Meal Plan #3

I'm going to be honest with you all with my meal plan last week! I didn't do the best job sticking with my menu,  it was a busy one and I just wasn't feeling cooking! So this week we are doing things super simple. It is also my oldest birthday on Wednesday! So here is the meal plan for the week: 

Sunday: Forgotten Chicken in the crockpot with green beans (never made this last week and we have lacrosse practice tonight so I needed help with cooking this) 
Monday: Bacon wrapped steaks, mashed potatoes, & corn 
Tuesday: Taco night 
Wednesday: Mollie's birthday! We are doing meatballs and pasta. 
Thursday: Pork tenderloin, rice, & green beans
Friday: The girls have a field hockey game so we will either get take out or go out to eat! 

I have been grocery shopping on Saturdays which works well for our family. I usually have to go to the store during the middle of the week to stock up on fruit, veggies, and milk! 

When do you grocery shop? Do you meal plan out for the whole week or just for a few days? Always curious what other people do! 

xoxo, 
Erika 

Weekend Update #1

Last weekend was a busy one. We started off Friday night with two field hockey games for the girls. It was fun to play under the lights! Mollie played goalie for the second game. 

Saturday morning was spent cleaning, grocery shopping, Target trip, and Lowes! After lunch the boys went and got haircuts. We then headed out to the outlets and dinner. We were looking for winter jackets and a few outfits for Hudson. It was a very successful trip!

We had a 30 minute wait for a table at dinner. 

Once we got home we watched college football and just relaxed for a bit. Had to get this boy to bed to early since he had a football game on Sunday morning. 

It was an early game on Sunday but we nothing a little coffee couldn't fix!

Hudson played so well. It was definitely a better game than our past ones!

He is so freaking cute! He is obsessed with football. I love all the cute shirts I get to wear. After the game we grabbed Raising Canes. It was good!

Ended the day helping my mom out on a craft project, lacrosse practice, and then home for dinner and watched Inside Out 2. I was wishing I got a nap in but nope maybe next weekend! 

Hudson wore one of his new outfits. So cute! 

xoxo, 

Erika 

 

Three Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

This recipe is a true sign that the Fall Season is here! I have been making this recipe for almost 14 years now and they are one of my kids favorites. So simple to make! 

You only need three ingredients....Yellow cake mix, can of pumpkin, and a cup of chocolate chips!

I always start off by mixing the cake mix and pumpkin first. You can always change up the cake mix and use spice cake mix. Yellow cake mix is what I had on hand at the time. This week I'm going to try it with chocolate cake mix and see how it comes out!

 

Once you have mixed it well you can go ahead and add the chocolate chips. I do about a cup of the mini chocolate chips, but as I said it really doesn't matter what kind you use or what you use. I bet white chocolate chips would be really good in this too!! I have a friend that mixed Halloween sprinkles instead of chocolate chips. 

Once you are done mixing the chocolate chips in then you can scoop them into a muffin pan. I use a mini muffin pan! My kids love them that way!

 

Make sure you grease the pan as we are not using a muffin liners! Once your oven is preheated then you can put them in for about 15-20 minutes depending on your oven. I usually have to do it for about 20 minutes and they always come out perfect! 

Once they are done let them cool and enjoy them!! They go perfect with a cup of tea or coffee! I usually store them in the fridge to keep them longer or you could even freeze them! 

I hope you enjoy them as much as my kids do! Let me know if you have made them before and if you do anything different! 

xoxo, 

Erika