Meal Plan Monday - I'm Back!!

Wow! It has been awhile, huh?! Sometimes it's good to take a little break from things that you spend a lot of time on, and are important to you, so that you can refocus and re-energize.  I'm glad to be back on the blog and looking forward to where this blogging journey is going to take me.  In two weeks, I'm going to be attending a blogging conference, Gleek Retreat, in Holland, MI.  I am really looking forward to being able to go, to learn some things about blogging, and to connect with other bloggers.  One of my favorite bloggers, Katie at Kitchen Stewardship is going to be there, and is speaking, and I'm so excited to meet her!

Also, tomorrow night my friend and I are going to a workshop at the library on composting.  It's kind of weird that I'm so excited about it, but composting is something that I really want to start doing this summer.  We've planted the first of our garden (post and pictures later this week!) and although we are lucky that we can get free compost from our city's solid waste district, I'd love to be able to reduce the amount of waste that we throw away and turn it into usable, valuable soil for our garden! I love the idea of turning trash into treasure!

Anyway, back to the meal plan. Two weeks ago I shared that I was going to start trying a couple of new recipes each week.  That week, I made Cheese Fondue with crusty bread, boiled potatoes, apples, steamed asparagus, and shrimp, and it was a huge hit! We all loved it! My hubby and I went to an amazing fondue restaurant in Chicago the night that we got engaged, so it's kind of a special dinner for us, but I had never tried making it at home.  We received a fondue pot and forks as a wedding present and had never used it, and it was actually in our garage sale pile.  Well, we pulled it out to use it for this meal, and we're not going to be selling it anytime soon because this was such fun and yummy meal we will definitely be having it again! You don't have to have a fondue pot to make it work though, and I'm sure that it would taste just as good!

 Here's this week's menu:

Meatless Monday - Quiche with Homemade Crust

Tuesday - dinner with our small group - I'll be at the composting workshop

Wednesday - Ground Beef Stroganoff over egg noodles and salad
Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup (scroll down a little for the recipe)

Thursday - Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo (new recipe - I *love* fettuccine alfredo, I'm excited to try a homemade version!)

Friday - Grilled Tilapia with rice and veggies

Saturday -  Leftovers

Sunday - Black Bean & Corn Quesadillas
Homemade Tortillas


Check out more great meal plans at Organizing Junkie!

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