another restaurant off of our list!</div>
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Plans - Errands, groceries for dinner, impromptu Dinner Party with friends S, L, T & J (even puppy Maddie got to join us). S & L were coming anyway to discuss plans for the party Saturday. S is making cookies and L who is in my wine class, is bartending and helping with appetizers. SO nice to have help!</div>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Trader Joe's Toaster Pastry</div>
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Dinner - Barefoot Contessa's Coq au Vin</div>
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For more meal plans and to find links to other recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie.com </a></div>
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Time for the Tuesday Recipe Link up! I am linking up with <a href="http://www.anyonita-nibbles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Tasty Tuesdays</a>, <a href="http://www.hellohappinessblog.com/" target="_blank">Hello Happiness</a> and <a href="http://feedingbig.com/2014/01/kitchen-link-party-52.html" target="_blank">In and Out of the Kitchen.</a> </center>
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I am getting ready for next week and our Bunco themed St. Patrick's Day game night. My sister made this last year, and it was such a hit! Festive, delicious and pretty (at least while in the bowl!).</center>
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<b>Ingredients:</b><br />
1 box (19.5 ounces) family size brownie mix, prepared according to directions and baked in 9 x13 inch pan<br />
3 cups cold milk<br />
2 boxes (3.4 ounces) instant chocolate pudding<br />
1 container (12 ounces) of frozen whipped topping, thawed<br />
1 teaspoon peppermint extract<br />
a couple drops of green food coloring<br />
1 ½ cups mint baking chips<br />
a few Andes mints, unwrapped<br />
Fresh mint sprig<br />
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Cool brownies and cut into 1 to 2 inch cubes. Beat pudding and milk
together until it starts to thicken. In another bowl, mix peppermint
extract and a few drops of green food coloring into the whipped topping
until it turns light green. Place half of the brownie cubes in the
bottom of a trifle dish or clear glass bowl. Top with half of the
chocolate pudding. Sprinkle on half of the mint chips. Next, carefully
spread half of the green whipped topping over mints. Repeat with the
remaining brownies, pudding, and mint chips. Cover loosely with plastic
and refrigerate until ready to serve. Right before serving remove
plastic and decorate the top with a “cloud” of the reserved green
whipped topping. Place some whole mints on top and garnish with fresh
mint sprig.<br />
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One of my favorite weekends of the year did not disappoint. We were so fortunate to have so many of our favorite things all land on the same weekend. The wrap up of Restaurant Week, The Food & Wine Show and The Oscars. The only bummer was not being able to host what had started to become our annual Oscar Party. Just too many things happening all in the same weekend. It seems the Oscars were a bit later this year as well.</center>
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We wrapped up the week on Friday out with good friends J & T at Ruths Chris. Dinner was amazing, so good and good to see them. We also ran into friends J & J who were also finishing up dinner. However, they also shared terrible news with us that another good friends sister was very ill, and unfortunately passed away Saturday evening. Too young and too soon. I am sure this will be a tough one. </center>
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Saturday we did our volunteer shift at the Food & Wine Show. This was my ninth year, and probably the seventh for the boy. I did miss one year where I had a shoulder injury, but it is always a ton of fun. Recently however, the magazine, Minnesota Monthly, which puts on the show, was bought by another publishing house. There were quite a few staff changes over the last couple of months, and the people who we were used to working under have moved on. The changes were not exactly for the positive I will add. We have, for the past few years, passed out bags, water and wine glasses, greeting attendees as they come in. It is a lot of fun and high energy. The boy does a great job of breaking down boxes and moving things, everything usually works very seamlessly. This year. Not so much. There were a TON of volunteers to begin with, they did not seem to be very coordinated and the staff people that were working alongside us, took on more of a dictatorship role. I will add that the weather has not been cooperating either. It was probably -6 with a -26 windchill and while this was indoors at the Twins Stadium, the doors were open when people were coming in and it was COLD! Also, for people taking ID's and doing wristbands at the door, it was beyond freezing. Volunteering is supposed to be fun though,ad n this just was not all that much fun, so we are re-thinking whether or not we will be volunteering next year or just be attendees. </center>
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Saturday evening we met up with friend J & C for dinner out at Bar Louie. It was really good to see them and catch up. They recently got back from a Caribbean cruise so it was fun to hear about their travels. A good friend J, her sister passed away Saturday evening, so I will be traveling with sister J later this week for the visitation and funeral. So tough and never fun and I just cannot imagine what she is going through. </center>
