Happy {three days after} Thanksgiving! I hope you all feasted well! We certainly did. My 5-year-old (who shouldn’t even know what Thanksgiving leftovers are in the first place) requested that I make a turkey this weekend so we could have leftovers for ourselves (we ate at a friends’ place on Thursday)…so we ended up basically having two Thanksgivings! It’s been a tasty weekend and my girls are loving it.
I made the America’s Test Kitchen pumpkin pie recipe. I didn’t make the crust (I should have…but I was sick of cooking by that point!), but I can tell you that the filling was really good. A delicious, smooth, creamy flavor, and no cracking!
MONDAY:
- Leftovers
TUESDAY:
- Homemade pizza
WEDNESDAY:
- Orange Chicken (Nate’s grandma’s recipe that we have not had in ages!)
- Rice and salad
THURSDAY:
- Nate’s Omelettes (he keeps getting off the hook for this, but not this week!)
FRIDAY:
- Leftovers
SATURDAY:
- Eat out Chinese (there’s a place in Palo Alto Nate and I want to try out…taste testing for Christmas Eve!)
SUNDAY:
- Breakfast for dinner
As always, THANK YOU for all your menus last week! I don’t think I ever commented, I got a little caught up in all the holiday preparations. But, please know how much I love reading all your comments! Looking forward to seeing your menu for this week – please share!
Hello! My name is Jane Maynard and you've landed yourself on my blog, This Week for Dinner™. Every Sunday I share a weekly menu...and then count on you to share your own! You'll also find other deliciousness that I hope you'll enjoy!
I didn’t celebrate thanksgiving but it sounds as though you enjoyed your celebrations. Christmas for me is about the lovely leftovers as well as the day itself. Alas this week we’re on the usual staples including cauliflower cheese with sausages and lamb keema with rice.
We had a great Thanksgiving! Lots to be thankful for – mainly for my father who had a successful knee replacement the day before Thanksgiving! Thanks for the great Sweet Potato Souffle recipe — yummy! I think I’ll make it every year!
Sunday: Pork Chops, mashed sweet potatoes, glazed carrots
Monday: Kung Pao Shrimp Stir-fry, rice, egg rolls
Tuesday:Hubby’s Birthday Dinner out
Wednesday: Hubby cooks. Buffalo chicken sandwiches,potato wedges, salad
Thursday: Hubby cooks. Spaghetti, breadsticks, salad
Friday: Taco Mac and Cheese, green beans
Saturday: Breakfast for Dinner
Friday and Saturday we finished out the leftovers!
Sunday– Chicken Spaghetti
Monday– Zuppa Toscana
Tuesday–Breakfast
Wednesday–Salisbury Steak
Thursday–Pork Fried Rice
We had a lovely Thanksgiving (even if it was at home and not where we had planned to be)!!
Creme de Menthe Oreo Poppers! See the recipe here:
http://thescenefromme.com/2010/11/28/creme-de-menthe-oreo-poppers/
We had a very joyful and yummy Thanksgiving! The food was so good, we’re not even sick of leftovers! Now it’s time to scour the internet again for Chirstmas dish ideas!!
Sunday: Leftovers of all shapes and sorts
Monday: ABLTs (regular BLTs with Avocado)
Tuesday: Individual Chicken Pot Pies from freezer (Ina Garten)
Wednesday: Sweet Potato Gnocchi from freezer (Three many Cooks)
Thursday: Chicken & Chickpea salad (Three Many Cooks)
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Out.
Su: Beef Stew and Cheddar Bay Biscuits (Red Lobster fake out)
M: Garlic Cheddar Chicken, Green Bean Casserole
T: Spaghetti and Meatsauce
W: Risotto with Chicken and a side salad
R: Toasted (fried) ravioli, Garlic Bread
F: Husband on his own – I’ll be shopping with mother and sister-in-law…
Sa: Homemade Pizza
This week I gave the kids a list of 35 dinners to choose from. This is what they picked:
Mon: chicken pot pie
Tues: ravioli and salad
Wed: grilled steak and potatoes au gratin
Thurs: Harry Potter Night – Cornish Pasties and Treacle Tart
Fri: Tacos and Quesadillas
Sat: Lasagna, Salad and garlic bread
Sun: Chicken thighs in the oven and pasta
MONDAY: MEATBALLS AND RICE
TUESDAY: BEEF STEW, BISCUITS, RICE
WEDNESDAY: CURRY CHICKEN IN CROCKPOT OVER NOODLES
THURSDAY: BREAKFAST FOR DINNER
FRIDAY: CHINESE TAKEOUT
SATURDAY: CHICKEN PANINI
SUNDAY: LONDON BROIL, SWEET POTATOES, GREEN BEANS, RICE PILAF
we’re going to cook a turkey up this week too so that we have plenty of leftovers. we also have lots of soup on the menu, as our midwest town has finally reached the cold-in-your-bones part of the winter season.
