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What's cooking?
I've been a severe slacker in the meal planning department. Also, it bears repeating that this board is dead. Therefore, I am reviving this post to a) get some people back and b) put myself back into planning mode. Who picks the week before a holiday to rededicate themselves? This dummy.
Monday: Ham slice, mashed sweet potatoes and peas
Tuesday: BLTs for H and DS, BLE for me (e = egg)
Wednesday: Pasta with fresh pesto (made from CSA contents)
Thursday: H has softball so salad for me. Likely some fresh veggie/fruit assortment for DS since that seems to be his favorite.
Friday: Not sure, I'd love to grill but it depends on the weather. Otherwise, maybe paninis or something.
Saturday: We have a sitter and are going out with friends. I cannot wait.
Re: What's cooking?
Tonight I'm taking some students out to dinner - so probably a sandwich of sorts.
Tues - maybe a pork tenderloin (I think I have one in the freezer), sweet potato fries and zucchini
Weds - work event
Thurs - something easy with no leftovers
shore for the weekend!
Sunday- made a big batch of sausage and gravy so we had spaghetti. I also slow roasted the chicken breast for M/W dinners.
Monday- Chicken poppy and a veggie
Tuesday- I have a study session for an exam in October so either takeout or grilling some steaks
Wednesday- Buffalo Chicken Taquitos
Thursday- Sausage and peppers sandwiches or something fast. We leave for HS rowing championships that night.
Friday/Saturday- rowing
Sunday- no clue where we will be.... depends on the weather
Monday- london broil, sweet potatoes, broccoli
Tuesday- tortellini w garlic scape pesto
Wednesday- HOME OWNERS!!!!! I am thinking takeout on the floor of our new house with our boys.
Tonight- Salads and wraps b/c I have an appt tonight
Tuesday- Out to eat
Wednesday- My husband is going to a work thing. I am having bacon and eggs.
Thursday- We are running errands and getting stuff together for the shore. I am thinking eating out again.
Friday- We will eat on the way to the shore or order in when we get there. Hello Summer, we have missed you.
Saturday- Steak on the grill, vegetable and potatoes at home b/c it will be crazy crowded to go out to eat.
Sunday- Chicken on the grill, vegetable and potatoes at home b/c same reason above. We may come home Sunday night depending on weather, and when his family plans to celebrate his Dad's birthday. I am voting to come home on Sunday to miss the dreaded traffic.
Sunday--dinner out with the family
Monday--Portobello and Zucchini tacos
Tuesday--Caprese Paninis
Wednesday--Pasta with bolognese sauce
Thursday--Greek salad
Friday--last minute errands for vacation. Takeout, most likely
Saturday-June 7--Vacation! Off to Chicago, Seattle and Vancouver. If anyone has any recs for things to see/do/eat while there, let me know!
I am feeling kind of blah today about planning, cooking and just life in general. After a failed attempt at the store yesterday without my list and with two whining children who then fell asleep leaving me to unload two sleeping kids and a truck full of groceries 1.5 blocks away from the house in the rain, I came home with the following: a pork tenderloin, twin pack of London broil, chicken breasts, gnocchi, spinach, string beans, broccoli rabe, and yams. Make of it what you will for dinners this week. Happy Monday!
We will hopefully be heading to the shore Friday so the weekend will consist of boardwalk pizza, fries, and lots of BBQ food
Jonathan Dean 4.5.08
Anna Capri 5.4.11
this brings back horrible memories! The slow cooker can be your best friend. You can make just about anything in there. Also if you have a foreman grill, a toaster oven or sandwich press these can come in handy as well. You can just buy the ingredients as you need them. A pain but better than take out every night. Good luck!
I did great last week with planning, and this week just looks sucky. I am so overwhelmed with issues at work that I can't clearly focus on anything else right now. But here's what I've got...
Tonight: Breakfast for Dinner- omelettes and potatoes
Tomorrow: Frozen pizza- I have a kickoff for a program at work so will be stuck working late, and DH has to work late, and we have a frozen pizza stored at my parents' house in their freezer...so I just told DH to grab the frozen pizza from there when he picks up the kids.
Wednesday: DH and the kids are going to dinner with DH's dad...so I'll probably just heat up a frozen dinner or make soup or something when I get home from work.
Thursday: have to talk to my boss when she gets back from her trip tomorrow...we usually do pizza but now with this program I'm running it changes up some stuff. Not sure if we will still try to do pizza night or if I will need to plan something. If I have to plan, probably will do bean burritos since I have all the stuff and they're easy to do after a long day/night.
Friday: I am hoping to visit my great aunt, so will probably grab take-out (Wendy's) if so...she is homebound and her big treat is having a Wendy's burger when I visit and can pick one up for her.
Saturday/Sunday: no clue yet. Lots of plans up in the air, including a BBQ invite, possibility of a friend visiting for the weekend from Boston, and another friend who is turning 30 but can't make up her mind about if she wants to go out and celebrate or not.
Ha! We did this a few years ago. I lived on cereal, prepared foods from Trader Joe's and we ate out--often. It was the most stressful summer of my life, but in the end it was all worth it!
Sunday: Date Night-Thai food
Monday: Spicy Shrimp with asparagus and caprese salad
Tuesday: Skinny Taste Pork Chops with dijon herb sauce with a side of perogies
Wednesday: Skinny Taste Chicken Tikka Masala
Thursday and Friday: Working second shift so maybe leftovers or Wawa
Saturday: Working 8-4 so we will probably end up going out to eat
Sunday I made a tray of this: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/02/chicken-and-broccoli-noodle-casserole.html
Which we had last night and will have again tonight.
Tomorrow: Probably stir fry, unless there is enough of the casserole left over.
Thursday: Going to an event, so dinner there.
Friday-Monday. The shore, most likely.
a combination of what babe and erbur said. We cooked things in batches at other people's houses that we could microwave or put in the toaster oven. It sucked. Our families also invited us over a lot! Now I have a semi finished kitchen and if only I could use it! It's cafeteria food for me all week.
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