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We don't have a super busy week, but we do have plans!</center>
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Plans - We went and looked at fire place inserts and mantles. Then proceeded to get into an argument at the home materials building store because I am frustrated with the boy and his lack of plan for our project at home. I wish I had more patience. I am such a planner. Lists, timelines, the whole works. He is not. Makes me crazy.</center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, chicken noodle soup</center>
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Dinner -Joey Nova's, local pizza, SO good.</center>
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Plans - Mardi Gras fun at R's</center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, power salad from Costco</center>
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Dinner - Good stuff!</center>
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Plans - Leave for Funeral. </center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, chicken noodle soup</center>
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Dinner - On the Road</center>
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Plans - Travel back from funeral</center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - On the road</center>
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Dinner - Up in the air.</center>
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Plans - Remote, we are having our chairs delivered. We will need to move things around to prepare for them. </center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - Yogurt, fruit, power salad</center>
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Dinner - Crock pot salsa chicken</center>
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Plans - Lunch with the boys cousins and their little baby girl (maybe, at this point I think we have to post pone based on how things are going in the living room)</center>
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Breakfast and Lunch - clean out the fridge</center>
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Dinner - clean out the fridge</center>
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Breakfast and Lunch -Out for a girls lunch!</center>
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Dinner - Something quick and easy for the boy and I. </center>
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For more meal plans and links to recipes, check out the <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/" target="_blank">orgjunkie</a>. <br />
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jillskicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100659032559367036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823722.post-1485420952077506262014-02-28T17:35:00.001-06:002014-02-28T17:35:55.235-06:00Five for Friday - Week 9<center>
It has been a couple of weeks since I have posted my Five on Friday and linked up with these girls <a href="http://www.hellohappinessblog.com/" target="_blank">Natasha</a>, <a href="http://alizadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://alizadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Christina</a>, and <a href="http://www.the-good-life-blog.com/" target="_blank">Darci</a>!. Work has been crazy lately!</center>
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1. Restaurant Week - We have gotten out a few times this week for Restaurant Week, so delicious, even though we didn't try anywhere new, we had some great meals at some of our favorite places, including Borough, which I love. One more tonight, can't wait!</center>
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2. Trying new restaurants! We checked out a new to us place last night, <a href="http://parkampls.com/" target="_blank">Parka</a>. They have been open for a little over a year. It was delicious. We started with bacon wrapped figs in a blue cheese whip, then had perfect burgers with bacon fries (the white stuff is powdered bacon) and dessert was chocolate lava cake with both vanilla and salted caramel ice cream. The burger was by far one of the best I have ever had. </center>
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3. Home & Garden Show - We had a great time and got lots of ideas. Now we have more projects and more resources. Can't wait to cross more off of our list.</center>
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4. <a href="http://whitneyenglish.com/daydesigner/" target="_blank">The Day Designer</a>. My new planner came in the mail yesterday. I love it and I can't wait to spend some time in it this weekend. I have spent a lot of time in the past couple of months trying to figure out what kind of planner works best for me, but I am really excited to try this one. </center>
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5. The Food and Wine Show. This weekend. Can. Not. Wait. It is always one of my favorite weekends of the year. We volunteer on Saturday and then attend on Sunday. There are always so many fabulous vendors and we usually go with a big group. I am really looking forward to it, I always find new wines, new restaurants to try, new cheeses, a little bit of everything! Then of course we have the Oscars after, so it is double the Sunday Funday!</center>
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