1. Out of town
2. Slow Cooker BBQ Shredded Beef Sandwiches w/ Crunchy Potato Wedges
3. Pepper-Crusted Pork Loin w/ Best Potluck Macaroni and Cheese
4. Sautéed Chicken with Pesto-Mushroom Cream Sauce w/ Roasted Potatoes
5. Crispy Garlic Chicken Cutlets w/ Crash Hot Potatoes
6. Sesame Chicken with Garlic Sauce and Broccoli w/ rice
7. Game Day – cheese balls w/ crackers, ham w/ Green Bean Casserole from Scratch w/ Pineapple Stuffing, Tunnel of Fudge Cake
Apparently this is the week of potatoes! I never intend for things to happen this way, but it often seems like I’ll plan the week’s meals and then notice we’re having pasta every day, or that five nights use chicken, or, in this case, lots of potatoes. Thankfully we all like these things, so it’s all good!
I have found myself in an interesting position with recipes. Since I started this blog in May I have gone through most all of my pre-blog recipes. I think I’ve got 10-20 recipes left in my collection that I’ve yet to write about. This means that I’m able to turn to my cookbooks and the internet more and more to find new recipes to try and post, something I find very exciting!
This week I turned to the Cook’s Country 2007 Annual for inspiration and recipes from that tome are featured in meals 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The 7th meal is Game Day and I’m planning a Ham Feast to celebrate the New Year!
In non-menu news, Art is working on a very exciting addition to the blog this week, so keep your eyes peeled :)
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1. Filet Mignon with Wine and Mustard Sauce w/ Devilish Potatoes
2. Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms, Risotto Style
3. Leftovers and/or frozen pizza
4. Out of town
5. Out of town
6. Out of town
7. Out of town
This week doesn’t involve a lot of meal planning since we’ll be out of town for Christmas. I probably will be posting some of the recipes my mom and I make during the week, but I’m off the hook for meal planning!
Meal 1 is a holdover from last week, meal 2 was a recommendation from a friend, and meal 3 is the attempt to use up leftovers before they get the chance to go bad in the fridge.
I hope that you all have a fantastic week whatever you do (or don’t) celebrate!
1. (Game Day) Hummus, Black Bean Hummus, pita, Shepherd’s Pie, salad, Chocolate Amaretti Cake
2. Seared Salmon with Balsamic Glaze w/ Creamy Broccoli Pasta
3. Lemon Chicken with Ginger and Pine Nuts w/ Mushroom Risotto with Peas
4. Grilled Tilapia with Smoked Paprika and Parmesan Polenta w/ Oven Roasted Broccoli
5. Filet Mignon with Port and Mustard Sauce w/ Devilish Potatoes
6. Mom’s Chicken w/ Arancini di Riso (made with leftover Risotto from meal 3)
7. Angel Hair Pasta Patties w/ meat spaghetti sauce w/ garlic bread
This week started out with a Game Day and I opted to make Hummuses, Shepherd’s Pie, and a Chocolate Amaretti Cake.
This week doesn’t present many challenges. Art is out of town for business all week and I don’t have any evening obligations that I need to take into account while planning.
I turned to the 2009 Cooking Light Annual and the 2007 Best of America’s Test Kitchen for inspiration.
1. (Game Day) Crispy Polenta Triangles with Herbed Goat Cheese, Baked Manicotti with Prosciutto, Balsamic Zucchini, Spiced Biscotti
2. Leftover Manicotti and Balsamic Zucchini
3. Chicken Florentine w/ pasta
4. Potato-Crusted Salmon with Dijon Shallot Sauce w/ Sautéed Green Beans
5. Skillet Carbonara Casserole
6. Out to dinner with parents!
7. (breakfast with parents, dinner) Coffee Cake, breakfast for dinner (omelets, bacon, hashbrowns)
8. (Game Day) Hummus, Black Bean Hummus, pita pieces, Shepherd's Pie, salad, Chocolate Amaretti Cake
This week poses many challenges in the meal planning department and I always seem to lag behind on weeks following a Game Day. Thankfully our Game Day meal provided us with lots of leftovers, so tonight’s dinner was a cinch.
Art is gone all week to the Land of Cow, so this gives me the opportunity to try out another fish dish, as seen in meal 4. Every other weekday night has either choir or aikido, so I’m trying to stick to easier recipes that I won’t gripe about preparing at 10pm. (For what it’s worth, we tend to keep west coast hours, so dinner at 10pm isn’t as bad as it might sound.)
My choir concert is on Friday and we’ll be eating dinner out with my parents afterward. Woo! Then my parents will be joining us for breakfast on Saturday before heading back home.
We’ve also got another Game Day (potentially) next Sunday if schedules permit. I’m trying to focus on “ridiculously easy” this time, so I think I might go the Taco Salad route but I'm unclear. I’ll work on sorting the rest out later in the week.
Since the 2009 Cook’s Country Annual arrived for me in the mail this week, I used that for picking out some new recipes which I’ll be making for days 3, 5, and the breakfast of day 7.
1. Chicken Saltimbocca w/ Lemon Pasta
2. Turkey Tetrazzini
3. Green Chile-Chicken Casserole
4. Peachy Chicken w/ rice
5. Chicken Sancoche
6. Homemade Spaghetti Sauce w/ pasta w/ garlic bread
7. Waikiki Meatballs w/ rice
8. (Game Day) Crispy Polenta Triangles with Herbed Goat Cheese, Baked Manicotti with Prosciutto, Balsamic Zucchini, Spiced Biscotti
This week was a fairly easy week to plan meals for. Why? Because there were a number of meals I planned for last week that didn’t end up getting made for various reasons! And, of course, turkey tetrazzini which is a no-brainer after Thanksgiving.
I filled in the rest of the week with some easy meals and homemade spaghetti sauce to make a dent in our frozen roasted tomato stash.
We also have another Game Day planned for next Sunday, but I’m unclear about what to make at the moment. I’m hoping inspiration will hit during the week. I’m sort of leaning toward crepes, since they’re always a hit and easy enough to prepare a day ahead of time. However, I might not have a lot of time for prep on Saturday because we’re hoping to go to a Norwegian Bazaar in the area and also to start Saturday morning Aikido! Edit I have opted for Italian food for Game Day and I'm hoping to get to the Bazaar on Friday to free up some time on Saturday.
Next week I plan to get back to my “cookbook a week” meal planning.
Spaghetti Sauce: I thawed a container of frozen roasted tomatoes. I pureed them with garlic, Italian spices, and a cup of blush wine. Then I added a pound of sauteed ground beef and 12 ounces of chopped and crisp cooked bacon. It was delicious!
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