Sunday:

Mango Chicken

Marinate chicken (Boneless, skinless) and marinate in mango juice.

Put a little olive oil in the pan, squeeze some lemon in there. Salt and pepper the chicken, saute.

Serve with Cilantro and Lime Rice (a box mix they sell at Target, ‘Archer Foods’ brand.)

Serve with a green salad.

I served this for Sunday lunch. I always pull out left-overs from my refrigerator, too, and serve them. Whatever doesn’t get eaten up of the leftovers, I throw out.

 Monday: 

Lunch:

The kids went to Bible school in the morning (vbs) and while they were there, I exercised, and then began lunch. When they came home, it was all ready to eat.

Spicy Southwestern Tamale Pie - ( another box mix from Archer Farms/ Target.)  It’s a Mexican inspired entrée, with beans and corn bread. It was good!

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

I made macaroni cheese (whole wheat noodles, a box by ‘Annie’s’.) It didn’t look too good after I made it, so I transferred it from the pan I made it in on the cook top to a glass pyrex pan . Put some sliced cheddar cheese on it - enough to cover it, then baked it until the cheese kind of browned and crispy. The kids loved it.

Dinner:

Honey Mustard Chicken       Curry Mango Chicken

I dethawed two packages of boneless, no skin, chicken. Put olive oil in two different pans on the stovetop. Put one package of chicken in one pan, the other package in the second pan. I salt and peppered the chicken and lightly sauted them. After they were just lightly browned, I added the following:

Pan #1 -  I coated the chicken with a bottled sauce they sell at Target (Archer Foods) called, Curry Mango. I was afraid it would be too spicy for the kids, so in the other pan,

I coated the chicken in a bottled sauce I got from the Amish, by Yorders, that is basically a Honey Mustard sauce.

As they cooked, I cut the chicken into smaller sizes so that they resembled more like chicken strips and this also coats the chicken to get more flavor.

Everyone LOVED this chicken. Dad loved the curry mango, and the kids loved the honey mustard. I served browned potatoes (see below) and leftovers from lunch (see above).

 Tuesday:

Lunch:

Salmon Casserole

3 cans of salmon

Add some pressed garlic or garlic powder, some chopped onion, a can of mushroom soup. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes. My kids love salmon so they thought this was a good lunch. Also served leftovers from yesterday (rice, beans and cornbread, etc…)

Dinner:

Antoinette's Salmon

Put a couple of packages of salmon in water to dethaw (buy this from Walmart, there’s about 4 salmon steaks in each bag).

In pan, mix ¼ cup of honey, ¼ cup of soy sauce, and some grated ginger or a tbsp of ginger powder. Add about a tablespoon of mustard. Mix, bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and add the dethawed salmon. Make sure you coat the salmon in the mixture. My family loves this salmon recipe. Everyone devoured it, there was none left.

As a side dish, I microwaved about 6 potatoes for 20 minutes. Then I chopped the potatoes up. I put some olive oil in a pan, and sautéed the potatoes, sprinkling with a good dose of salt and pepper. Everyone loves the potatoes made like this.

Wednesday:

This was the day we were on the run with little time at home. The time we did have, Becky came by and visited. For dinner, we had tunafish sandwiches. Tunafish can actually be very good, if you buy the right kind. Albacore tuna is the best, and packed in water.  It is totally different in texture (drier) and seems to taste much better! We chopped onions and pickles and added it into the tuna. The pickles made a simple tuna sandwich taste really good. I used sweet pickles and some bread and butter ones. Lightly toasted the bread, served with chips.

Thursday:

Soup for lunch.

Dinner:

Chicken Enchilada’s

After about 1:00 p.m. I got to thinking about supper. Took a couple of packages of chicken out (boneless) and put in a bucket of cold water to dethaw quickly. Around 4:00 p.m., I sautéed the chicken in olive oil, salt and peppered, and added some packages of enchilada mix to it. Simmered for a couple of hours. Add to taco shells, and grill some onions to go with it. Serve with bean dip and chips.

The night did not go as planned. Rachel went over to her sister’s, Becky, to help her get ready for some company that will be coming to her house this weekend (aren’t sisters wonderful to have?!) Matt and Kristi dropped by, chatted, and then we went out to get a Chai Tea at Starbucks. We brought home a cheese pizza for the kids, and now I have chicken enchilada’s already made for Sunday’s dinner. That’s a nice feeling! Matt and Kristi stayed and watched a movie that they brought us over to see. Can’t remember the name - it’s a true story about the worst spy America has ever had in it’s history, and it was recent (1990’s) . I actually stayed awake during the movie and stayed alert until after Matt and Kristi went home. I’m totally not a night owl. Must have been the Chai Tea. The movie was good, although my husband and Kristi thought is was too slow moving. I thought it was intriguing and had good character development in the story. I also liked that I was watching a true story, a bit of our U.S. history.

As I lay down in bed, at midnight, I could hear my horse, Major, trying to break the fence down. He has a habit of this, and is also often successful. I jumped out of bed, yelling at my horse to stop it, all the way down the stairs and out the front door. I looked and sounded like a crazy lady. He had already busted one of the white fencing lats out from the posts. I scolded him and put it back in. He was a good boy the rest of the night and I was able to sleep. Called our fencing guy today to come out and fix the weak areas that Major keeps busting out of.