Sunday:
lentil soup with millet and salad
Monday:
Coconut Curry Soup and indian creamed spinach
Tuesday:
turkey rice soup with cabbage
Wednesday:
baked cheese and rice dish with broccoli and turkey, salad
Thursday:
steak, mashed sweet potatoes, salad
Friday:
turkey potpie
Saturday:
turkey with kale pesto over quinoa, tomato soup
Here is our menu! The only leftovers we have left is our green bean casserole. Everything else is gone, gone gone! And pie was the first to go.
SUNDAY: Roasted Red Pepper Soup, whole grain bread, salad
MONDAY: Lasagna Florentine, Salad
TUESDAY: Leftovers
WEDNESDAY: Pan Roasted Chicken with Cauliflower and Tomatoes
THURSDAY: Gingered Skirt Steak with Snow Peas
FRIDAY: Leftovers
SATURDAY: Chicken and Black Bean-Stuffed Burritos (vegetarian adapted) and Restaurant Style Salsa
THIS WEEK’S TREAT: Gingerbread Cookies
Love the look of that pie – beautiful!
Monday: Mini feta hamburger sliders
Tuesday: Prosciutto wrapped stuffed chicken
Wednesday: Pumpkin Pie French Toast
Thursday: Chicken Pesto Pizza
Friday: Takeout Chinese (Kung Pao Chicken – YUM!)
Saturday & Sunday: Traveling to Minneapolis – will decide when we get there!
Have a tasty week!
S: Steak tips with mushroom gravy (my first America’s Test Kitchen recipe & we loved it!), onion poatatoes & green beans w/almmonds
M: French onion soup gratin, orange & spinach salad w/mango orange viniagrette
T: Baked mac & cheese with roasted grape tomatoes
W: Leftovers
T: Spinach Cannelloni’s, salad
F: TBD – Nachos or Freezer Chicken Tortilla soup
S: Out for my birthday
mon: merguez and hallouminever got to this last week!
tues: portabella cheesesteaks / oven fries
weds: zucchini and stuffing bake
thurs: olive garden sausage soup
fri: turkey meatball subs
sat: graze on leftovers / out for cocktail party
sun: inlaws come…cornish hens and festive cous cous?
Wish we had leftovers. We had enough people over that leftovers didn’t last long. Maybe daddy will make another turkey for Christmas.
M – seven layer dip
T -Garden stuffed baked potatos
W – sausage and peppers
Th – homemade spaghetti for Obaachan
F – Japanese style hamburger steak with green beans
Sat – Whatever daddy cooks up.
Sun – Breakfast for dinner! Woo hoo!
My first post on this site – I love the whole concept of weekly dinner planning…I start my plan on a M though. Here goes:
M: Cauliflower and fresh green pea vegetable dish, Rotis (Indian tortilla made with whole wheat flour), red bean curry
T: Farfalle pasta with homemade red sauce, steamed carrots/beans, chicken sausage on the side
W: Spinach + cottage cheese veggie dish (Palak paneer), Rotis, Garbanzo bean curry
Th: Potato and fresh fenugreek vegetable dish, white rice/rotis, Kadhai chicken curry
F: Tofu soup, Rice pilaf with carrots, beans and peas, baked fish
S: Eating out
Su: Roast chicken, assorted steamed veggies (corn, carrots, broccoli), mashed potatoes, stir fry mushrooms, rice
Let me know if you need recipes!
Trying to get back to the routine (after a great Thanksgiving) and plan a menu this week.
Monday-halibut, wild rice, steamed green beans
Tuesday-chicken salsa tacos with tex mex trimmings
Wednesday- beef stew in the crock pot, biscuits
Thursday-shrimp fettucini, green salad
Friday-eating at first Christmas party of the season!
Saturday-soup & sandwiches of some sort
Sunday-roast in crock pot, potatoes and green salad
With the weather in Atlanta ranging from 35 degrees and rainy (today) to 65 and sunny (this weekend) and a hubby out of town to run a marathon … a wide range of easy meal choices is required! Here goes…
Tonight: Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday: Steak Tacos with guacamole, rice and beans
Wednesday: Roast, mashed potatoes, green beans
Thursday: Beef Vegtable soup (made with leftover roast) and cornbread
Friday: BBQ Chicken Sandwiches and Pierogies
The monthly meal plan for December will be up tomorrow! Tonight it’s sweet potato bisque and grilled ham and cheese sandwiches; tomorrow it’ll be slow cooker pork and black bean chili with guacamole and baked tortilla chips. Then Wednesday starts the new month…
Happy late Thanksgiving. We tried your pumpkin pancakes a couple weeks ago and loved them enough to put them on the menu again.
