Menu plan for the week of August 7

As you know, school starts for the kiddos in about a week and a half.  What you may not know is that football practice starts today.  MC has 6.5 hours of football practice today.  That's pretty much the same as a school day.  And this is why I feel like the school year snuck up on us.  Because while I was fixated on the date of the first day of school, football practice was lurking ever closer, until BoOm.  It's over, friends.  Summer is over.

Four nights this week at least one kid has practice scheduled during the dinner hour--on Tuesday, everybody's got something--so here come the slow cooker and can-be-eaten-in-shifts meals.  If you have any suggestions for me, leave them in the comments.  I need all the help I can get.  And pray for us, friends.

Here's what's on the menu this week:

Supper:

• Crock pot ravioli casserole, fire roasted vegetables with balsamic butter sauce (July's Trader Joe's purchase)
• Turkey bacon ranch wraps (the recipe has disappeared, but on a large tortilla or wrap, layer ranch dressing, deli turkey, cooked, crumbed bacon, cheese, lettuce, chopped tomatoes)
• Slow cooker bacon ranch meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrots
• Slow cooker spicy orange chicken nuggets, brown rice, green beans
• Hamburgers, with or without buns, chips, raw veggies
• Nachos with taco toppings, guacamole
• Peppered steak with portobello mushrooms, mashed potatoes, grilled green veg

Other:

• Taco bean soup
• Cream puffs
• Ranch dressing mix
• Sausage Egg and Cheese Stuffed Breakfast Biscuits