Weekly Meal Plan Menu (Week 4)

This week’s meal plan was brought to you by:

Foodtastic Mom | The Spiffy Cookie | Big Bear's Wife | The Pajama Chef | Pies and Plots | The Cooking Actress

Monday

• Slow Cooker Beef Sliders and Lemony Grilled Green Beans - Foodtastic Mom

Tuesday

• Buffalo Chicken & Quinoa Stuffed Peppers - The Spiffy Cookie

Wednesday

• Baked General Tso's Chicken Wings - Big Bear's Wife

Thursday

• Tortellini Soup - The Pajama Chef

Friday

• DAY OFF - Go out to eat or order in!

Saturday

• Moroccan Lentil Soup - Pies and Plots

Sunday

• Salisbury Steak Meatballs - The Cooking Actress

Side Dish

• The Best Rice Pilaf - Foodtastic Mom

Dessert

• Root Beer Chocolate Chip Cookies - The Spiffy Cookie

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Something Saturdays (1/21/17)

Michael went back to school this week, booooo! He's been gone...a lot. Me no likey.

So, we spent a good chunk of last weekend kind of relaxing. Sunday night we had a game night with my aunt and uncle and some of my cousins, which was def. fun! And my little brother got 2 little chihuahua puppies named Pepper and Pua and I've facetimed with them and they are cuuuuties. Tuesday I cleaned-blech. Wednesday I met with a bride at a florist. Thursday I baked cookies for Michael's cousin, her father-in-law passed away and they're having a memorial service today so the cookies are for the reception afterwards. When she and her hubby came by to get the cookies I showed them around the house. Friday I had my friend Kevin over to see the house and then we went out to dinner. And TODAY I am going to tour a venue for my best friend's wedding (she currently lives in St. Louis) with her sister! FUN!

Posts from this week 

Weekly Meal Plan Menu (Week 3)

Espresso Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Recipes from the blog that I made this week

Mom's Pot Roast

Cheddar Biscuits

Homemade Cheddar Pierogi {with Caramelized Onions}

Mashed Potato Soup (I made too many mashed potatoes for the pierogi and used the rest for this)

Movies/TV Talk (assume there'll be spoilers)
This Is Us-*swoon* Oh Jack...how are you the absolute best in every way? Such a good episode, of course, as always.

Instagram Lately (a few highlights from this week on Instagram)

Espresso Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Way back, for Christmas 2016, (long...long ago... :P) I drew Michael's Uncle Jim for his family's "Kris Kinder" gift exchange. It's essentially secret santa but with homemade gifts. Kayle is not crafty. So whoever Kayle draws always receives foodstuffs. And Uncle Jim is a big coffee guys SO I decided to make the most amazing, complex, and coffee-flavored cookies I could. And I think I succeeded in my goal.

So pretty much I just took a great chocolate chip cookie base recipe and added instant espresso to the dough and THEN, instead of adding chocolate chunks, I chopped up chocolate covered espresso beans. It really brings the coffee factor up to optimal levels, methinks.

The cookies were chewy and fairly firm, yet gooey (when warm), and seriously...if you like cookies...espresso...and chocolate, you're gonna be a fan. Michael tried one to assure me that they were good. And Uncle Jim seemed very pleased with his gift! I'm pretty pleased with this recipe. I think you will be too <3