SAT: Mini Pizzas + Tomato (Chilean) Salad + Orange Slices
SUN: Spaghetti + Kale Salad w/ Oranges + Corn-on-cob
MON: Brown Rice & Lentil Casserole + Steamed Carrots
TUES: Pumpkin Pancakes + Scrambled Eggs
WED: Lime Quinoa Salad + Grilled Cheese + Sweet Potato Fries
THUR: Choo’s Marinaded Chicken + Brown Rice + Steamed Carrots
Sun – lasagna (spinach & italian sausage)
Mon – honey goat cheese pizza (from this site)
Tues – ham/cheese quiche, fruit
Wed – tortelloni w/ veggies
Thurs – orange chicken w/ broccoli over rice
Fri – tuna cakes, broccoli, swt potato
Sat – easy peasy bean tacos (from this site)
This is a busy week with lots of after school things. I am unsure of the exact days of the following menus that I have planned, but I already have all the ingredients, so we’ll make it work:
Turkey Tortellini Soup
Pecan Crusted Tilapia & Tomato-Broccoli Bake
Black Bean & Rice Casserole
Chicken Fajitas
Veg Curry & Rice
Monday – hamburgers
Tuesday – calzones
Wednesday – lasagna (didn’t do last week)
Thursday – leftovers
Friday – corn chowder that I made extra of a couple weeks ago and froze
menu #4 sunday november 28th
Sunday: pulled chicken salad
Monday: slow cooker meatloaf with mash potatoes and brussel sprouts
Tuesday: sweet potato and chipotle soup with quesadillas
Wednesday: ancho pork and hominy stew with cornbread
Thursday: chicken piccata and green bean salad with mustard crema
Friday: take out or leftovers
Dessert: peanut butter chocolate chip pretzel cookies
Green Monster flavor: spinach, banana and pumpkin
http://sweetflours.blogspot.com/2010/11/menu-planning-5-sunday-november-28th.html
S: Chicken Verde Enchiladas
M: Turkey & Veggie Soup w/ Naan & Stuffing “Croutons”
T: Shepherd’s Pie
W: Garlic Chive Pasta with cream sauce & garlic toast
T: Dinner @ friend’s-surprise!
F: Hibachi/Sushi with the girls
S: Jewelry Party at a friends-FONDUE!
Sunday – finishing our 20 hour drive back from Wyoming (out)
Monday – Marlboro Man Sandwich (PW)
Tuesday – Butternut squash soup
Wednesday – raspberry vinagerette salad and brie/apple quesadillas
Thursday – Jerk Chicken and fried plantains
Friday – leftovers
Saturday – No peek-ee stew
Desserts for the week:
sweet potato pie
carmel popcorn
Second try at Magic Middle Cookies
Hi, Jane. I feel a bit disorganized, as I have never planned menus for a whole week – maybe two or three days out, at most. Of course, it’s different without kids, cooking on a whim, and, living on an island, we’ve got lots of food I’ve put up, a big pantry, and frozen reserves.
But I do like to see what other people plan! It’s always food for thought, one way or another….
Thanks,
Dan
if it wasn’t for this blog, I would totally slack off on my planning!
I DO love seeing everyone else’s menus so much, getting ideas from real people about what they’re cooking. it’s fab! and, as always, jealous of your island 
Well, let’s see……
Sunday – it was T-day leftovers
Monday -(yesterday) chicken parmasean & salad
Tuesday -(tonight) meatloaf
Wednesday could be either baked chicken or porkchops
Thursday – whatever I didn’t make on Wednesday
Friday – homemade pizzas
Saturday – going to college football game so we’ll be tailgating
M: Salisbury steak, roasted potatoes, veggie mix
T: Lemon pepper roasted chicken thighs, buttered noodles, sautéed spinach, sliced peaches
W: Homemade Pizza, fresh salad
T: Penne in vodka cream sauce, green salad
F: Chili & cornbread
S: Dry rub pork tenderloin, crispy roasted potatoes & wedge salad
Su: Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, green peas
I LOVE the plate in that photo (with the slice of pie). Where on earth did you find it???
it is from West Elm…it came in a set of 4 dessert plates, my dear friend Karen gave them to me for Christmas about 4 years ago. These plates are definitely one of the most favorite things I have in the kitchen!