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Menu Plan Monday: The Dinner Challenge

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For the last two weeks Amanda and I have challenged each other to cook more for our families, focusing on only one meal per week. The first week it was breakfasts, and last week it was lunches. This coming week our task is to focus on dinners, one meal that I've always had difficulty preparing due to my afternoon schedule teaching piano lessons.

But thankfully it's summer time and my lesson load is lighter. Hopefully I'll be able to meet this week's challenge and prepare dinner each evening this week. The recipes below are all new to me. As you'll notice, I haven't specified which day I'm making which meal because…well, I have no idea yet. It will depend on when I can get to the grocery store to pick up a few ingredients I'm missing:

  • Grilled chicken with Amy's simple chicken marinade.
  • Deviled chicken from Kate.
  • Super-easy chicken fried rice from Zesty Cook.
  • Beef and Tomato bake from Zesty Cook (recipe obtained via Google chat, so you'll have to wait till I fix it for the recipe.)
  • Mama Zesty's Famous Meatloaf (also obtained via Google chat).
  • Crockpot barbecue chicken
  • Breakfast-for-Dinner Fritatta

One of the goals with this cooking challenge with Amanda is to help each of us develop a master menu plan by the end of June. With that end in mind, we'll each be hosting a Mr. Linky next Monday where you can link up any of your favorite dinner recipes. We'd love to add them to our menus!

This post is linked to Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie.

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Comments

  1. niki says

    June 15, 2009 at 7:54 am

    Sounds like a great week…especially the Deviled chicken! Yum!

    🙂

    niki’s last blog post..Coupon Watch…McDonald's

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  2. Angela says

    June 15, 2009 at 8:00 am

    I'm hopping on with a breakfast challenge for myself this week and I will probably borrow a couple of your recipes! Off to check out the chicken marinade and deviled chicken recipes.

    Angela’s last blog post..June Menu, week two

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  3. Melissa says

    June 15, 2009 at 8:10 am

    Sounds great! Everyone is making me think about making fried rice! 🙂

    I have some favorite recipes already posted on my blog; I hope I'll remember to stop back next week to link up.

    Melissa’s last blog post..Miscellaneous Monday Musings

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  4. Rana says

    June 15, 2009 at 9:23 am

    This is just what I need. Can I link this to my blog? I'm stumped for new dinner ideas.

    Rana’s last blog post..The Moving Out Saga Contiues…

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  5. Joy@Frugal Menu Mamas says

    June 15, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    That chicken fried rice recipe sounds so easy & frugal. I will be trying it soon! Also, with the chicken marinade…sometimes we marinate just in italian dressing…super easy and delicious!

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