August Menus

  I sat down this morning and prepared the menus for August. I cannot beleive it is almost the last few weeks of my summer vacation. Where has the time gone? I return to work on the 21st for prep and cleaning in the kitchen. Kiddos return to school on the 27th so I will be back at both the cafeteria and the aftercare jobs starting that day. I planned out quickly assembled dinners for those work days and will return to my work week dinner plan of alternating crockpot, quick recipes, and planned over meals after Labor Day.
This month I am trying a few new to me recipes after revisiting some old cookbooks I have. All new recipes are marked with an *. Menus using planned overs are in bold. We have several events coming up in August, a birthday party, a baptism, two fairs, and one last festival. I did not plan menus for those days. I also didn't plan a menu for the last Friday of the month. I will be working late and on that day GF gets to decide what will be for dinner. So here are the 25 menus (all mains based on items I have on hand) I have to choose from:

 Lemon-Dill Grilled Salmon* , baked potato, grilled asparagus

  Family Steak, twice baked potatoes, garlicky green beans

 Chicken Lasagna Alfredo*, salad

  Mediterranean Steak salad, breadsticks, sliced melon

 Spicy Pineapple rum pork chops, scalloped potatoes, grilled corn on the cob

 Penne with Meatballs, salad

 One Dish Chicken with potatoes & green beans

 Chicken Piccata, pasta with garlic, salad

 Herb Crusted Eye of Round, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts

 Grilled Zesty Chicken oregano, Israeli couscous, greek salad

 Grilled Asian Pork Tenderloin Salad, fly off the plate rolls

Beef Stroganoff , salad

 Heather's Garlic baked chicken, mushroom risotto*, salad

 Pork Lo Mein , eggrolls

 Spit roasted Leg of lamb, pasta & lentil salad

 Asian Summer Salad, popovers

 Shepard's Pie, candied carrots

Applewood Rubbed Pork chops, parsley potatoes, green beans

 Steak, caprese salad, corn on the cob

 Shrimp Orzo skillet, salad

 Horseradish encrusted tilapia, au gratin potatoes, broccoli with lemon

Tuscan Grilled Chicken, quinoa salad*

Steak w/ Chimichurri sauce*, pasta salad

 Tuscan Chicken Pannini , chips

 Hawaiian Pork kebobs, coconut rice, Hawaiian coleslaw