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Menu Monday
Bonus: What is your favorite quick and easy meal?
Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookstores
Re: Menu Monday
Tues- Crustless quiche w/hashbrowns
Wed- BBQ chicken pizza
Thurs- Browned butter gnocchi w/broccoli
Fri- H is on his own/I'm going out with my coworkers
Sat- BBQ chicken wonton cups
Monday - homemade pizza
Tuesday - crockpot barbeque pork ribs
Wednesday - beer, beef, and cheddar pie
Thursday- turkey chili
Friday - shredded beef tacos
My favorite quick meal is gumbo - I make huge batches and freeze it. DInner is ready in the time it takes to thaw.
M - out (Justin Timberlake concert!)
T - kale with eggs, chorizo
W - edamame salad, pork chops
R - sweet potato quesadillas
Favorite quick dinner --- I'd have to say soup. We're on the run a lot, and eat out a lot. But I keep ready-to-eat soup around and pair with grilled cheese. If I'm feeling fancy, I'll stick a slice of tomato in it and use Jarlesburg cheese. I'm trying to stay away from canned/microwavable soups and freeze extra when I actually make soup, but freezer space is a premium. I wish we had a garage or basement where I could have a storage freezer. Sigh....
On a side note, H and I watched Food, Inc. yesterday. I swear I've seen parts of it before, because it seemed so familiar, but regardless. They spouted out some statistic about the insane quantity of meat average Americans eat every year. H gives me the side-eye and says, "Not me."
I'm a pescatarian, but I try to do a meat recipe for H and the kiddos once or twice a week, but the majority of our meals are what H calls Hippie Food. God forbid he ever meet an actual hippie, because I'm far from that, ha.
Tuesday and Wednesday - baked chicken (haven't decided on seasoning yet) with roasted potatoes and asparagus
Thursday and Friday - I'll be away on a girls' ski trip, so DH and DD are on their own!
Bonus - I think what we had last night and tonight is my favorite quick thing. We recently got a Ninja crockpot thing, and it's so easy to saute the onions, garlic and peppers in the pot and then just dump in jar sauce, water, pasta and frozen meatballs and forget it for 1/2 an hour. And only one pot to clean!
Sugar & Spice
Mon - Chicken Nuggets, Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus
Tues - BBQ Chicken and Pineapple Quesadillas, Black Beans, Salad
Wed - Patty Melts, Oven Fries, Roasted Green Beans
Thurs - Bang Bang Cauliflower, Brown Rice
Fri - Out
Favorite quick meal - During warm weather: grilled pizza, Cold weather: breakfast for dinner
Kate's Recipe Box || Relatively Bookish
I started Menu Monday on my blog now...I hope to stick to it, but here is what we plan on having:
MONDAY- Chicken Lanzone with Oven Baked Potato Wedges
TUESDAY- Crescent Roll Taco Pizza
WEDNESDAY- Prob some sort of take out
THURSDAY- Honey & Spice Pork Taco's
FRIDAY - Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole
SATURDAY - Cheddar Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
SUNDAY - Pork Chops with Creamy Mustard Sauce & Creamy Garlic NoodlesBonus: Favorite Easy recipe is Taco Soup, it is a dump and simmer recipe...can't get any easier than that :-)
my read shelf:
Sunday: Crockpot teriyaki chicken
Monday: frozen lasagna
Tuesday: Don't know, we have to go to a baptism class so maybe just cereal.
Wednesday: Biscuits and Gravy
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Takeout
Saturday: Chinese!
When I need a quick and easy dinner, I usually do breakfast (pancakes, waffles, biscuits & gravy, etc)
my read shelf:
my read shelf:
Tuesday : balsamic chicken legs with artichokes
Wednesday : chili cilantro crockpot chicken with broccoli
Thursday : maple mustard chicken and veggie tian (this is one of my all time favorite meals)
Friday : bratwurst and sauerkraut
Bonus: In the cooler months I like to do nachos, and in the warmer months, shish kabobs are where it's at!
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Monday - Leftover lasagna from last night.
Tuesday - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, veggies and gravy
Wednesday - Chicken cesar salad and garlic toast
Thursday - A Roast in the crock pot
Friday - Burgers
Saturday - Chicken and some sort of side
Sunday - Turkey pot pie
T- Burger w/ oven fries and veggies or salad
W- Crockpot chicken tacos
R- leftovers
F- dinner out
Sa- not sure yet...maybe a lentil stew?
2014: 4/40
[2010: 63] [2011: 35] [2012: 23] [2013: 27]
my read shelf:
Tuesday: Linguini with Calamari and Garlic (DH has bible study so I can eat delicious stinky pasta)
Wednesday: Tuna Pepper Steak over rice with a big salad
Thursday and Friday will depend on the grocery store.
As for quick and easy, I guess this tuna recipe that I have that is kind of like a deconstructed tuna sushi roll. Sear the tuna for 90 seconds on each side and serve it over brown rice with cucumber, avocado, and nori, drizzled in a sauce of lemon, soy, and sriracha. Yum!
my read shelf:
my read shelf: