Catching Up: BSBP Teaser, Menu, New Month

Oh where do I start?

I introduced you to my Bead Soup Blog partner and sent out her Bead Soup last week. As such, I suppose I should post some teaser pictures for her and your benefit, especially since it'll take about two weeks for her to get it.

I know these blurry sneaky peeks don't offer up much, but they are just a taste of the soup I sent to wet Karen's appetite!

Speaking of soup, it's Monday Meal Plan time. (Don't you like how I made that transition? hee.) I'm not solid on what my plans for this holiday week entail, so I over-planned a bit. Here goes.

Breakfasts: Cereal/oatmeal, overnight breakfast quichiladas, cinnamon rolls, oatmeal wheat pancakes, bacon w/eggs & toast, raspberry parfaits

Lunches: Sliced chicken sandwiches, leftovers, leftovers, chicken w/salad, soup w/grilled cheese, tuna salad on salad, ham sandwiches

Dinners:

Ranch style chicken w/new potatoes & broccoli

Pork chops with creamy mushrooms & dill w/roasted garlic cauliflower (recipe below) & brown rice

Grilled steaks w/sweet potatoes & salad

Chicken coconut soup

Shrimp vodka pasta w/green beans

Turkey tenderloins w/honey balsamic carrots & microwave scalloped potatoes

There's more Menu Plan Monday at I'm an Organizing Junkie.

Oh, and here's the cauliflower recipe. Unfortunately, this is another one that I don't know where it came from.
Roasted Garlic Cauliflower   
INGREDIENTS   
·2 tablespoons minced garlic   
·3 tablespoons olive oil   
·1 large head cauliflower, separated into florets   
·1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese   
·salt and black pepper to taste   
·1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley   
DIRECTIONS   
1.  Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a large casserole dish.   
2.  Place the olive oil and garlic in a large resealable bag. Add cauliflower, and shake to mix. Pour into the prepared casserole dish.   
3.  Bake for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through. Top with Parmesan cheese and parsley, and broil for 3 to 5 minutes, until golden brown.   


I AM looking for ideas of what to do with the turkey tenderloin. So. . .if you've got a recipe up your sleeve for those, please don't hesitate to share it!

Is anyone else wondering where June went? I know that I just flipped over the calendar from May and now it's July. How did that happen? As a result, my goals for the year almost completely fell by the wayside last month. I will say that my house stayed clean and I got a lot of reading done, but the rest of the goals really didn't get much attention. As such, I'm refraining from doing a whole review. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can check out May's Goal Review which will direct you to all the other ones for this year as well.

With a new month also comes new photo prompts for July from Fat Mum Slim. Here's the list.

I think I'm going to share some of my June photos with you tomorrow, since I did get a few of those squeezed in last month.

Let's leave it at that for today as a pop-up thunderstorm has already delayed me getting this post up. Thanks for bearing with me through this randomness.