Weller-Black Wine Celebration

Weller-Black Wine Celebration
A "Wine Cellar Celebration" catered by Chef Robin

Monday, July 25, 2011

Da' Fam Menu For This Week...

I have a FUN Bridal Shower Cooking Demonstration at DreamMaker tonight!!! Making the Italian yummies- Pizzetes, Fancy Antipasto, Nana Rose's Old World Italian Meatballs, Asiago Bread & Roasted Garlic Oil, TIRAMISU....like I said, YUM! My Bro and his two girlies will be here this week, Psyched to see them! My dad wants the whole fam to get to a Whitecaps game and possibly hit Michigan's Adventure, too! What a treat!!! YAY Summer :0) So that and lots of pool and Pickeral Lake for the week! I also posted my Hands On Classes TENATIVE schedule on the right hand side of my blog, so CHECK IT OUT!!!
MONDAY: I'll be at a class... the kiddos will be eating some PB & J's, and chips and veggies n' dip, and watermelon
TUESDAY: Meatballs and sauce with s'ghetti, homemade bread, salad
WEDNESDAY: Mu Shu Pork, orange wedges
THURSDAY: Grilled Sirloin-Nana's style, Nana's irresistble tomato salad, bread
FRIDAY: PIZZAAAAA
SATURDAY: Cottage, I think, so we shall see!
SUNDAY: Ditto to Saturday:0)

Have a great Summery last full week of JULY!!!!! (((holy cow it's flying)))

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

New FamMenu for da' week...

Had a loopedy-loo of a weekend-but isn't summer always like that??? Friday two of the kids escaped with Gigi and Grampy-who made it home safely from Alaska, WHEW! So we had only three little munchkins at home, which is very ODD when you usually have five! It is seriously much quieter! Soooo, my bestie was in town for a family funeral and invited us to her sis' cottage, we had a blast! Thanks Kochaneys & Dykgraafs! So great to see you, Lis'!!! Then we headed up to the cobbage and spent until Monday there with the Visser and Biermacher clans :0)...Fred and Daddy caught us tons of Billy Bluegills, so we'll have those this week, too! We hit "Birds Market"---a crazy hectic place with a pinch of wierdness, but great deals at the butcher shop (a great place to stock up on summer grilling fare!) Came home and made Nana's Old World Italian Meatballs with the hubster-the kids gobbled em' up, as usual!!!  So here is the whole week for ya'...gonna be HOTTTTT yipee!!!

Monday: We had good ol' Nana's Old World Italian Meatballs, whole wheat capellini & I actually baked homemade Italian bread when it was 90 out!!! I AM crazy. (you already knew that, though>)

Tuesday: Beer brats on the grill, fresh fruit, homemade three bean salad
Wednesday: FINALLY going to plan to watch The Blind Side! Dinner will be chili and cornbread, in our cool "dungeon" (basement :0))

Thursday: Thai Chicken wraps- grilled chicken, bean sprouts, shredded carrots, cucumbers and thai satay peanut sauce-in whole wheat tortillas, some sort of salad

Friday: Make your own calzones for the whole fam!
Saturday: Teryaki grilled pork sizzlers, jasmine rice, fresh fruit, asian slaw

Sunday: Beer Battered Billy Bluegills with cajun tartar sauce, waffle fries, veggies n' dip, watermelon

Stay cOoL MAN!!!!!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

FamMenu for July 11-18

Hey everyone, hope you had a great summer weekend, as I did...just wrapping it up now with some leftover pizza, unpacking, watering all my dried out plants and maybe a cool dip in the pool! We are so strapped for cash lately that I feel we will be eternally scraping the pantry fridge and freezer for budget meals!!! So here is my budget plan...STAN (I couldn't resist :0))!!!
MONDAY: Burgers, greek pasta salad, watermelon
TUESDAY: Quiche with bacon & swiss, sauteed broccolini with garlic and crushed red pepper, cut fruit
WEDNESDAY: Almond Chicken stir fry with broccolini (I GOT A hUgE BAG AT cOSTCO:)) over jasmine rice, sweet clementines
THURSDAY:  Winna' Winna I'm gonna make us a family caught fish DINNA"!!! a mix of lake perch, blugill, bass and spec! Sauteed up in some herbs, triple berry blue salad---greens, blueberries, dried cranberries, tart cherry vinaigrette, toasted pecans and feta, yum., some sauteed dilly potatoes
FRIDAY: homemade pizza from scratch....
SATURDAY: spaghetti and meat-aballs, salad, homemade bread
SUNDAY: Cheesy Quesadillas with black bean and corn salsa. tortilla chips, watermelon
So...I don't think I will have to spend but $25 at the grocery store this week...WHEW!!! I have enough to worry about, TGMMPID (thank goodness my menu planning is done! :0)
Have a great week!
(and FYI I buy a lot of items in bulk at Costco, so I save some major $$$ there!)
P>S>>>>>>>>Don't forget to hit the Farmers' Markets this week!!! Fulton Street, Plainfield, Holland, Rockford...they are all GRRRREAT!!!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

FamMenu

This week has been madness for the fam...so much hot weather and lazing by the pool....I just haven't been able to drag myself away from the sunshine to print up a menu...until now :0) So here ya' go...
MONDAY: We had friends over to the pool and a good ol' campfire with grilled dogs and s'mores and had some Twice Baked Potato Salad (recipe to the left<<<) and of course, some Summer Shandy!
TUESDAY: Spicy Italian Sausage and tomato Sauce with whole grain angel hair, yummy greens from the Farmers' market tossed with feta, olives, tomatoes and garbonzo beans...tasty balsamic vinaigrette and homemade asiago bread. went to the Rockford Blues on the Rogue Series, then had ice cream at Trailside, yum.
WEDNESDAY: Hunters' Style Penne Pasta with tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, and tenderly seasoned chicken thighs...lots of fresh basil! Italian bread, sauteed broccoli rabe with garlic and crushed red pepper
THURSDAY: Chicken and cheese quesadillas with jack's salsa plus avocado, black beans and corn...tortilla chips, watermelon
FRIDAY< SATURDAY &SUNDAY: We will be out of town, so whatever we are in the mood for and have the budget for!
Enjoy this great Sunshine everyone!!!

Taste of Summer!

Taste of Summer!