Taco Bake

Recipe Coming soon! (as soon as i rescue it off of my school computer!) I seem to have lost my copy somewhere around here!

Meal Planning- Weeks 4&5

Other than nights getting switched around on the menu and adding in a date night this week things on the meal planning scene are going just swimmingly! The last 2 weeks we have omitted the meal I have been most looking forward to (grilling BBQ chicken), so I am bound and determined to get 'er done this week!

We leave on our much awaited vacation(!) on the 15th, so we are in the process of using up some ingredients that we don't want to leave until we get back. This week is also exam week for Jason and the start of testing season for us on the year-round calendar. We pretty much test the entire months of May and June. I also have 5+ after-school meetings the next 2 weeks, so I tried to be easy and strategic in my planning. Nothing too exciting...

Oh, and we have decided that since the bulk of my grocery shopping is done on Monday evenings we are going to designate it "sandwich night." Since I save so much money by using coupons to do most of my shopping, I am going to splurge and buy us some nice bakery bread for those nights. We usually have sandwich meat, cheese, and other sandwich toppings on hand for lunches and emergency dinners- but we're going to make this our Monday night thing :-)

Here's the plan:

Monday, May 3: sandwich night

Tuesday, May 4: leftovers for Jason- I’ll be off taking my National Board assessment!

Wednesday, May 5: salad with grilled chicken strips

Thursday, May 6: Oven Fried Chicken, baked beans, salad

Friday, May 7: BBQ Chicken, baked mac&cheese, mixed fruit

Saturday, May 8: Taco Bake

Sunday, May 9: Mother’s Day- we’ll be in Laurinburg having lunch with Mama and Granny

Monday, May 10: sandwich night

Tuesday, May 11: Teriyaki Chicken

Wednesday, May 12: Roast (crock pot) w/carrots, potatoes, and onions

Thursday, May 13: hamburger helper (Philly cheese steak- with ground turkey of course!)

Friday, May 14: clean out the fridge for vacation!!! :-)

OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS:
12 chicken thighs (or drumsticks)
3 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup vegetable oil (OR butter OR Pam spray)

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place flour in a shallow plate or bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste. Put the bread crumbs in another shallow plate or bowl and beat the eggs in another bowl.
3. Dredge the chicken piece by piece in the flour, then the egg, then the bread crumbs, until all pieces are coated. Pour the oil into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Add the chicken to the dish and sprinkle with paprika to taste. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, then turn pieces over and bake for another 30 minutes. Remove from oven and drain on paper towels. Enjoy!