July Menu Plan 2012

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Red White and Blue Cookies, Creamy Chipotle Black Bean Chicken,Sloppy Joes, Crispy Cheddar Chicken, Grilled Turkey and Swiss, Teriyaki Chicken Noodle Bowl, Raspberry Cream Cheese Pretzel Salad, Asian Grilled Chicken


Good gravy, it's July! One month of summer fun already under the bridge and sealed up in your life history book, never to be lived again.
Amazing how that happens, isn't it. 
I started this summer full of wonderful intentions. My kids were going to read 20 minutes every day, practice a musical instrument 20 minutes a day and have fun for at least 20,000 minutes every day. This seems like a very fair, reasonable and fabulous plan, would you not agree? 
Kids need a little bit of structured time, even in the summer...is what I told them. 
One morning early in June all of my kids (excepting the 14 year old who gets a real kick out of sleeping in) were busily engaged practicing their varius musical instruments. I was feeling oh-so-productive and proud of us for sticking with our plan and meeting our goals. (It was the second day of summer.) 


My house was one rockin' place. I can tell you that. One very loud indian drum song was being pounded out on the living room piano, one small boy was screeeeeeeching out some painfully beautiful notes (if you could only hear just how painfully beautiful they were....) on his little violin, my oldest daughter was in the basement practicing The Entertainer at full volume, twice as fast as she should and my other small boy had his electric keyboard up full blast and was jamming it out, man.

Um. 


It was...really, really breathtaking...best described by my 14 year old son who stumbled up the stairs in a sleepy stupor, found me doing the breakfast dishes and whispered in my ear...


"I think this is what hell sounds like."


I could have reprimanded him for saying hell, but what can an old girl do when the truth is spoken so plainly. So I simply said,


"It sure does, now go and find your guitar and get busy with your 20 minutes of practice."


Then I put the cotton balls back in my ears...


and finished up the dishes. 

Chicken Stuffed Crescent Rolls
I have my monthly menu plan for you today. As usual, colored titles are previously posted recipes. Black titles are recipes I'm working on and hoping to post in the future. Hope you find something to love. Have a great and safe Fourth Of July, everyone. Hope to see you back here soon, more new recipes lay in wait just for you and your screechy violin. :)

MONTHLY MENU PLANPRINT THE PLAN
PREVIOUSLY POSTED RECIPESDINNERCreamy Chipotle Black Bean Chicken, Tortillas, Lettuce, TomatoesSloppy Joes, Green Salad and WatermelonCrispy Cheddar Chicken,  Rice Pilaf and PeasGrilled Turkey and Swiss, Chips and Fresh FruitTeriyaki Chicken and Noodle BowlAsian Grilled Chicken and Sesame NoodlesChicken Stuffed Crescent Rolls, Rice and Roasted AsparagusAsian Lettuce Wraps and Ham Fried RiceBBQ Ranch Chicken Salad and Watermelon
DESSERTS AND OTHERRed White and Blue CookiesRaspberry Cream Cheese Pretzel SaladCreamy Ranch, Bacon and Tomato Pasta SaladEasy Caramel Smore BarsEasy Cream Cheese DanishAlmond Butter Sheet CakePepperoni Pasta SaladFluffy Strawberry Salad
Easy Cream Cheese Danish
RECIPES I'M WORKING ONDINNER:Smokey Honey BBQ Grilled Pork Ribs and Baked PotatoesGrilled Parmesan Shrimp with Grilled Vegetable Medley and RiceGrilled Chicken Salad with Berries and Raspberry VinaigretteCreamy Pesto Pasta, Grilled Garlic Bread and OG SaladSimple Southwest Chicken QuesadillasCilantro Lime Chicken (Crock Pot)Buffalo Chicken EnchiladasGinger and Cilantro Baked Tilapia
DESSERT AND OTHER:Rocky Road BrowniesPink Lemonade CupcakesBreakfast Cinnamon Sticks with Cream Cheese GlazeGrilled Pineapple with Ice Cream and Caramel SauceOld Fashioned Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Coconut FrostingFrozen Raspberry LemonadeFresh Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing Sweet and Crunchy Broccoli SaladHomemade Yeast Scones and Cinnamon Maple Honey Butter
 Almond Butter Sheet Cake