What's for Dinner? Day 122-151

Day 122

April Fool's Day

We don't usually do much for April Fool's Day but with the kids getting older, we just might start :)

We went mild this year, but they thought it was very funny.

For dinner we had an "early" Easter dinner with some of our good friends as they were out of town for Easter.  It was delish!

Day 123

Pan Seared Steak Rolls

These looked a lot better than they were.  But you can find them here.

They were a thumbs down for the kids, I tolerated them and Joe was late for dinner so I am not sure what he thought :)

Day 124

Tonight we had a Mexican casserole that Martine had given us.  Just warm it up, easy!

Then look what we saw outside our house after dinner!  We don't see many rainbows around Seattle--as there is not often sun with the rain :)

So pretty!

Day 125

Zatarain's Dirty Rice

Enough said. . .also a quick and easy meal.  We are getting into the things are packed up and starting to move to the other house mode.  We'll see how things continue.

Day 126

Honey Garlic Pork Chops

Found these on Pinterest from Spark people.

Barbecued the pork chops and had some rice and veggies.  Pretty good. 

I think is was thumb's up all around.

Day 127 & 128

I have no idea what we had on #127 :)  Probably fast food!  On #128 we took the kids to Fox Hollow Farm for an Easter Egg hunt (pictures to come).  We grabbed Taco Time for dinner.

Day 129

Happy Easter!!

We had a lovely Easter Sunday! 

We went to Joe's parents for Easter dinner.  We were in charge of a fruit salad.  We took this.  It was a really good fruit salad!  Try it!

Day 130

Papa John's

The Papa John's iPhone app works great for ordering on the go. 

 I was at the old house for an appraisal they needed and somehow I got to be there.  Not a great afternoon--needless to say we had pizza.

We moved all of our beds and couches and main furniture on Saturday so we have a lot at the new house and some still at the old house.  A little tricky :)

Day 131

Slow Cooker Potato Soup

I thought that this would be a great easy meal with still moving.  Stick it in the crockpot and voila!  It would be ready.  I had to do some tweaking at the end because the cheese didn't melt and the soup didn't thicken.

It tasted OK, but had a funny texture.  Find it here.  It may be better for you!

Forgot to take a picture.  Wasn't that memorable :)


 

Day 132

Potato Nachos

We found the recipe for Potato Nachos some time ago.  I don't even remember when.  I think that Joe actually found it.  Basically you wedge potatoes,  coat them with a little olive oil and some Mexican spices.  Then spread them on the pan, top them with tomatoes, olives, green chiles, jalapenos, whatever you would like.  Sprinkle cheese on the top and bake.

It's a thumbs up all around.

Day 133

Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin

I can't give you this either.  But check it out in the Our Best Bites cookbook.  It was yummy!! 

Serve it with a little rice and brocolli.  Yum, Yum!



Day 134

Crockpot Shredded Beef Tacos

Here is the delicious recipe for these tacos.  I love the make it and forget about it meals.

Just add cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, salsa.

Thumb's up!!

Day 135

Today was Peyton's opening day of Little League.  I don't have a clue what we had for dinner, but we have some pretty cute picture of the San Francisco Giants.

We'll post pics soon with a few of the other activities we've been doing.

Day 136

Avocado Enchiladas

We had some super yummy avocado enchiladas tonight for dinner.  The kids ate them well and they got 4 thumbs up :)  They made A LOT.  Joe probably took them for lunch for 4 days.

I'd make them again!!

Day 137

Chicken Noodle Soup

We took dinner to some friends tonight because the mom had shoulder surgery today.

We took Chicken Noodle Soup which is one of the kids favorite.  I think that we have already had this in the "What's for Dinner?" challenge.  But it's always a favorite.

Don't have a picture because we were running out the door and actually Addison and I ended up eating with our friends and Joe and Peyton ate after baseball :)

Day 138

No clue what we had this night :)

Day 139

Buffalo Chicken Tacos

These were yummy!  We ate on the go, but they would be a great "game day" food.  I used Wingers buffalo wing sauce because that's what I had.

Find it here.

Day 140

Don't know :)

Day 141

Papa Murphy's pizza.  Which actually is quite good pizza.  Probably better than Papa John's :)

Day 142

I think this might have been when life got crazy as I was trying to get everything out of the other house and clean and. . .and I was really GROUCHY!!

I don't know what we had for dinner!

Day 143

BBQ Hamburgers, Fruit Salad, and Corn on the Cob

It was a lovely spring day today, sun was shining and blue sky was out :)

We decided that we would barbecue some hamburgers, whip up some buns and have the corn on the cob and some fruit that we got from our "Bountiful Basket"

Day 144

Peter's Lasagna

I'm sure you are asking who is Peter?  It's from Our Best Bites (I've been getting a lot of use out of my cookbook).  Their recipes are usually pretty easy and yummy!  Family friendly!

I think that Peter (whoever he is) went on his LDS mission to Italy.

You'll need the sauce and then the lasagna.

Find it here and here.



4 thumb's up, especially from Addison!!

Day 145

Breakfast

This time we had Mountain Man Breakfast, Hashbrowns, and English Muffins.

Always the best for the kids!!

Day 146

Thai Chicken and Noodle Salad

Our Best Bites :)--here

Joe loved it and said he had not enjoyed a salad that much in quite a while :)

I kept some of the noodles out for the kids and they had a few veggies.  So I don't think that they can accurately give thumb's up, thumb's down or otherwise.



Day 147

Joe went out to dinner for work.  I don't know what the kids and I did :)  Probably quesadillas.

Day 148

Greek Couscous Salad

Our Best Bites again ;)  (No recipe link on this one, it's not online).  We tried a few salads this week.  We had a bunch of lettuce and veggies from our Bountiful Baskets this week. 

The kids were not thrilled with this one.  They will often give a thumb's up (as to not hurt my feelings) but really it's more like thumb's to the side or even down :)  I tell them they don't have to like it, just try it.

Day 149

Bacon, Artichoke Penne Pasta

Use Our Best Bites Guiltless Alfredo here.  Mix with cooked Penne, bacon, canned artichokes and a few other yummy things.  Bake in a cassorole dish for 30 ish minutes.  You can find the whole recipe in the Our Best Bites cookbook.

It was great to make beforehand and then I put it in the oven and had the oven turn on while we were at baseball.  It was done when we got home :)

Not a good picture.  I had eaten some before I rememberd I hadn't taken a picture.  Oops!  Luckily it's just my challenge so no one can judge.

Day 150

Mini Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes

I had seen online that you could cook meatloaf in muffin tins and they of course would cook quicker.  My kids, especially Peyton loves meatloaf.  But it takes awhile to cook.  So I thought I would try the mini meatloaf concept.  I just made meatloaf as usual, filled up the muffin tins and cooked them for 15 minutes--yep that's right 15 minutes and they were done!  Add some mashed potatoes and gravy and some veggies.

4 thumbs up!!

Day 151

Spicy Honey Chicken Salad

Our Best bites here is where we found this yummy salad.  And we got to use our mangoes, and lettuce and avocaodos from our Bountiful Baskets.  We are definitely eating our fruits and veggies :)

And that ends the crazy month of April that we had.  We got moved by the 30th :)  Got the other house cleaned and our deposit back!  Got fairly settled in the new house.

~~And had a few good meals in the middle of it all~~