Menu for the week of January 4 to January 10

I hope everyone had a wonderful, stress free Christmas. We had a wonderful day relaxing with our family. This year just flew by. The week of Christmas was just crazy. We decided to do our neighbor's gifts closer to New Years Eve. We are so lucky to live in this neighborhood. We are blessed with so many families that we love. We look forward to making their treats and delivering them.

I really struggled with this week's menu. I couldn't find anything for the Friday meal. I spent three hours going through cookbooks. Nothing went with the other meals. Finally, I decided to lighten things up with a salad. Christian Bos asked Garrett if I was going to make this, but in a sandwich. I know what a lot of you are thinking: I hate Caesar. It's full of anchovies and is way too garlicky. Let me assure you that this isn't the case here. It is a creamy dressing, so tons of flavor, just not the flavor of overpowering garlic and NO anchovies. I hope everyone will give it a try before they turn up their noses and say yuck.

Monday, January 4
Meatloaf
Twice Baked Potatoes
(Suggested Sides: Vegetable, Salad and Roll)

Tuesday, January 5
Chicken Marsala
Buttered Egg Noodles
(Suggested Side: Salad and Vegetable)

Wednesday, January 6
Loaded Bake Potato Soup
Homemade Rolls

Thursday, January 7 (1 Openings)
Manicotti
Garlic French Bread
(Suggested Sides: Salad)

Friday, January 8 (3 Openings)
Creamy Caesar Chicken Salad
with Homemade Croutons
Homemade Rolls

Menu for the week of December 28 to January 1

Monday December 28
Beef Chili with Toppings
Homemade Scones with Honey Butter

Tuesday December 29
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Rice Pilaf
(Suggested Side: Vegetable and Salad)

Wednesday December 30
Cheesy Chicken with Noodles
Homemade Bread

Thursday December 31
Beef Stroganoff
Buttered Egg Noodles
(Suggested Sides: Vegetable and Salad)

Friday January 1
Cider-Braised Pork Chop
Homemade Stuffing
(Suggested Sides: Vegetable and Salad)

Did You Ever Have One Of Those Days?

Well, today was one of those days. If I would have known, I might have crawled back into bed and pulled the covers over my head and went back to sleep. My day started out at 7:00 a.m., and I am not a morning person. Marti is the first to get up. It takes her forever to get going. I jumped in the shower and got ready. Marti makes sure everyone else is up and going. Eric took the kids to school today. By 8:00 I was in the kitchen. I don’t do any work on Sunday. Mondays are always rough. I couldn’t find my meatloaf recipe anywhere. Eric remembered that I had put a copy of it in a family cookbook. Once I had my recipe I have to figure out serving sizes. Each meal serves 6, so that means a lot of multiplying and dividing to figure out how to make a recipe that serves 8 to serve 6. Then, I have to multiply everything to get how much I need for each family. The shopping list is next. Usually, I go shopping now. But Eric’s Aunt Sue was with us this weekend and he had to run her around town. I decided to wait until he got home so he could go with me. I started on some prep: chopping onions, celery, garlic, and parsley. You would be surprised how long it takes to chop 7 cups of onions. And yes I have a million gadgets, including a food processor, which can cut up vegetables fast. I hate that the vegetables aren’t the same size. I’m not a perfectionist, but it really bothers me when they aren’t the same size. So I usually cut everything up by hand. Eric was back and his Aunt Sue left. Finally time to go shopping. Everything had to be put away and cleaned up. At the store everything went fine, no problems there. I was running short on time by now. I still had to run to the container store. So to save time we just grabbed the foil pans from the store. They cost a lot more, but it was just for today. I got home around 1:30. I had to get the potatoes for twice-baked potatoes in the oven. I scrubbed them, poked them with holes, oiled and salted them and into the oven they went. Now it was time to work on the meatloaf, the topping, and the tomato gravy. I get the meatloaf finished and in the refrigerator. Before Eric left to get the kids from school I had him make a tiny meatball out of the meatloaf to test the taste. Everything was ok there. The topping was next. I followed the recipe in the family cookbook. When I got done with it, it didn’t smell right. I decide to wait until Eric got home and tried it. While waiting for him to get home I started working on the potatoes. I opened the oven to check how done they were, and BOOM. One of the potatoes exploded in the oven. I must not have poked it. What a mess. There were potatoes everywhere. All I could do was laugh. I had to take all the potatoes out and clean up the mess. I didn’t think I would ever get back on track. I got it cleaned up before Eric got home with the kids. When he got home we had a good laugh about the potato. I had him taste the topping and yes it was awful. I think the recipe was typed into the family cookbook wrong. So I made up my own topping. I will probably find the original recipe tomorrow. With all my mess-ups I was only 15 minutes behind. Eric called everyone and told them to come 15 minutes later. I’m thinking of taking the meatloaf with twice baked potatoes off the menu. What a day. I hope everyone’s meal were great. I love doing this, but today was long. I’m going to take a nice long hot bath.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (UPDATED)

I'm going to do something different. I'm not doing an entree for Christmas Eve.
You make the entree (ham, turkey or roast) and I will make the sides. That
way I do lot of the work. We can arrange special pickup times to help coordinate your meal whether at your house or somewhere else. The cost and serving sizes are still the same. If you need quotes for larger group just email and let me know how many. Orders must be received and paid in full by Monday, December 21st. Everything is made from scratch. For example- The stuffing: I use white and wheat bread. I cut up the loaves and dry the bread. I make a chicken vegetable stock. I saute onions, celery and fresh sage. Then everything is mixed together and baked. It takes a lot of time make everything this way. So, I really need the orders in early. That way everything can be organized.

