Sunday: Easter Sunday!
We always host
Easter at our house…our kids love that our local family all get together to eat
and hunt eggs! This year, I took an easy
route and made BBQ Pulled Pork in the crock pot. All you need is a pork roast (I made 2), a
bottle of BBQ sauce, and a can of Coke.
Put them all in the crock pot together and cook on low all day! Then shred the pork and it’s ready for
sandwiches, nachos, tacos, or anything! I made ours on Saturday, and then just put the
crock pot on warm before we left for church Sunday morning. We served ours on hamburger buns. Everyone brought dishes to add to our meal
including roasted sweet potatoes, salad, cole slaw, deviled eggs, beans, and
dessert. J
Sunday Night: BBQ Pork Pizza
Normally one of our
Sunday meals is leftovers or just sandwiches.
But, we had leftover BBQ Pork from lunch, and I just thought we would
have nachos or something along those lines.
The hubs randomly asked if pizza would be a possibility. When I realized
it was almost 6:00, I looked up on Pinterest "self rising pizza
crust." Well, this recipe from Babble.com was the first one that popped up. Only 2
ingredients! I actually don't have any Greek yogurt on hand, but I had
itss less-healthy cousin, sour cream!
Well, this experiment was a HIT! Not only was it super
easy using my mixer, but the crust was so tasty! Our BBQ pizza was so, so
delicious. We actually baked the crust for about 5 minutes before we topped it
with BBQ sauce, cheddar cheese, BBQ pork, and then a little bit of Muenster
cheese. Then we baked it for about 10 minutes more. Yum! If you find
yourself wanting to jazz up leftovers, or just have a quick (no rising
necessary!) pizza, give this recipe a shot!
Monday: BBQ Pork Taquitos with Beans & Roasted
Sweet Potatoes
Being on a cash
budget often means the end of the month is using what we have on hand to create
meals rather than going to the store just to buy something else. And, we still had some BBQ pork leftover from
Easter lunch, but we definitely didn’t want sandwiches again. Also, I couldn’t freeze the meat because it
had been frozen before I cooked it. So,
I typed in “BBQ Pork Leftover Recipes” into Pinterest. When a recipe for taquitos popped up, I knew
it was perfect because we had some corn tortillas in the fridge. These were super simple, and we all enjoyed
them. I added a little Muenster cheese
over the top during the last 5 minutes of baking to make them a little
cheesy. I also reheated some beans that
were leftover and roasted some diced sweet potatoes and broccoli. This meal FINALLY used up all the pork. J
Tuesday: Pasta with Ground Venison Marinara Sauce
with Roasted Green Beans & Carrots
It’s nice to always
have some type of ground beef, venison, chicken, or turkey on hand for easy
meals like pasta and tacos. I had a
healthy dinner on the table for our family in no time by simply pulling some
ground venison out of the freezer and also some homemade marinara sauce I had
frozen a few months back. Roasting
vegetables is a family fave, and I also made garlic bread out of some leftover
hamburger buns from Easter.
Wednesday: Dinner with Small Group
Thursday: Crispy Tilapia & Quinoa with Kale
Chad took the boys
out to eat after baseball practice, so I made dinner for just Payton and me
here at home. She wanted chicken nuggets
and apple sauce, and I had some crispy tilapia from Costco in the freezer that
made for a quick and easy dinner for me!
Friday: Pizza & Movie Night!
We ordered Dominos…the
kids’ favorite! I always serve ours with
fresh fruits and veggies to round out our meal.
Saturday: Leftover Pizza
Chad had his draft
for his fantasy baseball league, so the kids and I had leftover pizza from the
night before. J
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