Back to Menu Planning

I've been trying desperately to get back to menu planning, but things have been so hectic that I haven't had the time.  But my favorite money-saving site did a series called 25 Days of Slow Cooking, and since my mother-in-law gave me a programmable crock pot for Christmas, I am itching to try a few recipes!  I don't normally crock pot cook because I'm gone for 9-10 hours at a time during the week and very few recipes require that much baking time.  But now I can set my crock pot to turn off and just keep warm until I get home!

So these are the recipes I've selected for this week:

• Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup - this is seriously the best chicken noodle soup I've ever had, and I love that it is made with a whole chicken, as they are so easy to work with, they yield so much meat, and they are MUCH cheaper than buying chicken breasts!  It's a little bit of work to de-meat the chicken, but one of the great things about this recipe is that I can take half of the chicken and stick it in the freezer for another meal!
• Ham and Cheese Rolls - these are based on this bierocks recipe from my favorite cooking website, Everyday Homecook.  One day we ended up with some ham and so, instead of using beef and cabbage, we used ham and cheese.  These are one of my husband's favorites.  I'm going to try this recipe for sauteed corn, bacon, and scallions that I found on Pintrest as a side dish.
• Crock Pot Pulled Pork Sandwiches - This recipe kind of scares me, but since Boston Butt Roast was on sale this week at HyVee for $1.08/lb, I decided to try it out.  We'll see!
• Crock Pot Maccaroni & Cheese - I asked my husband to pick two of this week's meals, and he picked Ham & Cheese Rolls and Mac & Cheese.  This recipe is new, but I'm going to give it a try!
• Leftovers - This is going on the menu because it's quick and efficient!

We grab dinner on Thursdays because of our schedule, but other than that, I am going to try to stick to this! I am also going to make Vegetable Beef Soup for our school potluck lunch this week.  I will (assuming I remember to take pictures :) do a post on this recipe, because it is delicious and staple at our house.