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What's everyone cooking this week?
Sun: baked chicken, potatoes, peas
Mon: lasagna
Tues: Tacos
Wed: leftover lasagna
Thur: pasta
Fri: ??
Sat: we have a bday party in the evening, no cooking for me!
Re: Menus
S- put off grocery shopping again so we had spaghetti
M- Rotisserie chicken, fries
T- Pancakes and Sausages (kev wasn't home)
W- porkchops and mac n cheese (if I actually have the chops in the freezer like I think I do)
T- hotdogs/soup (I will not be home, work happy hour)
F- dinner at my mom and dads
Just an uninspired week for us. I hope to make up for it this weekend and next week.
Saturday: Chinese
Sunday: DH grilled two venison sirloins and made venison meatballs for the majority of meals this week. Sunday night we had: sirloin, mashed potatoes and glazed carrots
Monday: I worked; the boys had leftovers from Sunday
Tuesday: the wee men had meatballs and pasta; I had leftover Chinese; DH wasn't hungry
Wednesday: I'll have a steak salad; the boys will have leftover meatballs and pasta; DH will have steak sandwiches
Thursday: probably an easy night of steak leftovers for DH and I, the boys oven baked chicken nuggets, and I'll make a veggie of some sort
Friday-Saturday: I work, so I'm sure one night will be frozen pizza
Sunday: between catching up on laundry and (hopefully) us tackling the garage, I'm hoping for takeout!
My three sons!
Sunday - Out
Monday - 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Tuesday - my mom brought me roast and cauliflower!
Wednesday - chili my sweet coworker gave me
Thursday - Hot dogs
Friday - I have no idea
Saturday - I have no idea
Casey went back to work on Monday. I don't have the free hands to cook dinner until after G goes to bed - and by that time anything I think about making is too time consuming or too heavy. I'm thinking I need to make a few things on Sunday so I have real, grown up food for the week.
It just seems that most crockpot recipes are "5-6" hours. I'm out of the house almost 13 hours w/ taking G to the babysitter and work. Blargh.
Sunday ? leftover pizza (we had a busy afternoon and didn't have time to cook)
Monday ? beef enchiladas and Spanish rice
Tuesday ? bbq ribs in the oven. Salad, and a Knorr?s Pasta Side
Wednesday ? Turkey Bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches and tator tots
Thursday ? leftover beef enchiladas and salad
Friday ? I think we?ll be having crab cakes (for me) and beer battered fish (for DH and DD) with mac n cheese and stewed tomatoes
Sunday: Pizza (b-day party)
Monday: Steak, potatoes, corn
Tuesday: Chicken Quesadillas
Wednesday: Blackened Shrimp & Rice
Thursday: Pasta & Salad
Friday: Take Out or left overs
Saturday: Neighborhood Halloween party
Our first year we did a LOT of grilling (burgers and dogs)!
For your crockpot, though, buy a timer (like you plug lamps into when you're away). Have it cook the first 5-6 hrs you're gone and then it shuts off (or a little less time-wise for allowing it to "cook up" as it cools down). Then all you have to do is nuke it when you get home.
But we're doing the same thing - cooking on Sunday for the week like we did this past week with sirloins: hot meal the first night or two, then steak salads, steak sandwiches, etc. It's tough, but you'll find a rhythm!
My three sons!
I'm a slacker with no menu plan this week, but when I do plan ahead, I'll throw together a casserole (stuffed shells; chicken and biscuits; chicken and rice; pork and stuffing; bruschetta chicken) the night before and put it in the fridge (usually in a 9X13 or 8X8 pan with a lid). Then the next day when I get home all Ihave to do is pop it in the oven.
Prior to having DS I did a lot of freezer meals/freezer cooking as well. I'd really like to get back into the habit because it was so convenient. I'd make a marinade and put the meat into freezer bags and freeze it. Then I'd pull it out the day before I wanted to make it and I'd let it unthaw and marinate. This worked out great for bone in chicken breasts.
Sunday: hamburgers with sauteed green pepper and onion and mojack cheese. Salads with blackberry walnut dressing we picked up at Schramm's.
Monday: cheese ravioli with semi-homemade meat sauce. Rolls.
Tuesday: roast in the crock pot with onions and green peppers, baked potatoes.
Wednesday: ruebans with roasted broccoli w/ breadcrumbs and shredded cheddar.
Thursday-Sunday: I'm working
so fam on their own.
I am too, but most of my things turn out fine. I usually low ball the time, since my "keep warm" setting is pretty high.
Sunday-Roast
Monday- Left over roast over noodles
Tuesday-out
Wednesday-Shephard Pie
Thursday-Baked Paparika Chicken Breast and sweet potatoes
Friday-Tacos
Saturday- ?
Sunday- Pot pie
Thank you all so much. I'm just having such a hard time b/c it's a logistical nightmare. Casey is working on another movie and the hours are not predictable. I'm pretty much a single mom Monday-Friday. On early days he gets home around 8:30p.
I'm going to really try to do some make-ahead stuff on Sunday. Wish me luck!