Anna has officially taken butter to a whole new level. She’s such a pipsqueak, we figure a little fat will do her good.
The holidays are here. Hanukkah starts Tuesday, Christmas is Sunday…I imagine many of us are running around like crazy people! I hope we can all find some quiet moments this week to enjoy the things that really matter!
I for one am looking forward to making my annual batch of vetebröd, the yummiest Swedish cardamom bread this side of anywhere.
MONDAY:
- Pulled Chicken BBQ (in the freezer) sandwiches, topped with coleslaw
TUESDAY:
- Teriyaki chicken (in the freezer) and rice
- Stir fry veggies
WEDNESDAY:
- Roasted chicken breasts (in the freezer)
- Green beans
THURSDAY:
- Leftovers
FRIDAY:
- Eat out, or maybe pancakes or something
SATURDAY:
- Chinese take-out, a Maynard Christmas Eve tradition!
SUNDAY:
- Swedish Meatballs with boiled red potatoes
- Veggies on the side (whatever comes in my CSA bag. Yes, our CSA never stops all year. Gotta love California!)
I can’t WAIT to see your menus for this week, as I’m sure many of you will have wonderful holiday meals (and sweets!) planned. And even if you don’t, I still want to see your menu, so bring it on! 
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The bulk of my holiday dinner shopping is done, so I feel like we’re in good shape for the week! I’m looking forward to a pretty easy meal-prep week to get ready for all the family, food and fun that’s coming our way next week!
Sunday: Baked, Stuffed Pumpkin
) on farmer’s market bread
Monday: Stuffed Shells from the freezer
Tuesday: Turkey Salad sandwiches (from Thanksgiving turkey
Wednesday: Dinner with friends at our house – Obama Chili, cornbread
Thursday: Chicken Tinga Tacos (Bitten Word) using up rest of the turkey packet
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Traditional Christmas Eve “snack-y” dinner after church (cheese, sausage, crackers, nut bread with cream cheese/olives, Buffalo Chicken dip with pita chips) with Chicken Pot Pie and cookies!
Here’s my Holiday Dinner menu
So busy last week that the only thing we actually had from the menu was tacos and ordered pizza! Hopefully this week won’t be so nuts
Sunday– Hoppin’ John
Monday– French Dip Roast ( I will post recipe after taking pics)
Tuesday– Chicken with Spaghetti
Wednesday– Cheesy Potato Soup and Grilled Cheese
Thursday– Breakfast, I am hoping my hubby will make his killer waffles!
Friday– No clue yet
Saturday– We usually have soup on Christmas Eve. I am thinking I’ll make Lasagna Soup this year.
Sunday– Our traditional Christmas dinner is beef. This year we have homegrown beef to cook. I think we’ll eat some T-bones with Mashed Potato Casserole for a side.
My menu was thrown off when the shelves were oddly bare today.
Su: Corned beef, carrots, potatoes
Mo: Spaghetti, homemade sauce, salad
Tu: Chicken and stuffing casserole, asparagus
We: Squash soup, grilled cheese
Th: Fish, rice, veggie
Fr: shop for the holiday weekend…. and figure it out from there
sunday – steak, baked potatoes, and broccoli
monday – baked potato soup, salad and bread
tuesday – tacos
wednesday – chicken breast
thursday – lasagna
friday – out
saturday – beef tenderloin, potatoes, baked carrots, steamed clams as an appetizer !
Love your princess!
Sunday – chicken fajitas
Monday – homemade mac n cheese
Tuesday – birthday dinner for my boy: make your own pizzas
Wednesday – leftovers
Thursday – Adobo Pork Tenderloin http://cookingmisadventures.com/2011/07/14/adobo-pork-tenderloin-and-glazed-carrots-2/
Friday – dinner out
Saturday – Prime rib, mashed potatoes, salad, and all the fixings!
Sunday – Roasted chicken and brussel sprouts
Monday – Chef salad with leftover chicken on top and good bread
Tuesday – BBQ chicken (slow cooker) sandwiches and corn casserole
Wednesday – Twice baked potatoes (freezer) with steamed broccoli
Thursday – Order pizza or make grilled cheese sandwiches?
Friday – ??
Saturday – Christmas Eve with friends
Sunday – Big breakfast…then 12 hours in the car…
Menu = whatever I can pull together this crazy week!
