Right now I am driving a van for a running relay from Napa to Santa Cruz. I’m too wimpy to actually run a relay myself (see my empty sneakers? They’ll stay empty all weekend!), but I don’t want to be left out of the fun, so I’m a driver for Eat.Blog.Run. Getting ready for the race has been grueling, I tell ya. Read about my strict training regimen here.
Just because I’m off galavanting down the California coast doesn’t mean you get off the hook for menus! And can I say, when I called you slackers last week you stepped up! We totally got more menus. I loved it! Perhaps I need to employ the tough love approach more often. 
MONDAY:
- Bertucci’s Tortellini (didn’t get to it last week!)
TUESDAY:
- Baked French Toast
WEDNESDAY:
- Pizza – eating out, because we have soccer that night AND I’ll be packing for a big road trip the next day
THURSDAY:
- Driving to Utah for my little sister’s college graduation – Go Annie!
FRIDAY:
- With family…I don’t even know which family we’ll be with that day, I certainly can’t plan the meal!
SATURDAY:
- Graduation Day! I think we’ll probably eat out!
SUNDAY:
- Happy Mother’s Day! Again, with family…no idea!
Okay, this week I appeal to you to share your menus on the basis that you need to inspire one another with ideas since I’m not cooking much at all. Have a wonderful week!!
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Monday – Beer Bum Chicken, green salad and dinner rolls
Tuesday- BBQ chicken pizza – using leftover chicken from Monday
Wednesday – Crockpot Taco Soup(this can also be made in a pot on stove)
Thursday- leftover soup
Friday – Hamburgers & Hot dogs , veggies and dip(camping)
Saturday – steak, salad & beans
Sunday – WHO CARES I AM NOT COOKING!!! Happy Mothers Day!
Have a great “run”
TonightL Chicken Parm
Monday: My fave pasta salad with walnuts, capers, sundried tomatoes, lemon zest, zuchini and olive oil (Dan won’t be home…so this is what I pcik!)
Tuesday: Ragu Bolognese
Wednesday: General Tso’s chicken
Thursday: Potato crusted Walleye
Friday: Calzones
Sat: Tacos
Sunday: No clue…hey…at least I tried
Friday: Pizza Night
Saturday: Eat Out
Sunday: Enchiladas, rice, corn
Monday: Spaghetti, garlic biscuits, green beans
Tuesday: BBQ Hambugers, homemade fries, corn on the cob
Wednesday: Ham and Cheese Puff Pastry, broccoli w/ cheese, noodles
Thursday: Breakfast Night
Haven’t gone grocery shopping yet, but here is a tentative plan. I am leaving for a month-long trip to India in 8 days, so it will be a busy week.
Su – hot dogs and grilled sweet potatoes
Mo – homemade mac and cheese and broccoli
Tu – three pepper pasta
We – breakfast for dinner
Th – pot luck at a friends house
Fr – eat out
Sun.- Breakfast for dinner (bacon and eggs for the wee one and hub, BLTs for me)
Mon.- Chicken Noodle Soup
Tues.- Book Club
Wed.- leftover soup and grilled cheese sandwiches
Thurs.- Pasta w/M-I-L’s homemade sauce (freezer stash)
Fri.- Out
Sat.- Date Night
With the above menu I will not have to go grocery shopping this week!
Sunday: Pork and veggie kebobs
Monday: Fried egg sandwiches
Tuesday: Homemade Ravioli
Wednesday: Burgers and veggies
Thursday: Not quite sure….something that requires no kitchen utensils….our stuff will all be packed in boxes at this point!
Friday: Probably out…the movers are moving our furniture to the new house!
Saturday: Grilling at the new house???
Man, what a pathetic menu this week! I can’t wait to unpack in my new kitchen and make some real food!
Mon – Parm Tilapia
Tues – [Homemade] Pizza Night!
Wed – Looking for a slow cooker recipe for my Pork Loin
Thurs – I’ll ask husband to make his shrimp fried rice
Fri – Salmon w/Ranch, bacon, feta
Sat – Flank Steak
S: Grilled Chicken, potato salad, sliced watermelon
M: Greek salad with leftover sliced grilled chicken
T: Grilled or oven roasted mustard beer pork chops, potatoes & corn on the cob
W: French Dip sandwiches with carmelized onions & sweet potato fries
T: Grilled Mahi Mahi, mango salsa, cucumber salad & watermelon
F: Naan Pizzas (sausage for the guys, white for myself)
S: Out to dinner with friends (Mac & cheese for everyone else)
Sunday: Stuffed Shells
Monday: Chicken Picatta
Tuesday: Stir Fry
Wednesday: Fish tacos – Cinco de Mayo
Thursday: Turkey Burgers
Friday: Pasta Carbonara
Saturday: Grilled Chicken Cesaer
Sunday: Paninis
Fri: Fresh Basil & Tomato Pasta + Fruit Salad
Sat: Mac & Cheese
Sun: Poppyseed Chicken + Brown Rice + Green Salad
Mon: Omelets + Toast + OJ
Tues: Asian Chicken & Cabbage Salad
Wed: {Cinco de Mayo!} Chipotle-ish Burritos (w/ Cilantro Lime Rice) + Fresh Salsa + Fruit
Thur: Mexican Lasagna + Cilantro Lime Rice (leftover) + Fruit
Sun- Ham, Mozzarella, and spinach paninis
Mon- roasted chicken with potatoes & carrots
Tues- Salmon with a lemon & green bean angel hair pasta
Wed- Tortellini & Spinach in a ginger broth
Thurs-Turkey Chipotle burgers with sweet potato fries
Friday- Pork roast with pearl onions, carrots, and potatoes.
Saturday- Hopefully leftovers
Sunday- Pot luck at church for Mother’s Day.
Happy Mothers day week to all you dear mothers out there.
Sun – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, peas
Mon – oven fried spicy buttermilk chicken legs, corn on cob
Tues – Broccoli & Pierogi dish, pineapple
Wed – Southwest Fritata, bacon
Thurs – Coronation Chicken (mangoes, YUM!), jasmine rice
Fri – frozen pasta meal
Sat – BLT’s, corn on the cob, grapes
Sun – BBQ ribs (made by hubby)
Sun- Pasta with Trader Joe’s Meat Sauce, Asparagus and Red Peppers
Mon- Breakfast Burritos (eggs, potatoes, veggies, bacon, cheese, salsa), Parmesan and Balsamic Roasted Cauliflower and Kiwi Slices
Tues- Moroccan Lentil Soup (vegan), Quesadillas and Apple Slices
Wed-Leftover Soup, More Quesadillas and Blood Oranges
Thurs- Oatmeal Pancakes, Banana Slices and Maybe Bacon (if any is left)
Fri- Out! I hope…
Monday-Protein Waffles with mixed fruit
Tuesday- Lasagna with a green salad
Wed-Carnitas with rice
Thursday-Gonna try the Stuffed Peppers!! Can’t wait!
Friday-Grilled lime/honey chicken with macaroni and cheese and broccoli
Saturday-Hawaiian Haystacks
Sunday-Tacos
Monday – B for D
Tuesday- Emeril’s kicked up tuna melts w/veggie and sweet potatoes
Wed- Dinner out
Thursday- Slow Cooker Italian sausage lasagna
Fri- Leftovers
Sat- Tostadas with mexican rice
Sunday – Leftovers and Out!
Hmmm..I’ve got so much food around here and not very much cooking time this week. We’ll see how it goes.
Mon-Beef brisket, fried potatoes, spinach salad
Tues-(Costco) meatloaf & mashed potatoes, somethign green
Weds-Stuffed peppers (didn’t get to them this weekend, but I have the pepper so Imust cook them soon!)
Thurs-leftovers
Fri-out
Sat-out
Sun–Need to plan still (Mother’s Day/Birthday)
M: Butternut Squash and Sage Canneloni
T: Potato & Cheddar Soup
W: Lentil, Potato, & Spinach Curry
Th: Leftovers
F: Balsamic Chicken and Peppers
Sa: Takeout!
M-Chicken enchilada casserole, cornbread
T-Cobb or Chef salads, with leftover vegs and meats
W-Cinco de Mayo. Big deal in Arizona. Chips and salsa, Carne Asada with flour tortillas, cilantro/lime rice, virgin margueritas
Th-Leftovers
F-Costco Pizza
S-Potato soup
S-Mother’s day, I expect to be waited on. If I get my pick for dinner, it will be Feta/Spinach stuffed flank steak or a good ribeye or sirloin steak
Monday: BFD-eggs, hashbrowns and fruit
Tuesday: Pork chops, sweet potatoes and asparagus
Wednesday: Cinco de Mayo Margarita Chicken and Rice
Thursday: Hubby cooks: Swedish Meatballs
Friday: Spaghetti?
Saturday: Early mom’s day dinner at the folks
Sunday: Mom’s day- chinese take-out? pizza?
Either way- no cooking for me for the weekend!
A week of menus from food memoirs (details on blog if you’re interested in the books).
M–Chicken Thighs with Cinnamon and Dates; Mashed Sweet Potatoes; Roasted Asparagus
T–Wild Greens Turnovers with Lemon Bechamel sauce; Basil Panna Cotta
W–Channa Masala over Brown Basmati Rice; Homegrown Broccoli Rapini; Mango Lassis
Th–Travel Salad
F–Flank Steak with Chimichuri; Assorted Salad Greens from the Garden; Sweet Potato Pie
Sa–Chicken Thighs Braised in Pomegranate Molasses
Roasted Cauliflower with Smoked Paprika and Cocoa Powder
Su–Bouchon au Thon; Steamed Asparagus; Strawberries
MOnday – Chicken drumsticks, roast potato and salad
Tuesday – Spaghetto Bol
Wednesday – Chicken and leek pie and vegetables
Thursday – Shepherds PIs
Friday – Take Away
Saturday – OVer to my husband as I am back to work and he finishes work on Friday and is taking over the domestic activities. Good Luck
M: Roasted Chicken, white asparagus, green salad
T: Grilled cheeseburgers, homemade fries, garden salad
W: Chicken Pesto spaghetti with fresh tomato, garlic bread, green salad
Th: Meatloaf with buttered noodles and green peas
F: Chicken tacos with black beans and avocado
S: Homemade Pizza
Su: Grilled salmon, double-baked potatoes, sauteed spinach, corn and tomato salad
Our Mother’s Day plans are up in the air as well. Maybe we’ll go out instead?
Monday- I think we’re eating out or taking in from a new Mediterranean place by us!!
Tuesday- Nachos with leftover Obama chicken chili (which was AWESOME by the way!!) A salad, too!
Wednesday- Cinco De Mayo!! I’m thinking Soft Tacos and grilled asaparagus
Thursday- Pasta
Friday- Fish or chicken…can’t decide!
Saturday- BBQ- we’re having a garage sale all day!
Sunday- NO IDEA! It’s Mother’s Day!!
M – Italian Chicken Pot Pie (ala Rachael Ray)
T – goodbye dinner for two friends: out
W – Green Salad with strawberries, grilled chicken, snap peas and Raspberry Vinaigrette
Th – Black Bean and Mushroom burgers
F – graduation party for a friend: pizza provided
S – graduation party for brothers in law and birthday party for nephew: pizza provided
Su – Dinner at my parents’ house. I’ll probably be cooking since it’s Mother’s Day, but I don’t know what…
Wish I was cooking more since we went out so much last week, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.
Monday – leftovers
Tuesday – Marinated Flank Steak
Wednesday – hamburgers on the grill
Thursday – Chicken Lo Mein
Friday – homemade pizza
I’m feeling like I’m in a rut, but limitted by time. I’m going to have to work on that next week!!
Mon: Still unsure, kind of whatever’s left in the fridge will be used
Tue: Lasagna Roll Ups with garlic bread and salad
Wed: Mustard Pork Chops with roasted red potatoes and corn
Thr: Ranch Chicken with spanish rice
Fri: Stuffed Shells with salad
Sat: Tacos
Sun: Mom’s house!
Monday: Black bean, avocado, and mango salad:
http://twopeasandtheirpod.com/black-bean-avocado-and-mango-salad-with-cilantro-and-lime/
Tuesday: Whole wheat pasta with roasted veggies
Wed: Huevos Rancheros
http://twopeasandtheirpod.com/recipe-for-huevos-rancheros/
Thursday: Whole wheat Pancakes with strawberries
Friday: Pizza Panini
Saturday: OUT
Sunday: Stuffed French Toast with Brie and Berries. A MUST make for Mother’s Day Brunch:
http://twopeasandtheirpod.com/stuffed-french-toast-with-brie-and-berries-recipe/
This is probably overly ambitious, but here’s our plan:
Monday-Grilled chicken w/ lemon parsley sauce
Tuesday-Seafood enchiladas
Wednesday-Breakfast for dinner (egg burritos, potatoes, bacon, etc.)
Thursday- Appetizers for dinner (bruschetta, artichoke crostini, salad)
Friday-Lamb pita sandwiches
Saturday- Lettuce wraps
Sunday- Leftovers, or hopefully a mother’s day surprise
I figure we’ll have a lot of leftovers each night, which means we’ll have awesome lunches this week!
Sunday – manicotti (america’s test kitchen) & salad
Monday – roasted butternut squash & black bean salad (mark bittman)
Tuesday – tamale pie & salad
Wednesday – out (Conan O’Brien show!)
Thursday – chicken veggie curry
Friday – big salad: shrimp, avocado, cukes, peas
Saturday – leftovers
Mon- Trader Joe’s Cuban Black Beans served with Jasmine Rice and grilled veggies
Tues- Pulled Pork sandwiches with coleslaw (Smitten Kitchen’s Cabbage & Lime slaw with Peanuts) & fruit salad
Wed- Beef with Broccoli and brown basmati rice
Thur- Leftovers
Friday- Thai Peanut stirfy (rice noodles, sauteed chicken, veggies, a little cilantro and lime) with Trader Joe’s Peanut Satay Sauce
M: Corn-chipotle jasmine rice & black bean burritos
T: Leftover burritos fixins in a taco salad
W: Cinco De Mayo! Enchiladas and rice with fun chips and dip
Th: German pancakes with strawberry smoothies
F: Homemade BBQ Chicken pizza with salad
S: Mashed potatoes with cayenne gravy, grilled chicken, steamed broccoli and fresh rolls
M: chicken stirfry with glass noodles
T: Fish, grilled endives, barley
W: Enchiladas
Th: leek & bacon pizza
F: Steak, Polenta, asparagus
SAT: OUT (sisters graduation)
SUN: OUT (mothers day with the fam)
-Chicken Tacos
-Black Bean with Cilantro Lime Rice (From Southern Living’s most recent issue)
-Balsamic Grilled Chicken Salad with Apples, Cranberries, and Walnuts
- Spicy Flank Steak Stir Fry with Thai Basil and Bell Peppers
M: ate out @ Chili’s for date night!
T: Tacoritos (from Taste of Home mag) & watermelon slices
W: repeat
Th: Mongolian Beef w/lettuce wraps
F: repeat
S: Sauerkraut, brats, pickles & chips
Sun: dinner at gram’s!
I try to have at least 2 meals that can last us 2 nights each week – less cooking for me, easier on the pocket book – that’s the theory anyways!
Mon – homemade “clean out the veggie & cheese drawers” pizza
Tues – crockpot chicken pieces, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Wed – Asian beef & red peppers over rice
Thurs – Sweet potato chili, corn muffins
Fri – salmon patties, confetti mac & cheese
Sat – chicken tenders, risotto, green beans
Sunday – mother’s day, I’m not cooking.
Anne is graduating??? I love that I have to get updates about one of my best friends from her sister’s food blog. Anne and I are so lame when it comes to keeping in touch. My husband and I just moved from Logan to Texas, now that Logan is sooo pretty. Have fun! Stop by Bluebird Candy (not the Bluebird Cafe candy – Bluebird Candy is further south).