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What's on the menu for the week?
Re: What's on the menu for the week?
Sun: two cheese linguine & grilled romane salads
Mon & Tue: chipotle sloppy joes & salad/sweet potato fries
Wed & Thur: herb baked pork chops, steamed veggies & pimento mac & cheese
Spinach Artichoke Pasta (never made it last week)
Tortellini Soup
Turkey Burgers/Zucchini Fries
Pulled Pork and Roasted New Potatoes
Sun: Pineapple chicken stirfry
Mon: Pork roast with apples and sweet potatoes
Tue: Going out, so DH is on his own
Wed: Chicken chili
Thu: leftover baked ziti from last week
Fri: Brisquet and brie quesadillas and corn on the cob
Sat: I am hoping my mom will babysit so we can go out. If not, takeout.
Very heavy use of the crockpot this week.
in no particular order....
vegetable lasagna
beef fajitas
meatballs with sweet potato fries
grilled cheese on tomato basil bread
grilled chicken and pineapple quesadillas
Sunday- Chicken and pineapple stir fry with rice (never made it last week)
Monday- Chicken salad lettuce wraps, rice pilaf
Tuesday- Italian sausage and vegetable pasta
Wednesday- Chicken and creamy jalapeno ranch enchiladas, corn
Thursday- homemade macaroni and cheese, broccoli (another roll over from last week)
Friday- Shepards Pie
Saturday- Open. Maybe out to eat, maybe leftovers
Tonight: DH's bday. Fajitas, cilantro lime rice, guac/queso/salsa, black bean salad, margaritas, peanut butter pie and ice cream for dessert. If today keeps going the way the rest of the weekend has, I'll be having a liquid dinner: large glass of straight tequila on ice.
Mon: grilled pork chops, crashed hot potatoes w/goat cheese and herbs, grilled corn on the cob
Tues: baked buffalo chicken pasta, salad
Wed: I'm out for soccer watch party, leftovers for DH
Thurs: greek turkey burgers, sweet potato fries
Fri: out to Jamaica House
Sat: TBD
Anything to do with the Living Social Deal?
Yep! We love it there. I've been 3 times since we first tried it last month.
Good to know. Being Jamaican, we don't hit up the Jamaican restaurants as much as we should. I will add that one to my list of "must visit".
S- out to Escalante's
Mon- baked ziti, green salad
Tues- some kind of chicken
Wed- Luby's
Thurs- chicken and leek pie
Fri- taking our niece out for a big girl dinner. no wee boys!
Sat- undecided
Please share the recipe! That sounds yummy!
Sun - JJ Sandwiches, Super lazy day food wise. lol
M - Steaks, baked potatoes, green beans, salad
Tues - Me @ Women's Summer Event at church DH is on his own (although if I get home from work in time, I plan on making Chicken Marinara and pasta for them).
Wed - Tortilla soup we didn't have last week and sandwiches
Thurs - Either Chicken Marinara w/pasta or Sloppy Joe's w/ homemade buns,corn, fruit and salad
Fri - Sloppy Joe's w/ homemade buns, corn and salad OR Grilled Chicken, w/some undetermined sides.
Sat - birthday party
I'm completely making it up as I go along. I'll let you know how it goes!
monday: dry rubbed London broil with a summer corn salad
Tues: chicken and bean burrito verde with Mexican rice
Wed: turkey meatballs with quick and spicy tomato sauce
Thurs not sure.
Fri: in Houston prepping food for my bff's birthday. :-)
S--was takeaway pizza
M--chicken green curry, rice, spicy mango salad
T--black bean & chicken soft tacos, guacamole, pico, spanish rice
W-- garlic lemon snapper, couscous, salad
Th--Beef stir-fry
F--cheeseburgers, cole slaw
S--out
Sun - Leftover creamy chicken & wild rice soup, roasted zucchini & squash
Mon - Roast chicken, roasted corn, green beans
Tues - Taco salad
Wed - out
Thurs - Leftovers
Fri - pizza and watermelon at the pool
Sat - ?
S - Taquitos & Skillet Corn
M - Chicken Pesto Pasta
T - Thai Shrimp Curry
W - Baked Chimichangas & Zucchini
Th - Grilled Fish w/ Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa & Roasted Sweet Potatoes
F - French Dip Sandwiches & Zucchini Fries
S - DH & girls are on their own
Crazy Christmas Kids!
I'm a little tardy to the party this week.
Tonight: Blackened chicken ceasar salads.
Tuesday: Chicken and veggie lo-mein.
Wednesday: Baked chicken parmesan and zuchinni.Thursday: Baked creamy chicken taquitos with black bean rice.
Friday: Individual pizzas and salad.
Saturday: DH is on his own. I'm taking a private cooking class at Central Market with friends.