Menu Plan 10/30 - 11/5

After a week of carbing out for his PT test, I'm glad to introduce some balance and variety back to my cooking.  This is a good mix of half new recipes I've never tried before and the rest are oldies but goodies we haven't had in awhile. Also going to try to squeeze in Military Test Kitchen's pumpkin muffins to see how my results are compared to theirs.  Excited to see!

On our dinner plates this coming week:

Saturday - Bean Soup & sweet corn bread

Sunday - Manzo all Panna (roast beef with parm cream sauce) & rice pilaf with orzo

Monday - Burgers w/ Pretzel Rolls, ranch waffle fries

Tuesday - Taco Salad

Wednesday - Fat Girls Chicken & Stuffing, honey ginger carrots

Thursday - Meatloaf with Roadside Potatoes & New Dorf fruit salad

Friday - Chicken Salad pitas, cheese cubes, fruit salad

Possible additions this week - Cranberry bread test for Thanksgiving with orange/cranberry compote, Cake Batter ice cream and a macaroni salad recipe that looks to die for.  We'll see!  Starting to think about my Thanksgiving menu (looking at a pomegranate glazed turkey recipe) and stuff for our Harry Potter movie marathon preview weekend before the Deathly Hallows comes out Nov. 19th.  (our tradition - we always make something fun to eat while watching the past movies prior to seeing the new one)  Found a recipe for Butter Beers...think that's a must!

What's cooking in your kitchen this week?