crock pot fajitas

Put in crock pot some chicken breasts, sliced bell peppers and onions.  Add a can or two of black beans.  Sprinkle everything with some taco seasoning and a ranch packet, add some water. and cook all day...  I have not made these but I had this meal at a friends house a couple weeks ago and this is what I remember her saying she did.  It was so yummy!  Oh, she added some fresh mushrooms during the last hour.  

Update on my menu for this week.  A friend brought me a crock pot meal for today so we are having cheesy chicken potatoes and broccoli tonight.  :) I think I will do the lasagna on Sunday.  

Talena's meal this week

I have done pretty good this week with meals too.  :)
Sunday we had roast and mashed potatoes
Monday we had chicken florentine
Tuesday we had beef stroganoff
Wednesday we did leftovers cause that is our busiest day of the week and no one eats together so we have to just warm something up and run...
Thursday (tonight) we are having lasagna
Friday probably pizza and
Saturday crockpot chicken fajitas
I feel so blessed to have food in our house and a place to prepare meals for my family.

Backward Meal Plan

Since we got home from our exhausting Christmas break I feel like I've been doing pretty well at making dinner. Before Christmas I was doing terrible! Every night 5:00 would roll around and I would ask everyone what they wanted to eat and of course no one here can agree on a dinner so we would throw together something for each person. An Engish Muffin for Audrey, bagel for Rylen, yogurt for the baby, you get the idea. We just weren't eating well and I was feeling stuck!

So, I am feeling motivated again and I thought I would share the meals I've been making in the past week, in case you are feeling stuck like I was. I don't claim they are extremely healthy, but I try to add in veggies with every meal and have a green salad with most meals. Just the fact that I am making dinner though, and we are all sitting down together to eat without stressing at dinner time every night makes us all feel better I think.

Wed: Easy Chicken Fiesta Rice served over chips, like taco salad. (Briella calls this Red Rice and she loves it. It's on her list of faves)
Thurs: Potato Pancakes, Waffles, and Eggs
Fri: Homemade Pizza
Sat: Ground Beef Enchiladas with corn and rice
Sun: Sausage Egg Rolls and Rice
Mon: Stir fried leftover rice with lots of frozen mixed veggies, served on tortillas with cheese, and leftovers
Tues: Homemade Mac and Cheese and corn off the cob (frozen corn. Rylen has discovered he loves it!)
Wed: Broiled Tilapia, twice baked potatoes, and brocolli

Tonight was my first attempt at cooking and eating Tilapia and I LOVED it! It helped that the recipe I used (I linked it) smothered the stuff in Parmesan cheese, butter, and mayo, but I think I would have liked it anyway. The recipe was super simple and Briella enjoyed it with me. If you have never cooked fish before, or if you aren't a big fish fan, I strongly recommend that recipe. It's easy and so tasty.

So there you go. I have been trying to just simplify and not over-complicate making meals. I try to make something someone (besides me or Wayne) likes every night so that at least two of us can enjoy dinner, and that means simple stuff because the kids like simple!

Let me know if you want a recipe for any of these dishes and I will post it! And lets see how long this motivated streak lasts...