Can I ask where you buy cardamom? I have never heard of it, but it sounds like I need to! It’s a spice? A specialty spice, maybe?
This looks like something I would love to attempt for New Years Eve or sometime less hectic.
Thanks!
ooo, you need to discover cardamom! it’s really from India and that area of the world, where it is frequently used in savory/curry dishes. But, for some reason, Scandinavians have also traditionally used it in baked goods. It has a very unique flavor that I love!
I’m sure that you could find it at your regular old grocery store. You can buy it in pods or as seeds (with the shells removed) and grind it up yourself. but you can also buy it ground, which is how I buy it – WAY easier.
good luck and if you make the bread, let me know how you like the flavor!
Sun – out
Mon – pork/apple/cheese meatballs with noodles
Tues – minestrone soup in the crockpot
Wed – leftovers for the guys out with the girls for me!
Thurs – chicken in the crockpot with salsa
Fri – pizza (getting ready for Christmas Eve)
Sat – Christmas Eve at our house – lasagna, Rachael Ray’s Christmas pasta,
and seafood lasagna
Happy Holidays!
Anna is a ‘pat’ off the ‘ole pound o buttah’ – she definitely has the family genes!
We are moving this week so probably not cooking much AND for the first time ever – in 38 years at least – no Swedish Christmas ham – the ancestors will turn over in their graves!
Merry Christmas…
Thanks! I’m so intrigued now! I will be on the hunt for it.
This I just don’t feel like cooking. I think it has something to do with having a cold and being pregnant, but alas I must cook something or other.
Sunday: TBD
Monday: Spaghetti and Meatballs with garlic bread
Tuesday: Vegetable Spaghetti Salad with Roast Beef
Wednesday: Leftovers or Tacos
Thursday: Texas Two Step Pork Chops, Dill Potato Salad and chipotle corn.
Friday: Christmas with the in-laws
Saturday: Sliders and sweet potato fries.
Oops. You can view recipes and links at http://kitchenandkids.com/2011/12/18/this-week-in-our-kitchen-week-of-december-18th/
Monday – Cafe Borone turkey-avocado melts, tomato soup
Tuesday – out, we’re taking the Duck Holiday Lights Tour
Wednesday ~ crockpot BBQ chicken, latkes, oven roasted veggies
Thursday ~ turkey meatloaf, sweet potatoes
Friday ~ Swedish meatballs, broccoli, more latkes or mashed potatoes
Saturday ~ “Carrie” Chicken, roasted Brussels sprouts
Sunday ~ tuna shells, rice green beans (or out for Chinese, depends on how the toddler is doing, he’s having his tonsils out on Thursday)
Here’s my plan, not sure if it will all come together!
Monday: Turkey burgers
Tuesday: Chicken cooked in salsa (crockpot), taco fixings
Wednesday: Beef Burgundy in the crockpot, mashed potatoes
Thursday: Mac and cheese, chicken tenders (Trader Joe’s)
Friday: White chicken chili
Saturday: Christmas Eve fondue dinner (steak, shrimp, etc.)
Sunday: Prime Rib, au gratin potatoes, creamed spinach, salad
Happy holidays everyone!
Mon: Pasta with spicy tomato garlic sauce, salad
Tue: Chicken and pepper curry, rice
Wed: Stuffed cheesy potatoes with baked beans
Thur: Spicy lamb meatballs, roasted veg and coucous
Fri: Fish and chips, peas
Sat: Beef stew with horseradish dumplings, mashed potato (Christmas Eve tradition after a long walk jumping on all the frozen puddles to break the ice) and probably some mince pies and whisky
Sun: The full works! Traiditional British Christmas dinner
Canapés and champagne.
Turkey roll with sausage, sage and chestnut stuffing, roast potatoes, honey carrots, mashed parsnip and butternut squash, rosemary cabbage, gravy, bread sauce, cranberry sauce.
Christmas pudding and clotted cream (a must in Devon!). I’ve been given one of the Heston Blumenthal whole candied orange puddings but I think I’ll stick with my homemade pudding and save Heston’s for another day!
We’ve contracted a big case of yuckiness…but thanks to antibiotics we should be back up an running soon.
Mon – bean soup
Tues- soft tacos
Wed – stuffed zucchini? Christmas cake from Costco
Thu – fish, miso soup and sauted veggies
Fri – ramen with all the trimings
Sat – Grandpa takes us out to dinner
Sun – Turkey?
