Hello, all! Well, last week took quite the turn…Cate and I ended up driving to three universities in three days. Fun, exhausting, helpful, and completely blew up our meal plan and ability to cook dinner. So, lots of repeats from last week’s menu for us. But I didWhite Chicken Chili make the that was on the menu, which made for lots of great leftovers for when we were in a pinch!
MONDAY:
TUESDAY:
WEDNESDAY:
- Zesty grilled salmon, rice, salad
THURSDAY:
- Indian food night (with whichever Maya Kaimal simmer sauce is in the pantry)
FRIDAY:
- Leftovers
SATURDAY:
- Zesty grilled salmon, rice, salad
SUNDAY:
- Smoked chicken
Orange text. Black text
Sounds like a very busy season for your family!
I’m dealing with some illness over here, but thankfully we have leftovers and prepped food to carry us over:
Sunday: leftover homemade pizza
Monday/Wednesday: Instant Pot beef and cheddar ranch potatoes
Tuesday Thursday: Instant Pot chicken burritos
Friday/Saturday: TBD
I hope you’re all feeling better, sending healthy vibes!
Sun: Guadelopean pork confit (Saveur magazine recipe) over rice noodles, sautéed sweet bok choy (first time I’ve seen this variety of bok choy)
Mon: Tomato beef chow mein (recipe from Made with Lau)
Tues: “Old school pad gaprao” (another Saveur magazine recipe)
Wed: leftovers
Thurs: leftovers
Fri: leftovers
Sat: eat out
as always, your menu is droolworthy!
M: Meatless Monday… quinoa & spinach cakes over salad with garlic dressing
Tu: beef birria tacos w/ Caesar salad
W: l/o
Th: Hunter Hayes concert at a local winery… Temecula Grilled Cheese Co truck for dinner
F: Cinco de Mayo fiesta with friends… tamales, street corn, sides, tress leches cake, and margaritas
Sa: l/o
Su: Sea World visit
hope sea world was fun!
Sun: Chicken, potatoes, and broccoli sheet pan meal
Mon: Roasted sea bass, peas
Tue: Peruvian entrée salad
Wed: Spiced chicken and dates, green beans
Thu: South of the Border entrée salad (Cinco de Mayo a day early)
Fri: Egg and cheese sandwiches, fruit salad
Sat: Halibut with garlic and lemon, corn on the cob
Good luck with the college decision. I’m starting three weeks in a row at home without work travel!! Can’t wait to cook again….
Sunday: Bacon-wrapped Pork Loin with Roasted Red Potatoes & Peach Sauce (One-Pan Wonders, p261) with roasted asparagus
Monday: Ginger fried Rice with roasted broccoli
Tuesday: Skillet Chicken Parmesan (Smitten Kitchen, p187) and Caesar salad
Wednesday: Steak and Corn Tacos (Smitten Kitchen, p185) and roasted cauliflower
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner (eggs, sausage, and toast)
Friday – Saturday: Soccer tournament in TN; dance competition in MI…..divide and conquer kind of weekend!
Bonnie, I really don’t know how you balance all of the work travel, it’s amazing to me!!!
Garden time, so I’m trying to keep things uncomplicated this week, and make use of food we already have.
— smoked chicken, corn
— beef barley soup, fresh fruit
— garlic butter chicken, green beans, maybe salad
— baked sweet potato, black bean soup, maybe salad (meatless)
— mediterranean take out (chicken, hummus, salad)
— asian dumplings, brown rice and veg bowl, cold spring rolls
— HM pizza
garden time! yay!!!
Sunday – pizza with salad
Monday – Salmon with rice and broccoli and salad
Tuesday – Rice, Ham and broccoli casserole with salad
Wednesday – Seared Tuna steaks over salad
Thursday – leftovers
Friday – Mexican take out for Cinco de Mayo!
Saturday – Burgers on the grill (fingers crossed for nice weather!
Best wishes to Cate as she decides on a college! I work at a high school and seniors wore their college decision shirts on Monday!
she wore her shirt this monday…UC Irvine! 🙂 Exciting times for these kids!!!
oh my goodness, I am clearly in a busy time of year given the “orange text, black text” at the end of the post! glad you all know the drill. geesh.
thank you all for your menus, reading them now for this week’s planning!
UC Irvine?! Zot! Zot! One of my daughters went there. I can’t believe you have a high school graduate already!
Zot zot!!
I can’t believe she’s this age either…my eyes turned bad with my pregnancy with her, which you discovered! Haha!! Time sure flies