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December 2022 Menu

Published on December 6, 2022December 3, 2022 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

I know I haven’t posted a menu in a while but I figured I could post the one I just made up. This was made using the free printable meal planner I have HERE. You will see that we have certain things that rotate on a set schedule but we do try to keep our dinners a little varied to keep everyone happy.

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snacks	Desserts
Sunday 12/4	Eggs, hash browns, sausage, English muffins		Fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans	Fruit
Monday	Cereal/Oatmeal	scrambled egg sandwiches	Steak/Sweet N Sour Meatballs, Mac N Cheese, Baked Potato	Fruit
Tuesday St. Nicholas Day	Santa Pancakes	PB&J sandwiches, fruit	Leftovers	Fruit
Wednesday FULL MOON	Muffins, Bagels, or Toast W/Eggs and Cheesy Grits	soup, grilled cheese, fruit slices, rice pudding	Homemade pizzas	Fruit
Thursday	French Toast, Fruit	Chicken Salad, sliced tomatoes & cucumbers, lettuce	Loaded potato soup, crackers	Fruit
Friday	Cereal/Oatmeal	Leftovers	Salmon/Chicken Patties, Mashed Caulitaters, Creamed Peas, pineapple slices	Fruit
Saturday	Make Sourdough Donuts or English Muffins		Chicken Stir Fry, Fried Rice, Egg Rolls, steamed veggies, sauce	Fruit

Notes:

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snacks	Desserts
Sunday 12/11	Monkey Bread, Eggs & Grits		Cheddar Chicken, potatoes, veggies	Fruit
Monday	Cereal/Oatmeal	egg salad sandwiches, veggies	Homemade pizzas	Fruit
Tuesday	French Toast, Fruit	PB&J sandwiches, fruit	Taco ring, salad	Fruit
Wednesday	Blueberry Oatmeal Bread, scrambled eggs	Soup, Grilled Cheese	Sandwiches, french fries	Fruit
Thursday	Pancakes, Fruit	tuna salad sandwiches, fresh veggies	Spaghetti, Salad, Garlic Cheesy pull-apart bread	Fruit
Friday	Cereal/Oatmeal	Leftovers	Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin, mashed potatoes, veggies	Fruit
Saturday POLAR EXPRESS!	Waffles, Eggs, Bacon		SEE MENU	Fruit	Fudge Cookies

Notes:

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snacks	Desserts
Sunday 12/18	Biscuits n gravy/Sausage/Eggs		Breakfast for Dinner	Fruit
Monday	Cereal/Oatmeal	scrambled egg sandwiches	Tortellini Soup, buttered bread	Fruit
Tuesday	French Toast, Fruit	PB&J sandwiches, fruit	Easy Bean Tostadas, Rice, Salad	Fruit
Wednesday	Muffins, Bagels, or Toast W/Eggs and Cheesy Grits	soup, grilled cheese, fruit slices, rice pudding	Shepherd’s pie, fried cabbage, beer bread, fried apples	Fruit
Thursday	Pancakes, Fruit	Chicken Salad, sliced tomatoes & cucumbers, lettuce	Homemade Pizzas	Fruit
Friday	Cereal/Oatmeal	Leftovers	Alice Springs Chicken, salad, baked potatoes	Fruit
Saturday Christmas Eve	Make Sourdough Donuts or English Muffins			Fruit

Notes:

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snacks	Desserts
Sunday 12/25 CHRISTMAS	Cinnamon Rolls, SCRAMBLED EGGS, SAUSAGE, OR BACON		SEE MENU
Monday	Cereal/Oatmeal	egg salad sandwiches, veggies	Leftovers	Fruit
Tuesday	French Toast, Fruit	PB&J sandwiches, fruit	Tacos or Taco Soup, Rice, Chips	Fruit
Wednesday	Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread, scrambled eggs	Leftovers	Mississippi Pot Roast, mashed potatoes or egg noodles, veggies, milk	Fruit
Thursday	Pancakes, Fruit	tuna salad sandwiches, fresh veggies	Creamed Spinach & Bacon-Smothered Chicken, salad, garlic bread	Fruit
Friday	Cereal/Oatmeal	Leftovers	Sloppy Joes, French Fries, Slaw	Fruit
Saturday NEW YEARS EVE	Cheese Danish, eggs, bacon		Crunchy Chicken, Squash Casserole, Mashed Potatoes, or potato cakes	Fruit

Notes:

Some days are left blank to allow us to use up some of our pantry and freezer supplies. You can check out some other meal-planning posts HERE and HERE.

Time to think about those last couple of Holiday Meals!

Published on December 5, 2022November 29, 2022 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

Here in our neck of the woods, the stores are looking a little sparse so I’ve been trying to grab what I can when I see it for our upcoming holiday meals… have you planned yours out yet? If not, I’ve got some easy recipes for you to use and some menus from previous years that may inspire you.

Our holiday meals here may not be quite as grand as they have been in the past but when everyone joins around the table we have more than enough!

Here are some of our favorite recipes:

Steamed Broccoli with Cheese Sauce

Bread:

30 minute Rolls

Hoe Cakes

Cinnamon Butter

Empty Tomb Rolls (aka Resurrection Rolls)

Honey Butter

Mama’s Best Dinner Rolls

Desserts:

Blackberry Pig in a Poke

Cheesecake

Chocolate Covered Eggs

Chocolate Pudding Pie – (This was something I always looked forward too with my Mom-Mom)

Coconut Cake

German Chocolate Pie

Luscious Four-Layer Pumpkin Cake

Mama’s Southern Pecan Pie

Milk Chocolate Fudge (Christmas Fudge)

Nana’s No-Bake Pig Out Pie

No-Bake Eggnog Cheesecake

No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Roll

Watergate Salad

Beverages:

Cocoa In A Crockpot

Ms. Shirley’s Hot Apple Cider

Old-Fashioned Lemonade

Susie’s Sweet Tea

Need a recipe you don’t see listed? Try checking out the search bar or leave a comment and we’ll try to get one posted ASAP!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

St. Nicholas Day is just around the corner!

Published on December 3, 2022November 29, 2022 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog2 Comments

We are trying our best to get back into some of our routines and traditions around here but it’s been tough going with one thing after another. I do plan to do a little something special for St. Nicholas Day and we hope to get our tree up then as well. I had thought about doing our Polar Express Party on St. Nicholas Day but it falls in the middle of the week so that wouldn’t work out well for anyone right now.

We won’t be doing anything really spectacular but I’m sure the kids will be excited anyway. I did manage to snag a couple of bags of chocolate coins a couple of weeks ago too so I’m hoping they won’t have melted by the time St. Nicholas Day gets here.

I just wanted to post this in case anyone else wanted to try to do something a little extra special… maybe you will have a chance to grab some things over the weekend to start a new family tradition. Maybe we can schedule a quick drive around town to look at Christmas lights or something as well.

Here are a few posts from previous years:

Happy St. Nicholas Day 2018!

St. Nicholas Day 2016

St. Nicholas Day (12/6)

We usually make Santa Pancakes and I think we did something a little different last year but I can’t remember what we did for sure as it was so crazy then.

Before you think that you couldn’t possibly pull anything like this off because something always goes wrong here’s another post about how our day really went on a previous St. Nicholas Day: