1. Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee w/ egg noodles
2. Meatballs w/ spaghetti and sauce
3. Baked Italian Chicken w/ Lemon Broccoli Risotto
4-7. Out
Extra: Pumpkin Bread

I’m not home very much this week due to the holidays so I haven’t got a lot of room for planning.  Meal 1 is a holdover from last week, since we had to eat emergency pizza due to inability to get to the store.  (I keep a few frozen Freschetta pizzas in the freezer for just this reason.)  Meals 2 and 3 are tried and true recipes that won’t take too much brain power when I’m preoccupied with everything else going on. 

At some point I’ll be baking Pumpkin Bread for the holidays.  I might bake a few other things but inspiration has yet to strike. 

Happy holidays to all!  I should be back to semi-regular posting in a week or so.

1. Manicotti w/ Garlic Toast
2. Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee w/ egg noodles changed to emergency pizza
3. Pan Seared Cod with Herb Butter Sauce w/ Garlicky Oven Fries
4. Creamy Skillet Penne with Sausage and Broccoli
5. Out - Choir Party
6. Tacos!
7. Creamy Chicken Taquitos w/ Pico de Gallo

A week where I get to cook almost every night!  How wonderful and something I need to take advantage of since I won’t have another such week until January.  I can’t believe that it’s almost January… I’m super excited about Christmas vacation even though I feel like I’ve got a million and one things that need to be accomplished between now and then. 

Meal planning this week was enjoyable.  Meal 1 is a holdover from back in November so it will be nice to finally get the chance to clear that one out of my files.  It’s from the 2009 Cook’s Country Annual.  Meals 2, 3, and 4 are all from the 2008 Cook’s Country Annual.  I enjoy these annuals so much and they’re just so easy to turn to for meal planning.  Most of the recipes fall squarely within my comfort zone.  This is probably a habit I should work on breaking in the new year in order to challenge myself a bit more. Meal 7 is from my delicious bookmarks. 

Meals 1, 4, and 6 will help make a dent in the freezers full of meat. 

Later on this week I’m going to attempt to figure out what baking, if any, I want to do to take to my parents’ for Christmas.  Pumpkin Bread has been suggested, but Pumpkin Bread is always suggested so it’s sort of a no brainer.

1. Out of Town
2. Enchiladas
3. Leftovers/Out for choir
4. Teriyaki Glazed Salmon with Cucumber-Green Onion Relish
5. Leftovers/Out for choir
6. Out due to choir concert
7. Breakfast: eggs to order, Bread, jams. Dinner: Lamb Burgers, Cucumber Yogurt Sauce, Falafel

This is not a very exciting meal plan I’m afraid.  This is the week of my choir concert so we’ll be doing leftovers or eating out for three of the seven evenings.  Hopefully the excitement of the meals I am cooking will make up for all the meals I won’t be cooking!

1. Turkey Tetrazzini
2. Bacon Swiss Quiche
3. Salmon with Couscous, Tomatoes, and Lemon Oregano Oil
4. Pork Sausage Pasta
5. Leftovers for Choir
6-7. Out of Town
Extra: Chicken Enchiladas

The next few weeks are unusual weeks for me due to some travel, my choir concert, and then Christmas vacation.  I’ll be trying to cook dinner whenever possible, but some days it will just not be possible. 

Meal 1 for this week is our standard post-Thanksgiving dinner.  Delicious, delicious Tetrazzini.  I like the chicken variety just fine, but there’s something awesome about making it with leftover Thanksgiving turkey. 

The rest of the meals are pretty straightforward – meal 2 was chosen so I could update the picture and I’ll make two so that Art will be able to pull the second one from the freezer while I’m gone over the weekend to come.  Meals 3 and 4 are from delicious bookmarks. 

I’ll also be cooking up a batch of Chicken Enchiladas during the week so that Art can have those to tide him through the weekend as well! I’m not sure when I’ll have the time to make said enchiladas, but where there’s a will there’s a way.  I hope.