Shopping is done, gifts are wrapped, cookies are started. I’m ready to celebrate Christmas
Sunday – Salmon, rice and broccoli
Monday – Tuna casserole with peas
Tuesday – Tacos
Wednesday – Hubbys birthday – out for dinner
Thursday – Leftovers
Friday – Leftovers, need to make sure there is room in fridge for food for Christmas Eve.
Saturday – Whole family in for Christmas Eve. Chick fil a nuggets, shrimp, pierogis, cheese balls and dips, lots of snacks, candy and cookies.
Sunday – Merry Christmas! Dinner at daughters. Ham, scalloped potatoes, veggies and lots of sweets
Sunday: Turkey Dinner
Monday: Breakfast for Dinner, French toast, sausage, fruit
Tuesday: Turkey noodle soup, rolls
Wednesday: Hubby cooks. Brats, beans, fruit salad, chips
Thursday: Hubby cooks. Spaghetti, garlic bread
Friday: Pizza night
Saturday: Christmas Eve at my parents: prime rib
Sunday: Christmas Day here with Hubby’s family: prime rib, baked potatoes, green beans and rolls (Yes 2 days in a row seems crazy- but it’s such a easy meal!)
As a family who celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah, we are very busy this week!
Monday: spaghetti, garlic bread, salad
Tuesday: Family Hanukkah party @ my house: appetizers (pigs in a blanket, chips, veggie tray, cheese platter), salad, latkes, sliced beef tenderloin, chicken milanese,salmon, peas, honey carrots, cookies, pound cake, chocolates, fruit
Wednesday: leftovers—steak sandwiches w/ leftover beef and latkes
Thursday: fried chicken sliders on mini pillsbury biscuits, corn on the cob, peas
Friday: Teriyaki skirt steak, potstickers, garlic string beans
Saturday: chinese food (i guess this is a common tradition haha)
Sunday: christmas party @ friends house; im making rolls, chocolate mousse tart, and christmas sugar cookies
We are not having the most healthy of menus this week, but it is the holidays! I’m going to try some recipes I saved to my Pinterst board. You can see those recipes at http://pinterest.com/growingbbb/recipes/ .
S- Shrimp Fajitas
M- Mexican Pizza (similar to Taco Bell’s)
T- Chicken Pot Pie with Cheddar Biscuit Topping
W- 4 Cheese Pasta with Peas and Ham, Bread and Salad
Th- Sloppy Joe Grilled Cheese and Onion Rings
F- Leftovers or Take Out
S- Tamales-Our family tradition
Sunday – cube steaks, mashed potatoes, cranberry balsalmic salad
Monday – potluck holiday meal with my bunko group
Tuesday – Pork roast, carrots and onions in the crock pot, leftover mashed potatoes
Wednesday – Friendship soup and french bread
Thursday – veggie tacos
Friday -leftovers
Saturday – homemade pizza
We’re traveling for Christmas this year, so we have a lot of easy things leading up to our departure.
Sunday – out after seeing the musical Annie
Monday – tomato soup and cheese toasts (on potato rosemary bread)
Tuesday – black bean tacos
Wednesday – sesame noodles with spinach and salmon
Thursday – kale, hummus and pitas
My fiance has been sick, so it’s been a weekend of soup
Sat – Italian Sausage Soup
Sun – Asian Chicken Noodle Soup
Mon – Chicken & Kielbasa Rice
Tue – Pork Chile Colorado over Rice
Wed – Caprese Burgers
Thu – Kung Pao Chicken
Fri – leftovers
Sat – Xmas Eve tradition – Chinese food!
Sun – Mexican Fiesta with our “Texas Family”
I am one of those freaks that has my holiday shopping done by the beginning of November, end of November at the latest. Yep!
One the menu this week:
Meatless Monday: Broccoli cheddar soup with sourdough bread (repeat)
Tuesday: Meatloaf with roasted cauliflower
Wednesday: Chicken and shrimp tacos with lots of toppings
Thursday: Sausage and lentil soup
Friday: Out to eat
Christmas Eve Saturday: Potato soup
Christmas Sunday: Brunch: Baked French toast and Pineapple
Dinner: Cornish hens, salad, stuffing, veggie
http://distanceindays.blogspot.com/2011/12/6-days-of-xmas-meal-plan.html