Thursday 24th-Christmas Eve
For your Christmas Eve dinner you can have your choice of any three sides:
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Mashed Garlic Red Potatoes
Homemade Rolls (Full order 12 rolls, half order 6 rolls)
Homemade Stuffing (bread not cornbread)
Maple Yams with Cranberry Topping
Cranberry Citrus Relish
Cheesy Vegetables (fresh steamed carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower)

I have had a few people ask about just getting rolls. I can do a dozen rolls for $3.00. You can pick them up already bake and ready to eat. Or if you want to bring me your cookie sheets, after the dough raises twice,(I always let my rolls raise twice) I will shape them on the cookie sheets. You can take them home and let them rise and then bake them yourself. There is nothing better than rolls right out of the oven.

Friday 25th-Christmas Day
For your Christmas Breakfast:
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls (12 rolls, refrigerated overnight and you
bake that morning)
Fresh Seasonal Fruit

If you have any questions or comments email at:
meagansmeals@q.com or call me at 955-1845

Menu for the week of December 21 to December 23

Monday 21st- White Chicken Chili with Toppings
Cornmeal Cheddar Biscuit

Tuesday 22nd- Chicken Pot Pie
Homemade Rolls

Wednesday 23rd- Irish Brisket with Horseradish Sauce
Sautéed Cabbage

Contest-Winner

I wanted to announce a new contest. Sometime in the next two weeks, I will prepare my 100th meal. For the customer who picks up the 100th meal, they will receive a free chocolate cake. I have a wonderful recipe for chocolate cake. Is there anything better than chocolate cake? well…free chocolate cake. Every day, pickup is different, so it will be exciting to see just what day it happens and who will be the winner. So sign up and you might just enjoy chocolate cake with your dinner.

And we have a winner. Mika Lindquest was the winner of the chocolate cake. Congratulation. More contest will be going on, so don't forget to check the blog.

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

Well, week one is over. WOW!!!! I want to say thank you to everyone who ordered. Everyone was just wonderful. I am humbled by all your support. I can’t express how much it means to me. I appreciate everyone’s comments. I received some much-needed feedback.

I met some new friends this week. I can’t believe how fast and how far word has spread. Most, if not all of my advertising will be thru word of mouth. I have quite a few customers who are well on their way to a free dessert. Thank you for helping spread the word. You are the best.

My husband was wonderful. I don’t know what I would do with out him. My kids were unbelievably helpful and supportive. I’m excited for this coming week’s menu. This has been a great adventure and I am LOVING it. Thank you each and everyone for making my first week such a great success.

Thank You!!! Meagan

Menu for the week of December 14 to December 18

Monday 14th Meatloaf with Tomato Topping
Twice Baked Potatoes
(Suggested Sides- Salad and Vegetable)

Tuesday 15th Chicken Marsala
Lightly Buttered Egg Noodles
(Suggested Sides- Salad and Garlic Bread)

Wednesday 16th Lasagna Soup
Homemade Bread

Thursday 17th Teriyaki Chicken
Sticky Rice

Friday 18th Pulled Pork Sandwich
Cole Slaw
(Suggested Sides- Vegetable)

Taking Orders

I'm taking orders now. I am leaving on Thursday for Thanksgiving. I will return on Friday. Because of the Holiday, I will take orders for Monday and Tuesday until Saturday night. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Meagan

Menu for the week of December 7 to December 11

Monday 7th- Chicken Cordon Bleu with a Honey Mustard Sauce
Rice Pilaf
(Suggested Sides- Salad and Vegetable)

Tuesday 8th Beef Stroganoff
Garlic Red Mashed Potatoes
(Suggested Sides- Salad and Vegetable)

Wednesday 9th Chicken Noodle Soup
Homemade Bread

Thursday 10th Beef Chili with Toppings
Scones with Honey Butter

Friday 11th Manicotti
Garlic French Bread
(Suggested Sides- Salad)

Menu for the week of November 30 to December 4

Here we go. This is the first menu.

Monday 30th- Chicken Pot Pie
Homemade Rolls

Tuesday 1st- Beef Bolognese
Creamy Polenta

Wednesday 2nd- Creamy Vegetable Soup with Ham
Homemade Bread

Thursday 3rd- Irish Brisket with Horseradish Sauce
Sautéed Cabbage

Friday 4th- Chicken Cacciatore
Buttered Fettuccini Noodles

Hope this looks good to you. Remember once you have paid, you can order by phone, email, comments left on the blog, or in person. If you don't have the introductory letter that explains how everything works, leave me a comment with your name and email address.