Last week’s busyness truly was a joy, even though it was very…busy.
Today starts this new week off with a bang as we had a nice little breakfast to honor our 6th graders at church before worship, plus we had a huge potluck to welcome all the York College students. I was asked to provide muffins for the 6th grade breakfast, so yesterday I made a double batch of both Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins and Blueberry Muffins. I made them into mini-muffins and filled two gallon buckets with the goodies.
I stopped long enough to take pictures of my buckets, because buckets full of mini-muffins – that’s just fun. :)
After not really having a menu plan last week, I was excited to put one together for this week. Here’s what we’ll be eating:
Sunday, August 21
Chocolate chocolate chip muffins, blueberry muffins, fruit
For potluck: frosted brownies (this frosting, these brownies), chocolate chip cookies, sweet baked beans, baked turkey ham with pineapple, cream cheese corn
Leftovers
Monday, August 22
Simple soaked pancakes, blueberries
Homemade corndogs, carrot sticks with ranch, watermelon
Shepherds pie, tossed salad
Tuesday, August 23
Mini breakfast pizza, honeydew melon
Creamy mac and cheese, peas, sweet peppers
Grilled chicken, creamy cole slaw, angeled eggs, watermelon, coconut flour cheddar biscuits
Wednesday, August 24
Creamy orange cooler, toast
Alfredo sauce with pasta, steamed broccoli and carrots
Cheesy salsa enchiladas, tossed salad
Thursday, August 25
Coconut flour banana muffins, cherries
Corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, fried okra, milkshakes, peanut butter on celery
Chicken fried steak strips, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans
Friday, August 26
Scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, turkey bacon, cantaloupe
Black beans and rice with salsa, fruit salad
Hamburgers, ranch potato wedges, peas
Saturday, August 27
Mini apple pies, sliced cheese
Leftovers
BBQ meatballs, cream scalloped potatoes, tossed salad, zucchini
I wanted to let you know that while this upcoming week is less crazy than last week, I still haven’t found time to get much writing done. I have posts started in my head, but those are undoubtedly much harder for you to read. (Consider yourself blessed, however, not to be able to read the posts I write in my head.) We’ll see what I’m actually able to type this week, but I’m kind of thinking about re-posting some older posts during the next few days, just for fun – and also so that I can maybe take the time to find my missing flip-flop and to finally put away the rest of my Azure Standard order from last Tuesday. We’ve been in survival mode here. :) I’m also hoping to simply sit and read to my kids a little bit more this week. The Hobbit is calling our name.
ALSO, I’m working on some very fun surprises for the blog during the week of August 28, and that is taking a little extra time and work. Just you wait to see what next week holds!!!!!!!!!
And so, thank you for your patience here while I play catch-up and get my act together. You are all awesome!
Crystal says
You’re menu looks great! I also have a Chocolate Chocolate Chip muffin recipe! A while back I made Chocolate Banana muffins.. oh the possibilities! We love muffins around here!
I’m curious… what’s a baked turkey ham?
Laura says
Oh, I just bought a half of a turkey ham at the store, sliced it and baked it with some sliced pineapple. You can find turkey ham right next to regular (pork) hams in the meat section at the store. They are typically less expensive and taste pretty decent. I don’t buy them much, but for the potluck, I was trying to figure out some inexpensive, yet hearty dishes and figured sliced ham would work well!
Jenny says
Love your site. You are so “real” with all the things that go on in your household and how you handle them. It’s a real encouragement to others. Thanks for all your work and sharing it with us.
Christy says
Hm… do you have the recipe for BBQ meatballs somewhere? :)
Laura says
The recipe isn’t on my site anywhere, but it is in my “Cow” ebook. :) https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/what-to-do-with-the-cow-in-your-kitchen-ebook
sheila says
Love your Thursday lunch items. I want to eat with you because ur tomatoes and corn are done for the summer.
susan says
i’m so glad you’re having creamy mac & cheese. i’ve been meaning to search for that recipe and you saved me the trouble. i’m also looking forward to the suprises on the week of the 28th. i send my 4 big kids off to school and am not looking forward to it at all. it’ll just be me & the baby at home :'( now there’s something good happening :-)
Tara says
Mmm, creamy mac n cheese sounds so good! I loved reading your meal plan for the week. I just finished mine, too.
Brooke says
Buckets? Hmm… must say that I’ve never heard of anyone keeping food or muffins in buckets… you may have just inspired me again :) Why buckets? Just space reasons? Size? How long will they stay fresh in buckets? :)
Laura says
The only reason I took the muffins in buckets is because I needed something that would work to keep them fresh overnight and transport them to the church building for the breakfast. I have several used gallon sized buckets from Tropical Traditions that had once contained coconut oil or palm shortening – they work great! The lids are super tight so the muffins were very fresh the following day!
Dana says
Cream cheese corn sounds yummy! I hope you’ll put out the recipe sometime soon!
Laura says
It is SUPER delicious! The recipe is in several of my books, including my Holiday Hospitality book and the newest Learn to Cook book.
Becky @ Our Peaceful Home says
This is a kind of random questions, especially since I don’t live in Nebraska. But in some of your recipes you include ground turkey right? Like your turkey sausage? Where do you get your turkey? All the natural meat farmers I have talked to say it’s too difficult to raise turkey’s. I guess I can pick some at earth fare. But, I was just buying the regular kind in the store (you know the ones that are probably full of hormones and such) and then freaked out because of that huge recall that they had. I’m fairly sure mine was recalled.
Laura says
I order it from Azure Standards: Shelton’s Ground Turkey, which is hormone free.