Category: Menu Plans

So, I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! I sure did, except for the huge project I had due today which I spent over 14 hours working on yesterday and today to finish before 4 pm this afternoon. But I finished…yay! We had a lot of delicious Thanksgiving food and lots of time with family. Thursday morning, Ben and I ran [along with his brother and a friend] a local Turkey Trot 5K. We had great weather and I ran a great time–21:22, placing 5th in my age group and 96th overall [out of over 1600 people!]! But now it’s back to school… the end of the semester… 3 papers and a final in the next 2 1/2 weeks… almost there!

I’ll be back with a new recipe tomorrow but for now, check out my guest post on Today’s Housewife with some yummy Autumnal Muffins!

Week of November 29

Monday: leftovers

Tuesday: egg sandwiches with Cheddar Black Pepper Biscuits [that I didn’t make a few weeks ago]

Wednesday: Green Chile-Chicken Enchilada Casserole in the crock pot

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: lasagna before seeing The Nutcracker!

Saturday: mustard chicken [that I didn’t make last week]

Sunday: out to eat

Week of November 22

Monday: the last of our spaghetti and meatballs from the freezer

Tuesday: mustard chicken

Wednesday-Saturday: Thanksgiving! Meals with family. Turkey. Lots of yummyness!

Sunday: leftovers or things from the freezer… tba 🙂

Week of November 15

Monday: Grilled Chicken with citrus-scented quinoa [that I didn’t make last week]

Tuesday: pasta with tomato cream sauce [again, that I didn’t make last week… we ate, I promise!]

Wednesday: egg sandwiches with Cheddar Black Pepper Biscuits

Thursday: leftovers

Friday-Saturday: out of town

Sunday: Bierocks

Week of November 8

Monday: tacos

Tuesday: out to eat

Wednesday: Grilled Chicken with citrus-scented quinoa

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: pasta with tomato cream sauce

Saturday: roasted turban squash

Sunday: pork loin

In addition to this week’s menu, this post brings a special announcement for readers of The Pajama Chef. This week has been formally declared PUMPKIN WEEK on The Pajama Chef by none other than myself, pumpkin lover extraordinaire. [I’ll wait while you celebrate!]

I recently learned that October 26 was National Pumpkin Day, which I should have assumed was a holiday based on the annual Pumpkin Show in Ohio. But alas, I did not know, and instead of celebrating all things pumpkin on October 26, I was stressing over midterms. Due to my love of pumpkin, I decided this should be remedied by celebrating pumpkin all week. Consequently, be sure to check back in each day for a new tested and approved pumpkin recipe from yours truly. Enjoy… and stock up on pumpkin, cause you’re gonna need some! 🙂

Also, I will start providing printable recipes at the bottom of each post per the request of my mom for easier access to the text of the recipe. Let me know in the comments or via email if you experience technical difficulties with retrieval of the printable versions. 🙂

Now, without further ado, the meal plan for the first week of NOVEMBER! Oh goodness.

Week of November 1

Monday: Lime-Soy Chicken by Ben

Tuesday: Stovetop Mac & Cheese

Wednesday: chili

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: Baked Coconut Shrimp

Saturday: homemade pizza and sauce

Sunday: out to eat