Menu Monday 12/16-12/22

This upcoming week is crunch time! It's the week before Christmas. Much craziness will abound. In years past, my family has gotten the short end of the stick in terms of healthy eating. This year will be completely different.

Tonight, we will have chicken cordon blue crescent roll ups.
I found this picture and the recipe on Pinterest!

Monday we will use up the leftover spaghetti in the fridge by making chicken Alfredo.

Taco Tuesday will be taco tot casserole. Easy peasy weeknight meal!

Wednesday night I'm making crockpot pasta fagioli.

On Thursday we will meat loaf
And mashed potato muffins

Friday is one of my favorites: buffalo chicken Stromboli

Saturday will be yummy beef stew.

Crafting Chaos: Cinco de Mayo Edition

One of my favorite holidays is Cinco de Mayo. When I went to Bonneville Junior High, I took Spanish with Señor De La Cruz (to this day he's still one of my all time favorite teachers). The highlight of our year was the Spanish fair at BYU. It was there that I learned about the holiday. Some people use it to party, but I prefer my fiestas to be in my casa.

Thanks to Pinterest, it's so easy to find great craft projects at the click of a mouse. These are some of my favorites.

I love these piñata cookies! They are so cute and the directions are really well written and easy to follow.

http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/958083/cinco-de-mayo-pinata-cookies

The margaritas in a jar from Living Locurto are so adorable and super easy. And as a bonus-free printables!

http://www.livinglocurto.com/2012/05/cinco-de-mayo-party/

One Charming Party has some really great ideas for a lot of different parties, with step by step instructions (perfect for someone like me who needs that!) the mini piñatas as a favor (or for fun!) are super easy and look elegant.

http://onecharmingparty.com/category/cinco-de-mayo/

The Girl Who Ate Everything (I love that blog name!) has a recipe for taco cupcakes that are perfect for a buffet. I can't wait to try them!

http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2012/04/double-decker-taco-cupcakes.html?m=1

Celebrations has some really great kids crafting/decor projects that look like fun!

http://www.celebrations.com/content/cinco-de-mayo-fiesta-for-the-kids

Averie Cooks has a bunch of recipes on her site, including a really awesome, not so bad for you guacamole. Yum.

http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2012/05/cinco-de-mayo-recipes.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LoveVeggiesAndYoga+%28AverieCooks%2FLoveVeggiesandYoga%29

I couldn't open the link for the party decor, but that just looked like lots of fun.

I even found a great outfit to wear on the Fossil blog (I already own the shoes!)

Now I just need to round up some amigos and amigas and have my fiesta!