This morning I’ve been bakin’ bacon. Not for breakfast, much to Anna’s chagrin, but for dinner. I’m making BLT pizza later today because it is so, so good. It might even edge out honey goat cheese and caramelized onion as our favorite pizza flavor. I’m going to do my best to make the pizza earlier in the day so I can photograph it in daylight and share the recipe with you this week. This pizza needs to be shared.

Apparently I was sick of cooking after Thanksgiving because I didn’t make ONE THING on last week’s menu. So bad! Honestly, December is about survival for us. Work is crazy busy for both Nate and I, both the girls have their birthdays the week before Christmas, plus all the usual December busy-ness. If we even eat at all it will be a miracle! 😉

MONDAY:
– Moosewood Pasta Primavera

TUESDAY:
– Hot Dogs
– Salad or fruit or something like that

WEDNESDAY:
– Breakfast for dinner (planning to do some holiday baking for gifts)

THURSDAY:
– Caesar Salad (or chicken caesar wraps)

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers or winging it or takeout

SATURDAY:
– Order Pizza (birthday party day!)

SUNDAY:
– Cream of Mushroom Soup

As always, looking forward to seeing all your menus for the week! Please share!

Well, it’s over. Thanksgiving is done. And it was a really good one, for more reasons than I can count.

We made 4 dozen rolls on Thursday and 4 dozen rolls on Friday. And I MIGHT have to make a few more dozen today. We ate sooooo well this past week, I have a feeling this coming week will be a let down. 😉

MONDAY:
– I’m hoping I can drag the leftovers out a bit longer…if not, hot dogs. So fancy.

TUESDAY:
– White Chicken Chili (yes, this keeps appearing week after week…maybe I”ll actually get to it this week!)

WEDNESDAY:
– Moosewood Pasta Primavera

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Homemade pizza (crust recipe, sauce recipe)
– I’ll either do BLT pizza again because it was so good or the honey goat cheese with caramelized onions

SATURDAY:
– Takeout

SUNDAY:
– Waffles and scrambled eggs

Can’t wait to see your menus for the week! (Happy Hanukkah to those of you celebrating!)

Hello from Disneyland! We are so excited for the next two days – it’s going to be a blast! We are currently taking bets on whether the holiday fireworks music show will make me cry.

No picture today because, well, I’m at Disneyland!

MONDAY:
– California Adventure Park food

TUESDAY:
– White Chicken Chili

WEDNESDAY:
– Pizza Port

THURSDAY:
– HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (Be sure to click here to share your Thanksgiving menu!)

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Leftovers

SUNDAY:
– Hopefully we’ll still have leftovers…if not, breakfast for dinner!

I am thankful that so many of you post menus – it makes me happy week after week! Thank you for helping make the blog what it is! Looking forward to seeing your menus for the week. And, don’t forget to click here to share your Thanksgiving menu!

Hello! Before we get to menus, a quick update on the the banana dessert I teased last week. I need to make a few tweaks to the recipe and then it will be ready for sharing! Also, on a completely unrelated note, the Stanford football game was pretty brutal last night. Nate and I have decided that we are bad luck charms and can’t attend their away games anymore. Yes, we are that powerful. At least I have some pretty hydrangeas to make me happy.

How is it time to plan a menu already? CRAZY! I was sick all last week so I didn’t make anything from my menu. This week I will go to the grocery store and I will follow the plan!

MONDAY:
– Cilantro Sour Cream Enchiladas
– Rice and beans

TUESDAY:
– White Chicken Chili

WEDNESDAY:
– BLT Pizza

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Chicken Tortilla Soup (my family arrives for a week of Thanksgiving fun!)

SATURDAY:
– Driving up to Anaheim, eating out on the road

SUNDAY:
– Disneyland!

As always, thank you for posting your menus! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got cookin’ this week!

These bananas are going to be used in something out-of-this-world-delicious later today. Well, assuming all goes well it will be out-of-this-world-delicious. And, if all does in fact go well, you’ll be getting the recipe this week. Everyone cross fingers and toes!

How is it time to plan another menu? SERIOUSLY.

MONDAY:
– Cilantro Sour Cream Enchiladas
– Rice and beans

TUESDAY:
– White Chicken Chili

WEDNESDAY:
– Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Take out

SATURDAY:
– Nate and I are going to the Stanford/USC football game. GO STANFORD!

SUNDAY:
– Broccoli and Chicken Pasta with Cream Sauce
– Salad and garlic knots

As always, I can’t wait to see what you’ve all got cooking for the week. Thank you for posting your menus!

I just spent the morning making holiday-themed biscotti. And, no, it’s not because I am super prepared and excited for the holidays to come. It’s because I’ll be participating in Handmade Holidays with a group of lovely bloggers this month. In fact, my post will go up tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Last week was INSANE and it was totally Halloween’s fault. While it was all really fun, I am glad it’s over and hopefully this week will be a little calmer.

MONDAY:
– Stefania’s Braised Chicken
– Roasted butternut squash

TUESDAY:
– Cilantro Sour Cream Enchiladas
– Rice and Beans

WEDNESDAY:
– Linguine with cauliflower and brown butter (from Everyday Food: Fresh Flavor Fast – didn’t get to that one last week)
– Salad and crusty bread

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– I don’t know! Maybe waffles, maybe more leftovers if we have them…we’ll see!

SATURDAY:
– Eat out with our friend Rebecca

SUNDAY:
– Grammy’s Orange Chicken
– Rice + a veggie

You know the drill! Please post your wonderful menus – whether they are fancy or not, we want to see them!

Today we’re going to visit the woman from whom we purchased our home. She lived here over 40 years and  is, according to everyone who knows her, sweet and wonderful. Her previous gardener called her “my Ruthie.” How sweet is that? She is now living in assisted living and we can’t wait to meet her. We will, of course, come bearing cookies.

I can’t believe it’s time to plan another menu. Sometimes the weeks just come too fast!

MONDAY:
– Baked potato bar (thanks for the idea, Elizabeth!)
– Yummy toppings for the potatoes

TUESDAY:
– Chicken Mole
– Rice and beans

WEDNESDAY:
– Linguine with cauliflower and brown butter (from Everyday Food: Fresh Flavor Fast)
– Salad and crusty bread

THURSDAY:
– Happy Halloween!
– Ordering pizza then trick or treating!

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– I’m out of ideas right now, so let’s just say takeout and hope I come up with something better before Saturday 😉

SUNDAY:
– Nachos
– Guacamole, beans, etc.

You know the drill – time for everyone to share their menus! Looking forward to seeing what you have planned for the week!

Hello! Today I can actually plan a real menu for the week – no more traveling! It’s hard to believe in the last 10 days we drove to Utah and back and then I flew to New York City and back. Phew! It’s been a great couple of weeks but it will be nice to settle back into normal life and get caught up on everything. Side note: if I lived in New York, all I would want to do is take photographs all the time. Even the subway escalator was photogenic!

I’m going to try to get back into the habit of trying recipes in my cookbooks again. May as well use all those wonderful books and mix up our repertoire a bit!

MONDAY:
– Asian Chicken Noodle Soup (From America’s Test Kitchen Quick Family Cookbook)
– Potstickers

TUESDAY:
– Frittata and roasted potatoes (thanks for the idea from last week, Sarah K!)

WEDNESDAY:
– Meatball subs (thanks for the idea from last week, Mona!)
– Fruit and chips

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Homemade barbecue chicken pizza

SATURDAY:
– Take out

SUNDAY:
– Some sort of pasta dish, probably No. 3
– Salad and garlic knots

As always, looking forward to seeing what you all have planned for the week. Bring on the menus!

Happy Sunday!

Well, apparently our presence was not a lucky charm for Stanford. Darnit! But our super quick trip to Utah was still a blast! We are on the road headed back to San Diego and hoping the kids survive a day of driving. I am going out of town again this week for a business trip, so I’m pretty much useless  when it comes to meal planning. I’m in survival mode!

MONDAY:
– Lasagna (from the freezer)

TUESDAY:
– Sweet potato and black bean burritos (from the freezer)

WEDNESDAY:
– Chicken tenders (from the freezer)
– Veggie

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Take out

SATURDAY:
– Breakfast for dinner or takeout

SUNDAY:
– Chicken Piccata
– Mashed potatoes and a veggie

Look forward to seeing all of your wonderful menus. As always, thank you for taking the time to share!

We spent half the day at the beach yesterday with the kids, even though there were plenty of “to-dos” on the list waiting for our attention. I am so glad we did as Cate declared it the best day ever. Ten points for family time! We also saw a very beautiful sunset, thanks to smoke from a wildfire at nearby Camp Pendleton. My phone was dead by the time sunset rolled around, but the sky was beautiful all afternoon. Crossing fingers that the fire doesn’t cause too much trouble.

This week we’re doing something kind of crazy – we’re driving to Salt Lake City to see Stanford play the University of Utah. The only reason I went along with this plan is because our kids will see their cousins and we can also visit my grandparents. I just told my grandma we are coming to see them Friday and she said it was the best news she’d ever heard in her whole life. While I know this most certainly is not true, I do know that she will savor our visit very much. It will be a great trip!

MONDAY:
– Chicken Caesar Wraps
– Fruit and chips

TUESDAY:
– Spaghetti and meatballs

WEDNESDAY:
– Eat on the road – we’re doing the first leg of the drive

THURSDAY:
– Eat on the road – finishing up the drive

FRIDAY:
– Will eat somewhere in Salt Lake

SATURDAY:
– GO STANFORD!

SUNDAY:
– Eat on the road – driving home!

I am loving all the menus you are posting each week – it’s wonderful! Keep it coming!