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Monday Menus
Since Sam started us off this am with the food talk, I thought we should take Elise's suggestion and post our menus. Let's share :-)
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Re: Monday Menus
Yesterday was the first time K and I have ever sat down and tired to plan a menu for the week. It wasn't as easy as I thought! K doesn't eat pasta, cooked tomatos, risotto, ground beef (rarely), yada yada yada.
So here is what we came up with:
Thai Spring Rolls
3 Bean Chicken
Green Curry
Chicken w/ Horseradish Smashed Potatoes
Dinner Size Salad
horseradish smashed potatoes sound awesome!
Here's us:
- sweet + sour chicken w/ jasmine rice
- grilled lemon butter salmon w/ cauliflower puree
- garlic shrimp with couscous and peas
- roasted chicken (then i'll make a soup w/ the leftovers)
- sweet chicken sausage and peppers over pasta w/ red sauce
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can i say how impressed I am with everyone planning their menus? And planning meals that need to be cooked?
No idea what we'll do tonight. Probably a fend for yourself kinda thing since I forgot to put a frozen flank steak in the fridge to defrost.
I am going to be out tomorrow night to do some errands so L will do pasta/veggies/chicken or something for kids and will eat that too.
L will be out Weds night so I'll so the same as she does the previous night (maybe mac and cheese with peas)?
Thursday night we take the kids to Gymboree and often eat Chic-fil-a on the way home since we have to leave just as I walk in the door and we don't get home till nearly 8.
Friday we'll probably go out.
S made a chick pea and turkey chili on Sat. So we will be eating that most of the week. I would say we will prob go out on thursday after we get paid.
My favorite "Real" food (Cause Id rather bake than cook any day!) is stew...
Rice, beef, beans, fresh veggies, some sort of broth and noodles.. .I typically just throw in about whatever will go to waste if I dont use it within the next few days.
Its easy, and decently fast, pretty healthy, I try to use low sodium salt in everything I cook and thats my only real concern in stew of any sort.
well, i forgot to take chicken out of the freezer last night, so the chicken broccoli bake that we were supposed to have tonight will be tomorrow's dinner. tonight will now be either leftovers from yesterday (cubed hashbrown potatoes with lite smoked sausage and egg), or i will convince her that we need to use the gift card she got me to pei wei.
wednesday she has darts, so i'm on my own. depending on what we do tonight i'll probably either have the leftovers or a turkey sandwich. or a frozen pizza. oh, or a pot pie. apparently i have no idea what i'll want. thursday i think is fish fillets with corn and peas, and friday will be hamburger of some sort. i'm hoping i can convince her to make chili (yum!)--which i don't think will be that difficult since it's supposed to be a high of 8f on friday.
since C's working in NJ, we're making meals en-masse.
This week, pasta with beans and peppers, lasagna, and chicken enchaladas.
Monday- leftover Spicy Creamy Tomato Soup w/ grilled cheese sandwhiches (anyone else have How It All Vegan? I bought it for the pretty girls on the cover. lol)
Tuesday- Pasta in White Wine Cheddar Sauce (minus the chicken)
Wednesday- n/a (I'll be at work until 9 pm)
Thursday- Spinach Manicotti
Friday- "mexican fiesta" which is a lot like Elise's mexican casserole thingy. It's just tortillas, beans, salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, and taco seasoning layered a couple of times. It's not exactly healthy, whatever.
Okay, you ladies are keeping me on my toes! I tried to start doing this a few weeks ago, but fell off the bandwagon. So I will now create our menu for this week in real time:
Mon - leftover chili
Tues - butter & garlic chicken thighs with veggies and maybe some rice
Weds - ground turkey, spanish rice (box rice by goya) and green beans (mixed all together)
Thurs - margarita chicken (my take on the chili's recipe - just lime and rosemary on chicken breasts topped with salsa, served over black beans) and corn
Fri - This is our takeout night
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
I'm a bit late with this since there's quite a time difference. Our week is a bit a busy so its simple meals:
Tuesday - Creamy Cheesy Vegetable Bake
Wednesday - Spicy Chicken Breasts, Roast Potato, Sweet Carrots, Creamed Spinach
Thursday - Beef Curry with Jasmin Rice or some sort of soup
Friday - Chicken Fajitas (yummmm)
I guess we aren't as organized as you all are....however....
Monday we had an appetizer dinner...all lil finger foods...
Tonight is ribeye steak, baby golden potatoes, sauteed mushrooms and broccoli.
Wed - I think chicken cordon bleu, left over potatoes, green beans
Thurs - Sun....well....we're gonna just wing it!!
Oh but I do want to mention that this weekend we made steak and mushroom quesadillas that were absolutely sinful!! Mmmmm!!!
Later....KnS