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Okay--I love when people share their menus, so here's my fall rotation. Breakfast and lunch are pretty consistent around here, but I like that the granola and bread can get a seasonal touch, as well as pancakes or Dutch baby. I'm finished formatting recipes and have the shopping list pretty much hammered out, just need to type it up and then I'll be ready to print for the kitchen binder. I can't tell you how happy that makes me.
Breakfast Rotation
--Foss Family Granola with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and mini M and Ms/yogurt
--Dawn's Mix n Match Bread with Pumpkin and Cinnamon Chips or Applesauce and Peanut Butter Chips
--Buttermilk Biscuits and Grits
--Scrambled Eggs and Bagels
--Pancakes or Dutch Baby and Fruit
--Baked Oatmeal and Berries
--Sausage Patties and Toast with Jam
Lunch Rotation
--grilled cheese sandwiches, apples and celery with peanut butter
--pepperoni pasta
--Dollar menu 
--PBJ, popcorn, fruit
--chili dogs and raw veggies with Ranch
--chicken breast and salad
--leftovers
Tea-Time
--Granola and Mix n Match bread will rotate into tea-time as well
--Homemade Whole Wheat bread with apple butter, cheese cubes, grapes
Dinner
--Lemon Chicken, Wild Rice with Fresh Herbs, Creamed Spinach
--Oven-Baked Drumstricks, Glazed Baby Carrots, Oven-Roasted Potatoes
--Sunday Dinner: Slow Cooker BBQ Beef, Corn on the Cob, Cheddar Biscuits, Warm Apple Squares with Maple Cream
--Tamale Pie, Green Salad, Warm Tortillas brushed with Cinnamon and Sugar
--Great Northen Beans with Ham, Rice, Waldorf Salad, Homemade Bread
--Egg Drop Soup, Pork Fried Rice, Stir Fry Veggies
--Sloppy Joes, Baked Macaroni, Sauteed Peppers and Onions
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We're gong to try a three week rotation for dinner for the first time this year. Lunches are leftovers or quick sandwiches and soup as the previous days' meals permit.
Breakfast
Monday: pancakes and eggs
Tuesday: crockpot steel-cut oatmeal with toppings
Wednesday: eggs and english muffins
Thursday: waffles and smoothies
Friday: breakfast sandwiches
Saturday: free for all
Sunday: Daddy's choice
Dinner
Monday: Chicken with pan sauce, Emeril's rice and veggie/salad OR Roasted whole chicken, baked potatoes and veggie OR honey-pecan crusted chicken, baked sweets and salad.
Tuesday: Taco soup, bread and butter and salad OR Sloppy joes and salad OR south of the border tortilla soup and bread and butter
Wednesday: italian sausage 2/ onions and peppers and salad OR skillet ham, cabbage and potatoes and veggie OR meatloaf, bakers and veggie
Thursday: White turkey or chicken chili, cornbread and salad OR butternut bisque, rolls and salad OR pork in the crockpot TBA (my first choice was a dud) and salad
Friday: chicken stir-fry and sticky rice, OR pasta of choice OR frittata and toast
Saturday: Foss Family greek burgers, salad and veggie OR BBQ chicken, salad and veggie OR london broil, salad and veggie.
Sunday: Daddy's choice.
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Okay, Colleen...I love the fall, and I love cooking in the fall!
Breakfast Rotation:
**Breakfast Casserole with sausage and homemade bread, orange juice or citrus smoothie
**Skillet toast with homemade bread and cheddar cheese slices, yogurt or mixed berry smoothie, orange juice
**Pancakes and orange juice
**Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins, milk or breakfast smoothie
**English muffins with ham slice, fried egg, slice of cheese and citrus smoothie or orange juice
**Oatmeal, skillet toast, chocolate milk
Lunch Rotation:
**Tuna, crackers or fresh bread, apples and grapes, cheese slices or cubes
**Pasta tossed with marinara or olive oil, honey bread, fruit smoothie
**PB & J, chips, milk
Macaroni with cheddar cheese and broccoli, yogurt, fruit
**Sandwich meat roll ups with tortillas, cheese, and fruit smoothie
**Baked Potatoes with cheese and sour cream
**Baked Sweet Potatoes with butter, cinnamon and green salads
**leftovers
Teatime
**Our favorite ...spiced tea with simple sugar cookies
**blueberry oat muffins
**bread with jam or honey
**leftover pumpkin bread
**banana bread
Dinner Rotation:
**Chicken and rice casserole with broccoli, pineapple, green salad
**White Chili with mozzarella and sour cream, fruit smoothie
**Roast Chicken with roasted veggies, herbed and baked potato chunks, pumpkin bread
**Chicken, rice and gravy, corn, green salad, dinner rolls
**Steak, rice and gravy, green beans, dinner rolls
**Chicken gumbo and rice, fresh green peppers, saltines, tea
**Tamale Pie, green salad, pineapple or other fruit
**Spinach Pie, chips, peach slices
**Slow cooked roast, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn
**Chili with cheddar cheese and sour cream, sour cream and chive bread, tea
**Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Shells, baked sweet potatoes, fruit smoothie
Favorite desserts:
**Warm oatmeal cookies
**Apple Cake
**Oatmeal Apple Crisp
Got my menus and grocery list printed last week. Yum!
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I did mine in August - and we are keeping to it more or less. I am tweaking as I go along
Here is my post with a spreadsheet attached.
Fall Menus
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Okay, ladies! I have a question. What do you mean by rotation? Do you just pick from those meals for the next few months? Or do you eat the same thing for several weeks? I'm just curious how this works.
I've been doing weekly menus for several months and I'm getting bored. I'm wondering if this could be what I'm looking for to get me excited about cooking again!
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My plan is the first Monday meal is made the first week, the second Monday meal is made the second week, and the third Monday meal is made on the third week; each day continues. At the end of the third week, go back to the beginning and repeat.
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MarilynW wrote:
I did mine in August - and we are keeping to it more or less. I am tweaking as I go along
Here is my post with a spreadsheet attached.
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Oh, can you please share the recipes for:
Bounty Rice
Lentil Casserole & Rice
Tortilla & Black bean Pie
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monique wrote:
Okay, ladies! I have a question. What do you mean by rotation? Do you just pick from those meals for the next few months? Or do you eat the same thing for several weeks? I'm just curious how this works.
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Monique--A few seasons ago, Elizabeth hit on the idea of changing her menu seasonaly and cooking more or less the smae week's or two week's worth of meals for the season. This has worked well for us. It simplifies the planning and a six week spurt is just long enough for us before we need a change. So we'll eat this rotation of meals until early November, when I'll change to a menu that reflects the even cooler weather and the coming holidays. I love that I can bring seasonal touches into the menu and enjoy fresh foods but eliminate constantly having to think about what I'm doing. I'm not that good at thinking any more .
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Ditto what Colleen said....we might throw grilled dogs and burgers, spaghetti, lasagna, pizza take-out in on a weekend or whenever I've gotta throw a panic meal together in a few minutes. Also, we might bake a fish or do some ettoufee or pan seared shrimp, but these are favorite special meals and they don't make it into the everyday menu. So there is some variation from the above menu, but for the most part, that is it - I plan it, shop it, make it and we eat it. huge sigh of relief! Then, we change it to reflect the seasons - I absolutely cannot make or eat chili in the spring of summer - a fact that greatly distresses my husband. 
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Hmmm... Thanks for your patience and explaining this idea. I like it! It seems like we eat a lot of the same meals anyway. I think it would also get rid of any boredom if we rotated seasonally. The planning wouldn't have happen every week either which would be a bonus, also.
I'm with Colleen....I don't think so well anymore either.
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Has anyone noticed the increase in food posts with the autumn air?
Autumn always brings out the foodies in us.
I haven't had time to do my menus lately but this inspire me to get back on the wagon. 
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Oh, can you please share the recipes for:
Bounty Rice
Lentil Casserole & Rice
Tortilla & Black bean Pie
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Bounty Rice
Saute 1lb ground beef, 1 onion, 1 cup green pepper. Stir in 4 cups canned tomatoes, 4 cups tomatoes, 3 cups cooked rice, salt, oregano, basil, garlic powder - continue to cook 15 minutes until cabbage is tender, Sir in half cup sour cream and 1 cup mozzarella and cover till cheese melts. Serve (works if you omit tomatoes too) From Simply in Season.
Tortilla and Black bean pie (from Martha Stewart Good Food Fast)
Preheat oven to 400F. Saute 1 large onion, 1 chopped jalapeno, garlic and cumin in a skillet till onion is soft. Add 2 cans of black beans (drained) and one can of beer. Simmer until the liquid has almost evaporated. Stir in 1 package of frozen corn and most of a bunch of scallions chopped. Use a springform pan or pie plate (I use pie plate) - put in a tortilla, quarter of the beans and some shredded cheese. Repeat layers 3 times - on the top use 1 cup of cheese. Bake 25 minutes until cheese is bubbly. Sprinkle with scallions. Unmold the pie, cut into wedges and serve.
Lentil casserole (my thrown together recipe)
Saute onions, celery, carrots, garlic. Add sweet potatoes, lentils and pearl barley and water. Also dried rosemary, salt and pepper. After 45 minutes add zucchini or some other green vegetable (optional)Simmer for at least an hour. Serve with hot brown rice (this smells fragrant and keeps everyone healthy in the winter)
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MarilynW wrote:
Lentil casserole (my thrown together recipe)
Saute onions, celery, carrots, garlic. Add sweet potatoes, lentils and pearl barley and water. Also dried rosemary, salt and pepper. After 45 minutes add zucchini or some other green vegetable (optional)Simmer for at least an hour. Serve with hot brown rice (this smells fragrant and keeps everyone healthy in the winter)
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This one is on the menu for this week. Sounds yummy!
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Bumping this from last year, as there are some good fall menus here.
Anyone want to add theirs?
I worked on ours over the weekend, and will probably finish this weekend, if I don't get distracted creating Amazon Listmania Lists of my favorite romantic comedies     
And, then I'll probably go and get pregnant, and the whole thing will be defunct!
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