I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend and Monday!!! I painted my purple kitchen to orange!!! I have to say tonight we are cheating because we worked so hard today. My husband (Ian) volunteered to run get wings and beer for dinner and Grandma has the girls for a little kid’s time!! I’m trying to make sweet rolls for the girls for breakfast tomorrow, but I’m using my mother’s starter for bread so I’ll have to inform your guys how they turned out. Tune in Tuesday’s supper is my famous Chicken and Broccoli Casserole!!!

It’s Sunday and I’m already thinking about the week ahead of me. It should be light, but sometimes things come in without notice. That’s why my dinner schedule I keep flexible. I always start the week with what is still in the freezer or what’s on sale. I have salmon in the freezer and chicken so we’ll be eating those this week and all I have to shop for is side items!!

Tonight we are going over to friends for dinner, but still need to cook for lunch. Today is spaghetti – dad and kids love it and it’s easy. Plus yesterday when shopping at Wal-Mart I picked up a day old loaf of French bread (need to use).  That is a great tip for French bread pizzas you don’t need fresh bread and you save up to $1.50 a loaf. I always start with good store bought sauce and spice it up with my own seasoning. I add garlic (1-2 bulbs), 1-3 Tbsp. of Italian seasoning, and a little nutmeg (1/8 tsp.) to the sauce! So I’ll slice the bread and toast it while waiting for the water to boil for spaghetti. You want to set your oven at 350* and toast each side for 8-10 minutes. While both of those items are working brown your beef or turkey. Your spaghetti water should be boiling by now so throw in the amount of spaghetti you need to feed your family. After draining add your spices and turn a couple of times in the pan. Then add your sauce to heat. After the bread comes out sometimes I will rub a bulb of garlic over the bread and then spread it with butter.  In 20 minutes you have a great dinner.

I’ll be sharing more of my tips and recipes as we go along this sometimes mundane and sometimes exciting journey we call “what’s for supper”?