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what's cooking?
mon- beef stew
tues- pasta, red sauce, turkey and spinach meatballs
weds- need some help.... see below.
thurs- mexican chicken lettuce wraps w fresh cilantro and hyrdoponic bib lettuce from our csa
fri- probably out to dinner using a groupon
so we joined a fake csa type thing. you get a menu weekly of the local organic produce and you order what you want if you want it. amazing. anyway- we have butternut squash, brussel sprouts, pears, apples, carrots and cauliflower. i am hoping to use some/all of these in a vegetarian dinner. any ideas are much appreciated.
Re: what's cooking?
Sun - mexican night at ILs
Mon - large salad with grilled chicken breast
Tues - turkey sausage and pearled couscous
Wed - Fri - no idea. We have split chicken breast to eat and whole wheat pizza dough in our freezer. We'll probably book both and have left overs one night.
My little nuggets
Sun- Went to Nifty Fifty's with some co-workers, so DH had McyDs.
Mon- Piergoies with salad
Tues- Probably a frozen pizza, since DH has an appointment at dinnertime and I want to catch NCIS
Wed- Pork Chops with some sort of veggies
Thurs- Roast Beef Sandwiches
Fri- Sun: ??
You could make a soup of the squash, carrots, apples and/or pears.
Or you could do a roasted veggie medley with the sprouts, carrots and cauliflower. You could season the carrots with cumin and cauliflower with curry for an indian spin.
Mon- grilled london broil, rice and spinach
Tues- dinner out with the parents
rest of the week- I never had a chance to go food shopping yesterday as planned and DH is in charge since I have my surgery tomorrow morning. the kids are getting bounced around between grandmoms and I don't know how much of an appetite I am going to have. I have a feeling it is going to be take out the rest of the week
Jonathan Dean 4.5.08
Anna Capri 5.4.11
Another idea for your CSA thingy: roast the cauliflower. Cut it so that you have florets of the cauliflower, drissle with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Roast (covered) in a toaster oven or regular oven for 20 minutes at 375 degrees. After 20 minutes, give the pan a little shake so that the other sides of the cauliflower turn over. Cover, roast for another 20 minutes. Should be about done.
That recipe sounds awesome. I only recently discovered the deliciousness of brussel sprouts.
M - took a leftover NY strip, sliced it up with some carmelized onions, melted some mozz cheese and put on a roll
T - crockpot chicken tacos - throw in chicken thighs, salsa, sliced garlic, chile powder, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and some S&P. cook on low for 8 hours, shred chicken and serve in tortillas, over salad, etc
W - F - whatever meals I decide to defrost from the freezer
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sunday - cheesecake factory leftovers (great job on the diet, womp womp)
monday - baked country chicken and a small baked potato
tuesday - EDIT: DH doesn't feel so well so I will be making this recipe for chicken noodle soup since I poached up some chicken breasts on Sunday for salads for the week.
wednesday - leftover chicken from monday, unsure of a side.
thursday - baby has pedi appt so something quick
friday - not sure. food shopping for dinner party the next day
saturday - above mentioned dinner party. I'm making Paula Deen's corn casserole and a Twix Trifle.
sunday - lasagna soup
I happen to be making the Twix Trifle for a party this Saturday too!
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Mon - Stuffed Shells with Meaty Tomato Sauce (AWESOME Pioneer Woman recipe)
Tue - Husband's night to make dinner...often turns into us going out to eat
Wed - Crockpot Chicken Tacos <--New recipe, looks so tasty/cheap/east
Thur - Crockpot Chicken Tacos leftovers
Fri - Sloppy Joes?
Sat - Hoagies, and assorted junk...having a pre-bachelorette party at my house before we head out to the bars
Monday -- chicken enchiladas
Tuesday -- tilapia with this veggie thing that includes zucchini and corn
Wednesday -- dinner with the ILs
Thursday -- leftover enchiladas
Friday -- some pasta recipe that I printed out ages ago, involving various cheeses and spinach
It's so good! I add a layer of boxed devil's food cake as a base for texture. I tried brownies but it was too dense.
That is what I plan on doing too as I remember reading that suggestion somewhere.
What is the mousse like? Is it dense or really light? I came across an adapted recipe where the blogger used caramel and chocolate pudding instead of chocolate sauce and caramel mousse.
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It's in between. The cream cheese and powdered actually lighten it up so it really is like a mousse, as opposed to a sauce. It was incredibly addicting when I um, licked the spoon clean. It's my favorite part of the dish. And for the chocolate sauce, I use Mrs. Robertson's dark chocolate.
Sunday - Buffalo chili with bacon and black beans
Monday - Parmesan Crumbled Chicken with roasted garlic pearled couscous and steamed broccoli
Tuesday - Turkey tacos (fixin' leftovers from Sunday)
Wednesday - LEMON HILL - EXCITED!!!
Thursday - Leftover stew over mashed potatoes
Friday - Maybe lasagne
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch!