Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

The weather continues to be so nice!  I am having a hard time keeping my kids inside to get their work done. :)   What are you cooking up this week? Here are some menu ideas from our house: On Friday, we had a church family over for dinner.  This is the meal I made...it is probably one of my absolute favorites.  The chicken is just the best! Parmesan Crusted Chicken Copycat Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole Corn Paula Deen's Crock Pot Mac and Cheese The weather was absolutely gorgeous on Saturday!  We went hiking and then I did some things outside - watered the trees, cleaned the grill.  Then grilled some hamburgers for dinner - isn't grilled food just so good??  And being outside in the beautiful weather makes it taste even better. Hamburgers Ranch pasta salad Since we were having a Super Bowl church party at 3:30pm on Sunday, I just did meatball subs for a quick lunch to tide us over until the game.  Meatball subs ar...

We have been enjoying all the beautiful warm weather here in Reno!  It makes me want to get a screen door for my kitchen to be able to open it up when I'm cooking. :) Here are a few menu ideas for your weekly meal planning: Pioneer Woman Quiche *I love quiche and thought I would try Ree's recipe - yum! Tacos Refried beans *I could eat tacos every week.  Sometimes, we do!  LOL! Salisbury steak Mashed potatoes Corn *I just use the frozen Salisbury steak...it's one of my childhood favs.  I short cut the meat on this meal mainly because I like the taste :) but I always make real mashed potatoes though! Chicken-Broccoli-Stuffing Casserole *One of my favorite casserole dishes. Blueberry pancakes Bacon *We don't eat breakfast together so I like to have breakfast for dinner once in awhile. Pioneer Woman-Coconut Curry Shrimp Rice *I loved the fresh basil in this one! Mac and cheese with hot dogs Peas *Easy peasy. Happy Cooking!